Mex to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish • 2 years agoA quarter of Brits want a ban on fake grasswww.thisismoney.co.ukmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down111
arrow-up1144arrow-down1external-linkA quarter of Brits want a ban on fake grasswww.thisismoney.co.ukMex to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-square@MostlyBirds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years ago Why would people want such a useful material ‘banned’? Because it’s not actually useful, it’s just poison. In terms of waste, you can say that about literally everything we consume. Yeah, and we need to stop. It’s literally going to drive us to extinction, along with countless other species. This kind of apathy is disgusting.
minus-squareRokklinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoIt can be useful. It’s a great surface for doing any form of outdoor exercise on.
minus-square@MostlyBirds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoPretty absurd to pretend any of its uses come close to outweighing the negatives.
minus-squareRokklinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoClaiming it’s “not actually useful” though is just wrong.
minus-square@MostlyBirds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoIf a thing does more harm than good, it isn’t useful, the people using it are just selfish.
minus-squareRokklinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoThat’s an interesting new definition of ‘useful’ you have.
minus-square@MostlyBirds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoIt’s certainly more sound than yours, which apparently requires nothing more than “it feels kinds of nice to step on” while it poisons the ground and eliminates yet more of your local ecosystem.
Because it’s not actually useful, it’s just poison.
Yeah, and we need to stop. It’s literally going to drive us to extinction, along with countless other species. This kind of apathy is disgusting.
It can be useful. It’s a great surface for doing any form of outdoor exercise on.
Pretty absurd to pretend any of its uses come close to outweighing the negatives.
Claiming it’s “not actually useful” though is just wrong.
If a thing does more harm than good, it isn’t useful, the people using it are just selfish.
That’s an interesting new definition of ‘useful’ you have.
It’s certainly more sound than yours, which apparently requires nothing more than “it feels kinds of nice to step on” while it poisons the ground and eliminates yet more of your local ecosystem.