Found at the Seattle Aquarium gift shop: A tale of greenwashed capitalism in three labels.

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

@alice the seattle aquarium is a tale of greenwashed capitalism in general. you pay $50 for a ticket to see 15 minutes worth of content.

[kwayk42@sechtor.social]

@alice "but... we put 'eco' on the labels... that counts for something right?"

[celestestormysea@yiff.life]

@alice one quick trick to give a kid trauma and more microplastics

[promovicz@chaos.social]

@alice yes, but "blavingad". they do have a little one, at the same place where they sell the normal one.

[catsalad@infosec.exchange]

@alice Less Plastic Is Fantastic® brand plastic filling!

[dianea@lgbtqia.space]

@alice

They could have used cellulose fibers for petty much everything. And dyes made from plants. Could. But they didn't 🫣

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@ariadne my partner and I spent a few hours there last night, but we also look at absolutely everything and take lots of photos of weird stuff.

[thetenuousorder@meow.social]

@alice "Eliminate, Replace, Recycle"

You certainly did fuck all for any of these.

• Damian

[ariadne@social.treehouse.systems]

@alice yeah i suppose it is possible to stretch it out into a longer visit, but it still seems pretty barren content-wise

[1dark1@masto.hackers.town]

@catsalad @alice maybe they made it 10% smaller for the same retail price!

[aprazeth@mstdn.social]

@alice
Not to try and change the topic here, but may I just point the artwork that is Alice nail?

Back on topic; the more I see stuff like this the more I want to just move into the woods and not go back to society.

Then I realize I need my medication and such and I am back.

Shame really, because it looks really cute.

Also, huh. Tentacles. I am sure that's just a coincidence, right... Right?

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@alice This is like the articles I have read about "Buy These Products To Save The Environment!" and "Million Dollar Eco-Friendly Luxury Homes"

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@Aprazeth I *almost* bought a tentacle hat—just for the poll joke—but decided the gag wasn't worth $40.

[bertdriehuis@infosec.exchange]

@alice the text seems to apply to the label itself, which appears to be made of recycled paper.

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@ai6yr I love the eco-friendly McMansions that are like "this house has 4x the square footage of a normal house, and only uses 3x the energy of the typical American luxury home!

Certified Positive Karma™

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@AnachronistJohn but it's 'dermatologist tested", "Lite", and "Chocolatey"!

[gbargoud@masto.nyc]

@ai6yr @alice

"Our emissions are down by 20% per mile"

*drives twice the distance to do the same thing as before*

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@ariadne @alice
I am going to call this a YMMV thing.
I will watch fish in a large tank for hours if left unsupervised.

[dougwade@mastodon.xyz]

@alice “yes your honor, it is true that eco pals choose planet over plastic and that, indeed, less plastic is fantastic. However, you will note that at no point did my client, nature planet inc, claim to be an eco pal, or fantastic, so there is no reasonable expectation this toy will contain less plastic” — Nature Planet’s lawyer, probably

[aprazeth@mstdn.social]

@alice

Almost... But not quite.

Also, sheesh - yeah that's a bit much. You can get something a lot more fun for that kind of money.

Like cookies, of course! Or kibble, for the raccoons and crows