▲ 9 ▼ Vinyl in the Veins: Behind the nostalgia lies an uncomfortable truth - Every record is made of oil. (longreads.com) submitted 3 weeks ago by alyaza@beehaw.org [M] to c/music@beehaw.org 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bowsertattoo@piefed.social 8 points 3 weeks ago (4 children) plastic straws all over again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Which to be clear, is a good thing we mostly switched to compostable. I'm all for it. Just on the list of priorities it's like 10,000th in line, and damn did it nicely distract from the major polluters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bowsertattoo@piefed.social 1 point 3 weeks ago of course, i try to use paper and not disposable plastic as much as possible, bu the solutions to any of this are legislative as much as boycotts permalink fedilink source parent [–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 3 points 3 weeks ago At least plastic straws are disposable. Records are meant to be kept for decades, and replayed thousands of times. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 2 points 3 weeks ago* I didnt mind the shift away from plastic straws/bags. If it keeps em outa the ocean and away from animals I think its a good thing. It definitely felt performative in a way though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Which to be clear, is a good thing we mostly switched to compostable. I'm all for it. Just on the list of priorities it's like 10,000th in line, and damn did it nicely distract from the major polluters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bowsertattoo@piefed.social 1 point 3 weeks ago of course, i try to use paper and not disposable plastic as much as possible, bu the solutions to any of this are legislative as much as boycotts permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bowsertattoo@piefed.social 1 point 3 weeks ago of course, i try to use paper and not disposable plastic as much as possible, bu the solutions to any of this are legislative as much as boycotts permalink fedilink source parent
[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 3 points 3 weeks ago At least plastic straws are disposable. Records are meant to be kept for decades, and replayed thousands of times. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 2 points 3 weeks ago* I didnt mind the shift away from plastic straws/bags. If it keeps em outa the ocean and away from animals I think its a good thing. It definitely felt performative in a way though permalink fedilink source parent