Basically. Those people should probably be removed from society

Multiple sources say there are 3 actually. I had no idea.

If you want to talk hockey to me, that’s fine. I’ll pretend to listen while fiddling with robot guts.

My NFL-fan-friend still hasn’t figured it out.

Your obviously being sarcastic or ignorant. I did buy amd it was still expensive. And what do you think was making PCs expensive other than all of it… The freaking GPUs. Intel or amd.

I can understand having 2 or 3 to make sure you’re drinking out of something clean without having to disassemble the whole thing every day, but a friend from work showed me how some people have like 20 of these things. Defeats the purpose of a reusable cup when you have a couple dozen.

Like you said, though. These aren’t being used for their initial purpose. They’re decor for lots of folks.

…which honestly wouldn’t upset me so much if this automotive o-ring I’m using on my lid right now didn’t leak and/or they’d keep their hands off the other less twee Stanley stuff. I like my mug.

I have several tumblers. They all get used for different things.

Stanley is OG though, I got one handed down from my gramps back in the day that still gets use. They just recently started wrapping them in colors other than black or army green lol

Cachet.

I mean, technically, any profitable product will single handedly improve a company’s profit margin, but I get your drift – the Stanley Cup crazy is extraordinary.

I mean… It’s a lot of metal… And it’s strong enough to survive the job site for a decade.

As someone who frequents construction sites for my job, and also as someone who has owned a Stanley travel mug and water bottle before whatever the fuck this fad is ( over 10 years… ), they are nigh indestructible, and they keep temperature for longer than either my wife’s Hydro flask or my yeti. So far in that sams period only my, Yeti coffee mug has survived as long. My wife has replaced her hyroflasj twice.

Just anecdotal, but I tend to be hard on things, and it’s stayed with me this long… It’s like $4/year for a coffee mug.

Sure, but there are re-usable metal insulated bottles that are a lot less than $45 and will also last for years. This is $45 because it’s trendy.

Those leach microplastic into your water. Don’t reuse them. Although any $1 water bottle is probably safe.

I spent like $20 on two off brand metal ones and have used them for years now. Metal is easier to recycle and doesn’t contribute to micro plastics

My regrets about my LTT bottle is that it’s LTT. Still a functional bottle though.

You can lose a $20 water bottle as easily as a $45.

No, I don’t go through water bottles fast, which is exactly why I wouldn’t spend $45 on one.

You can get highly rated mugs which are just as good for a lot less. You’re paying a premium for a brand name.

Also, even an 18-oz Yeti is cheaper than one of these Stanley cups by $10-15.

My wife and I align in this feeling pretty close. However I’m more rigid with my opinion of “people” in general.

So many people just want to fit in, I’m just not like that. I’m me, and you get what you get. I’m not gonna play games to be like everyone else or fall into silly things like suddenly Stanley cups have some crazy value associated with them.

Blah blah blah :)

Well, that and their bar for what qualifies is really low. If a single study shows that a chemical agent may cause cancer in animals, it will be listed. It doesn’t actually have to be confirmed. Also, in many cases, manufacturers will simply put the label on their products by default to avoid being sued in California because it would cost them more to verify whether it contains one of the many listed chemicals or not. As such, the labels have largely become noise at this point.

My grandma used pressure cookers in the 50s, they weren’t very safe then. But even before the instapot, pressure cookers had all sorts of safety features that make them quite usable. I just don’t get the hype of one instance of commodity items.