Hmmm… You’re right. It does feel a lot more arbitrary when you put it that way.

You know what? You actually do have a point.

There isn’t really a natural barrier between North and South America, though. Asia has the Urals.

Congratulations, good Samaritan. Do you want a cookie for your efforts? I just hadn’t specifically thought about cigarettes, which I clearly pointed out in my original comment. If you’ve noticed, good for you. I hadn’t. But spare me the condescension.

Oh lord… That’s true. I never thought of that. And then we have studies like these. Do you have testicles? Well… You have microplastics in them.

No, I didn’t. Why the animosity? Do you perhaps go around looking at cigarette butts thinking “Oh… those have the potential to become plastic waste?”

Oh, do you know what else? Paint. Apparently, a lot of studies didn’t account for microplastics that came from several types of paint that end up in the environment. Scary stuff.

That’s crazy! I didn’t even realize they had plastic in them. Makes you wonder how many inconspicuous everyday items have the potential to become plastic waste.