• zinger@lemmy.world
      165·
      10 个月前

      There is a water jug & mug manufacturer named Stanley. Apparently these “Stanley” brand cups went viral on TikTok, and TikTok users proceeded to buy them all up in a craze. The meme shows homer sitting next to the championship trophy of the National Hockey League, which is called the Stanley cup (no relation whatsoever to the Stanley name brand).

  • shani66@ani.social
    241·
    10 个月前

    Is this a trend or something? My grandma got a two pack for $5 and i thought it was just some generic grandma cup. The thing sucks, it isn’t anywhere near worth that much money. It’s shitty for traveling (too big and unwieldy) and it doesn’t even seal as well as an actual thermos or bottle.

    I prefer the crappy plastic bottle i got from work years ago, i could strap that thing to my belt if i went anywhere. Or wore belts.

    • Fades@lemmy.world
      252·
      10 个月前

      Fuck plastic bottles especially older ones. Yeah, w all have a fuck ton of microplastics in our blood but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t care about it

      • shani66@ani.social
        101·
        10 个月前

        I’d prefer a metal one, but this thing was free and it’s better than the grandma cup

      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
        52·
        10 个月前

        Does using a plastic bottle for your water carry any sort of effect? I’m sure all the things stack up but I find it hard to believe that using a plastic water bottle instead of metal one really matters.

          • Stoneykins [any]@mander.xyzEnglish
            12·
            10 个月前

            That is for bottled sold water, not from water bottles that you refill.

            I’m sure using plastic anywhere in any form contributes to microplastics absorbed into ones body, but there is probably a difference? It’s just important to be specific what a study says and not accidentally make assumptions.

            Also though, I’m gunna keep using my refillable plastic bottle. Trying to manage intake of microplastics based on how much plastic I interact with seems tedious to the point of being impossible. Plastics are the kind of thing that need regulated. And while I might spare myself some microplastics hypothetically, it’s not like the water bottle won’t break down into microplastics in the dump if I replaced it with a metal bottle.

            • JustMy2c@lemm.ee
              31·
              10 个月前

              Yes, the difference is it will take more time to check those so probably in ten years you’ll see the same news but about thick plastics…

              • Stoneykins [any]@mander.xyzEnglish
                6·
                10 个月前

                This is a guess but I would assume the bottling process in water bottling plants, and the manufacture of the disposable water bottles, contributes to the amount of microplastics more than passive decay of plastic. Really my main points/beliefs are:

                1. We should be careful making claims based on scientific studies to make sure they are accurate to the study, especially when it comes to claims about how a solution for a problem may be reached. A slight misunderstandings can cause good motivations to make things worse (like people collectively throwing away all their reusable water bottles and buying NEW water bottles made with metal, effectively turning millions of usable waterbottles into trash and creating demand for more polluting industry).

                2. Plastic pollution, microplastics, and everything related, is an overproduction industry problem, not an individual responsibility problem. While a concern for ones own health is individual, it’s also almost impossible to meaningfully avoid microplastics with the current situation. The responsibility doesn’t rest on the shoulder of consumers to collectively make good choices, but on governments to regulate and for owners of industry to be held accountable for the damage they have caused.

          • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
            2·
            10 个月前

            Hah I actually posted the same study in a reply. Though it was a CNN article about the study.

        • Steak@lemmy.ca
          5·
          10 个月前

          It does if you do it for years. I use glass and metal whenever I can.

          • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
            21·
            10 个月前

            What sort of effect? From what I found they really didn’t say, they said it (the plastic in your body) might have some adverse effect but didn’t really know what. And more important than that, are the plastic water bottles how big of a source of the plastic compared to others.

          • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
            31·
            10 个月前

            I’m sure they do but I was just wondering if it’s amounts that matter and how big of a source a plastic water bottle is compared to other sources. Advice seems to be to avoid plastic water bottles. I found this recent article that was interesting https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/08/health/bottled-water-nanoplastics-study-wellness/index.html

            Seems like there’s a lot the scientists don’t know yet but they advice to try and lower the amount of plastic. A breakdown of sources of that plastic would be handy in knowing what to eliminate.

    • CrayonRosary@lemmy.world
      112·
      10 个月前

      There’s no way your grandma bought two Stanley brand cups for $5. I’ve been using a Stanley pint glass for years, and if I put ice water in at at night, there will still be ice in it in the morning. It’s vacuum insulated.

      $45 for a 30 or 40 oz cup with a straw is too much because there are cheaper brands that do the same thing for half the price.

      You will have to pull my 40 oz insulated cup out of my cold dead hands. Waking up in the middle of the night in the summer thirsty and being able to sip on water that’s still ice cold from 8 hours ago is so nice!

  • page@discuss.online
    213·
    10 个月前

    I don’t get it. Men go around for years carrying Yeti tumblers and no one bats an eye. Women start carrying a similar cup with a handle and everyone acts weird.

    • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
      84·
      10 个月前

      worthy of ridicule

      Because limited edition cups of the brand I used to buy at the Flying J truck stop for $12.99 now costs $150, and the resale value is $200. People are buying a half dozen or more to go with whatever they’re wearing. They’re Stanley mugs for heaven’s sake.

      It’s absolutely stupid, and Yeti was just overpriced trendy stuff, not the equivalent of a Beanie Baby fad as a fashion accessory.

      Can’t wait until these fools are stuck with piles of worthless mugs they wasted money on. You’ll find these mugs at yard sales or Goodwill in a few years. Good for Stanley makers, though. Hope they laugh all the way to the bank over this vapid trend.

      Edit: TBC I think the overpriced Yeti gear is dumb, but I never thought of it as being “gendered”. Plenty of women had Yeti gear. The levels to which this Stanley thing is being taken is ridiculous, and it seems to be predominantly a female thing as a fashion accessory. It’s not dumb because women are the ones buying it up, it’s just dumb because it’s dumb. IDC who the suckers are.

    • yamanii@lemmy.world
      31·
      10 个月前

      Maybe because the yeti tumblers tiktoks don’t go viral and reach outside their bubble.

  • rsuri@lemmy.world
    238·
    10 个月前

    I’m just amazed that anyone thinks a metal coffee tumbler is superior in any way.

    Here’s the ultimate way to drink coffee, after years of experience trying different things:

    • large double-walled borosilicate glass mug. You can find several versions of this on amazon, get one that fits your cupholder.
    • plastic lid from any other travel cup for when you need it, usually it fits pretty well

    The only downside is you will occasionally drop it and it will shatter into a million tiny pieces.

    • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
      25·
      10 个月前

      I’m just amazed that anyone thinks a metal coffee tumbler is superior in any way.

      The only downside is you will occasionally drop it and it will shatter into a million tiny pieces

      Hey look, you were able to think of a way that metal coffee tumblers are better!

    • Kogasa@programming.dev
      1·
      10 个月前

      I agree for drinking at home, but for travel, get a ceramic-lined double-walled steel cup like a Fellow Carter or a Stanley Ceramivac. (I use the Carter and love it.)

  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
    81·
    10 个月前

    I’ve seen people make jokes about those. I thought the thing was the joke at first, it’s so uncomfortable and strange looking. I guess it was a popular Christmas gift for some reason.