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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)

I just installed one of these for my g/f in her back yard catio and I think it's great. I play 7 a side on it twice a week.

Why would people want such a useful material 'banned'? If you don't like it, then don't install it. If it doesn't work out great in your space, then you can always remove it.

In terms of waste, you can say that about literally everything we consume.

[–] MostlyBirds 1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Why would people want such a useful material ‘banned’?

Because it's not actually useful, it's just poison.

In terms of waste, you can say that about literally everything we consume.

Yeah, and we need to stop. It's literally going to drive us to extinction, along with countless other species. This kind of apathy is disgusting.

[–] Rokk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It can be useful. It's a great surface for doing any form of outdoor exercise on.

[–] MostlyBirds 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty absurd to pretend any of its uses come close to outweighing the negatives.

[–] Rokk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Claiming it's "not actually useful" though is just wrong.

[–] MostlyBirds 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If a thing does more harm than good, it isn't useful, the people using it are just selfish.

[–] Rokk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's an interesting new definition of 'useful' you have.

[–] MostlyBirds 1 points 1 year ago

It's certainly more sound than yours, which apparently requires nothing more than "it feels kinds of nice to step on" while it poisons the ground and eliminates yet more of your local ecosystem.

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