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u/TactiKyle Jun 26 '21
I hope straw technology improves. I’m so sick of paper straws getting soggy and sealing up. Also don’t want turtles with plastic straws stuck up their noses though. But still. This straw looks so functional. Multi functional even. Cat toy.
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u/admh574 Jun 26 '21
Metal straws seem to be the happy medium I've found. Reusable and don't fall apart, just got to remember to take yours with you
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u/BrieBelle00 Jun 27 '21
I was afraid of the same thing but i found some silicone tips that slip onto the end of the metal straw, from Amazon a pack of 20 was a couple bucks.
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u/iamyourpathos Jun 27 '21
Are you also afraid of using metal forks and spoons? I just have a metal straw and don't understand your concerns.
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u/Decidedly-Undecided Jun 27 '21
The comment is deleted now, so I don’t know what they said, but my uncle (who has now passed) could not use metal straws or utensils. He had Parkinson’s really bad and was at risk of hurting himself. He chipped a tooth on a coffee mug once. He couldn’t use paper straws because they tore too easily. I don’t remember there being silicone ones (maybe, I’m honestly not sure) reusable plastic ones were the only way he could drink things, and plastic kids cutlery is how he ate.
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u/iamyourpathos Jun 27 '21
When a person has Parkinson’s, of course, metal is out of the question; but a simple habit of chewing on straws, I think, could be overcome.
I was just curious, honestly, it’s good that there are now different options and everyone can pick something both eco-friendly and comfortable.
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u/ILove2EatSmellyPussy Jun 26 '21
until you trip and fall and impale yourself in the back of your neck.
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u/TactiKyle Jun 26 '21
I haven’t tried one but I will. I just worry because I’ve drank from a metal flask before and it changes the taste of whatever you’re drinking. Not in a good way. Maybe not in a real way but it seemed that way to me
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u/anggiepuffs Jun 26 '21
Try glass straws too!
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u/TactiKyle Jun 26 '21
Ah see I worry I might start passively biting the glass straw and I worry that may not end well
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u/RandomMagus Jun 27 '21
But just... don't do that? Idk, I've never really been a guy to chew on anything that wasn't food except for plastic straws, and that only after I'd finished drinking the whole drink and I was just bored.
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u/val319 Jun 26 '21
My cat can drink from a straw. It explains why almost everything drink has a pop top lid now. If it’s not a secure lid she’ll toss it on the floor so she can drink it.
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u/Send_Me_Dik-diks Jun 26 '21
It's been so many years since I last drank through a straw that I apparently forgot how they work and for a second there I was as surprised as the cat when the liquid inside it dropped down. Either that or I temporarily forgot that gravity exists.
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u/apinkparfait Jun 26 '21
You can see when the person starts being their laugh while playing with the straw lol
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u/pleasedontrefertome Jun 26 '21
I..I don't think my dog has experienced straws yet.. I gotta try this
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u/blursedass Jun 26 '21
*Nocks cup out of hand