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Re:Men Resist Green Behavior as Un-Manly by Nav_Panel on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @02:36PM (#16017327)
Most of the "green behavior" in the article is more about class signaling than about actually preserving the environment. Recycling[1], bag reuse[2], and similar behaviors in general don't actually make a significant difference. They might even be more hurtful than helpful.

1: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/opinion/sunday/the-reign-...

2: https://www.opb.org/news/blog/ecotrope/reusable-bags-only-su...

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Re:Men Resist Green Behavior as Un-Manly by cjwhite on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @06:13PM (#16018930)
As for the bags at least, that's absolutely not what that article says.

In fact, that article doesn't take into account the littering of plastic bags. But sure, I'll grant that if you're the type to reuse bags, you probably aren't the type to litter the plastic ones in the first place.

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