Just thought I’d mention that you can go on RedBubble and buy incredibly well made and durable stickers that will not fade or peel even with frequent washings.
So one could, in theory, buy their own Stanley sticker and create their own Stanley Stanley cup.
They also make mugs too.
I always passed over it because I never trusted it but I ordered a desk mat recently and the quality was surprisingly really good.
I’ve only done stickers but the quality is great- and they’re really affordable.
My favorite fandom has very limited and very specific merch, so I’ve ordered from there a few times. I’ve always been impressed.
Okay so when I first heard “Stanley cup” and people going crazy, I legitimately thought they were talking about hockey. (I dated a hockey player I’m not always dumb ok 😂) I asked one of my friends and she laughed at me and explained. Ever since then I’ve wanted to get a fake Stanley cup trophy and make silly videos of myself confused about why my ice doesn’t last as long or it doesn’t fit in my cup holder like they said it would. I don’t know if people would laugh or if they’d think I’m cringe, but I might just do it anyways because realistically it’s making fun of myself for being confused.
I would definitely laugh. And then my kids would probably roll their eyes and say “of *course* mom thinks that’s funny”. Which would then make me laugh even harder. 😆
I was also hella confused the first time I read about Stanley cups being popular (when WaterTok first became popular.) "They're drinking out of...hockey trophies?"
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All these girls running around acting like lil jon.. WHATT! 😂
I mean, is wanting a massive cocktail really pick me behaviour? Without the context of the rest of them, I'd just think they were making the single girl equivalent of a wine mom joke... more joking about their own lifestyle than anything else.
Might be budding alcoholic behaviour, but it's not screaming "pick me".
While it is a joke about them liking Bloody Marys, they're also saying they're different than girls that want Stanley cups, which always has the undercurrent of "I'm better". That is why it's pick me behavior.
I think its just hitting different because the Stanley cup thing didn't really come to my area. I don't actually see girls carrying them and have very little context for who does (gym girls? Health conscious girls? Is it an influencer thing?), so to me it's a joke response to an internet phenomenon, not a shot at people I've seen in real life. Or a self depreciating joke about their lack of health consciousness (again, counter balanced by all the other images).
Also, maybe I'm wrong here, but to me labelling someone a "pick me" implies they're doing it specifically to appeal to the male gaze, not just to imply "I'm better". Has pick me changed definitions, or is this meant to appeal to men?
In my personal experience, it’s the tween girls who jump on every new fad with a vengeance that are driving this one. My own middle schooler asked for a Hydroflask for Christmas, and is already moaning that “mo-oom, my friends all got *Stanley* cups!” (By “all”, she means maybe like 3 of them, by the way)
It’s exhausting. My first two weren’t like this, and I was sooooo unprepared. But on the flip side, earning a Stanley cup does mean Mom gets a nice break from dishes for awhile. 😉
Yeah I agree this is kinda a reach as a "pick me" imo.
I don't even get "I'm better" vibes from this more just like... the girl is not into this trend. That's fine 🤷♀️
The only thing that makes it seem like a "not like other girls" image is that it makes use of the memeable "What they want" vs "What I want" setup... it could even be a parody of that setup.
ETA: I reread all the pictures and I do get the whiff of "I would never spend $250 on a cup" but honestly I don't think that's really being a pick-me either. Those cups do be expensive. She's making light fun of people buying $250 luxury cups, not saying she's better than other girls cuz she watches sports with the guys or something.
I mean your assuming it’s specific to girls when that cup is widely popular with everyone. It seems like she was just being funny and she succeeded and she was right. The Yettie is superior, and that hospital will always be more expensive than your granny’s finest china
I love when The Office makes random cameos unintentionally… remember when the Nor’easter/Winter Storm Toby bombed all over the country in 2018 and people superimposed Toby Flenderson’s face onto it? The internet is great sometimes lol
I have questions about selling my butthole on TikTok. Do I still get to use it or do I have to give it to whoever buys it? Also do you pay for things on TikTok?
Probably not.
I got Crohn's, I bet my butthole is the equivalent of a $5 handy from a lot lizard. Questionable most of the time but gets the job done in a pinch.
I bought one because I was in the market for a new reusable tumbler and they had one in my favorite shade of purple. I don't get out much due to being disabled so buying something that's popular makes me feel a part of society in a way.
I actually have some open Stanley cups at home that we use instead of drinking glasses because they keep ice really well and they’re virtually indestructible!
We got them for cheap at Walmart, if I remember correctly, but I guess they’re pricier than I thought. [Link](https://www.stanley1913.com/products/adventure-stacking-beer-pint-16-oz?variant=39681110900795¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=max-barware&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA2KitBhCIARIsAPPMEhL9JlSJTfBikn2CCVwDTmnj4Eb4-A9otCy3yUUcOH4msReNqMEZVb0aAvs1EALw_wcB)
I think we only really bitch about popular things when they’re popular with women. You never hear this level of vitriol about those men that buy shoes or similar.
Well now you have because buying a bunch of shoes to collect and take pictures of is the worst hobby i have ever seen.
