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I noted with some amusement that a picture of PDJT greeting Keir Starmer showed that Starmer is bow-legged and pigeon-toed.

I wonder if he loves to dance as much as Justine Castreau.

The rules for what is recycled seems to change about every 5 minutes. Each town/municipality has different rules as well.

I get so confused about recycling

Do Not Crush Your Bottle

“Regrettably, we made the mistake of crushing our bottles at home for years. Initially, this decision seemed sensible. Smaller bottles occupy less space in the truck, increasing curbside pick-up efficiency. We even recommended this approach to our customers. However, our perspective changed when the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District pointed out our error. If the bottles are crushed, the sensor at the recycling facility may fail to recognize them as bottles. Therefore, we stand corrected: it is advised not to crush your bottles for recycling. Instead, ensure they are as dry as possible, securely tighten the cap, and do not bag them.

But apparently it’s all polite social fiction anyhow:

“We are often told that recycling plastic is the solution to combating plastic pollution. Yet, the reality is that recycling plastic is and always has been extremely difficult. The multitude of plastic types do not blend well together, requiring meticulous sorting before recycling can occur. Even then, plastic’s quality degrades with every recycling, which merely delays its inevitable disposal in landfills. Moreover, the cost of recycling plastic far exceeds that of producing it from fossil fuels, providing little financial incentive for companies to prioritize recycling plastics.

https://www.packaging-gateway.com/analyst-comment/recycling-plastic-waste-of-time/?cf-view

Cut the little tag.

@p2 — It’s the UK: knives are verboten! I bet if the polizei saw you gnaw the lid off with your teeth, they’d arrest you for carrying concealed weapons in your mouth.

If the bottles are crushed, the sensor at the recycling facility may fail to recognize them as bottles.

Yeah? So fscking what? It all just gets thrown in the furnace regardless, isn’t it?

Y’all don’t get it.

It’s fun to pretend!
Pretending recycling plastic works.
Pretending wind and solar are the answer to modern power needs.
Pretending there are more than 2 genders.
Pretending boys can be girls and girls can be boys.
Pretending cutting first world emissions and allowing the third world to do as it will is the answer to the fiction of human forced climate change.
Pretending reverse discrimination isn’t discrimination.
Pretending the US is going to annex Canada.
Pretending a certain religion is the religion of peace.
Pretending communism and socialism will work…this time.
Pretending AI is the answer to everything.
Pretending imaginary digital currency has actual physical value.

And so on and on.

I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that. 🙉🙉🙉

On the bottled water I drink, that “tag” is a hinge.

It holds the cap open at 90 degrees to the top of the bottle.