After reading about that lady who died because she fell on a metal straw and impaled her eye and brain I threw away my metal straws.
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You need a fucking glass for you water? Pussy.
Real men dunk their entire head in a lake and drink enough water for the next week in 15 seconds.
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I rarely use straws, only in cases where it's more convenient enough, like when I got a liter of cola at the cinema.
'Can I get uuuuuhhhh burger and ah literah cola?' 'Burger and liter of cola, it's for a cop'
But how do you snort cocain with a glass? I have metal straws.
Boba is the only reason i use straws.
Please enlighten me, why do u even need a straw, can't you just drink from the cup, like in the bottom pic?
*Im genuinly wondering.
Using a straw when drinking sugary/ acidic drinks is supposed to be better for your teeth since it limits the exposure of sugar or acid to your teeth. Not sure how true that is, but I have had dentists suggest it as a way of lowering the chance of getting cavities.
Many fast food cups lack the structural integrity to hold the quantity of liquid that they're supposed to without a lid, and using a lid necessitates using a straw
When your drink cup has a bunch of ice, it's easier to drink from with a straw.
One extremely far-fetched reason for using straws I've heard is that it's somehow more hygienic than putting your mouth on restaurant cups.
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Don't you need to use the metal straws some ridiculous amount of times before it saves more carbon than the plastic single use?
Also, plastic multi use is probably better.
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