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Post by Jen in NCal on Jan 9, 2024 20:49:33 GMT
I have a thing about bottles I can't see into. I'm not a fan of the metal ones. They are also a teacher nightmare because they are so loud then they get knocked over.
I saw a video yesterday about a woman that had tested her Stanley for lead and it came back positive.
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Post by Bridget in MD on Jan 9, 2024 21:04:53 GMT
I saw a tiktok of a mom who had bought her DD (8) a cute mug that was pink with leopard print, but when she took it to school, her classmates bullied her because it wasn't a Stanley, so they went to Ace Hardware and got her a Stanley because they could. She acknowledged that she shouldn't have to, but in order to smooth her DD's way in school, she was absolutely going to do that. It makes me worry for my grandkids who will be coming up in this culture and how social media has created a monster in terms of 'must have' brands to be socially acceptable. Meanwhile, I'm over here with my old Ozark travel coffee mug and Hydroflask water bottle that's years old. See also: why are preteens taking over Sephora for Drunk Elephant products. I saw that same TT! I understand what the mom was saying, but I saw in the comments someone suggest she take the new stanley in, and then the next day bring back the OG cup and say "I like this one better." I would LOVE a kid to do that. re: preteens in Sephora. I also saw a TT of a mom who wasnt defending the kids, but rather trying to offer an explanation. She is a millineal. She said when she was that age, she watched must see TV, TGIF - Family Matters, Hogan's Family, etc. (I'm Gen X but totally watched those shows too). And we had Saturday morning TV/cartoons. She said kids these days watch youtube, and they are all makeup tutorials of older teens/young adults on how to apply makeup. So that is their "must see TV". So of course, they want those products too. Also, interesting in the comments, many mothers were commenting "oh, now I understand why my DD doesn't ask for makeup.... we don't let her watch YouTube" (I realize it is not just youtube, but reels or TT or whatever). I found that fascinating too, and think she is right. I have no idea what is on TV these days, and since so many streaming services make TV available on demand, there is no schedule, no worry about missing an episode.
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smginaz Suzy
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Post by smginaz Suzy on Jan 9, 2024 21:58:42 GMT
I have a 40oz Stanley tumbler in a soft pink color only because I found it at my favorite thrift store for $2.99. Found it about 4 months or so ago when they were popular enough that I recognized what it was but not bananas-level crazy as far as I know.
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Post by smartypants71 on Jan 10, 2024 18:07:32 GMT
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Post by tealpaperowl on Jan 10, 2024 20:05:14 GMT
I have a amazon version and it works great. My son (21) went to target to get snow pants for skiing on the day the pink one was released. We had no idea about this.. he calls from the store to tell me about women fighting over a cup. I advised him to buy the pants and get out of there.
That to me, over any product, is insane. It's a cup, not a kidney LOL!
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Post by scraplette on Jan 11, 2024 18:56:36 GMT
smginaz Suzy Best reference ever, I want to spike my hair and put on a slouchy dress with a big belt. Would the pink mug work best? To get it right, I think you actually have to bring Susanna Hoffs. Or a Peterson sister. Or the other one that I’m too old to remember by name. 🤨 You made my day!I am less alone in the world 🤣🤣🤣
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Post by sean&marysmommy on Jan 11, 2024 20:16:35 GMT
I'm still carrying around my Tervis cup. This past year, I even got myself a Halloween one, and a Christmas one, because I liked my regular one so far. I'm also the oddball in that I prefer a smaller cup. I use the 16oz. size.
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Post by Zee on Jan 11, 2024 21:01:49 GMT
I saw a tiktok of a mom who had bought her DD (8) a cute mug that was pink with leopard print, but when she took it to school, her classmates bullied her because it wasn't a Stanley, so they went to Ace Hardware and got her a Stanley because they could. She acknowledged that she shouldn't have to, but in order to smooth her DD's way in school, she was absolutely going to do that. It makes me worry for my grandkids who will be coming up in this culture and how social media has created a monster in terms of 'must have' brands to be socially acceptable. Meanwhile, I'm over here with my old Ozark travel coffee mug and Hydroflask water bottle that's years old. See also: why are preteens taking over Sephora for Drunk Elephant products. I'm not sure when it started but that was totally the case in the 80s when I was in school and you wouldn't be seen wearing a watch that wasn't a Swatch, or knockoff jeans, or a fake purse. Benetton, Liz Claiborne, Guess, Forenza, etc etc and the pressure was definitely tough. You even had to SMELL right and that included Liz Claiborne or Calvin Klein and whatever else I've forgotten about and there were no dupes for those. I had a job from the age of 14 just to be able to be seen in the right brands. Our family did not have money for that stuff. And I was just a Midwestern kid, I can't imagine the pressure on kids from more costly areas. I was so lucky my kids didn't ever feel that pressure! Their school years weren't like that. My high school years were before grunge, which would have enabled me to get by much more cheaply. Oh well.
