Ick! It just feels crappy and bad and cheap. Plastic things make creaky noises and fall apart, and they feel bad to interact with. Idk if it’s a sensory thing or I’m just an asshole, but I fully believe that under FALGSC I would never have to touch this shit.
They don’t make glass and metal TV remotes or game controllers. I can never replace my Kindle Oasis because every other e-reader is made of the cheapest, worst plastic.
How can I just …not have to touch plastic anymore?
Wait, is rubber that is made from tree sap still technically a plastic?
Rubber is still a plastic, it just has a really low glass transition temperature so it stays soft. Even if it comes from sap.
It’s a natural plastic, cis-1,4-polyisoprene! It’s made of a volatile called isoprene that tons of plants and animals make, including humans. We breathe it out.
Trans-1,4-polyisoprene is a harder natural plastic called gutta-percha and dentists use it to refill root canals because it has really good biocompatibility.
synthetic plastics are called plastics because they’re like other stuff that we used to call plastic (adjective).