Our food systems are the greatest : aboringdystopia

[–] [email protected] 66 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The consumer can have a little plastic, as a treat

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

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

[–] aesthelete 43 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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...

[–] Lifecoach5000 35 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Maybe the FDA will add it to the food pyramid.

[–] EdibleFriend 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Declare it a vegetable like pizza.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I feel like having a vegetable pizza now 😭

[–] aesthelete 4 points 10 months ago

Real or plastic veggies?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Solid base of plastic

[–] fireweed 10 points 10 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

[–] mojofrododojo 1 points 10 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

[–] Kbobabob 6 points 10 months ago

cuz we all have to eat some...

That is the unfortunate reality.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 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 10 months ago

Reminds me of that movie with Louis de Funes and the aliens

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Step 1 - Stop eating

[+] MindSkipperBro12 -14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] aesthelete 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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 10 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.

[–] MindSkipperBro12 5 points 10 months ago

Have you tried diet plastic?

[–] aesthelete 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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

warning: dead bird

[–] Guest_User 5 points 10 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 10 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.

A Boring Dystopia