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Tethered plastic caps (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I know they're supposed to be good for the environment. But... Holy smokes they drive me up the wall. They really do!

I had no trouble adapting when aluminum can pull-tabs got replaced by push-tabs, because it was pretty much the same movement, and I could see the immediate advantage of not getting cut by a pull-tab.

But the tethered cap is fighting decades of muscle memory in me: I'm used to taking the cap off with one hand and keeping it there while taking a swig with the other. Now I unscrew the cap with one hand, but I still have to hold the cap so it's out of the way. It feels like drinking in handcuffs each and every time...

So unlike the pull-tab, the tethered plastic bottle cap is one of those compulsory eco solutions that constantly make you feel ever-so-slightly more miserable all the time, and I hate that because ecology only works when it brings something of value both to people and to the environment.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

This is genuinely one of the most amazing inventions of the last decade. Now you never lose the cap and you don't have to hold it in your hand.

I can't believe anyone thinks this is not amazing.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have cut my lips twice on these fuckers. Also just this week while pouring milk, the cap somehow slipped right under the stream and spilled the milk everywhere.

Who loses their bottlecap?

Also this makes it harder for kids to drink from bottles, since they can't put their whole mouth around.

I hate these shit stains with a passion.

I am 99% sure, thia was all just a PR stunt by some bottle company. If they really wanted to do something for the environment, they would go for glass bottles again, since they can be recycled forever.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You can bend them out of the way and they don't break off I find that really useful.

Especially for bottles and cartons that are poured into a glass.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes and if you bend them out of the way, some become sharp and I poured a carton of milk. So no, I to not like them.

To each their own except I have no (real) choice.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago

This really needs to be polled. I'm curious what opinions are

Paper straws are unanimously awful but I am a huge fan of the attached bottle caps.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The cap doesn't stay where you put it, usually is still a bit wet from the liquid and that drips on your face when you take a sip. If you have facial hair, you have to navigate your way around the cap as well.

I'm not against the idea in principle, but the implementations have ranged from mildly irritating to unusable for me.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Maybe I don't drink from small bottles enough but even then I just turn them out of the way.

I find it intriguing how people have such different experiences with it.