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Post by iluvpink on Jan 12, 2024 12:41:47 GMT
Late to the game here but I do not have a Stanley. I have a couple of Yeti's that are ok. My favorite is this one that my husband got free from a supplier. I have an hour long commute including a ten minute walk to and from the parking ramp. I do not want to carry a heavy water filled tumbler back and forth along with my coat, tote with lunch, laptop etc. So I keep the RTIC one in my car. I fill it up 3/4 of the way with ice and then fill with water. I can leave it in there all day in the hottest days of the summer and when I get to my car to go home, it's still ice cold with plenty of ice left. I also keep it by my bed at night. It's a lot cheaper than any trendy mug. ETA it fits my cup holder just fine. rticoutdoors.com/Tumblers
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Post by iluvpink on Jan 12, 2024 12:48:30 GMT
I saw a tiktok of a mom who had bought her DD (8) a cute mug that was pink with leopard print, but when she took it to school, her classmates bullied her because it wasn't a Stanley, so they went to Ace Hardware and got her a Stanley because they could. She acknowledged that she shouldn't have to, but in order to smooth her DD's way in school, she was absolutely going to do that. It makes me worry for my grandkids who will be coming up in this culture and how social media has created a monster in terms of 'must have' brands to be socially acceptable. Meanwhile, I'm over here with my old Ozark travel coffee mug and Hydroflask water bottle that's years old. See also: why are preteens taking over Sephora for Drunk Elephant products. I'm not sure when it started but that was totally the case in the 80s when I was in school and you wouldn't be seen wearing a watch that wasn't a Swatch, or knockoff jeans, or a fake purse. Benetton, Liz Claiborne, Guess, Forenza, etc etc and the pressure was definitely tough. You even had to SMELL right and that included Liz Claiborne or Calvin Klein and whatever else I've forgotten about and there were no dupes for those. I had a job from the age of 14 just to be able to be seen in the right brands. Our family did not have money for that stuff. And I was just a Midwestern kid, I can't imagine the pressure on kids from more costly areas. I was so lucky my kids didn't ever feel that pressure! Their school years weren't like that. My high school years were before grunge, which would have enabled me to get by much more cheaply. Oh well. Yes, the 80's were rough that way, at least where I lived. Which wasn't even a rich area by any means, we were mostly solid blue collar factory workers. But people decked their kids out in all of this stuff, or you worked to earn it. My parents were probably better off than a good portion of my classmates but they were not going to pay more for fancy name brands. We got our clothes at JC Penney's or mid price mall stores. They would pay more for winter gear and footwear, but not necessarily popular brands, just what worked. Even when I started working and earning money, they refused to let me buy these things on my own, deeming them a waste of money. But it was hard not having them, you definitely got better treatment if you did.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jan 12, 2024 14:12:02 GMT
I'm not sure when it started but that was totally the case in the 80s when I was in school and you wouldn't be seen wearing a watch that wasn't a Swatch, or knockoff jeans, or a fake purse. Benetton, Liz Claiborne, Guess, Forenza, etc etc and the pressure was definitely tough. You even had to SMELL right and that included Liz Claiborne or Calvin Klein and whatever else I've forgotten about and there were no dupes for those. I had a job from the age of 14 just to be able to be seen in the right brands. Our family did not have money for that stuff. And I was just a Midwestern kid, I can't imagine the pressure on kids from more costly areas. I was so lucky my kids didn't ever feel that pressure! Their school years weren't like that. My high school years were before grunge, which would have enabled me to get by much more cheaply. Oh well. Yes, the 80's were rough that way, at least where I lived. Which wasn't even a rich area by any means, we were mostly solid blue collar factory workers. But people decked their kids out in all of this stuff, or you worked to earn it. My parents were probably better off than a good portion of my classmates but they were not going to pay more for fancy name brands. We got our clothes at JC Penney's or mid price mall stores. They would pay more for winter gear and footwear, but not necessarily popular brands, just what worked. Even when I started working and earning money, they refused to let me buy these things on my own, deeming them a waste of money. But it was hard not having them, you definitely got better treatment if you did. I had the same experience in my high school years. My mom just didn’t have the money to buy me name brand anything. I did babysitting, snow shoveling, and helped my brother with his paper route to earn some money up until I could get a regular paying part time job at 16. I worked 20 hours a week during the school year and more hours if I could get them in the summers just so I could have spending money to do things with my friends. I would scour clearance racks and end of the season sales to get some of the trendy stuff I wanted at prices I could almost afford. I remember my aunt gave me a pair of Guess? Jeans with zippers at the ankles for my birthday once and I wore those jeans until they literally fell apart.
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Post by ~summer~ on Jan 12, 2024 16:40:17 GMT
I’m in San Francisco and do barre and yoga filled with girls in their 20s and don’t see these mugs - I don’t think they are a thing here as much…
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Post by busy on Jan 12, 2024 16:56:29 GMT
I’m in San Francisco and do barre and yoga filled with girls in their 20s and don’t see these mugs - I don’t think they are a thing here as much… I don’t see them much in the Portland area either. Hydroflasks are still the most popular here, probably because they’re an Oregon company.
