My wife wanted one, but an animal sanctuary we follow came out with their own Stanley-like bottle, and we figured $45 for a Stanley, or $35 to help out a charity. What did her co-workers say to her, “oh, it’s a FAKE Stanley.” Really, workplace bullying over a charity water bottle?
For me these brands are just Idiot tags... If someone has one of these mugs, is wearing anything Supreme or any of these trendy stuff, It's a huge red flag. Saves me the trouble of having to engage in conversation to find out...
I've been quite amused by the sudden furor over these mugs. I worked for years in a store that sold Stanley mugs & saw them completely overlooked by customers searching for Yeti or RTIC or even Tervis, so seeing those same customers suddenly lose their minds over Stanley tells me just how gullible & easily led the public is. Working with the public really jades a person, lol.
i have a yeti because it was left at a friends workplace, nobody picked it up and the person who had taken it wouldn't use it because the weed related sticker on it,i one day noticed and noted it out loud...they just gave me the cup.
I quit offshore for a bit because I thought working for the oil companies sucked. I got a job dealing with the general public. That was the crappiest 4 months of my life.
I was an Electrician that worked in northern Canada for ten years before deciding I wanted to do something else with my life and went back to university. I was so surprised to see all the kids wearing Carhartts and using Stanely products all of a sudden. Very strange world.
@@jamescaron6465 I am 17 and I do a hybrid of machining and wood working for an independent enterprise. You are goddamn right in 80% of circumstances. I feel isolated in my own generation.
& here I was thinking I was just seeing the Carhartt stuff b/c my college is in a rural area. However, I do also see less trendy rugged brands around such as Mountain Hard Wear, so it's probably a mix of both.
@@Jonas-Seiler So you are not dependent on everyone and everything for even the simplest repairs and maintenance? Changing a light fixture or a ceiling fan should be a no-brainer.
Let's see if this ticks the boxes on the consumerism scale: - Minimalist design? Yes - Comes in many colors/paintjobs? Yep - Has a brand identity? Yes I would say so - Promotes a "lifestyle"? Yup - Do you need one in your life? Probably not Yes, I would say this is peak consumerism
@@3nertia These are two different things. Capitalism is sensible, it's about producing value as cheaply as possible to maximize profits. Consumerism is not.
@@bultvidxxxix9973 I don't know how you can think producing value as cheaply as possible to maximise profits is not only sensible, but doesn't/didn't inherently lead to consumerism? Producing value cheaply =/= producing value efficiently, ethically, or actually producing the most value you're capable of, it very often comes in conflcit with those things.
I work dual at Starbucks / Target. There was a line at 7 A.M. to get these bottles. One woman stayed overnight outside just to be first in line. The bottles sold out within 10 minutes of opening. Frankly ridiculous, no wonder some of these people have massive consumer debt.
@@locursetI don’t know about Starbucks, but last year Target did a special front and center display of “tuck friendly” bathing suits and clothing for really young “trans” kids that pissed off a lot of parents.
They're priced just right to inspire people to buy a lot of them. The arguably superior easy-pour growler, thermo stein and thermos are about 50% more expensive.
We are dealing with the same people who buy SUVs for city and suburban driving, people who follow fast fashion and who blindly follow and believe whatever talking head or celebrity is most popular this week. They aren't interested in being responsible consumers, they have too much of their identity invested in being part of the herd.
Yes, and the same people that paint their face every day, dye their hair needlessly, send ridiculous amounts of chemicals down the drain to name a few. They will never be held accountable and they will never be prevented from consuming frivolously.
"the same people who buy SUVs for city and suburban driving, people who follow fast fashion " Basically anyone with a different consumer profile to yourself. Does 'having children" fit into your view of 'responsible consumer'? Just for the record, I view that as irresponsible, blindly following fashion, and having identity invested in being part of the herd.
Terence Reily is the single most important factor in this story. He worked at the company that pioneered sneaker drop culture -- limited editions that sell out quickly and drive massive consumption. Then he went to Crocs to become the CEO. He implemented the same formula there -- limited editions, with celebrity backing promoted through social media to drive massive sales. He is credited with saving Crocs as a company. Then Reily became the CEO of Stanley where he is doing the same thing.
It makes total sense that the guy who could make Crocs (of all things) "trendy", would be the one to make a poorly designed water bottle something worth crying over.
That's a good response since these people who get this are clearly out of their minds and endangering themselves. Also the cup itself is also dangerous and lethal which anyway Google and RUclips that as well.
