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Cake day: August 2nd, 2023

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  • I’m absolutely in favor of reducing single use plastics, but there’s so much plastic in so many things that I can’t imagine existing without it. People are rather unreasonably of the “plastic bad” mindset without considering what the alternatives could be.

    Not everything can be glass or wood/wood-like substances. Metal has its own environmental concerns. What else is there?


  • All I’ve ever heard about microplastics is that everyone is filled with them and that they are everywhere.

    What I haven’t heard is why that is a concern. Is it going to affect my health in the long run? When? How much do I have to have consumed for it be an issue?

    Even if we identify those issues, can it be removed? Will it make a difference?

    For such a ‘everyone is now worried about this’ type problem, I never once heard why they’re concerned. I suppose I could look it up, but I’m surprised that all of the discussion is about the issue existing, but not why it’s an issue to begin with.