because one - we're not ever having children, and two - we certainly won't be around to face the butterfly- effect inspired negligence of the small amounts of matter we misplace.

I think this is the common affect of the immediacy of our desires now. We don't care about the future, even our own, and especially not the generations to come. Those cave paintings that gave guides to future generations on how to survive for thousands of years, have become tiktok videos on how to waste the next 30 seconds of life. Is it a life worth living though?

In terms of single use plastics, yeah, it is annoying. The difference between a straw and a chicken bag though is, the straw gets thrown onto the street. Does that change the definition? Europe has been banning single use plastics for years already.

Overall though, I think there are far more important things than single use plastics we could be spending the same amount of effort on and have a greater impact. Stop dropping bombs might be a good start.