I do not have a Stanley cup, but I do have a Hydrapeak. I bought it because of the very reasons you listed at the end, two glasses (tumblers) of water is a much more achievable goal in a brain than 8-10. The moment I realized that the Stanley thing was getting out of hand was when some random person on the street asked if my cup was a Stanley lol.
The President of Stanley is the same man who was the Chief Marketing Officer of Crocs. He’s taken manufactured scarcity, celebrity product placement, odd partnerships (like KFC Crocs) and jumping on viral moments to a whole new level of marketing. Everything he touches seems to turn into a fad (which of course ends and then people are stuck with whatever terrible products they thought they needed).
I was always anti croc (they look dumb) until I stayed with a friend who had a no shoes in the house rule but allowed crocs and had some to try. I was converted, they make fantastic house shoes 10x better than sandals.
I have one and love it. I would not buy more than one. For me, the issue isn't the price (though expensive, it's supposed to last forever). It's the fact that people are stockpiling water bottles, when the point of a water bottle is reducing waste. You only really need one.
meh, you might need multiple. I like having reserves for when I go picnic with other people so I can bring a few pre-made coffees, I also like to have separate water bottles for tea and coffee since they do stain and ultimately taste different. I have somehwere between 6-10 usable ones. But all my insulated bottles are giveaways from my company, otherwise I'd own just one big one and maybe two small ones, no way I'd spend money on more than those three. :D
Yeah, it was so obvious, i kinda started thinking that it was some running joke or something, every non-US or non-EU car is by default a Subaru or something.
As a Stanley Quencher owner myself, this makes me sad. It's a really good reusable cup and entire walls of them go unused because "Collection." Much like a whole garage of supercars.
or until it starts stinking. why does no one ever mention that reusable drink containers inevitably start stinking? I tried cleaning them in 50 different ways and nothing works
I used to do this as well. I have a flask now, I will not be changing the two I have in use (one for home and one for work) until they become unusable. I only stop using single use plastic bottles due to the high attrition rate.
same there's no annoyance about losing it cause the next trip to the store I can buy a beverage and keep reusing the bottle. I couldn't imagine treating a water bottle like house keys or wallet having to retrack your steps trying to find it
@@moenibus It's a convenient product to have. I don't use a Stanley bottle, i use a cheap one i got off amazon for £9. looks nothing like a Stanley. When people ask why i don't use a Stanley, I ask them why they feel the need to waste £50 on a bottle my cheap £9 bottle does just to be relevant on social media?
its especially weird for me bc i've always known them as a practical outdoors brand so it was strange finding out that theyve now been turned into a fashion statement
@@moenibus I don't and never will own a Stanley cup. Not my vibe - I do have a Kurt Geiger water bottle with a matching bag to carry it in. 😝 But just like anything you bring with you that matches your outfit, Stanley cup is a trending accessory. There's no denying that. It's relevant now but so was a mullet and do you see trendy chicks sporting one now?
That sure sounds hella ridiculous, if anything. People trying to flex because of a water bottle? 'Mainstreaming' anything really does give me the creeps, especially when cults form because of it.
Fun fact: "thermos" is the name of the original steel vacuum-sealed commuter cup, but they became so ubiquitous (in appropriate circles back then) that they actually lost the right to their own trademark and brand name back in the 1960s, and Stanley started producing "the Stanley Thermos". No good deed goes unpunished, I guess
Same thing happened to aspirin way back when. I've also seen old ads from Nintendo of America targeting the confused parents who called every game console a "Nintendo", since they were afraid they might lose the right to the name of their entire company. Fortunately for them, that one didn't happen.
Thermos is still around today though, and it's name got genericized only in certain US states, but it still is a trademark in rest of the US, and in over 100 other countries (at least according to Wikipedia).
Funner fact: the vacuum flask was invented by Scotsman John Dewar, but he did not patent his invention letting companies like Thermos develop their own versions, so in a way they did not learn the lesson of the creation of their most famous product.
Some brand names that became generic: Kleenex, xerox, sheet rock, popsicle, escalator, trampoline, velcro and dumpster, jet-ski, q-tip, chapstick, astro-turf and band-aid. My favorite is Taser (Tom A Smith Electric Rifle) for any shock device.
I still have my dad's green Stanley "Thermos" that he took to work every day. He bought me one for when we'd go hunting - it kept the coffee and hot chocolate hot ALL DAY!