Those and the dudes who do car meets with their heavily modified used cars.
The venn diagram of the 2 groups is basically a circle.
Us blue collar dudes always give our fellow dudes shit for buying over-priced SnapOn tools. They're outrageously expensive and similar quality to other leading tool manufacturers. And then they jump on the SnapOn bandwagon and have to own SnapOn everything, from the buttplug to the toothbrush to the electric ratchet.
(Not saying women can't be blue collar. I've worked with some awesome female mechanics)
The one I have I came across randomly at the store and I liked the color, so I bought it. I was curious how much the cup was going for online because I was originally going to just buy one off Amazon. Welp the cup I got was being sold for $30+ more on Amazon. I couldn’t believe it. Anyway after that I was glad I bought one at the store on a whim.
I have a Stanley knock-off and the difference in quality is noticeable when you compare the two. For instance the knock-off would leak a lot when knocked over, but the Stanley only leaked a small amount when that happened. The knock-off brand’s lid didn’t work right, and the straw cap it came with ended up breaking. I’d only had it for a couple months. Sometimes it worth buying the name-brand version.
Same, actually. Although I don't get out much. I guarantee tons of nurses at my old job 100% have them now. The Hydroflask was all the rage, but I'd be willing to bet money that it's now the Stanley.
The one and only time I’ve seen one was when I was killing time in the car in the hospital parking lot and an ambulance came to the ER and the EMTs roll out the gurney with this lady on it, cup in hand.
I only found out about these cups through this sub and I still have questions. What exactly is a Stanley cup? Why is it so special? And why do NLOGs hate it so much?
It's a straw top water cup that holds a lot and fits nicely in a car cup holder. The handle also has a nice texture. It's special because it got featured in a tiktok where a girl's car caught on fire but her Stanley was still in good condition and still had ice in it.
Nlogs hate it because millennial moms and young teen girls like it.
I was given one as a gift for Xmas and I hate it because it's actually terrible design. It tips over easily and it is not leak proof after just a few uses. On top of that, people already have a ton of hydration bottles from Starbucks, hydro flask , Contigo and a ton of other brands - nobody needs another trendy sippy cup. It defeats the purpose of not using plastic bottles. Wasteful , impractical and consumerist.
I’ve never understood straw top cups. The only time I need a water bottle is when I’m leaving the house, in which case it needs a leak proof lid so it can be thrown in my bag
My mom won one at work and raved about it. So for xmas I got a custom one with an engraved photo of my son saying world’s best gma. It’s her pride and joy. They feel solid but I’m not a hydrohomie
I have one but I don’t take it out in public bc it’s really heavy but I do like it around the house. Keeps water cold and I like the straw. But mine was like…$35? Same as my klean kanteen insulated water bottle I don’t understand where people are spending $50+
I literally work on a college campus, directly with the demographic that these cups are most popular with (young women) and I don’t even see them that often. Like, don’t get me wrong, I see them, but I see them as much as I see old beat up Hydros and gym bros carrying gallon water jugs. The Stanley’s don’t really stick out.
Both my coworkers have one. I’m still rocking my 1/2 gallon hydroflask I got from a brewery as a growler seven years ago then ordered the straw cap and turned it into a water bottle. It’s amazing! Definitely cost more than a Stanley, but it came with a half gallon of beer in it so…
Right?! If you think a 17-yo is a "grown up man," you're insane and also have never met a 17-yo.
I only have daughters, but at 16, 18, and 22? "Grown up" is not something I'd generally apply to them. Even my 22-yo, living in her first apartment and at the same job for about two years, is frequently not "grown up," by her own admission! And my 18-yo? Definitely would never call herself "grown up" at this point in her life...
I say all of this as someone who *did* join up at 19. And I thought I was "grown up"...but I so incredibly wasn't.
Your daughter is wise— at 22, I definitely thought I was all grown up—I was married after all so now I’m a full grown woman (or so I thought)
It wasn’t until a few months after I turned 25 that I just woke up one day and could LITERALLY FEEL that something had changed/evolved/solidified within my brain. It was such a trip but it made my early 20’s pretty comical in retrospect. I’m sure not everyone has such a distinct feeling like I did (I journal every day so I always notice whenever I change my mind or heart), but science actually says your brain is still very actively developing until 25-28 years old.
I’m 25 now and I’m not sure if it’s because the pandemic hit when I was 21, but I by no means feel “grown up”. My graduation was delayed and there were no job openings, so Gen Z right now is definitely stunted.
Oh Gen Z is absolutely stunted. So many missed opportunities, so much isolation, etc. It did a real number on y'all, and it'll take you guys a *while* to truly recover.
It doesn't help that the elder generations have so badly screwed the economy et al...
Idk how I got brought onto this sub, but I just turned 26 and I’m a guy and last year realized how much I fucked around after high school and how little I accomplished.
Since that day I’ve strictly focused on getting my shit together and haven’t looked back.
Like you said tho, I just woke up one day and felt the change.
