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xia lemmy.ca xia@lemmy.ca
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Onomatopoeia lemmy.cafe Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2025-01-02
#2 · Quote Reply

Wish I could upvote twice for the real shower thought

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Zealotte lemmy.zip Zealotte@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-12-19
#3 · Quote Reply

And matches are a thing you buy just to have go up in flames.

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「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」(old account, migrated to Piefed) sh.itjust.works DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-23
#4 · Quote Reply

Children are just things you make that will eventually die, some ending up killing themselves because of you constantly telling them how much a disappointment they are, because you are also fucked up from your parent's doing the same thing.

And then we're extinct.

Happily ever after.

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rockerface🇺🇦 lemmy.cafe rockerface@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2025-06-29
#5 · Quote Reply

Don't get me started on toilet paper

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kbal fedia.io kbal@fedia.io
Joined: 2023-11-03
#6 · Quote Reply

That's the magic of plastic: Producing more of it is cheaper and easier than producing less.

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LurkingLuddite piefed.social LurkingLuddite@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-02-04
#7 · Quote Reply

Not 'just' throw away. They provide a very nice convenience of bundling a bunch of trash together and make it all easier to transport to the bin.

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Rhynoplaz lemmy.world Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
#8 · Quote Reply

That's the magic of plastic: Producing more of it is cheaper and easier than producing less.

Of course! You've solved it! We just need bigger bags to put the landfills in!

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OriginEnergySux lemmy.world OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-02-02
#9 · Quote Reply

I buy food just to shit it out of my body, its the biggest scam

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Boomer Humor Doomergod lemmy.world Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-03-15
#10 · Quote Reply

Someone’s never made themselves a poncho

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xSikes feddit.online xSikes@feddit.online
Joined: 2026-01-29
#11 · Quote Reply

Sadly there’s way more like that. Mostly plastic related.

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DreamButt lemmy.world tdawg@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-16
#12 · Quote Reply

Of course! You've solved it! We just need bigger bags to put the landfills in!

Then we can put those bigger bags if landfills in EVEN BIGGER landfills

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DreamButt lemmy.world tdawg@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-16
#13 · Quote Reply

And matches are a thing you buy just to have go up in flames.

Either the match burns out or I do

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mcSlibinas lemmy.world mcSlibinas@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-02-18
#14 · Quote Reply

And bullets.

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Albbi piefed.ca albbi@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-06-25
#15 · Quote Reply

Buying firewood is burning your money.

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LordMayor piefed.social LordMayor@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-10-20
#16 · Quote Reply

And, you never have to clean your dish soap.

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TheReanuKeeves lemmy.world TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-30
#17 · Quote Reply

Don't get me started on toilet paper

Most of us throwing money in the toilet everyday

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MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown fedia.io MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-03-07
#18 · Quote Reply

And you buy drinking water just to flush down the toilet.

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leadore lemmy.world leadore@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-09
#19 · (edited) Quote Reply

That reminds me of a Lily Tomlin joke: "The other day I bought a little wastebasket and brought it home in a paper bag. Then I crumpled up the paper bag and put it in the wastebasket." A lot of her stand-up act was just making little ironic observations like that.

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Nurse_Robot lemmy.world Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-12
#20 · Quote Reply

That's not true! I also buy condoms

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renegadespork lemmy.jelliefrontier.net renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net
Joined: 2024-12-03
#21 · Quote Reply

Not 'just' throw away. They provide a very nice convenience of bundling a bunch of trash together and make it all easier to transport to the bin.

Thx for explaining what trash bags do.

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SparkyBauer44 lemmy.world SparkyBauer44@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-10-12
#22 · Quote Reply

They also are used to ball up you clothing to toss in the car when you move...then in the trash can to then throw out. Yeah, you win this one.

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TranquilTurbulence lemmy.zip TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2024-05-19
#23 · Quote Reply

And matches are a thing you buy just to have go up in flames.

And you use them to light cigarettes that literally go up in smoke. You can’t even store the smoke in your lungs, but at least you get to keep the tar and cancer.

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Ephera lemmy.ml Ephera@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2020-05-31
#24 · Quote Reply

Food packaging also really irks me. Technically, it has a use beyond being thrown away, but there's just so much of it. You can readily find products in the shops that should be advertised as "plastic trash" and they just stuck a bit of food inside to keep it in shape...

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bryndos fedia.io bryndos@fedia.io
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#25 · Quote Reply

frisbee

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remon ani.social remon@ani.social
Joined: 2024-09-25
#26 · Quote Reply

Not really. You buy them as a container to keep your trash. So they serve a time limited purpose like pretty much any other product.