My mom bought me one in the Thermos brand. It was brushed steel and came in a leatherette shoulder strap/carrying case. If something was either hot or cold you better believe that thing kept it near boiling or freezing
Exactly, i saw almost no mention of Funko in the comments, so i made a couple of comments about it myself. But yeah, i was joking like, Stanley and Funko are going to collaborate on a Stanko, a cup that also serves as a display stand for your Funkos, and of course a Funko Pop Stanley cup, and a Stanley Funko cup..
You sort of have a point. However, every human wants attention, inclusion, and validation. It's wrong to judge people for wanting a community to belong to. Humans are social creatures; loneliness is a killer. Any excessive obsession with anything is unhealthy of course. Although, I think a better reason to hate consumerism would be capitalism abusing its power over society. They abuse the people's desire to feel less alone, so they market a product to "initiate them into the club". They rake in addiction money, the trend dies out, and someone else takes the throne. The companies get richer while the gullible go into debt over a basic cup.
I had a business teacher who is slightly obsessed with how companies such as New Balance, Vans, and Stanley have completely rebranded themselves from even just 10 years ago.
I'm just so happy that I've been sheltered from this stuff on social media by an insane amount of memes and learning about this from someone with a working brain
Indeed, frankly, leaving aside the consumerism and environmental issues, I think this is a bizarre and toxic trend. Kids are getting bullied for having the wrong waterbottle. Like, holy corporate sheep batman...
Same here. I stay far away from tiktok... Can't stand the low IQ content there. I'd say it's the mcdonalds of social media, but it's more like eating out of a garbage can.
I don’t like this bottle but how is it different just like people buy nike over other brands, it’s all branding but becusee its water bottle people see it differently?
My dad born in 1944, had 2 classic green thermal insulated coffee cylinders. Totally beat up and chipped, dented, and still perfectly kept his coffee all day. He had them for like 30 years that he took to work every day until he retired. He still used them for the next 20 years anytime we went to gatherings lol. They were built different!
No, they really were not. You've fallen for a marketing tactic. It's still easy to buy one that lasts a lifetime. This very video that you commented on even describes Stanley as an example of that. Good gosh. 😂
Everything Was Better Back In A Day. Well, some things were. But you can still buy a well made thermos from multiple companies, it's not rocket science.
i was a little put off at first because i have an insulated water bottle but quickly realized that you're mostly talking about people that collect an ostensibly un-collectable utility item
Yeah, I've been rocking the same insulated water bottle for about 7 years now. He is not talking about people like you and I who are using these reusable products for their intended purpose. 😅
The saddest part of this is that the only people I know in real life who I've seen use these things are kids (who usually have more than one of them). These cups are truly seen as status symbols, and lots of parents are keen on playing along rather than telling their kids that they don't need every overpriced item that's "trending".
I first learned about Stanley cups from a 40-year-old wealthy mother who spends too much time on Tik Tok. But it wasn't until many weeks later that I realized it was a social media trend.
I'm so glad my parents didn't buy me the trendiest stuff unless I actually needed it. My parents would have said, get a cup out of the cabinet if you want to drink water. I grew up not being needlessly wasteful.
Their lack of sense of self-worth and desire to be a part of the 'clique' is astounding. They KNOW they are being exploited and let it happen anyway. Afool and their money are soon parted...
The absolute worst part of this, to me, is that little kids are getting the quencher specifically. They make a Stanley that has a flip down lid and handle (like hydroflasks). Handle is all metal with silicone cover. It's not going to break, not going to spill. Not going to get germs all over a long straw sticking out constantly. Can toss it in their bookbag, etc. Instead of at least getting the one that still is obviously a Stanley, but is more suited for a school environment, they're getting the "It" one and forcing teachers to deal with the spills. I know obviously, if they want it because it's popular, get they'll get the popular one. But like, it's just so sad and crazy to me. Even though there's something from the same brand which has better features, that same logo, and compatibility with a lot of the dumb accessories - they will still get the one that makes no sense
The fact that parents are following the trend like their kids do instead of telling them that Stanley bottle is super overpriced and owning an expensive camping mug is uneccesary. This proves that how little parents nowadays cared about what their kids watch online, like literally, most of the preppy kids are the one who scroll TikTok 10 hours a day with unrestricted Internet access
To me, Stanley is green with a black folding handle, is full of coffee, weighs about 10 pounds, and is rolling around in the back of my Nanny's car. My wife got me a Stanley Quencher for Christmas bc she was convinced I wanted one. I thanked her profusely and then we returned it and got her $47 back.
