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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Assuming it was ridged enough and there was enough liquid, can a straw be so long you simply couldn't drink through it?
gpt
Yes.

A straw works because the pressure inside the straw is less than the ambient atmospheric pressure. So the atmosphere pushes down on the liquid and forces it up the straw.

One atmosphere of pressure can support a column of water only about 10 meters high (p = ϱgh).