THREE YEARS AGO, my 3 year old had one of those new years spring loaded confetti streamer cannon things.
We ran outside, she set it off, all fun. Did our best to clean it up from the yard and moved on.
Three years later, we are STILL finding little mylar strips. We've found a couple in the house, one ended up in our suitcase??? That we found on vacation last year. Found a few in our cars...
Found another couple in this planter. From one popper thing. Kids asked what pollution was, and there couldn't be a better example. This stuff just. Won't. Go away.
I love teaching them anything they ask, and the best thing is to SHOW THEM. they remember vividly setting that popper off, and for years how we all laugh when another strip appears in a random place.
Thank you for giving a shit and raising other people that give a shit
Dude someone set one of these off on our street, this year, and I find new strips every damn day while walking our dog.
This is the 2026 version of salting the earth. Microplastics forever.
We got the biodegradable kind for my wife's college graduation party. They didn't have a charge, you had to fling them out and they were gone in like two weeks. Haven't seen a trace of them anywhere in the neighborhood either, and I walk it frequently.
Great lesson on pollution, but if you run into one when your kid is a teenager, you are gonna bawl like a baby.
A few years ago we bought balloons with confetti for our kids birthday party. During the outdoor party, the balloons roasted in the sunlight and most ended popping. It’s been years and I’m still finding them tucked into the lawn. We will never buy those again.
I hate these and anything with glitter
Is that a snus on the ground??
I said i'm raising humans that are better. i didnt say *i was improving things*
Two years ago on NYE we popped those things in our back yard. Still finding scraps of that crap 2 years later.