Exactly, wtf is Stanley thinking, only green Stanley is real Stanley. Of course business is business, but it's a shame to see where they are heading towards🥲
@@degrotekoningwouterokay you are being a little rediculous. They aren't changing the brand, they have a hundred years of doing things the same way. They just made more money from this then they've made in over ten years. They are also now in big box stores which is great causing much more money. Pretty soon these will be out of style and I can get my fiancé one for 2 bucks at goodwill. Just like I did for our hydro flasks that our kids have. Pretty soon it'll be cool to hav the "vintage" Stanley's just like how thrifting was once trendy.
Yep. I’ve got two of those green Stanley flasks that I’ve had for decades. They live in the back of the car too 😂 (apart from when they’re getting refilled in the kitchen). No Stanley Quencher for me.
I remember seeing a super pretty Stanley Starbucks (I think??) mug in the very early days of the trend and spending *A LOT* of time thinking "Stanley?? The company that made my electrician grandpa's thermos in the 50s is making girlified mugs now??". I thought about it for like 30 straight minutes after I first saw it, then I thought about it at least once per day for weeks after 😂 I have no doubt that my (long deceased) grandpa would have excitedly purchased "one of them fancy Stanleys" for my (recently deceased) grandma. Which she would have begrudgingly used, because she appreciated the gift even though it wasn't her style and she didn't really like the idea of being "flashy" or trendy.
Funily enough, in Brazil it's not a symbol for hydration - it's a symbol for young beer drinkers, the most sold product here is the mug, wich is marketed as "keeping your beer cold for up to 12 hours"
Agreed, my fellow! Also, most people here see it as a symbol of status, one-upping each other about their cups. Funnily enough, I once was the only one drinking from a glass beer mug instead of a Stanley, and people saw it as a cool "novelty"!
Yep! I also see the Stanley cups hip on Brazilian streamers community, since you have to be on camera for hours, and here in Brazil everybody needs some cool drink to cope with the hot summer + long streams.
I got a Yeti recently, and I'm not one for overconsumption, but I love it. It's the only waterbottle I own (outside of "Gatorade" style bottles for exercising), but I use it everyday and it actually helps me drink more water everyday. Buy whatever bottle you want, but if you're buying them just for a status symbol then you're just as bad as using plastic bottles.
So like what does your Yeti cup do that makes you drink more water then you would do with those "Gatorade" style bottles? Is it the status symbolism? 🤣🤣Like jfc just drink more water.
@@OGRUclipsEnjoyer it's larger and stays cooler much longer, easier to carry with a handle, the straw is nice, but technically it doesn't have to be a yeti. I just decided that was the time to start drinking more water.
As someone outside of the us, when I first heard of the Stanley cup craze, I couldn’t understand what water had to do with hockey, but the reality is even stranger.
I heard about it from a friend who's just back from the US. I wonder if its the chemicals in the water from that Ohio train derailment last year. Bunch of fruit loops
Well clearly you need to fill the rink with it so it can freeze and be played on. How else do you think you'll get all that water to the NHL. Official rink? The Stanley Cup. That's why they play for it: it's an honor to refill the rinks at the beginning of each season.
What I always find interestingly under discussed is that these cups seem mostly to appeal to people who drive for their commute and/or daily tasks. I’m a law student in a large city and I’ve never seen a classmate, professor, or indeed anyone using a Stanley cup despite many such people supposedly being in their target market. And part of that may just be coincidence, but I think a part of it is that Quenchers really don’t work if you’re using them on a walking/transit/biking commute since they don’t seal. And if you’re just keeping a water bottle at work or at home, you don’t need one that’s hyperinsulated
I live in Slovakia so Stanley cups are not part of my culture... but we do have reusable cups, too, including Stanly-like cups, so I'll add my thoughts to this comment section. I have to agree that if you're part of walking/biking/something else community then most of the people will choose bottles or something else. I work for IT company that also promotes sports and eco choices. So a lot of workers use bikes/electric scooters/public transportation/walk. One year we also got reusable cups as a Christmas gift. But different stile. It's a small light cup with a tight lid without a hole for drinking (designed mostly for hot drinks). So you have to remove the lid if you want to drink (I still use mine. I prefer it because it doesn't spill as easily as the others. I always carry it in the side pack of my backpack). And since cups do have a tendency to spill through the edges it's most likely the num. 1 reason why almost nobody uses reusable cups. In my close area I think I'm the only one with reusable cup. Everyone else uses normal ceramic cups from the office kitchen. Same thing in my previous job as a school teacher. Because all people were walking/using public transportation/driving short distances nobody was motivated to use something else but bottles or ceramic cups. I think the only people who would appreciate Stanly cup (or something similar) are long distance drivers (by long I mean at least one hour of driving). And maybe long distance public transportation users (I commonly use trains. Trains and buses are very popular here).