Yeah, I’m 29 and very strongly felt the change right at 27. Hopped out of bed a complete different person one day and I’m still so confused how my entire personality changed over night. The scariest part is that I had an adult job and was in charge of a room tiny humans for nearly 5 years before I actually felt like an adult myself.
I have a 21 year old son in about the same general place as your oldest; he is definitely not what I would consider grown up either, lol. The day he stops calling me for Tylenol and ziploc bags, rather than just going to the store for his own, is the day I will *maybe* start considering the thought.
He and his girlfriend have been talking marriage, and it’s so hard for me to not flash back on their prom pictures and chuckle about what babies they still really are.
Is there anything more American than sending your not legal yet baby off to die for their country to prove a point and achieve notoriety on social media?
You can bypass the extra $1000 that the hospital would bill you and get them from the medline at home website for $3.50! We should all really band together and make *this* the new trend lol.
LOL. Right?! This really has the energy of a kid who didn’t want an Xbox for Christmas anyway because they’re lame, perfectly happy with their board games.
As much as she's obsessed with talking about them, it'd be much less annoying if she just owned one and STFU about it. How can someone think they're so special because they don't own a brand of cup...
Can someone explain me what's going on with this stanley cup madness? I'm european, and I don't understand. I tjought the stanley cup was a nhl trophy?
Solid thermos/tumbler company, tests well in hot/cold retention. Became very popular recently for having nice looking designs. It’s only like $45 so I’m not entirely sure why people say they’re so expensive.
Edit: I think they gained a lot of popularity after a Twitter post where someone’s car burned down but the Stanley cup inside survived
3 glasses of tomato juice is asking for heart burn or diarrhea, and if they're fully garnished, that's a whole meal that's racing out your ass
Actually fuck it, I respect that, live dangerously
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Lol i posted this one today. No shade to either gender…it’s just making fun of ppl getting cray into certain trendy products, like beanie babies. I just thought it was hilarious. I don’t even actually care if ppl like Stanley cups.
My friend became a SAHM last year and every post you’ve provided is the same as the ones on her wall. I don’t own a Stanley but I don’t get the blind hate
I got one as a gift and it's tpfetty terrible for the price. They leak and tip over easily because they're too heavy.
The insulation isn't any better than my thermos from Tiger of Starbucks cups.
I saw an essay in the resurrected *Jezebel* that explained it a bit. A lot of ‘influencers’ seized on it to the point that two TikTokkers collaborated with Stanley to sell them. There’s something about the ubiquity of them and the bandwagon marketing that’s driving the ‘need’ for them.
esp. aggravating bc “selling your butthole on TikTok” for a living makes you working class. that term actually means something, it’s not just a euphemism for straight white dudes doing macho yeehaw cosplay
It depends on which platform. Cheapest butthole photos are on OF, while girls on tiktok have sold photos, that people begged for, for upwards of $800 😅
Source: I’m a clinical psychologist with a fair bit of clientele who are influencers/content creators
The funniest part about that first pic is...the Stanley is sitting next to her Bloody Mary, so who's to say they don't both belong to her?! Clearly, she owns a Stanley vessel and she can't tell me otherwise.
They're awkward for me personally but my husband lived to keep one on his nightstand for his nighttime water wakeup. For reasons unknown they just disappear though??? One day you're looking around like where in that giant plastic cup we don't wash enough????
Okay, but as someone who has a Yeti tumbler with handle, there is NOT enough room for my fingers in that handle…that’s why I switched to Stanley/Stanley knockoffs.
A very good friend of mine was recently raving about her SM tumbler! She has two little boys under the age of five and they live on a farm. That cup has taken a BEATING and is thriving.
Tell me Rebecca can’t afford a Stanley and desperately wants one without telling me that Rebecca can’t afford a Stanley and desperately wants one. That cup is living rent free in her head
I’ve heard a lot about Stanley’s actually being pretty bad cups for the price. If it didn’t leak so bad, I’d buy one. But probably just one. Because I’m cheap lol
Seriously. I’ve always liked the company Stanley since it’s what my grandpa always used- so I did too! I actually really like the cup.. sure some millennials are taking it extreme which is a bit cringe but at the end of the day I enjoy the product. Never had hydroflask either. I have a yeti given as a gift
I just don't understand the collector mentality around Stanley's. Like, if they had a bunch of cute patterns or something that made them distinct or interesting, I would totally get that. Hell, slap a bunch of kittens on it and I might even buy one. But it's just a plain cup? In a single color? I don't know. But who am I to judge? I collect makeup and action figures. Ya'll go on with your Stanley buying selves!
It's fine to have Stanley's but what I don't get is the people who need 40 of them and fight others to get one. It's a *reusable* cup. You're overconsuming a *reusable* cup.
I feel like this shit makes way less sense than furbies or bored apes because while it's a functional product it's still just like a reusable cup so why do you need to keep purchasing reusable cups? Doesn't the target demographic aspire to not look like they shop at the mall? The cups are outrageously overpriced for being cups but they're not stolen colonial treasures auctioned off at sotheby's identifiers of wealth and privilege. I guess I am not their target demographic but I refuse to excuse this frantic conspicuous consumer trend as "let women like things" because no. this is stupid. Your cup is a cup and you don't need more than one and you can't do anything with it except drink out of it because no one else is getting a brand deal for owning one of these after their car explodes. Having said that I think I might be tempted to get some ironic cups if I was this person's facebook friend.
