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The grams of waste per teaspoon of ketchup seems high.

What else has a super high packaging waste per consumable volume?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I would expand that and say small kids in general are super wasteful. They consume a lot of resources, produce a lot of trash (and noise) and are a significant source of stress and sleep deprivation, both of which are suspected of causing cancer. ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The good news is they are biodegradable.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Sort of. Bones take a long time to degrade.

[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

As someone who chose to be child free for many reasons, faeces everywhere, noise, trash and sleep deprivation are high on the list.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

My daughter is coming in 8 weeks...and now you tell me?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Oh, best get all the sleep you can now! You need to stock up!

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Almost 6 months with my daughter, nobody told me these babies get teeth?! Now she's crying at me because she bit herself and it's my fault!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She is hungry but doesn't want to eat? That's your fault. Tired, but doesn't want to sleep? Your fault.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There's still time to run out to the store for a pack of cigarettes.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Not to leave out the methane.