Unpopular Opinions - General Thread

[TexRex]

"It was a different time" does not absolve the vermin that willingly participated in the convention of slavery as conservative vermin today invoke it. It has always been an exercise in the use of force, or threat thereof, to violate the fundamental natural right of individual sovereignty and to deny self-determination. As such, it is right and correct to view one's having willingly participated in the convention of slavery as an indelible mark on any supposed legacy, even to reconsider whether a supposed legacy should be recognized at all in light of one's having willingly participated in the convention.

 

[Liquid]

Unlike what the ackchyually bridge will always tell you on the internet, the Mercator map projection is, actually, fine.

Yeah, we know it's not realistic. You're not telling anybody anything they don't already know.

 

[Liquid]

This:

People who complain about this are the dumbest mouth breathers and deserve to be left behind. Just rotate the cylindrical bottle so that the cap is facing down, mate.

 

[Com Fox]

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People who complain about this are the dumbest mouth breathers and deserve to be left behind. Just rotate the cylindrical bottle so that the cap is facing down, mate.

Reminds me of the whole complains about the removal of plastic straws and every way it "ruins" drinking is a non issue.

Especially the people who complain about supposedly their paper straws breaking. What on earth are you doing to destroy paper straws? I never had that problem once.

 

[Clinton Ducks]

Reminds me of the whole complains about the removal of plastic straws and every way it "ruins" drinking is a non issue.

Especially the people who complain about supposedly their paper straws breaking. What on earth are you doing to destroy paper straws? I never had that problem once.

McDonalds milkshakes are kinda hard work with paper straws though.

 

[Scaff]

People who complain about this are the dumbest mouth breathers and deserve to be left behind. Just rotate the cylindrical bottle so that the cap is facing down, mate.

Even better, just give the cap a half-twist and one of the 'stalks' breaks, it's still attached, but now doesn't get in the way.

 

[Nexus]

Reminds me of the whole complains about the removal of plastic straws and every way it "ruins" drinking is a non issue.

Especially the people who complain about supposedly their paper straws breaking. What on earth are you doing to destroy paper straws? I never had that problem once.

Mine always fall apart after one sip

 

[TheCracker]

McDonalds milkshakes are kinda hard work with paper straws though.

McDonalds milkshakes are kinda hard work with any straw! - Its practically a non-newtonian fluid.

 

[Joey D]

Do bottles in the UK have the cap attached to the bottle? What kind of nonsense is this?

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Yeah, I never heard of someone leaving the caps all-the-way on before. I always twisted mine off and just held it in my hand until I had a sip. Or if I could, just pour the drink into a cup. I can't say I've heard people whining about having to twist a cap off just to drink some soda or water.

 

[TheCracker]

This:

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People who complain about this are the dumbest mouth breathers and deserve to be left behind. Just rotate the cylindrical bottle so that the cap is facing down, mate.

Bloke's drinking a Danish drink that, as far as i can see, isn't sold outside of Denmark. So its a european thing, not just a British thing.

 

[MatskiMonk]

Do bottles in the UK have the cap attached to the bottle? What kind of nonsense is this?

So its a european thing, not just a British thing.

EU directive 2019/904 Reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment.

Officially...

Caps and lids made of plastic which are used for beverage containers are among the single-use plastic items that are found the most on beaches in the Union. Therefore, beverage containers that are single-use plastic products should only be allowed to be placed on the market if they fulfil specific product design requirements that significantly reduce the dispersal into the environment of beverage container caps and lids made of plastic. For beverage containers that are both single-use plastic products and packaging, that requirement is in addition to the essential requirements on the composition and the re-usable and recoverable, including recyclable, nature of packaging set out in Annex II to Directive 94/62/EC.

 

[Team THRT Drift]

Can confirm it's EU-wide. Germany, Albania, Italy and Greece had it when I was there a couple months ago.

 

[Liquid]

I live in Slovakia. We've had them for a year or two at least, hence the nature of my gripe.

Plastic bottle tops are the single biggest source of plastic litter. If there's a way to keep the cap close to the bottle, fine. A small difference that might cut down on avoidable litter. As "inconveniences" go, it is so far down on the list. These people probably complained when pop ring pulls switched from the whole can to the small aperture we have today because "I can't get all the drink in".