Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/10/16/drinking-straws-that-are-made.html
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We don’t need straws made out of pasta, Twizzlers work fine.
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Yea, but they’re really only good for drinking Marinara.
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This is just fusilli.
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Go away, farfalle away.
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Bucatini.
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Don’t rotelle me what to do!
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Yet it still floats over people’s heads that two of the world’s primary pollution and/or plastics problems come from the US military and commercial fishing. Where are the spaghetti nets and rigatoni missile launchers?
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That could decrease their carbonara footprint.
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What’s the uptake of paper straws in the US? They’re pretty much everywhere in the UK now.
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But why are there straws anyway? The last time I was drinking something and thought, “Hey, I sure wish I had a straw to drink this with!” was… never.
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The only way I will drink a Coke. Pray for me.
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I can think of a few things that might require non-squishy straws, like smoothies, shakes and bubble tea. However, I have them so infrequently that it’s not even on my radar to bother with a bespoke straw. A pasta straw, clever, but, just no. Ew.
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I saw them in SFO’s airport. I think they were the common solution when you asked for a straw when I visited Portland for a week. I’ve never seen a restaurant that has them here in one of the southeast’s biggest cities.
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Thank you for posting that. I’m also thinking that’s really all these are.
I think it might be an American thing, what with our love of lots of ice in any non-hot drink. Unless you have lips of aerogel, drinking through a pile of ice is uncomfortable.
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In a more horror-driven world, I could see contemporary vampires using them to poke humans like juice boxes and cut down on the mess.
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Nobody ever puts a straw in beer, though, for some reason.
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Only a monster would put ice in their beer, so that part is consistent.
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To those asking why are straws necessary anyway: it’s an accessibility issue. Often, disabled people can only drink or take in liquids through a straw, I believe.
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Or it’d be inconvenient to/reveal their disability. It’s a lot easier to hold a cup steady while you sip (or even sip while the cup is on the table,) than go through the drinking motion if you have shakes, coordination problems, etc.
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