Just bought a new set and I’m back to my glory days of being able to sip anything thoughtfully, slowly languorously (—more like langloriously—), and much less addictively.
I get to enjoy my drinks longer and saving money on overconsumption. Its good to have a little friction and slightly work for it a little ;)
Its far more satisfying especially with anything carbonated or rich.
Much much much better for pacing urself. Get them in a fun color or something easier on the eyes like black or dark grey/blue
Edit: please dont use them for noseclams (cocaine). Best stick with your friendly neighborhood $5 CAD, whatever € note. Dont invest in USD
Careful with the stainless steel straws. People have died when tripping and driving them into their eye socket. I own a bunch of stainless steel straws and (other than them being very hard to clean, so they harbour much more bacteria), got spooked by this.
Maybe don’t use straws at all. Drinking directly from cups is fine.
Doesn’t a fork or butterknife have the same risk of injury? Maybe even a toothbrush if you go walking around your house while brushing.
And if you have the straw, you should also have the special brush for them.
One 60 year old woman dying in a freak accident is hardly a trend. You could do the same with a pen/pencil, wouldn’t be enough to warrant entirely removing them from my life tbh.
Most people don’t really walk around with a pencil sticking straight up in front of them.
Could fall on it and puncture your heart or stab yourself in the femoral artery. Most people walk with holding their drink to their side, not pointing straight at their eyeball too. Only time the straw would be aimed at your face is when you sip. Point is, it’s a pretty remote risk imo.
Agreed completely. But I could also imagine some fool taking a sip stepping down a stair, tripping, and impaling themself. It’s possible I watch too much slapstick horror.
What a terrible coinky-dink because the only other story I found was just that (sipping and impaling wise that is).
God fucking dammit, people.
Not with that attitude!
Was it only one person? I think the method just freaked me out, like the whole ‘you’ll shoot your eye out’ thing, but more like I can totally see my clumsy ass doing that. I’ll not dissuade others, but I’d rather not take the chance because I’m exactly that kind of klutz.
Reminds me of that final destination movie. I’m freaked out if I ever drive behind a logging truck.
Is it likely to happen? Absolutely not, but it feels very “moth to a flame”.
I have to give more than the normal amount of space and get into the farthest lane. Is it rational? No. But does it hurt me? Also no. So there’s no reason not to.
I do reevaluate things like this, but with logging trucks and steel straws(as opposed to no straws), my assessment hasn’t changed.
I mean yeah that I saw, from a very, very brief search though. Haha fair enough, as a former klutz I can appreciate that.
I think the issue I have with a stainless steel straw is more that, unlike wandering about with a knitting needle (which I also don’t like doing… again, clumsy) is that it’s hollow. Eye or not, if you fall on it, you open a wound that’s ideal for bleeding out very quickly.
Gives me the heebie jeebies.
It feels like it’s sort of the worst thing to be impaled by.
If it’s any comfort, the straw will probably just get clogged with your flesh. If the blood pressure is high enough to push out the meat plug, you can just hold you finger over the hole. And anyway, I think the worst thing to be impaled by would be, like, a rusty shovel wrapped in Gympie-Gympie leaves or something.
A thermal lance would be pretty shit
I did not expect a thread about straws to become such a horror fest…
I don’t need to put a pencil in my mouth to use it, but I don’t think the risk is very high, either.
Don’t drink while walking if you are elderly and prone to tripping?
Don’t have a premonition about a plane crash, force everyone to disembark, then bait death itself into a cat and mouse chase either.
American here, just visited another country for the first time last year. I went to Costa Rica and something I noticed was the lack of straws. I went to a McDonalds just to experience how it was in another country and they don’t give you a lid or straw unless you ask them. I don’t understand why that can’t be the norm in America. It just makes too much sense. Now when I go out to eat I make it a point not to use a straw, but the server always drops them off anyway. No chance they take back the unused ones. What a waste.
OT but that’s almost unbelievably comical idea for an American tourist in the wild to actually do. Did you get the feeling that people glanced? Did you notice any other differences (besides the lack of lids/straws)?
At the risk of sounding too political, I think people in America are obsessed with purity. Like, everyone is special and nobody wants to be contaminated by others.
I’ve wondered about what you are mentioning myself, and it’s really weird. Most countries don’t do this. Americans are also weird about other things that seem to be about personal isolation. Like they’re afraid to share anything with anyone else. I don’t know how to explain it, but it’s strange.
…the lid holds those thin paper cups in shape better. I agree for eating in it’s totally unnecessary.
Straws are about convenience to keep the kid in (preventing spills) and still being able to drink.
Lips also do that, though. Straws just do it from a distance.
Eh but with lips you have to ensure the lid is a super tight fit or else you get leaks and spills.
Straight glass straws ftw.
I never understood why someone wants reusable pre-bent glass straws and/or pre-bent/opaque metal straws.
I use straws to prevent the drink from touching my teeth. Acidic and sugary drinks especially.
That’s a valid reason. Most people don’t have that issue, though.
I have some stainless steel straws too and I’m more concerned about chipping a tooth than I am about stabbing myself in the eye and dying, but yeah, I agree they definitely have some safety concerns normal plastic straws do not.
I never carry them around, i have to be comfortably seated or reclined and i dont hold it for very long ever