#so are the oceans now

[jellycatslippers]

does anyone else here get anxious about buying like . longlast items like clothing too? even plushies - buildabear falls apart so fast and the fabric is so cheap nowadays - because of the state of just like products and stuff like . i always feel so anxious that im supporting some vile work practices or not getting my moneys worth and itll fall apart soon after. ive seen seams unravel in less than a week and all i can do is feel bad about it and bad about the environment when the item eventually entirely deteriorates. and no i dont mean like buying from shien or temu or other dropshipping stores EVER. i mean from in person stores and known brands aghhh :( i hate this stage of capitalism because nobody fucking wins other than the rich monsters pedalling the machine. its just some big cycle of cheap goods and worker rights violations

[teaboot]

I feel like if you're using a lot of disposable plastic bags in your day to day life, you've gotta do something sustainable to make up for it. Like using bamboo toilet paper or eco friendly cat litter or something, yknow

Honestly I exaggerate for comedic effect, while I DO routinely use ziplock bags to hold spaghetti I cook maybe once a month and the bag itself is usually for freezer storage. I actually throw out maybe one bag a week? I DO hate washing plates and tupperware and junk but that usually just means I eat sandwiches without a plate.

I agree though that needless waste should be avoided, and I do avoid it- biodegradable bags and recyclables, empty butter tubs used to store leftovers, etc.

This said, though, not applicable necessarily for myself but for a lot of others- I feel that it's importat to remember that there are many people who legitimately NEED things like plastic straws, or catheters, or pre-packaged foods

And the idea that that's a moral failing that individuals need to personally make up for when a single billionaire blows out more CO2 in a long weekend than I will in my whole life on a superjet meet-cute in the Bolivian rainforest between humvee drag races funded by the river-polluting textiles plants they planted in a third world country to avoid EPA laws and give an entire village stillbirths and stomach cancer is an idea that those very same bigwigs have spent a LOT of time and money investing in planting in the public psyche.

Like- Glass bottles are infinitely recyclable, so why are so many drinks in plastic now? Loads of drinks manufacturers used to buy them back and clean them for re-use, so why did they stop? If they chose to make something out of a limited and environmentally irresponsible material, why is it my failing to track down a correct process of disposal for them? What if there are none in my area? Do I lobby for more recycling plants in my area? Do I set aside some of my limited time outside the pain factory of my job- which I have more than one of, thanks to rising costs of things just like that drink I just emptied- to properly dispose of this company's waste FOR them?

Say coca-cola just rolled up to your town and started dumping millions of empty plastic bottles in the street, going, "wow, you should really think about building and staffing a recycling depot, it would be really shameful of you to just put these in the trash." When companies purposefully use materials with limited lifespans- because yes, even plastic can only be reused so many times- and tell you it's your own fault if it harms the environment- that's essentially what they're doing, just with more steps.

Yes, its important to be as environmentally concious as we can in our day to day life, but responsible sustainability is not catholicism. We don't get good boy points from our lord and savior Captain Planet every time the average low-income household gathers together to hold hands and repent for a single-use plastic that allows them to access something they need.

Entire families could eat trees and shit dead lithium batteries for years and still not do as much damage to the planet as an average dye plant or braindead celebrity does in a week just for fun, and I'm mad about it

...this went on longer than intended.

TL/DR: DO recycle and minimize waste, but don't beat yourself up over the little waste you can't avoid, and follow the money.

EDIT: Part 2

[nagasleeps]

beach day!

[koipalm]

Have you experienced anything since the last time we spoke?

fanart for L'appel du vide by Xov

[moomoorare]

Autumn Gem inspired by my Scales of Fate AU and based on Alfons Mucha's Autumn painting. This will be the first of four art pieces, hopefully coming soon.

In the meantime you can find my SOFAU ao3 fics here, and Alfons Mucha's The Seasons Paintings wiki page here 🍇🧡 leave your thoughts in the reblogs if u want, have a nice day, it's Autumn!!! 🍁🌼💜

[chloesimaginationthings]

Would you kiss Costello?

[vomittedsoap]

AMC The Terror alternate ending where the Inuit man gives Ross a stack of papers and says “this is all we found” so the ep10 end credits play over a slideshow of a series of watercolor paintings Irving and others made like in The Hangover (2009)

[disorganised-bagel]

rtc incorrect quotes, except they're things that my strange online family (affectionate) have said

feat. @abreathingrock, @milozrottinginhell and @1nd3c1s1ve (the other person doesn't have a tumblr yet, to my knowledge, but if/when they get one i'll tag them too)

[ex0toxin]

its her. the ween. @w4rigari

[eddieintheocean]

have u guys ever seen a sexier spreadsheet

[delicourse]

fall but blue

[pprairie]

Arch Point, Oregon Coast

[irishyuri]

the funerals these poor fuckers had to go through post-canon is something i think about a lot. survivors guilt and whatnot

[huanted-dennys]

My warm ups for the last few days

This time it’s mermaid au themed

siren?

idk take em

I love the idea of bored out of his mind Jazz

also thalassophobic Jazz

[micamicster]

Until then, I remain, Long John Silver.

Moby Dick by Herman Melville, chapter CXXXIV The Chase - Second Day

[vetchtibbles]

wolf 359 episode 41: memoria