Ya I agree they're bad. Just don't use a straw. Or if you love them, buy yourself a metal one or whatever.
The straw thing kills me, even here in Canada, because people who complain about it are the same ones who go on like
"Pull yourself up by your boot straps. The younger generations are so soft. We didn't have conveniences like you do when we were your age. We worked for everything. The 50's were the golden age. Nobody owes you anything."
"Ok cool, we've all got plastic floating around in our bodies and there's beaches in the middle of the ocean where the sand is like 60% plastics. We're just going to get rid of plastic straws. They didn't have them in the 50's anyway and a big tough old school man like you won't even notice this minor inconvenience and..."
"FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS COMMIE LIBRUL"