• Jiral@lemmy.world
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    The anti-EU narratives have been pushed so widely, also by Musk himself, that even comics like the one above are spreading them uncritically. The tethered caps are not about reducing xarbon footprint but about reducing waste in our environment and high costs of cleaning effort. Yet another EU myth, especially popular among tech bros btw.

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        Maybe so, but why is it spreading BS about the tethered caps then? The same way anti-EU memes from tech bros?

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          I think littering and contributing more plastic waste into the environment can definitely be considered part of a person’s carbon footprint. More indirectly than burning gasoline, but it reduces recycling and requires more manufacturing and natural resources than if the plastic wasn’t wasted/littered.

          In any case, it’s a pretty big stretch to label this content as “Anti-EU”, at worst they used poor word choice to make their point.

          If they had said “to protect the environment” instead of “to reduce my carbon footprint” it’s the exact same comic. Tesla/capitalism is the butt of the joke here

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        A bit rich from someone who loudly proclaims Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is Ukraine’s fault.

        That said, anti-EU memes using the tethered caps myth are commonly found on right populist sites, so no, it is not a conspiracy.

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            So you think the US is at fault for Russia deciding to invade Ukraine?

            And you feel the EU is destroying an unspecified “us”?

            Who do you blame for the US attacking Iran? What about Israel’s genocide on Palestinians?

            Maybe I’m trying to make sense of the nonsensical, but I can’t say I’m following the reasoning of your worldview

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      Yeah - they did a survey on european beaches and checked which plastic items they were finding. And then they tried to find a way to solve the issue by regulating the production. They did find a lot of bottle caps and plastic q-tips and then they did something against that. That is a really good way of doing things.

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        The attached cap is also really convenient. Never have to worry about dropping, losing, or dirtying the cap