this post was submitted on 14 Sep 2023
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[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago (2 children)

In 50 years people will back on us the same we look at all those people in the late 1800's and early 1900's using asbestos in tons of stuff.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Assuming we ever find a way to get the plastic out of everything

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It makes me long for the days where everything was either metal, glass, or wood, before my time though.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There is a show called silo, and they don't use plastic, it'll took me a couple of episodes before I figured out what was wrong

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

What's the premise of the show?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I try to buy non-plastic stuff when I can, but it's everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No joke, I wear basketball shorts for running, apparently they shed shit tons of micro plastics during washing. I'm going to look for cotton running shorts in an attempt to try to ween myself off of some plastic stuff. Because as you noted, it's god damn every where, this very moment I'm directly touching no less then 5 plastic objects as I type this.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wait, really? Ugh... I have quite a few of those.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Plastic objects? Yeah same here.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Or like back in the 1900s when they used to use chloroform and cannabis as baby sleeping medicine.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I am sure the babies loved it to be fair

They gave it to adults too remember!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

mmmmh plastic.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Don’t forget that you have to pay extra for the bag!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

"Do you want fish with that bag?"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

OK early business model... "Plastic remediation", come in with a crew in hazmat suits and special machinery to safely rid buildings and houses of plastics 💡

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Give me your business card when you have one.