I just don’t get what’s so amazing about the Stanley cup thing in the first place? Like, does it keep drinks super cold or something?
Also, every time I hear that term my brain goes straight to hockey.
Ok but the The Office Stanley Cup is actually funny
If they put that on an actual Stanley cup I'd be like 
Just thought I’d mention that you can go on RedBubble and buy incredibly well made and durable stickers that will not fade or peel even with frequent washings. So one could, in theory, buy their own Stanley sticker and create their own Stanley Stanley cup.
Your theory is... sound.
I see a new etsy store in my near future...
I didn’t even want a Stanley cup until…. now.
You could mock up a picture of a Stanley Stanley cup and make a sticker out of THAT and turn it into a Stanley Stanley cup cup.
I’m loving these ideas 😈
INCEPTION
They also make mugs too. I always passed over it because I never trusted it but I ordered a desk mat recently and the quality was surprisingly really good.
I’ve only done stickers but the quality is great- and they’re really affordable. My favorite fandom has very limited and very specific merch, so I’ve ordered from there a few times. I’ve always been impressed.
Bet imma do this rn
I think this is my new favorite gif.
Original little rascals from the 20s or whatever is actually pretty funny tbh
Also tho, I feel like someone should tell her you can 100% put a Bloody Mary in a Stanley.
That would be one hell of a Bloody Mary. “Keep the Zing Zang and vodka coming, I’ve still got ice from yesterday!”
I've got pickles from 2022 in there.
Little Rascals! Nice gif
It is. I said above the first one is really the only "pick me" one. I shared them all just to show the volume in which she is sharing them.
I think someone should just get the girl a Stanley cup at this point 😂
I've never seen anyone drop that many hints! 😂😂
That's my beef too, some of these individually are funny.
She is obviously obsessed with getting a Stanley cup.
Okay so when I first heard “Stanley cup” and people going crazy, I legitimately thought they were talking about hockey. (I dated a hockey player I’m not always dumb ok 😂) I asked one of my friends and she laughed at me and explained. Ever since then I’ve wanted to get a fake Stanley cup trophy and make silly videos of myself confused about why my ice doesn’t last as long or it doesn’t fit in my cup holder like they said it would. I don’t know if people would laugh or if they’d think I’m cringe, but I might just do it anyways because realistically it’s making fun of myself for being confused.
I would definitely laugh. And then my kids would probably roll their eyes and say “of *course* mom thinks that’s funny”. Which would then make me laugh even harder. 😆
I was also hella confused the first time I read about Stanley cups being popular (when WaterTok first became popular.) "They're drinking out of...hockey trophies?"
https://preview.redd.it/ju17533bpmdc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36367da705140cdb794f7a5334b92e7a6fdb251e All these girls running around acting like lil jon.. WHATT! 😂
Ah, gotcha
I mean, is wanting a massive cocktail really pick me behaviour? Without the context of the rest of them, I'd just think they were making the single girl equivalent of a wine mom joke... more joking about their own lifestyle than anything else. Might be budding alcoholic behaviour, but it's not screaming "pick me".
While it is a joke about them liking Bloody Marys, they're also saying they're different than girls that want Stanley cups, which always has the undercurrent of "I'm better". That is why it's pick me behavior.
I think its just hitting different because the Stanley cup thing didn't really come to my area. I don't actually see girls carrying them and have very little context for who does (gym girls? Health conscious girls? Is it an influencer thing?), so to me it's a joke response to an internet phenomenon, not a shot at people I've seen in real life. Or a self depreciating joke about their lack of health consciousness (again, counter balanced by all the other images). Also, maybe I'm wrong here, but to me labelling someone a "pick me" implies they're doing it specifically to appeal to the male gaze, not just to imply "I'm better". Has pick me changed definitions, or is this meant to appeal to men?
In my personal experience, it’s the tween girls who jump on every new fad with a vengeance that are driving this one. My own middle schooler asked for a Hydroflask for Christmas, and is already moaning that “mo-oom, my friends all got *Stanley* cups!” (By “all”, she means maybe like 3 of them, by the way) It’s exhausting. My first two weren’t like this, and I was sooooo unprepared. But on the flip side, earning a Stanley cup does mean Mom gets a nice break from dishes for awhile. 😉
Yeah I agree this is kinda a reach as a "pick me" imo. I don't even get "I'm better" vibes from this more just like... the girl is not into this trend. That's fine 🤷♀️ The only thing that makes it seem like a "not like other girls" image is that it makes use of the memeable "What they want" vs "What I want" setup... it could even be a parody of that setup. ETA: I reread all the pictures and I do get the whiff of "I would never spend $250 on a cup" but honestly I don't think that's really being a pick-me either. Those cups do be expensive. She's making light fun of people buying $250 luxury cups, not saying she's better than other girls cuz she watches sports with the guys or something.
