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[โ€“] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Straws don't pollute the oceans if you throw them in the trash. Well, unless that trash gets processed badly. Where I live trash gets burned. So I make sure to throw some straws in the river so the sea turtles can do coke off each others backs ๐Ÿ˜Ž

[โ€“] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Good luck choking sea turtles by throwing straws in the river. The only turtles you'll choke that way are the river turtles

[โ€“] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Where do you think the river goes?

Who cares? out of sight, out of mind.

[โ€“] Homesnatch@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

The river turtles collect the plastic straws and bring them downstream to the sea turtles. Basic nature stuff.