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yyyesss? lemmy.world yyyesss@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-10
#27 · (edited) Quote Reply

Don't get me started on toilet paper

I used to justify buying the cheapest brand possible because it's just to wipe shit on then throw away.

my wife says I'm not wrong but...

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z3rOR0ne lemmy.ml z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2022-02-22
#28 · Quote Reply

Don't get me started on toilet paper

Technically one buys food just to eventually flush it down the toilet after briefly using it to maintain energy and mass.

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Gathorall lemmy.world Gathorall@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-01-13
#29 · Quote Reply

Not really. You buy them as a container to keep your trash. So they serve a time limited purpose like pretty much any other product.

Yeah, you buy food just to throw it away by this logic.

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Dremor lemmy.world Dremor@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-20
#30 · Quote Reply

Not really. You buy them as a container to keep your trash. So they serve a time limited purpose like pretty much any other product.

As well as hide what's inside. For privacy reasons.

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Zamboni_Driver lemmy.ca Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-05-29
#31 · Quote Reply

I used to get them for free from the grocery store, and then dumbasses banned them, now for the first time in my life I need to purchase them separately to use once instead of twice.

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bwaz piefed.social bwaz@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-12-09
#32 · Quote Reply

That was a Johnny Carson joke, from about 55 years ago....

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agent_nycto lemmy.world agent_nycto@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-06-10
#33 · Quote Reply

I used to get them for free from the grocery store, and then dumbasses banned them, now for the first time in my life I need to purchase them separately to use once instead of twice.

I mean, they found one in the Mariana Trench, we probably shouldn't use those anymore.

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agent_nycto lemmy.world agent_nycto@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-06-10
#34 · Quote Reply

I used to justify buying the cheapest brand possible because it's just to wipe shit on then throw away. my wife says I'm not wrong but...

Good Lord your ass must've been like a cheese grater took to it

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neidu3 sh.itjust.works neidu3@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-11-03
#35 · Quote Reply

As well as hide what's inside. For privacy reasons.

We can still see the outline of your sex toys, so as long as you're sticking to that gauge and length (impressive, though!) you might want to double or even triple bag.

Best regards,
That totally-not-a-surveilence-van across the street.

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Dremor lemmy.world Dremor@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-20
#36 · Quote Reply

We can still see the outline of your sex toys, so as long as you're sticking to that gauge and length (impressive, though!) you might want to double or even triple bag. Best regards, That totally-not-a-surveilence-van across the street.

🤣

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yyyesss? lemmy.world yyyesss@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-10
#37 · Quote Reply

Good Lord your ass must've been like a cheese grater took to it

⭕🧻

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Bazoogle lemmy.world Bazoogle@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-24
#38 · Quote Reply

I used to get them for free from the grocery store, and then dumbasses banned them, now for the first time in my life I need to purchase them separately to use once instead of twice.

You fit all your garbage into grocery bags and took each one out?

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🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞 lemmy.world daychilde@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#39 · Quote Reply

Worse, you have to throw away the container the bags come in... in the bags! :)

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Zamboni_Driver lemmy.ca Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-05-29
#40 · Quote Reply

You fit all your garbage into grocery bags and took each one out?

Yea, it was a great system. I used nothing other than grocery bags all of the way up until the stopped offering them.

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mexicancartel lemmy.dbzer0.com mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-06-19
#41 · Quote Reply

I used to get them for free from the grocery store, and then dumbasses banned them, now for the first time in my life I need to purchase them separately to use once instead of twice.

Aren't biodegradeable bags allowed?

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backalleycoyote lemmy.today backalleycoyote@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-03-01
#42 · Quote Reply

Yeah, you buy food just to throw it away by this logic.

The spring mix I purchase and forget about in the bottom drawer, only to be found again when it’s a bag of black goo is a sacrifice to the fridge god.

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HubertManne piefed.social HubertManne@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-03-13
#43 · Quote Reply

poop bags to. I used to sorta hate using them as I use the grocery bags for it along as little trash bags (although they get tied up and thrown into a bigger trash back when full). The poop bag rolls are just to good to make sure you never are without a bag (you need to have two attached to your leash sho you can refill one after its out while useing the other). Could say cat litter although you could debate you use it for a purpose first but then again you can say that about poop bags and ultimately trash bags. Its purpose being collecting the trash in one location before disposal.

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Krauerking lemy.lol Krauerking@lemy.lol
Joined: 2023-08-17
#44 · Quote Reply

Some of us just buy dirt to throw on the ground outside our house too.

We really pay to just move stuff around a lot.

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xia lemmy.ca xia@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-09-08
#45 · Quote Reply

That's not true! I also buy condoms

Which are arguably another type of trash bag.

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xia lemmy.ca xia@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-09-08
#46 · Quote Reply

And bullets.

Thrown away at extreme velocity!

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