In 2018 the US very rapidly went very "anti straw". In a short amount of time, restaurants across the country either wouldn't carry straws at, would offer crappy biodegradable paper straws, or reusable straws. It was hard to say where the directive came from or why all of a sudden after decades of use. Strangely everyone agreed in unison and without question that straws were all of a sudden the worst thing for the environment. The ban didn't last long. Less than a year, and then we sort of forgot how bad straws were and they made a quiet return. İt just makes me wonder if it was a trial to see how willing we as country were to conform, what kind of pushback we'd see, and how compliant business and individuals were.