• Hardeehar@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s because they dissolve within 5 minutes of use after poking them through the plastic lid.

    I was gifted a metal collapsible one recently because of my bitching about it and it’s a better experience.

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      1 year ago

      Oh, people do say that but maybe it has to do with the straw quality? The ones I usually use are from McDonald’s or Starbucks and those are fine. Unless you leave them there for a long time (1hour + maybe?).

      I’m not US based so maybe in Europe they are sturdier? I dunno…

      Nevermind, it seems the commenter above my initial comment is also based in Europe. Eastern Europe while I’m in Western Europe but it’s Portugal so, essentially, eastern Europe.

      When all this started about the straws I bought a set of metal straws too but I’ve never heard of collapsible metal straws. That could be a handy item to have on you