Our food systems are the greatest : aboringdystopia

[–] [email protected] 66 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The consumer can have a little plastic, as a treat

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

Ah. Like having a cheat day. On tuesdays, just have a little plastic toppings on your tacos....

[–] [email protected] 43 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Thought of this community as soon as this issue hit my eyes for the first time last week.

Not "how to stop eating plastic"...just how to eat less....cuz we all have to eat some...

[–] [email protected] 35 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Maybe the FDA will add it to the food pyramid.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Declare it a vegetable like pizza.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I feel like having a vegetable pizza now 😭

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Real or plastic veggies?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Solid base of plastic

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For years I avoided seafood for the microplastics issue, then that study just dropped revealing that it's in chicken, beef, and plant-based meats too. Fuck ~~me~~ all of us, right?

https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/48090/20240109/microplastics-found-nearly-90-meat-even-plant-based-ones-study.htm

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

best not look at the nano & microplastics in bottled water.

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/10/1223730333/bottled-water-plastic-microplastic-nanoplastic-study

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

cuz we all have to eat some...

That is the unfortunate reality.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

Step 1: make sure to choose to be born to rich parents...

(j/k - this is Step 1 to just about every such piece of advice the media tends to give these days:-P)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Step 1 - Stop eating

[+] [email protected] -14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

With world hunger dropping, yes, our food system is the greatest so far.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

...and the great news is that if you eat a heaping helping of plastic you'll remain full forever!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Not true. I'm told I'm eating and drinking multiple helpings of plastic every day and I still get hungry.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Have you tried diet plastic?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

It needs to be heaping, friend. Then you'll never be hungry again, like this bird:

warning: dead bird

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How could a bird live for any amount of time with that much plastic in it? I would think that one pointy pink piece alone would be enough to rupture their stomach and kill it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Ever shot a grouse?

I did as a wee human in the mountains and boy oh boy was I surprised at how much was in its belly when we cut it open.

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