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> The environmental impact of disposal products is terrible.

No. Modern society is terrible for the environment. Disposable tampons or lithium batteries in AirPods or driving a 1/2 mile to the corner store are not terrible for the environment.

Either we make the big sweeping global societal changes that are needed to protect the environment or we don’t. The idea that we’re going to piecemeal tiny pointless changes into something that matters is insane to me. Just not going to happen.

Don’t drive. Don’t fly. Don’t have kids. Don’t eat meat. Live in small dense housing. Those are the things an individual can do to have the biggest impact — and even those things don’t matter.

Just do whatever you want and enjoy the ride. Shaming others for doing a tiny wasteful thing when our entire society is unsustainable isn’t doing anyone any favors.




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