#glass straws

[you-need-not-apply]

pros and cons of glass straws??

PROS: less toxic chems, used in hot drinks as less heat conduction, sustainable, reusable, recycle, no taste, transparent for hygiene, the most hygienic, healthy and sustainable option

CONS: breakable, not flexible

#asks #straws #glass straws

[emotinalsupportturtle]

Got myself a glass straw and I just realised I can now actually "eat glass" if I wanted to

#eating glass #not just a tumblr phrase anymore #i'm not going to do it but I have access to it #uhh blogging again #i'm telling you the fact that my juice is definitely tastier than glass is a major reason i'm not actually going to eat glass #this is actually quite dangerous considering i normally bite my straws #glass straws #reuse recycle #eco friendly #sustainability

[sspacegodd]

Haha! Check out these "Milkshake Straws..." at Amazon online.

A Truly Genuine Thing --- no joke.

#amazon #meth pipe #meth #glass straws #drug paraphernalia

[kayrosebee]

February 15, 2024

46/366

Belated Valentine's gift from my bestie 🥰

(glass straws with lil cacti on them)

💙

#glass #glass straws #cacti #plants #project365 #project 366 #artists on tumblr #my photos #my life

[feralchaton]

#glass straws #kanyon shop

[dozydawn]

Grandmaster Ju Wenjun plays Grandmaster Elisabeth Paehtz in the Women’s Grand Prix, 2019.

#empty coke zero glass bottle with a straw #chess #ju wenjun #elisabeth paehtz #elisabeth pähtz #1k #fave pics #i like how neither of them are looking at the board

[nawzir11]

How To Choose The Best Alternative To A Plastic Straw?

The plastic Straw: A brief history

To understand more about the best plastic straw alternative, let us rewind a little bit. The royals had used metal straws to sip liquid in the various parts of the world. Since metals straws were expensive, it was not adopted by the masses and then paper straws became popular. The issue with paper straws were that it used to get soggy.  Plastic straws overcame these shortcomings has unique advantages over the paper straws since it did not get soggy and ensured proper intake of fluids from a tumbler. These advantages coupled with mass production possibility and low cost made plastic straws ubiquitous. People use plastic straws 99% of the times.

Daily usage of plastic straws is around 500 million in united states alone. 8 billion plastic straws gets washed to the shores around worldwide. That's an enormous number. Environmentalists around the world has expressed concerns in multiple forums. 

Aren't Plastic straws recyclable? 

Can't we recycle the plastic straws? This is the  first thing that comes to our mind when we see the huge number of plastic straws on the shores. Most recycling machines are not capable of recycling a plastic straw given its size and residue matter inside the walls of the straw. Straws generally fall into the cracks of the recycling machine due to small size and this becomes a challenge. Progressive governments started banning the use of plastic straws.

Best plastic straw alternatives

Paper Straws

Metal Straws

Wooden Straws

Silicone Straws

Glass Straws

Paper Straws 

Paper straws comes in variety of colors and it It is an excellent replacement for plastic straw for one time use and ideal for kids

Pros

It is environmentally friendly

Paper straws are the next best option for 1 time use straw considering the price  

Cheaper compared to metal and glass straws

Kids safe

Cons

Gets soggy after use Blocks thick fluid when folded

Not suitable for hot drinks - Hot drinks cause the paper straws to lose shape faster

Let us look at how does paper straw fair as a plastic straw alternative

Metal Straws: Most durable alternative to plastic straws

Metal straws historically were a royal utensil. Copper straw was a popular choice in many parts of the world in the ancient times. Now a days stainless steel is the most

Only 3% of the metal straws are disposed in 5 years compared to 100% of the plastic straws.

Pros

Reusability

Durability

Environmentally friendly: The metal straws better for the environment compared to the plastic straws 

Dishwasher safe

Cons

Expensive compared to plastic straws

Taste: It develops metal taste after a while

Not Kids safe: Have sharp edges

Thermal conductor - Not suitable for hot drinks

Unable to see through: Always a doubt whether it is clean or not

Let us look at the comparison between metal straws and plastic straws

Wooden Straws

Bamboo is the most common material used for wooden straws. Bamboo straws are environmental friendly and it is a great choice for your farm houses and resorts

Pros

Biodegradable material

Cheaper compared to metal straws

No issue with hot fluids unlike metal straws

Cons

Not dishwasher safe - bamboo absorbs liquids and hence more difficult to clean

No bend variety available

Not long lasting compared to metal, silicone or glass straws

Not of the same size and shape

Silicone Straw:  the kids safe alternative to plastic straws

You can bend and chew them. Kids love them. Silicon straws are a great alternative to plastic straws if you have kids at home

Pros

Dishwasher safe

Kids friendly and senior citizen safe

Travel safe

Cons

Not able to see through

Bends too much for some type of thick fluids

Glass Straws: the aesthetically appealing alternative to plastic straws

Glass straws are very popular these days in cafes and also in households.