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Post by cakediva on Jan 12, 2024 17:17:29 GMT
DH was gifted a Stanley mug from his staff - he's the Quality Control Manager and both staff are women. One of them has a cricut and they personalized it for him. A silhouette of a lab with "Murphy's Dad" beside it. He loves it! LOL That's the difference from male/female staff - he used to just get a bottle of scotch or something. He says this thing keeps his coffee hot all day. He's thrilled!
ETA - I lied. I just washed it - it's a Yeti not a Stanley lol
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Post by Merge on Jan 12, 2024 21:41:47 GMT
Yes, the 80's were rough that way, at least where I lived. Which wasn't even a rich area by any means, we were mostly solid blue collar factory workers. But people decked their kids out in all of this stuff, or you worked to earn it. My parents were probably better off than a good portion of my classmates but they were not going to pay more for fancy name brands. We got our clothes at JC Penney's or mid price mall stores. They would pay more for winter gear and footwear, but not necessarily popular brands, just what worked. Even when I started working and earning money, they refused to let me buy these things on my own, deeming them a waste of money. But it was hard not having them, you definitely got better treatment if you did. I had the same experience in my high school years. My mom just didn’t have the money to buy me name brand anything. I did babysitting, snow shoveling, and helped my brother with his paper route to earn some money up until I could get a regular paying part time job at 16. I worked 20 hours a week during the school year and more hours if I could get them in the summers just so I could have spending money to do things with my friends. I would scour clearance racks and end of the season sales to get some of the trendy stuff I wanted at prices I could almost afford. I remember my aunt gave me a pair of Guess? Jeans with zippers at the ankles for my birthday once and I wore those jeans until they literally fell apart. I guess I was the proof that you could be seen in clothes/accessories that weren’t the “right” ones. Haha. We couldn’t afford them and though I worked from the age of 16 (and babysat for spending money before that), my money was mostly spent on gas to get to school - I did avoid the social disaster of riding the bus because my dad was an amateur mechanic and fixed up a beater car for me to drive around. I also put away a lot of what I earned to help with college. I will also say that I didn’t work as much as I could have if I wasn’t so heavily involved in music and theater. I used to look longingly at the Esprit and Forenza clothes but, besides the fact that we couldn’t afford them, the jeans were strictly junior sized, and yours truly developed birthing hips and a full bust at a young age. 😂 I was likely the only girl who attended prom in a homemade formal dress. My mother was a beautiful seamstress and got a discount on fabric because she worked at Joann, but we couldn’t afford the Gunne Sax dresses other girls wore. And again, even if we could have, they weren’t made for girls with D cups. I wasn’t a social pariah, though. I honestly have no recollection of being bullied or made fun of for my clothes (or my body) in middle or high school. Weird. Maybe I was just too clueless to notice. We had a popular group in school but I don’t recall a group of mean girls like others talk about.
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Post by Merge on Jan 12, 2024 21:43:10 GMT
Sorry, back on topic - Stanley’s just the latest status accessory. My girls asked for Nalgene and Hydroflask growing up and this is just the latest thing.
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Post by monklady123 on Jan 12, 2024 23:36:10 GMT
I have a amazon version and it works great. My son (21) went to target to get snow pants for skiing on the day the pink one was released. We had no idea about this.. he calls from the store to tell me about women fighting over a cup. I advised him to buy the pants and get out of there.That to me, over any product, is insane. It's a cup, not a kidney LOL! The part I bolded just struck me as very funny. I will confess that I don't pay attention to these things and I'm not sure I'd know a Stanley travel mug (water bottle?) from any other. Although I do enough subbing that I guess I've probably seen one. Now I'll have to google. lol
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Post by Lurkingpea on Jan 13, 2024 1:16:52 GMT
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Post by don on Jan 13, 2024 2:21:20 GMT
I have a Starbucks stainless steel travel mug The Queen gave me for my b'day in 1999. I have used it almost everyday since then solely for coffee. I wash it every couple of months in the dishwasher, or if she looked inside and commandeered for punishment with some kind of intense cleaning solution and elbow grease that made the coffee taste weird for days. I think I washed it last May, but now living alone I just hand wash the dishes, and only rinse out my cup.
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Post by katlady on Jan 13, 2024 3:25:25 GMT
There is another one out there, same guy I think, where all the other cup brands are welcoming Stanley to the back of the cabinet. ETA - Here it is: Retired Cups
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Post by purplebee on Jan 13, 2024 17:01:50 GMT
Laughing as I put away my $8 Temu stainless 20 oz Christmas cup. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it kept my drinks ice cold for as long as I needed, and was really cute. I do love my forest green Yeti 20 oz Rambler and my cactus pink Yeti wine tumbler.
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Post by PLurker on Jan 14, 2024 15:49:38 GMT
Cheapo knock offs here. Ozark from Walmart was first I got back when a different thermo tumbler craze was upon us. (Yeti?)
Anyway just because I could, I tested the 2 against each other with same amount of ice etc and the cheapo won. Granted, an un-scientist (me) tested but Google testers confirmed.
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