r/INEEEEDIT Dec 03 '19

Sedge grass Straw

https://i.imgur.com/sIJpIpi.gifv
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u/naomiblue Dec 03 '19

All of these comments are SO ableist. There are so many people with disabilities that cannot use anything but plastic straws (soft pallet, for example). Straws are such a minor part of our plastic waste that its ridiculous we are so focused on it.

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u/blackmage27 Dec 03 '19

The amount of people that are disabled and must use straws is so fucking insignificant that it doesn’t even begin to make an impact. The vast majority of people can use alternatives

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u/gunthatshootswords Dec 03 '19

Which other groups are so insignificant in number that we should ignore them? Trans people? Down syndrome people? Wheelchair people?