Pros

Comes in variety of colors and shapes

They are see through so that we can be sure that they are clean

Can be used for both hot and cold drinks

The edges are rounded and is not sharp like metal straws

Cons

Not travel friendly

Not Kids safe

Breakable

Summary

Plastic straws are widely used in the world and we need to think of alternatives to plastic straws due to the environmental impacts. Finding the right alternative depends on your use case

If you are looking for a single use straws then paper straws can be a good alternative

If you are looking for a kids / seniors citizen safe straws, then silicon straws are a great option

If you want to travel and needs straw, the metal straws are the best option for you

Glass straws are the most aesthetically appealing for your dinning table and will go along with great dinning sets

Glass straws are great if you are buying for restaurants and cafes since people would see that it is clean

Wooden straws are a great option if you are environmentally conscious

Please let us know in the comments section which straw did you eventually choose.

#Metal straws #Glass straws #Plastic straws #wooden straws #paper straws #environment #plastic #ceramichut

[dykelizard]

living on the sunny must be hell

#bro just wanted a glass of water #luffy asked zoro to keep a lookout so zoro fell asleep with his eyes open #usopp won’t tell sanji #he’s no snitch #i drew this in like an hour and didn’t bother to color it #pretend that there is electricity on the sunny #i needed it for emphasis #one piece #usopp #monkey d. luffy #roronoa zoro #god usopp #straw hat luffy #one piece zoro #op #1pc #my art #strawhat pirates #one piece comic #one piece fanart #usopp one piece

[thejasontoddarchives]

Brothers in Blood will trick you into thinking it’s just a silly crack scenario brought to life and Jason just concocted this plan for shits and giggles. Then you get a single page like this:

Nightwing (1996-) #121

that reveals he wanted/desperately needed shreds of acceptance even if it was coated in layers of resentment irritation and doubt after going through this:

Batman (1940-) #650

And it had to be from someone who isn’t Bruce

#jason todd #dick grayson #dc #brothers in blood #look sometimes people need to find the least vulnerable way to be vulnerable and this was that #because the fact is he is vulnerable but the last time he revealed that without undercutting the moment with jokes and giggles #it turned out fabulously wrong for him #if he distracts Dick as much as possible so he'll never find out how much of a mess he is right now or what he actually wants #he can still get that confirmation that Dick cares about him without risking something happening that would be his second final straw #even the telegram where he finally sort of reveals what this was about by thanking Dick for still having his back he has to make it wacky #the ww3 comic that preludes this is even more fascinating #because I do think the cover art is ... impactful? #Jason's holding the Nightwing suit in one hand and the red hood helmet in the other and looking solemnly at his Robin suit glass case #granted it is the pill helmet but still. anyway #he’s doing this not long after Bruce slit his throat and prior to that told Alfred to keep the glass case as in the cave in uth #because meeting Jason again changed nothing and he might as well still be dead to him so that uber-tombstone stays #ofc Jason never heard that convo but it's clear he put the pieces together by himself now while looking at the case #and he’s stranded as to what he should do + silently devastated #because he knows now that he doesn’t matter (in the only way that does matter) to the one person who was the most important in his life #after his parents were gone #so then he decides to come to Dick with this because he really is the only other person who was in his life if only very briefly #anyway that was just my interpretation of that cover but how Jason is actually written in the story is just … off in many ways #but yea #this page and that ww3 cover did kinda solidify what his motivation was for the brothers in blood arc #it was good #if only the execution of everything else was better … The premise/foundation was there

[complete-clownery]

Ooo boy why did this took me soo loong

#actually i know what took me this long #i was spending two hours of looking for that one fucking picture of shadow drinking the blue drink from the glass cup with the white straw #im not kidding it was 2 hour of searching just so i can have them #anyways #clown does art #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #miles tails prower #rouge the bat #e 123 omega #team dark #cream the rabbit #also theyre playing with duplo not with lego since the lego pieces are too small for omega to safely play with

[twisting-roads]

some more sliver (and moon), and also my fucking ocssss :)))))

cw gore below

#cw gore #rain world oc #tari oc #lotg #light on tainted glass #ribble the scribble #rain world #sliver of straw #looks to the moon

[allgremlinart]

Bruce + Minhkhoa could never permanently live in the same house together because Bruce is a maximalist and Minhkhoa is a minimalist send tweet

#the 47th reason they broke up.... #Bruce wanted to hang his butterflies encased in glass in their bedroom and it was the last straw... #Minhkhoa 'why CANT my home look like the inside of an apple store' Khan #ghostbat