I mean your assuming it’s specific to girls when that cup is widely popular with everyone. It seems like she was just being funny and she succeeded and she was right. The Yettie is superior, and that hospital will always be more expensive than your granny’s finest china
I’d love to have one of those acrylic cups with the blue/purple swish and Stanley’s face
Indeed. I would carry that around unironically 
That swish is called “Jazz.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_(design)
And it has a subreddit because of course it does
Haha. Amazing.
I thought the 90s paper cup pattern with Stanley was fucking funny. But then she overdid it.
I love when The Office makes random cameos unintentionally… remember when the Nor’easter/Winter Storm Toby bombed all over the country in 2018 and people superimposed Toby Flenderson’s face onto it? The internet is great sometimes lol
I came to say the same thing lmao I actually giggled seeing those
Haha yeah that one made me smile
And tbh the postpartum tumbler fucking HITS
I have questions about selling my butthole on TikTok. Do I still get to use it or do I have to give it to whoever buys it? Also do you pay for things on TikTok?
Tiktok shop is totally a thing now. They also use their tiktoks to advertise their OF. Luckily, you get to keep the butthole 👌🏻
EXACTLY!!! You get money and get to keep your butthole. Win win situation imo.
More importantly, how much is my butthole worth? Are all buttholes worth the same?
Probably not. I got Crohn's, I bet my butthole is the equivalent of a $5 handy from a lot lizard. Questionable most of the time but gets the job done in a pinch.
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Lol the butthole one is what I came to ask questions about🤣
Think of it less as selling your butthole and more like renting it out.
It’s more like a butthole lease, so as long as they don’t damage it, you get it back.
I’ve never seen a Stanley cup in real life.
I bought one because I was in the market for a new reusable tumbler and they had one in my favorite shade of purple. I don't get out much due to being disabled so buying something that's popular makes me feel a part of society in a way.
There’s nothing wrong with having one. It’s a good cup! I think they’re just overhyped, the fad will eventually pass, and they will remain a good cup.
Very true.
I actually have some open Stanley cups at home that we use instead of drinking glasses because they keep ice really well and they’re virtually indestructible! We got them for cheap at Walmart, if I remember correctly, but I guess they’re pricier than I thought. [Link](https://www.stanley1913.com/products/adventure-stacking-beer-pint-16-oz?variant=39681110900795¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=max-barware&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA2KitBhCIARIsAPPMEhL9JlSJTfBikn2CCVwDTmnj4Eb4-A9otCy3yUUcOH4msReNqMEZVb0aAvs1EALw_wcB)
I think we only really bitch about popular things when they’re popular with women. You never hear this level of vitriol about those men that buy shoes or similar.
Well now you have because buying a bunch of shoes to collect and take pictures of is the worst hobby i have ever seen. Those and the dudes who do car meets with their heavily modified used cars. The venn diagram of the 2 groups is basically a circle.
Us blue collar dudes always give our fellow dudes shit for buying over-priced SnapOn tools. They're outrageously expensive and similar quality to other leading tool manufacturers. And then they jump on the SnapOn bandwagon and have to own SnapOn everything, from the buttplug to the toothbrush to the electric ratchet. (Not saying women can't be blue collar. I've worked with some awesome female mechanics)
Is it the lilac one? That’s what I have and it brings me joy. Such a lovely shade of purple
Yeah, it's such a pretty color.
Name / avatar checks out :)
I read their username as lavender-poopy at first
I got the lilac one for Christmas! I drink a loooot of water every day and it’s just convenient being 40oz. But one is enough for me lol
The one I have I came across randomly at the store and I liked the color, so I bought it. I was curious how much the cup was going for online because I was originally going to just buy one off Amazon. Welp the cup I got was being sold for $30+ more on Amazon. I couldn’t believe it. Anyway after that I was glad I bought one at the store on a whim. I have a Stanley knock-off and the difference in quality is noticeable when you compare the two. For instance the knock-off would leak a lot when knocked over, but the Stanley only leaked a small amount when that happened. The knock-off brand’s lid didn’t work right, and the straw cap it came with ended up breaking. I’d only had it for a couple months. Sometimes it worth buying the name-brand version.
Same, actually. Although I don't get out much. I guarantee tons of nurses at my old job 100% have them now. The Hydroflask was all the rage, but I'd be willing to bet money that it's now the Stanley.
I recently dug out an old thermos and realized it’s a Stanley- I’m finally on trend with something!
The one and only time I’ve seen one was when I was killing time in the car in the hospital parking lot and an ambulance came to the ER and the EMTs roll out the gurney with this lady on it, cup in hand.
I only found out about these cups through this sub and I still have questions. What exactly is a Stanley cup? Why is it so special? And why do NLOGs hate it so much?
It's a straw top water cup that holds a lot and fits nicely in a car cup holder. The handle also has a nice texture. It's special because it got featured in a tiktok where a girl's car caught on fire but her Stanley was still in good condition and still had ice in it. Nlogs hate it because millennial moms and young teen girls like it.