Exactly what I'm always thinking. Those cups are unusable when you want them anywhere besides your car's cupholder. A bottle that is still watertight in my backpack is way better. The same goes for all those coffee-to-go cups. Why does it need to be a cup?
@@sivalon1 The only justification for spending over $41 USD on a cup/bottle is that it's sealed well enough to be tubed up with a gas mask. These trend-chasers don't know what real value is.
I remember thinking my father-ex-law was such a goober for using a Stanley lunch pail like the was Fred Flintstone going off to work at the rock quarry. Maybe utilitarianism will be the next hot aesthetic.
I hope not. Let it stick to silly things like tumblers. No need to see an increase in demand of utilitarian products which will to their increased cost. Like for instance getting into off roading is way more expensive than it used to be partly because of people wanting to get into "overlanding".
😆My husband had a similar vintage Stanley thermos. The giant, indestructible ones that hold an entire pot of coffee. He would bring either coffee or soup in it to work construction jobs. I think he inherited his from his dad or something. 😆 it’s really old (circa 1970s or 1980s) and still in great shape, minus a little rust on the outside. They are literally indestructible, and have been a feature on job sites for decades. I’ve been wondering if I could sell that one now that Stanley is en vogue…but I believe the craze is only for those 40 oz. sippy cups.
@@nathangilbert5298Yup. I'm a bike messenger, and my 90s mountian bike is super integral to my making timely deliveries during chicago winters. The trend of turning them into retro-modded gravel bikes has made good frames expensive and harder to come by.
I kind of joined the hydroflask trend, but towards the end and only because I found one for $20 in a store (which is like half the normal price). I was affected by the trend, but now I've had it for 4-5 years, and don't see a need for another bottle until it is lost or completely destroyed somehow. I can't imagine having several of them or collecting them haha.
I got one last fall when I went on a trip, forgot my own water bottle at home, and needed one urgently. (I now alternate between using both of them - it's handy to have a backup sometimes). I didn’t know it was a trend and, in fact, one of the first things I did was cover the logo with a cute sticker. 😂 I'll admit, it is a solid product and has held up to my rather rough usage. But my good old off brand water bottle works just as well.
I have literally not heard of this cup till this week when I saw a news headline that someone was caught with like 3k worth of stolen stanley cups in their car. Before I saw the picture I was kinda impressed that they managed to steal multiple full sized sports trophies, but it was like 20 cups. Who buys cups that expensive?
Any cup that costs over 100 dollars better damn well be smashing together hydrogen and oxygen to generate it's own water for me. On a serious note though, do folks really care about the friggin beverage container that someone is carrying around? I literally reuse the "disposable" plastic water bottles 4 or 5 times just fine and they are basically free. People are weird.
@@iamjustkiwi I've never fully understood the, ascribe value to people who carry specific valuable items, culture or those who talk down to others that don't have the latest shoes or whatever. Like, it's just a cup. I got a metal cup awhile back and it cost me like 10 bucks. Keeps cold stuff cold and hot hot. It's lid is a bit iffy, but I'll probably keep using it till I lose it somewhere in 10 years.
My partner got one of these from work. She was saying that it was a nice gesture, because it's an expensive mug. I looked at it like, "this comically large sippy cup is expensive? ... Uh, why?" She informed me that they're blowing up on social media, and otherwise just a decent thermal mug, but she prefers the more reasonably sized ones she normally uses. And that is why I am here. Because, despite having 0% interest in "what's trendy," I have seen this obnoxious water bottle twice in as many days, and thought, sure, tell me a story about people that will make me like my cat more.
@@nickwallette6201 Sounds about right. If I were gifted one I might use it, but those large ones would make me feel like a joke trying to overcompensate for something.
I absolutely LOVE the freedom of not giving a schitt about what’s popular this second or the next. Middle age does come with a few compromises, but not many. I just wish I’d developed the attitude as a kid.