[soft-flourish]

reverence of the sun ☀️

#monkey d luffy #fanart #art #digital art #gear 5 fanart #<<< i guess?? idk im putting the gear 5 tags just in case #gear 5th #gear 5 #luffy #monkey d luffy fanart #monkey d. luffy fanart #monkey d. luffy #luffy art #one piece art #one piece luffy #one piece #one piece fanart #op fanart #op luffy #luffy fanart #straw hat luffy #mugiwara no luffy #sun god nika #one piece nika #i had the urge to do something stained glass inspired #gear 5 luffy #<<< maybe as well?? its like staring at a reflection #idk but them <3

[unforth]

Since I've seen several posts floating around that try to rebut the points of @end-otw-racism by saying that AO3 is too big to moderate, can we PLEASE take a moment and remember that AO3 IS ALREADY HEAVILY MODERATED.

We all know the obvious one - that if you post anything about monetizing fic, you will be moderated into oblivion. We also all know why! This is essential to AO3's survival as a non-profit! No one would propose changing this!

But a lot of people seem to forget that AO3 is moderated in other ways! For a personal example, several years ago I got a "change this or we're removing your work" e-mail. The work in question? A collection of pseudo-ficlets that were somewhere between outlines and sketchy fics. What I got moderated for? I said in the a/n that if anyone wanted to expand my kinda-outliney nonsense into fully fleshed out stories, they were welcome to do so! I was told this was a violation of the ToS, because fics that are collections of prompts aren't allowed, and that if I didn't change the a/n I'd have to delete the work. Of course I edited the a/n, and my work was allowed, and I moved on. I did, immediately, delete another work I'd posted, which WAS literally sets of prompts I'd written free to a good home. It was clearly in violation of those rules, and I just hadn't realized content like that wasn't allowed.

Numerous things are forbidden on AO3 and will get moderated and potentially deleted, including:

advertising

"find a fic" posts

spam

plagiarized works

virus spreading

doxxing

actual CSAM

lots of other stuff as listed in the tos

If the foundation of your argument is "AO3 is too big to moderate" your argument is bad. AO3 is already moderated.

So that means your ACTUAL argument is "I think AO3 is moderated enough as-is and I don't think AO3 should be moderated in a way that might better protect fans of color."

Having that attitude despite the many, many, MANY fans of colors who say "hey, we don't feel safe here, can this be better moderated to protect us?" (when, by the way, the existing harassment policy SHOULD protect them but clearly isn't being implemented in ways that actually DOES protect them!)

Well. That's sure a take.

(TO BE CLEAR: I am anti-censorship. I am pro-moderation. I am pro-AO3. I fucking love your dark fic, your underage works, your non-con stories, your kinky pwp with "no redeeming qualities," your dirty-wrong-bad ego fics. I would NEVER want a solution that removed that content. And I believe AO3 is the greatest thing to happen to fic in my lifetime and I want it to continue to be the wonderful thing it is. I think that what AO3 already is can be reconciled with the demands of fans of color that they be better protected. I believe fans of color when they say that the current policies don't protect them adequately, that they don't feel safe, that this drives them out of white western fandom. I've listened a lot, and I've seen a lot, and I've learned a lot, and I want AO3 to be better than it is in this regard. I'm honestly kinda depressed how many people seem comfortable with the status quo.)

#unforth rambles #racism #end racism in the otw #end otw racism #the specific post i saw made me so angry it's taken me the better part of a week to cool down enough to speak coherently about it #way to write a HUGE post that all starts from a very false premise #well two false premises actually #the first is that the end otw racism movement is calling for content to be deleted #which it's not literally no one is saying read billions of words of fanfic to protect fans of color #that's an absurd thing to say and everyone involved knows it's absurd so nice straw man #but even more fundamental than that HELLO THERE IS ALREADY HEAVY MODERATION #enforce the rules that are ALREADY THERE #BE MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING #these are not unreasonable requests #i'm really starting to think some people can't be bothered to actually read what's being asked for #and are instead seeing what they want to see there #and to be clear i also am surely reading the text with rose-colored glasses #i don't want to see yes we mean deletion yes we mean removal #i personally want a solution that's both as anti-censorship as possible and also is pro moderation and protects people #so that's the lens I read things through #but I KNOW the lens I'm reading it through and I KNOW that lens may be coloring my interpretations #have you taken a moment to take off your glasses and see how they might be coloring your own intepretations #because maybe you should

[codychristiantreasures]

Stay hydrated

#cody christian #hes so cute #v proud of his giant straws #I would love a tall glass of him #theo raeken #teen wolf #asher adams #all american #mike montgomery #pll

[nawzir11]

Comparison between metal and glass straws

What should I choose

More at http://www.ceramichut.com/the-best-alternative-to-a-plastic-straw/

#glass straws #plastic straws #metal straws #straws #comparison #compare