McDonalds Paper straws taste like...

janfebmar · 03-04-2019 02:16PM #1

Anyone else taste the new McDonalds straws yet and think they feel and taste like soggy cardboard? Maybe it is just me, I preferred the plastic ones but I know they are supposed to be worse for the environment. But the taste of the new ones - ughhh. Never again.

D3V!L · 03-04-2019 02:20PM

Odeon cinema brought them in a while ago. They dont even last half the film so I end up having to take two.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 03-04-2019 02:21PM

I don't get this worse for the environment thing, if a plastic straw or cup is thrown in the ditch, it just lies there, it doesn't melt and create toxic chemicals that seep into the land and harm animals or plants. And so what it takes hundreds or thousands of years to degrade, we wont be around then.

What the government should do is designate an unpopulated area such as Leitrim and dump everything in it, its not like anyone lives there or ever goes there anyway so there is no problem.

Fracture · 03-04-2019 02:23PM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I don't get this worse for the environment thing, if a plastic straw or cup is thrown in the ditch, it just lies there, it doesn't melt and create toxic chemicals that seep into the land and harm animals or plants. And so what it takes hundreds or thousands of years to degrade, we wont be around then.

What the government should do is designate an unpopulated area such as Leitrim and dump everything in it, its not like anyone lives there or ever goes there anyway so there is no problem.

haha

Scorpion Sting · 03-04-2019 02:24PM

Yeah they're absolutely horrible.

Fracture · 03-04-2019 02:25PM

janfebmar wrote: »

Anyone else taste the new McDonalds straws yet and think they feel and taste like soggy cardboard? Maybe it is just me, I preferred the plastic ones but I know they are supposed to be worse for the environment. But the taste of the new ones - ughhh. Never again.

Don't eat them. Seriously tho, i find them ok to use, although the coke doesn't taste as good when using them, i find it goes a little flat and it maybe isn't as cold after travelling through them compared to their plastic counter part.

Balanadan · 03-04-2019 02:30PM

Drink without a straw.

Deebles McBeebles · 03-04-2019 02:55PM

McDonalds Paper straws taste like...

A McDonalds Big Mac.

uch · 03-04-2019 03:11PM

Pfffft, peasants and their paper Straws, Does everybody not have a gold Straw provided by social Welfare?

TheValeyard · 03-04-2019 03:17PM

Yeah same with the ones in Eddie Rockets. You need two of them per drink.

4068ac1elhodqr · 03-04-2019 03:33PM

Surely even these 'paper' straws would have some sort of Bisphenol-A type coating on the inside?
Otherwise they'd disintegrate almost immediately on 1st use.

Don't venture into such outlets, and use stainless steel straws at home.

Good doc about McD's on the TVBox, said the original Ralph charachter got sacked soon after starting due to sudden onset of obesity, the __ ___.

kneemos · 03-04-2019 03:43PM

Jemma Weak Zebra wrote: »

Surely even these 'paper' straws would have some sort of Bisphenol-A type coating on the inside?
Otherwise they'd disintegrate almost immediately on 1st use.

Don't venture into such outlets, and use stainless steel straws at home.

Good doc about McD's on the TVBox, said the original Ralph charachter got sacked soon after starting due to sudden onset of obesity, the __ ___.

How do you clean a straw?

Deebles McBeebles · 03-04-2019 03:47PM

kneemos wrote: »

How do you clean a straw?

A smaller straw.

Kilboor · 03-04-2019 03:48PM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I don't get this worse for the environment thing, if a plastic straw or cup is thrown in the ditch, it just lies there, it doesn't melt and create toxic chemicals that seep into the land and harm animals or plants. And so what it takes hundreds or thousands of years to degrade, we wont be around then.

What the government should do is designate an unpopulated area such as Leitrim and dump everything in it, its not like anyone lives there or ever goes there anyway so there is no problem.

You've got my vote!

magic_murph · 03-04-2019 03:51PM

Stop eating McDonalds and get some real food into ya' Simple.

schizo1014 · 03-04-2019 03:52PM

Your not supposed to eat them

Beat me to it magic murph

Feisar · 03-04-2019 03:54PM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I don't get this worse for the environment thing, if a plastic straw or cup is thrown in the ditch, it just lies there, it doesn't melt and create toxic chemicals that seep into the land and harm animals or plants. And so what it takes hundreds or thousands of years to degrade, we wont be around then.

What the government should do is designate an unpopulated area such as Leitrim and dump everything in it, its not like anyone lives there or ever goes there anyway so there is no problem.

4068ac1elhodqr · 03-04-2019 03:58PM

kneemos wrote: »

How do you clean a straw?

Hot water, then cold water rinse, usually in a sink.

Many of the stainless steel packs even come with those wee brush things.