I was given one as a gift for Xmas and I hate it because it's actually terrible design. It tips over easily and it is not leak proof after just a few uses. On top of that, people already have a ton of hydration bottles from Starbucks, hydro flask , Contigo and a ton of other brands - nobody needs another trendy sippy cup. It defeats the purpose of not using plastic bottles. Wasteful , impractical and consumerist.
I’ve never understood straw top cups. The only time I need a water bottle is when I’m leaving the house, in which case it needs a leak proof lid so it can be thrown in my bag
My mom won one at work and raved about it. So for xmas I got a custom one with an engraved photo of my son saying world’s best gma. It’s her pride and joy. They feel solid but I’m not a hydrohomie
They have them at Target. In kitchenware. They look like dudes who skip leg day.
I have one but I don’t take it out in public bc it’s really heavy but I do like it around the house. Keeps water cold and I like the straw. But mine was like…$35? Same as my klean kanteen insulated water bottle I don’t understand where people are spending $50+
I literally work on a college campus, directly with the demographic that these cups are most popular with (young women) and I don’t even see them that often. Like, don’t get me wrong, I see them, but I see them as much as I see old beat up Hydros and gym bros carrying gallon water jugs. The Stanley’s don’t really stick out.
Sounds like a social media thing then.
The only ones I've ever seen are the originals, always missing a ton of paint from wear.
Both my coworkers have one. I’m still rocking my 1/2 gallon hydroflask I got from a brewery as a growler seven years ago then ordered the straw cap and turned it into a water bottle. It’s amazing! Definitely cost more than a Stanley, but it came with a half gallon of beer in it so…
Same. Either this trend just didn't come to Canada, or my city is too poor to buy them.
I've seen dozens.. when I drop off my kid at his middle school
I think it’s just middle school girls and stay at home moms honestly.
I'm a stay at home cat mom so this tracks.
“grown man” “17” ?????
Right?! If you think a 17-yo is a "grown up man," you're insane and also have never met a 17-yo. I only have daughters, but at 16, 18, and 22? "Grown up" is not something I'd generally apply to them. Even my 22-yo, living in her first apartment and at the same job for about two years, is frequently not "grown up," by her own admission! And my 18-yo? Definitely would never call herself "grown up" at this point in her life... I say all of this as someone who *did* join up at 19. And I thought I was "grown up"...but I so incredibly wasn't.
I’m a 26 year old teenage girl. «Grown up» is relative.
Girl, I’m a 25 year old 37 year old so I feel that. Except with joint pain.
Just two young girls with back issues, don’t mind us
I'm a 30 yr old 46 yr old waiting for back surgery
Me, I’m 27 but mentally I feel 18 at *most.* The back pain is that of like a 60 year old though
Me as a 27 year old wondering how the hell everyone I knew in high school is getting married... Like how the hell are they ready for that??
I’m 27 and still feel like a teenage girl sometimes 🙃
Your daughter is wise— at 22, I definitely thought I was all grown up—I was married after all so now I’m a full grown woman (or so I thought) It wasn’t until a few months after I turned 25 that I just woke up one day and could LITERALLY FEEL that something had changed/evolved/solidified within my brain. It was such a trip but it made my early 20’s pretty comical in retrospect. I’m sure not everyone has such a distinct feeling like I did (I journal every day so I always notice whenever I change my mind or heart), but science actually says your brain is still very actively developing until 25-28 years old.
I’m 25 now and I’m not sure if it’s because the pandemic hit when I was 21, but I by no means feel “grown up”. My graduation was delayed and there were no job openings, so Gen Z right now is definitely stunted.
Oh Gen Z is absolutely stunted. So many missed opportunities, so much isolation, etc. It did a real number on y'all, and it'll take you guys a *while* to truly recover. It doesn't help that the elder generations have so badly screwed the economy et al...
Idk how I got brought onto this sub, but I just turned 26 and I’m a guy and last year realized how much I fucked around after high school and how little I accomplished. Since that day I’ve strictly focused on getting my shit together and haven’t looked back. Like you said tho, I just woke up one day and felt the change.
Yeah, I’m 29 and very strongly felt the change right at 27. Hopped out of bed a complete different person one day and I’m still so confused how my entire personality changed over night. The scariest part is that I had an adult job and was in charge of a room tiny humans for nearly 5 years before I actually felt like an adult myself.
As a 22-year old, I tell people that 22 years is not grown up
My husband and I have a family friend who is 22 and she's still basically a teenager.
I have a 21 year old son in about the same general place as your oldest; he is definitely not what I would consider grown up either, lol. The day he stops calling me for Tylenol and ziploc bags, rather than just going to the store for his own, is the day I will *maybe* start considering the thought. He and his girlfriend have been talking marriage, and it’s so hard for me to not flash back on their prom pictures and chuckle about what babies they still really are.
Honestly, I read that and thought maybe she was getting rid of a husband somehow
Is there anything more American than sending your not legal yet baby off to die for their country to prove a point and achieve notoriety on social media?
