About once a decade americans get really weird about water bottles. Nalgene in the 2000s, then hydroflask in the 2010s, now stanley cups in the 2020s. Start planning for the 2030s now. Anyway despite this they are all the least hydrated motherfuckers alive.
There has to be a systemic explanation behind this. Some combo of alienation, desire to “get rich quick” and being pressured under Capitalism to get ahead in anyway possible.
It’s not just cups. It’s funko pops, trading cards, basically any nerd thing that people think are collectible, obsession over “flipping” storage units, etc.
Do people in China have similar crazes? Is there a “tickle me elmo” type stampede that happened in the past?
I don’t get it at all (Stanley cups, that is)
About once a decade americans get really weird about water bottles. Nalgene in the 2000s, then hydroflask in the 2010s, now stanley cups in the 2020s. Start planning for the 2030s now. Anyway despite this they are all the least hydrated motherfuckers alive.
It is honestly probably good for the earth’s water supply and humanity that Americans still prefer to drink Coke as much as possible instead of water.
Producing a bottle of coke uses more than one bottle of water.
There has to be a systemic explanation behind this. Some combo of alienation, desire to “get rich quick” and being pressured under Capitalism to get ahead in anyway possible.
It’s not just cups. It’s funko pops, trading cards, basically any nerd thing that people think are collectible, obsession over “flipping” storage units, etc.
Do people in China have similar crazes? Is there a “tickle me elmo” type stampede that happened in the past?
China, like all countries, has a “most popular children’s toy of the holiday season” but that’s not really a good analogy for Stanley cups.