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Jul 22, 2019
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CosmoK
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I'm not sure what outrage I should be feeling. . .
Can I get some guidance on this one?
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BYU Student pushes for plastic bag fee
TheLost
7/22/19 10:36am
They're only single use if you're a moron.
rcbyufan
7/22/19 10:39am
Have you met almost everyone?
RyneK
7/22/19 10:39am
What? You don't stuff your pockets full of old plastic bags when you go to the
Vincent's Picks
7/22/19 10:40am
I've been check-mated
rcbyufan
7/22/19 10:41am
We use them for lots of things, mostly lining trash cans around the house.
O Gaucho
7/22/19 11:05am
this isn't going to be popular, but I say good for her.
fbguru
7/22/19 10:40am
I see no negatives here, but cougarboard is crazy
Dissenter
7/22/19 11:02am
full of mad geniuses
lightmann
7/22/19 11:43am
What's next, straws? I've been seeing some businesses around here not offereing
Don_Juan_El_Guapo
7/22/19 10:41am
What a heroine!!!
CObluezone
7/22/19 10:41am
As was hashed out in the other thread, a fee appears to be the right approach.
Jay Rick
7/22/19 10:44am
And?
Busiturtle
7/22/19 11:02am
The same justification for "government" to do basically anything it does.
Jay Rick
7/22/19 11:05am
Bingo. And yes, an arbitrary, artificial gov't cost to bags will change behavior
Iki_Balam
7/22/19 3:23pm
Or just do nothing and let people buy what they want.
UNLVcougar
7/22/19 11:41am
Totally. Hurt each other all you want. There's really no reason to have any laws
Jay Rick
7/22/19 11:48am
That's exactly what i said.
UNLVcougar
7/22/19 11:52am
Hence the first word I said, "totally."
Jay Rick
7/22/19 12:04pm
I'm not sure what outrage I should be feeling. . .
CosmoK
7/22/19 10:46am
Re: plastics. Was just at Disney, if straws are so bad, then why is Disney
BYUfan92
7/22/19 10:47am
You can get free ice water in a cup at any Disneyland concession stand that has fountain drinks.
Cosmodiar
7/22/19 10:48am
Didnt know that, even as a season pass holder. The "fountain" is the catch
BYUfan92
7/22/19 11:48am
I live in a city without plastic bags, it sucks. The paper bags are so weak, I
Windward_Coug
7/22/19 10:48am
When busy bodies are trying to save the world, that's what happens.
JmThms
7/22/19 2:10pm
Town I live in charges a fee. I know several people who shop in the same store
califcougar
7/22/19 10:48am
To link to his tuition fund.... future MLMer
Q-grr
7/22/19 10:56am
Where is the fee going?
KingDave
7/22/19 10:58am
This is the most important question.
jdub
7/22/19 10:59am
Purchase more bags, unless they’ll completely eliminate bags.
Q-grr
7/22/19 1:10pm
What a dope
pegushin
7/22/19 11:00am
...uh, no. She got into BYU. No one, despite your disagreement, in BYU is a dope
Iki_Balam
7/22/19 3:25pm
Uh, a high GPA doesn’t always make one intelligent
pegushin
7/22/19 5:11pm
Are you serious? You think our school is only looking at GPA? Are you a Ute?
Iki_Balam
7/22/19 9:52pm
Logic chip broken?
pegushin
7/23/19 10:49am
Seems like a business opp to sell plastic bags outside stores
Busiturtle
7/22/19 11:00am
You’d make a huge profit
KingDave
7/22/19 11:04am
I guess I'll need to start buying small plastic trash bags for my house now
BYUheaven
7/22/19 11:01am
some studies say those are worse for the environment
korihor
7/22/19 11:20am
Here's a NPR article talking about the bad, unintended consequences of banning plastic bags. The alternatives are
Zenoch
7/22/19 11:19am
Yeah, but no millenial ever signalled their environmental wokeness by supporting
StarMan
7/22/19 11:51am
I would change the 'plastic bags' part to 'data and science' in general
Iki_Balam
7/22/19 3:26pm
That's okay, they don't know 'data and science' in general unless it's tweeted
StarMan
7/22/19 3:48pm
ugghh
lightmann
7/22/19 11:41am
Busy bodies should limit their sphere of influence to themselves.
JmThms
7/22/19 2:06pm
Amen. If you want to make others lives miserable, work on yourself.
UNLVcougar
7/22/19 2:08pm
Hey this is a great way to alert all the dudes at BYU to steer clear, wish
Mitty
7/23/19 10:20am
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