I mean, everyone should be terrified of microplastics. I 100% think buying and using water bottles to be trendy is the stupidest thing ever. That said, the idea of drinking out of things that won't degrade and leech plastic into the beverage is not a bad one.
Unfortunately, most clothing has at least some plastic in it these days. Not just stuff from SHEIN and Temu, it’s the high end stuff too. Polyester is plastic, for example.
Couple things, from an outsider’s perspective:
1) it definitely looked like he was being goofy. It makes this reply seem like the aggressive one
2) Temu, SHEIN, and other fast fashion brands aren’t the only ones that use polyester and other plastics in their clothing. Just taking a brief look, a lot of luxury and even sustainable brands are still using plastic in some form or another. And thats not even to mention what things like stitching thread, labels, etc. are made of. It just seems like you’re being kind of harsh when he didn’t appear to be making any assumptions about your lifestyle; if anything, it looks like you were making assumptions about the kinds of clothing people who are at risk of microplastics would choose to wear.
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