I work from home and drink from mugs and I don’t tiktok, so this whole trendy cup thing is really confusing me.

Do they uncurse bad water or something?

  • Red_October@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    So you’ll see some things about how it fits in a car cup holder (Lots of others do too) or how one survived a fire (This is just how insulated bottles like that tend to work) and those are all… good enough… but they’re not why there’s so much hype. The Hype has been carefully engineered. The head of the company is a Marketing guy, and he basically imported Sneaker culture into a new industry. Stanley Cups are released on a limited basis, with partnerships producing only limited supplies. It’s induced scarcity and marketing, people are rushing to get one because if they don’t rush, there won’t be any more, and that makes more people want to rush to get one.

    It’s just an insulated cup that is intentionally hard to find sometimes. That’s all.

    • Thatsalotofpotatoes@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      This is the third post I’ve seen about Stanley cups and only now did I realize it had nothing to do with hockey. I was very confused how someone had spent $3000 on Stanley cups

        • indepndnt@lemmy.world
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          10 months ago

          I don’t know anything about hockey either, but I’m pretty sure “The Stanley Cup” is their big trophy.

          • nexas_XIII@lemm.ee
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            10 months ago

            Correct, and it’s a trophy you give back. The team doesn’t keep it, the players get time with it, but it’s been a tradition for over a century. The original is in Toronto Hockey hall of Fame, and the presentation cup is the one the teams win. After the bottom ring fills up with teams aver players who won the top ring is removed and put into the HHOF and a new blank is added at the bottom. Incredible tradition and I live every part of it.

  • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    10 months ago

    It’s just a tiktok fad, the Guardian had a good article recently. Normal conspicuous consumption nonsense. They’re good quality, have been around for a long time, but now they come in colors. The cynical take would be that it is just the most recent way to visually confirm that someone has no individual personality without actually having to talk to them.

    https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/12/stanley-cups-tumblers-water-bottle-trend

    • Moonguide@lemmy.ml
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      10 months ago

      They used to be better. Or at least, the thermos were. I got a modern stanley thermos, from 2020. Holds temp fairly well, but not great. Hot coffee brewed fresh in the morning turns lukewarm by night. Ice cold water turns room temp in a day (no idea why that is).

      A girl I used to date still had her father’s stanley thermos from the 70s-80s. That fucker could hold temp for ages. Apparently the company got bought out, and replaced the graphite lining with air. Or something like that.

      Still, miles better than anything I can get locally.

      • CazRaX@lemmynsfw.com
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        10 months ago

        I recently bought a Bubba brand thermos and even in dinner the ice I added stayed ice for almost 2 days. That was when I left it in the car. Love the thing, it just works very well and isn’t too pricey.

        • rekabis@lemmy.ca
          0·
          10 months ago

          Bubba brand thermos

          This sounds suspiciously like a brand found only in the American South.

          • CazRaX@lemmynsfw.com
            1·
            10 months ago

            You would think but I’m from the north east and it only cost $15 for the 40oz one at Walmart.

  • ijon_the_human@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago
    • Good quality product
    • Suddenly gets popular
    • Ramp up production
    • Expand product range
    • Quality is now shit
    • “Anon have you heard of X, they’re amazing!!!”

    (Edit: sorry, I get frustrated by trends)

    • ijon_the_human@lemmy.world
      0·
      10 months ago

      It doesn’t make sense to try to sell a quality product when the demand is based on a fad.

      Trendy = bad for the consumer as a principle but it’s not as if we have time to constantly second guess everything (without going crazy).

      Birkenstock, DocMartens, Red Wing, Church’s Kitchenaid, every “luxury” brand you can think of and most products listed on BIFL threads… (Also crocs but I feel they sell at such a low price point to begin with that it doesn’t warrant cheaping out. Fake crocs are cheaper and just as durable though.)

      All these brands get ultra-popular because one product goes viral which they start producing cheaply and use to grow their business and later, if succesful bring out a “heritage”, “pro” or “classic” line for a higher price than the model was going for originally.