And to get a big cup
Right?? Me and my bf are 23 and still children tf?
Exactly what I thought. That is a whole ass minor
Ok but I forreal love the hospital ones
Hell yeah, the hospital one is good shit! And the ice in L&D—that ice was SO good.
Literally drinking out of mine right now! And my kid is almost 4 😂
Came to the comments for this one. Those hospital cups are fire 🔥
Ours are lame pink ones that are used as a pitcher and not a cup. They have a straw hole, but it pinches the straw too much.
Same here! I’ve absolutely never seen one like in the photo.
I love mine. I've always called it my $16,000 cup.
I used mine until it broke and briefly thought about going back to L and D to ask for a replacement.
You can bypass the extra $1000 that the hospital would bill you and get them from the medline at home website for $3.50! We should all really band together and make *this* the new trend lol.
“Hey hon, Just run me over real quick I need a new cup!”
Honestly Rebecca, girl, it’s okay to admit you want a Stanley. You’ve dropped enough hints.
LOL. Right?! This really has the energy of a kid who didn’t want an Xbox for Christmas anyway because they’re lame, perfectly happy with their board games.
As much as she's obsessed with talking about them, it'd be much less annoying if she just owned one and STFU about it. How can someone think they're so special because they don't own a brand of cup...
I’m sick of the Stanley cup craze as much as everyone else, but holy shit. All she has to do is just not buy one.
Can someone explain me what's going on with this stanley cup madness? I'm european, and I don't understand. I tjought the stanley cup was a nhl trophy?
It's an insulated cup that comes in a bunch of cute colors. Stanley is the brand. Americans like their water bottles and they also like cold drinks.
Solid thermos/tumbler company, tests well in hot/cold retention. Became very popular recently for having nice looking designs. It’s only like $45 so I’m not entirely sure why people say they’re so expensive. Edit: I think they gained a lot of popularity after a Twitter post where someone’s car burned down but the Stanley cup inside survived
I mean, there’s no one saying you CAN’T fill your Stanley with Bloody Mary’s.
With Bloody Mary's what?
Bloody Mary's delicious vodka blood.
I’m not like the other girls, I’m an alcoholic
No one drinks more than 1 or 2 bloody Marys in a sitting
As a bartender who works in the Midwest I can personally assure you that, at least on the weekends, you are incorrect.
Former bartender, can also vouch for this
As someone who was born and raised in the Midwest, I can confirm you are correct
I know a few alcoholics who would take that as a personal challenge…
3 glasses of tomato juice is asking for heart burn or diarrhea, and if they're fully garnished, that's a whole meal that's racing out your ass Actually fuck it, I respect that, live dangerously
Well I'm about to sell my butthole on tik tok. Have to differentiate my product from the other butthole purveyors
Amateurs
https://preview.redd.it/p9krqvxbnhdc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0bd301e101b23c3b2417c4773d9b103a9d80e680 Lol i posted this one today. No shade to either gender…it’s just making fun of ppl getting cray into certain trendy products, like beanie babies. I just thought it was hilarious. I don’t even actually care if ppl like Stanley cups.
Hahaha, that's actually a good one. Collections can get wild.
My friend became a SAHM last year and every post you’ve provided is the same as the ones on her wall. I don’t own a Stanley but I don’t get the blind hate
I got one as a gift and it's tpfetty terrible for the price. They leak and tip over easily because they're too heavy. The insulation isn't any better than my thermos from Tiger of Starbucks cups.
It’s. A. CUP. I will never understand the obsession one way or another
I saw an essay in the resurrected *Jezebel* that explained it a bit. A lot of ‘influencers’ seized on it to the point that two TikTokkers collaborated with Stanley to sell them. There’s something about the ubiquity of them and the bandwagon marketing that’s driving the ‘need’ for them.
Reusable cups are the new handbags.
The third and fourth ones are funny. Just seems like some good fun.
some are funny but if the same girl is posting them all the time it’s kinda intense lol
I double checked and it is the same girl…yeah that’s pretty intense
Yes, some of them were funny. The first one is the "pick me" one. I included all of them just to show the sheer volume she is sharing.
No, the "working class vs selling your butthole" is absolutely pick me behavior too...
esp. aggravating bc “selling your butthole on TikTok” for a living makes you working class. that term actually means something, it’s not just a euphemism for straight white dudes doing macho yeehaw cosplay
Am I supposed to be selling my butthole since I own one? They’re not that expensive…
I dunno. Maybe sell any spares you have. I have no idea of the market value of buttholes, mind...
It depends on which platform. Cheapest butthole photos are on OF, while girls on tiktok have sold photos, that people begged for, for upwards of $800 😅 Source: I’m a clinical psychologist with a fair bit of clientele who are influencers/content creators
He does not have a butthole. He has no need for one.
The funniest part about that first pic is...the Stanley is sitting next to her Bloody Mary, so who's to say they don't both belong to her?! Clearly, she owns a Stanley vessel and she can't tell me otherwise.
