no offense to older people in chat, but why do so many older USonians try to overuse appliances or reusable containers with worn out plastic in contact with food?
is this a worldwide issue? my hypothesis was they got introduced to them as wonder materials of the future. even plastic sponges get reused when they clearly have molecule-deep filth in every crevasse
Because we’ve been around a very long time.
You know the shit never breaks down… You know the shit probably never gets recycled… You know there aren’t enough proper incinerators to adequately destroy the shit properly… You know that when you throw it away it just winds up in back in the air or water or food… You know that the thing is bad but it still works toward some function… You know that when you replace it you will just be replacing it with the same exact horrible thing… You know that if you try to replace them with newer things it will cost money you don’t have… You know that manufacturers make things that are shitty and will break quickly with regular use and it will cost you more to get it replaced than just keeping the old thing that “still works” even though it looks fucking disgusting…
counterpoint: the red water cup has a faint odor of tires and fruit snacks
@D61@hexbear.net
mine always smells faintly of milk, no matter how often I wash it…