The more notationally creative might be able to drill holes and make an impromptu stainless steel whistle.

El_Bee · 03-04-2019 04:38PM

probably reconstituted toiletroll

Frank O. Pinion · 03-04-2019 04:41PM

Personally, I'm bulk buying plastic straws from Amazon and taking them with me to places that use those awful paper straws. I will fight this.

Del2005 · 03-04-2019 04:42PM

Jemma Weak Zebra wrote: »

Hot water, then cold water rinse, usually in a sink.

Many of the stainless steel packs even come with those wee brush things.

The more notationally creative might be able to drill holes and make an impromptu stainless steel whistle.

I wounder how much water is wasted by people thinking that they are being good for the environment by reusing the straw by running litres of potable water through it?

Deebles McBeebles · 03-04-2019 04:50PM

Del2005 wrote: »

I wounder how much water is wasted by people thinking that they are being good for the environment by reusing the straw by running litres of potable water through it?

Quick p*ss, be grand.

shmeee · 03-04-2019 04:56PM

janfebmar wrote: »

Anyone else taste the new McDonalds straws yet and think they feel and taste like soggy cardboard? Maybe it is just me, I preferred the plastic ones but I know they are supposed to be worse for the environment. But the taste of the new ones - ughhh. Never again.

Experienced one on Monday, straight away the taste was as you described it. Took the lid off and just drank it out of the cup.

Drinking a milkshake through one is even worse!

janfebmar · 03-04-2019 06:35PM

shmeee wrote: »

Experienced one on Monday, straight away the taste was as you described it. Took the lid off and just drank it out of the cup.

Drinking a milkshake through one is even worse!

Yeah, it was a milkshake I tried to drink through one, disgusting. Was never a big customer of McD's, and I will be even less now.

4068ac1elhodqr · 03-04-2019 06:39PM

Del2005 wrote: »

I wounder how much water is wasted by people thinking that they are being good for the environment by reusing the straw by running litres of potable water through it?

When washed once daily with full bowl of cups, plates, glasses, cutlery and a quick rinse of <50ml of cold water (or not)?

Yes indeed (Rolleyes) so, so much worse than a lifetime of single use straws.

Amirani · 03-04-2019 06:49PM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I don't get this worse for the environment thing, if a plastic straw or cup is thrown in the ditch, it just lies there, it doesn't melt and create toxic chemicals that seep into the land and harm animals or plants. And so what it takes hundreds or thousands of years to degrade, we wont be around then.

My main issue with these sort of initiatives, is that they actually tend to detract from the big issue; carbon emissions and climate change. People reduce a bit of their plastic use and then pat themselves on the back for it, when you've done nothing to reduce the greatest threat facing humanity. Of course reducing the use of plastic is a good thing, but people seem to just conflate the two. I was at an environmental focus group recently, and people were asked for ways that we could reduce our carbon emissions. The amount of people who started suggesting things like paper straws, re-usable shopping bags and coffee cups etc. was astounding; and these make no discernible impact to climate change.

Gunmonkey · 03-04-2019 06:50PM

Frank O. Pinion wrote: »

Personally, I'm bulk buying plastic straws from Amazon and taking them with me to places that use those awful paper straws. I will fight this.

Why even bother, just find somewhere that sells those hard plastic "loopy" straws and bring it with ya to the cinema or such. Then rinse it out at home and ready for the next use.

WTF would anyone do, stop you from using your own straw?

gozunda · 03-04-2019 06:54PM

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Why even bother, just find somewhere that sells those hard plastic "loopy" straws and bring it with ya to the cinema or such. Then rinse it out at home and ready for the next use.

WTF would anyone do, stop you from using your own straw?

Is this a straw poll then?

I'll get me coat ...

Electric Sheep · 03-04-2019 07:30PM

kneemos wrote: »

How do you clean a straw?

Most come with a narrow brush for cleaning.

Lots of people I know carry one of their metal straws with them if they want to use a straw when eating outside the home.

Frank O. Pinion · 03-04-2019 09:51PM

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Why even bother, just find somewhere that sells those hard plastic "loopy" straws and bring it with ya to the cinema or such. Then rinse it out at home and ready for the next use.

WTF would anyone do, stop you from using your own straw?

I don't like the hard plastics ones and don't want to have to clean or reuse anything. Plus, I just hate the environment.

Akrasia · 03-04-2019 09:57PM

Electric Sheep wrote: »

Most come with a narrow brush for cleaning.

Lots of people I know carry one of their metal straws with them if they want to use a straw when eating outside the home.

When they start selling a 'straw for life' and the press under my sink gets full of metal straws....

Every single piece of food in a supermarket comes with some kind of plastic wrapper. Straws are the least of our worries.

McDonalds Paper straws taste like...

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