this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2025
665 points (98.0% liked)
Greentext
6412 readers
2239 users here now
This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.
Be warned:
- Anon is often crazy.
- Anon is often depressed.
- Anon frequently shares thoughts that are immature, offensive, or incomprehensible.
If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Why? Just clean them after every use. How is a plastic cube different than drinking from a plastic cup?
I have steel cubes with liquid inside (not sure if water) and I love them. I can put ice cubes into beer and other drinks without watering them down.
Metal ones seem nice. I agree with the plastic ones being shitty though. It just seems like more waste and microplastics being added to my brain fork.
I got tired of wondering what the random particles were that ended up in my ice, plus that smell and taste, so I tried getting a metal ice cube tray and now my ice is just ice. Dunno what but something was leeching from the plastic tray into the ice. It was old, so maybe that had something to do with it.
But yeah, I agree that there's not much difference from drinking from a plastic cup, which is why most of my cups are glass and my water bottles are metal. I still have a few plastic cooking utensils but have been transitioning to wooden and metal. I stopped using non stick pans, too. Dunno how much of a difference it's making in my life but I make an effort to minimize all plastic use.
The steel cubes have liquid inside too? I figured that solid steel would have enough mass and thermal... dynamics? to act as an ice cube, but maybe water is still better. Actually, do they sink or float?
solid metal cubes are probably too expensive and could break the glass
although liquid filled would break or bow out if the liquid freezes
the plastic cup is made to be thrown away, otherwise you'd be drinking out of a nice glass/ceramic cup if you were gonna wash it anyways
the plastic cubes would shred more and more microplastics as you wash them-and inevitably scuff the surface even more
My partner went through a period where she dropped so many cups and glasses that I got a set of reusable plastic tumblers.