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Meet Peanut, the turtle whose shell was permanently shaped by a plastic six-pack ring (Original Post) red dog 1 13 hrs ago OP
I encounter snot 13 hrs ago #1
Horrifying! (And thanks too, snot!) some_of_us_are_sane 13 hrs ago #2
Aw, jeez.... Bayard 11 hrs ago #3

snot

(11,979 posts)
1. I encounter
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 01:21 PM
13 hrs ago

extraordinary amounts of plastic packaging, much of it with little plastic rings designed to seal caps onto bottles. I wish we would pass a law requiring such rings to be perforated in such a way that they would break open more easily.

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,966 posts)
2. Horrifying! (And thanks too, snot!)
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 01:29 PM
13 hrs ago
It only takes a moment and from now on, with a small manicure scissors, I will SNIP the ring before discarding !
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