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People are destroying their Keurigs in protest of company pulling ads from 'Hannity' show (Original Post) rsexaminer Nov 2017 OP
They are Fucking Morons too obviously. BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #1
The irony is that it's probably the most eco-friendly thing to do with those gadgets. Xipe Totec Nov 2017 #2
More stupid than pathetic. marybourg Nov 2017 #3
they're all for freedom Skittles Nov 2017 #4
just heard Volvo pulled their ads AZ8theist Nov 2017 #5

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)
2. The irony is that it's probably the most eco-friendly thing to do with those gadgets.
Mon Nov 13, 2017, 08:34 PM
Nov 2017

Politics aside, those things generate an atrocious amount of undecomposable landfill.


When John Sylvan invented K-Cups — those trendy little coffee pods — he wasn’t even that keen on the drink. He knew he had something brewing but, he said, he never thought the invention would feed a universal coffee addiction.

A couple of years ago, so many pods were produced — some 8.3 billion — Mother Jones estimated the discarded ones would wrap around the Earth more than 10 times. Last year, 9.8 billion packages were sold, though those were reportedly recyclable.

Still, the trash produced by the multibillion-dollar invention gives Sylvan regrets, he told the Atlantic in an exclusive interview.

“I feel bad sometimes that I ever did it,” he said.




https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/05/k-cups-inventor-i-feel-bad-sometimes-that-i-ever-did-it


marybourg

(12,633 posts)
3. More stupid than pathetic.
Mon Nov 13, 2017, 09:15 PM
Nov 2017

Who are they punishing by destroying an already overpriced gadget that THEY paid for?

AZ8theist

(5,486 posts)
5. just heard Volvo pulled their ads
Tue Nov 14, 2017, 05:24 PM
Nov 2017

Hopefully the wing nut imbeciles will be driving those off a cliff soon.....

Fully occupied, of course. THAT'LL SHOW EM!!!

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