Ick! It just feels crappy and bad and cheap. Plastic things make creaky noises and fall apart, and they feel bad to interact with. Idk if it’s a sensory thing or I’m just an asshole, but I fully believe that under FALGSC I would never have to touch this shit.

They don’t make glass and metal TV remotes or game controllers. I can never replace my Kindle Oasis because every other e-reader is made of the cheapest, worst plastic.

How can I just …not have to touch plastic anymore?

  • Runcible [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    16·
    3 天前

    I’m not going to defend single use, which I consider distinct from plastic as a material, but there are a ton of great use cases for plastic. It’s less brittle than glass and wood has complications for many uses due to being porous. The methods of manufacture for different materials have significance; you can injection mold plastic but not wood for example, and I don’t think all things should be (or at least should need to be) artisanal.

    • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      12·
      3 天前

      There are definitely places where it’s just the best option. Like there are tons of medical applications for plastics I don’t think should go away, there’s even PEG 3350 which is a very effective laxative.

      I guess I’m talking particularly about what car manufacturers call “touch points.” I don’t actually care that the headlights or the bumpers or the dashboard are plastic, I just don’t want to touch plastic on places like the steering wheel, visors, belt buckle, vents, infotainment.

      I want a tv remote or a flyswatter that’s not plastic. I can already get things like light switches, pill organizers, lotion or shampoo bottles but I want plastic not to be the default.