Same. TBH, I didn’t really pay much attention to all the protesting. But when Bacon Reader stopped working, I started looking for a new app.
This makes me sad. Information is being erased that will keep people who could’ve been helped by it from ever finding it.
The people who it will hurt the most have nothing to do with Reddit.
That’s a good question about users with the same name. I haven’t wanted to try other instances because I thought I’d need to think up multiple new usernames… But maybe I don’t? Interesting.
The bags I get from Fred Meyer are so awkwardly shaped and crinkly I haven’t been able to find another use for them. I used to reuse the old plastic bags all the time. To scoop cat litter into, small garbage can liners… but these are wide and shallow, you can’t even tie them closed. They’re so ridiculous they barely hold groceries.
My state has plastic shopping bag bans across (most of?) the state and I feel like it’s completely backfired.
Now, instead of those thin plastic bags everyone used to get, people are charged 20 cents for a “reausable” bag, which is still a shitty bag that no one seriously reuses or wants, but it’s thick plastic, like thick, crunchy, and indestructible. Maybe double the plastic waste.
I TRY to remember my (actual) reusable bags, I really do. But sometimes I forget and I wind up with these big thick bags I don’t want to reuse and wind up throwing out or “recycling” (which probably means shippibg then to the Philippines).
I also do curbside grocery pickup frequently and the ONLY option is to get those thick “reusable” bags with your order. Otherwise the grocery employee (who can’t accept tips) will need to individually place each item in my car one at a time.
The thin plastic disposable bags were better. Paper bags would be better. This 20 cents for a “reausable” bag loophole is total bullshit.
It sounds so much harder than just reading.
But I believe it. I work in law and often need clients to respond in writing to questions (so we have a record of their answers). The barely-coherent poorly-spelled responses we get are astonishing - and often from pretty well educated, smart people with high level jobs (after all, they can afford a lawyer).
Aw, I hate to admit it but I feel sad to be missing place. I liked it