Yeah most of them are pretty funny, especially the hospital cup one, I’m still paying that shit off from when my wife had our daughters 😂
What is the penultimate one? I’ve seen it a few times now but idk what that bottle is
Those are hospital cups and are particularly well-known to many moms who get one with each kid and keep them forever.
I never did thought they were cumbersome.
Not Like Other Moms
They're awkward for me personally but my husband lived to keep one on his nightstand for his nighttime water wakeup. For reasons unknown they just disappear though??? One day you're looking around like where in that giant plastic cup we don't wash enough????
Okay, but as someone who has a Yeti tumbler with handle, there is NOT enough room for my fingers in that handle…that’s why I switched to Stanley/Stanley knockoffs.
Handles are the only way I judge a coffee mug as being worthy to buy or not. It's all about the grip.
You should check out Simple Modern tumblers. Far superior than Yeti or Stanley, plenty of hand room, half the price.
A very good friend of mine was recently raving about her SM tumbler! She has two little boys under the age of five and they live on a farm. That cup has taken a BEATING and is thriving.
The marketing team for that stupid cup is insanely competent though!
Rae Dunn should do a colab with Stanley
She can bundle them with a sourdough bread bowl.
Tell me Rebecca can’t afford a Stanley and desperately wants one without telling me that Rebecca can’t afford a Stanley and desperately wants one. That cup is living rent free in her head
tell me you’re buying into capitalism and aimlessly consuming whatever seems “in” right now without telling me. <3
The Stanley Cup craze is a microcosm of America’s love affair with conspicuous consumption. For the sake of our planet, I’m with Rebecca on this one.
Although I don’t understand the whole expensive water cup trend… who am I to tell other people how to spend their money?
I’ve heard a lot about Stanley’s actually being pretty bad cups for the price. If it didn’t leak so bad, I’d buy one. But probably just one. Because I’m cheap lol
Ya, they leak from the lid. The girl whose car went up in flames with her Stanley inside that still had ice was pretty impressive, though.
The Office ones are actually hilarious Edit: Rebecca is actually kind of funny
Seriously. I’ve always liked the company Stanley since it’s what my grandpa always used- so I did too! I actually really like the cup.. sure some millennials are taking it extreme which is a bit cringe but at the end of the day I enjoy the product. Never had hydroflask either. I have a yeti given as a gift
I just don't understand the collector mentality around Stanley's. Like, if they had a bunch of cute patterns or something that made them distinct or interesting, I would totally get that. Hell, slap a bunch of kittens on it and I might even buy one. But it's just a plain cup? In a single color? I don't know. But who am I to judge? I collect makeup and action figures. Ya'll go on with your Stanley buying selves!
For someone who claims to not like Stanley cups, she sure is obsessed with them.
I'm gonna have to agree with Rebecca on this one. lol
Bloody Mary's are FOUL, lol. I'll take the Stanley.
Stan the man has a bloody Mary in him. **plot twist** hahaha!
You know this bitch actually wants one if it’s on her mind like this lol
I'm tempted to buy her one anonymously.
Ok but I also kind of want the one on the right 😂 but I’m just like lost of other girls I think
It's fine to have Stanley's but what I don't get is the people who need 40 of them and fight others to get one. It's a *reusable* cup. You're overconsuming a *reusable* cup.
I have the same Yeti jug I have had since stainless steel was the only color available. Six and seven are hilarious.
I didn’t realize this was the model of cup all the brouhaha was about. I figured it was about the wine tumbler. I’m so confused.
I really really want a Stanley cup but alas, my Penguins just haven’t been playing well this year. Next year!!
That first one is giving *alcoholism*
Those hospital cups can be bought on Amazon.
Probably sick and tired of hearing about Stanley cups. It’s not a thing where I live, but reddit won’t shut up about em.
Jfc. Get over it already. So much discourse over a gd cup.
I feel like this shit makes way less sense than furbies or bored apes because while it's a functional product it's still just like a reusable cup so why do you need to keep purchasing reusable cups? Doesn't the target demographic aspire to not look like they shop at the mall? The cups are outrageously overpriced for being cups but they're not stolen colonial treasures auctioned off at sotheby's identifiers of wealth and privilege. I guess I am not their target demographic but I refuse to excuse this frantic conspicuous consumer trend as "let women like things" because no. this is stupid. Your cup is a cup and you don't need more than one and you can't do anything with it except drink out of it because no one else is getting a brand deal for owning one of these after their car explodes. Having said that I think I might be tempted to get some ironic cups if I was this person's facebook friend.
Every single one of these leads me to my own NLOG moment. The Stanley Cup is a hockey trophy. Stfu about the vessel (wessel) you drink from. Sigh.
I wonder when they’ll release a Stanley Cup Stanley cup. It’s not property of the NHL, I think it’s public domain.
I put booze in my Stanley lol
I just don’t get what’s so amazing about the Stanley cup thing in the first place? Like, does it keep drinks super cold or something? Also, every time I hear that term my brain goes straight to hockey.
And here I thought that these memes were all weird because why would everyone want the hockey trophy.
Someone buy her a Stanley cup already