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[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 21 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

if manufacturers were fined for their garbage, there would be much less garbage.

[–] SolarBoy@slrpnk.net 2 points 17 hours ago

Not sure about that. They would probably start paying for cleaning offsets or something and claim that it's the same as actually cleaning up their trash, so they don't need to do anything.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.org 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Fuck these fucking things! Why do people tend to choose the most insane option when they are given a choice!?

Ghetto-Takeaway-Bidet
Punch a tiny hole in the neck of an empty 0,33ml PET plastic bottle. You can use a drill, a needle or a corkscrew. Fill it with water and squeeze it to spray your ass, vulva, whatever clean.

[–] airportline@lemm.ee 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They should mandate bidets in all residential bathrooms like Italy imo

[–] CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

I went to Japan last month. It is a bidet heaven. My ass was so clean!

[–] EvilJDA@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It actually use to be mandatory in Spain since the dictatorship and until 20 years ago or so.

[–] Spaniard@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Nailed it. Real Decreto 314/2006

Luckily I live in a house from when Spain was an Absolute Monarchy with bidet in every bathroom.

[–] EvilJDA@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

When has Spain been a absolute monarchy recently, I think Spain became a Parliamentary Monarchy with the Cortes de Cadiz in 1836

[–] Spaniard@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

That was in 1812, after than we went back to Monarchy with the infamous Fernando VII, then Isabel II, then Alfonso XII, Alfonso XIII then dictatorship then democracy (1978).

My house is from the late XIX century.

[–] GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nice move Spain. Seriously. Anyone still cut the 6 pack plastic carrier to save turtles ? Anyone still confused why they still allow manufacturer to still use that plastic contraption?

That is because they don't care.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-pack_rings

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 2 points 18 hours ago

it’s absolutely wild that the US still allows this… it’s 1 of the first things my friends all comment on when travelling there (australia)

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 day ago (4 children)
[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 points 11 hours ago

I haven't seen can six packs in the wild in Germany for ages, the few cans that are for sale come in trays of 24. Results do show pictures of "wrap everything in plastic" (Coca-Cola) as well as cardboard solutions like the Spanish one, the first hit that's a commercial supply looks just like carton six-pack packaging for bottles.

Thing is cans are kind of iffy in Germany because of the 25ct deposit, it's not so much the deposit that's the issue (the same goes for very popular PET bottles) but that cans crinkle and once they do they might be right-out impossible to scan and get your money back. Also PET is fine for about everything but beer, and for beer there's glass bottles. If you ever see beer in PET in Germany give it a wide berth it tastes as good as its price-point indicates. You're better off with wine or sangria in a tetra pack.

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