Former Rare Staff
As we all know, it doesn’t take much to distract the internet.
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All you really need is a pointless topic and debate to keep people entertained for hours on end, and that’s exactly what happened with the Great Straw Debate of 2018.
Does a straw have one hole or two?
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Yes, this was something people debated long and hard enough about that a Twitter Moment was born.
Supposedly 80,000 people — and maybe a few bots, who knows — voted on this, with 66 percent of participants answering that a straw has one hole.
We had a riveting discussion about this at lunch, but I want to hear from all of you: Does a straw have one or two holes?
— Jess Marfisi (@jessdrawz) January 26, 2018
#EmbraceDebate became the rallying cry.
https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/956298356690767872
Watercooler gatherings and group texts turned into real talk.
Thanks to @PardonMyTake, my buddies and I have been debating if a straw has one hole or two holes all day.
— Tom Berry (@theetomberry) January 25, 2018
.@neiltyson Please weigh in, our office is descending into chaos over this question
— Tatered (@tatered) January 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/xtallulahhx/status/956164219501719555
We’re tempted to say a straw has two holes because it has two circles and two openings. But it has one shared hole. Don’t be confusing circles and holes that’s rookie talk and you’re better than that
— Jemma Mckee (@jemmamckee7) January 26, 2018
straws have one hole. would you say a donut has 2 holes? no. a straw is just a long plastic donut. its not long enough to get away with having 2 holes. humans are long enough donuts to have 2 holes, humans even have several holes. straws are not human length
— coconut (@heycoco_art) January 24, 2018
This just broke me
— Ian Mutchler (@TheFantasticIan) January 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/gostephgo/status/957023599474307081
Listen fam, a straw starts as a tube and then is cut at both ends, ergo creating two holes. I’m a Two Holes Man
— Ian Mutchler (@TheFantasticIan) January 26, 2018
Offices were “literally turned upside-down.” Gee, that must have been jarring.
https://twitter.com/max_andrews93/status/956965433529257984
Some were not so amused.
I was so excited to see 10 @twitter notifications…then I saw it was your conversation about straw holes. pic.twitter.com/eb6sNTSRkz
— Kieran John Hawe (@khawe) January 26, 2018
And others took the “straws are actually rolled rectangles” route.
None. A straw is a rolled rectangle pic.twitter.com/wFJaKypiSL
— Champagne Pappy (@TheHumanShazam) January 26, 2018
What no one seemed to consider is that there is yet another answer.
This “straw” definitely has no holes, at least none visible to the naked eye.
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These are the important things, apparently.
