Drinking from a straw in IB

Is it correct to drink from a straw in the offices? I have heard that it is very poorly regarded, especially if it’s from one of these gay bamboo straws they are now selling us in Europe.

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Layne Staley

"Gay bamboo straws" is not a phrase I thought I'd read today, or ever.

Yeah, most bamboo straws are straight.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Even if every single person suddenly stopped using plastic straws, we'd be looking at eliminating literally somewhere around .025% of all plastic waste in the ocean. That's hardly a "fix" to the problem. Fishing nets are estimated to be an upwards of 45% (at least) of ocean pollution. Using paper or reusable metal straws is fine (and I do wherever possible) but it's never going to fix anything and most people who do it are either just virtue signaling or falsely convincing themselves that they're making a difference in my opinion. Like I said, if you care then reduce or eliminate your seafood consumption. It's really not as hard as you might think

 

Straw glasses or GTFO

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