@@roderickcortez138 I see way too many middle-aged adults treating their workplace like the halls of a highschool so this comment really resonated with me. Way too many under developed basket cases floating around. It's not that "I care" as much as it is "Im observant" and how could I not notice it. I genuinely laugh at the feeble adult daycare I find myself in.
I don't understand the alternative, watching mini infomercials aka tiktoks and buy multiple of one product so that people know you watch the same comercials? Like what?! Why would one make this choice? Why not save time and money and just buy what's actually going to prove useful and enjoyable? Why not find community through shared interests instead of shared consumerism? Consumerism isn't an interest in itself. It's a black hole. Buy what actually makes you happy. I CAN'T believe a cabinet full of different colored mugs is going to truly spark joy for anyone. These trends are so depressingly bland from an outsiders' perspective. I don't dislike being around people who care about trends but they are draining and uninspiring.
my father uses the same stanley since i was born. my father and his work friends are literally cringing out when his tiktok feed starts to show girls having 50+ stanleys. this is exactly what he said: "THOSE ARE MEANT TO LAST FOREVER AND NOT BEING A STATUS SYMBOL!!!!!"
Buying a REUSABLE bottle every so often kills the whole purpose on the first place. This trends are getting worse, first it was yeti, then hydro flask, now stanley.
I don’t know that that’s entirely true? Even if you buy 1 every 3 - 4 years and you go from purchasing 2 disposable bottles a week to 1 per month, that’s 306-408 disposable bottles that you didn’t throw in the trash.
Been watching lots of videos on these cups ever since a customer at my job yelled at me over what I thought was a helpful comment lol. She came in wanting a Stanley cup in some particular color and we didn't have any so I told her we had other cups in similar colors and also that I think I'd seen Stanley cups in general at Academy (the outdoor store). She got SUPER irate towards me and accused me of being a smart ass which left me so unbelievably confused because all I did was try to point her in the right direction. Later on I learned that the place I work (Starbucks) had a limited edition color you couldn't find anywhere else and I am still baffled at how I was supposed to know the ins and outs of a random water bottle drop. 😂
Ah, my sympathies... you were offering rational advice to a customer who knew, deep-down, that she was engaged in an irrational act. Becoming defensive/irate isn't too surprising. (Plus, some customers feel free to be total jerks when dealing with retail employees.)
@@renelopez8227No wonder I was so confused. I did not know what the burned out car originally was Then I thought she was able to walk event in a Subaru and didn't replace it with another?
glad to see someone else notice it, that's the one detail that bothered me, hell, being a bit of a subaru fan even without any badges both of those cars were way too modern on the inside to be any subaru
honestly! Don't get me wrong I think the stanley craze is stupid but good but whoever made that call obviously understands internet marketing at a deep level!
the fact that little girls are obcessed with getting a waterbottle for christmas is sooo dystopian and sad. Whatever happened to wanting dolls or video games or stuffed animals or a new bike or trains or toy cars or y'know age appropriate toys?
I think you’re reaching here. It’s better for kids to be excited about getting a trendy water bottle than tearing up Sephora for skincare and makeup they don’t need. At worse, in 5 years those kids will realize they just wanted the Stanley to feel like they fit in and maybe stop carrying them because they’re too heavy. And at best, they’re gonna still use the cups because they’re practically apocalypse proof, and they’ll be the most hydrated generation.
I wouldn’t say that’s dystopian at all. Kids have always followed trends since the invention of the television. When we were kids there were many “viral” toys that people hoarded or fought over at Black Friday. Silly Bandz is the one that’s most prevalent for my age but there was also American girl dolls, legos, certain video games (ie Halo & COD), poly pocket, and dozens others I can’t remember. The only difference in advertising was tv ads on cartoon channels like Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and Disney Channel. They could have advertised literally anything to you on TV. Nowadays children see ads on social media, and for the record many children still consume viral toys like slime, fidget spinners, poppits. What would be dystopian if 8 year olds started asking for anti aging crème or plastic surgery for Christmas. Unfortunately this is already starting to happen but there is still time to stop it if parents actually parent their children.
@@isidoredemontjoye1275It is a KIA indeed. It's easy to tell because it's written on the steering wheel. If he had only said "it was a Mazda" I wouldn't comment, but I just wonder why he would go as far as saying it was a "brand new, top trim CX-90 Mazda". Weird.
@@kathleenking47 My mom also had one of those big hydro flasks before this whole Stanley cup thing, she calls it a sippy cup every once in awhile. Lolololol
say what you will but at least at my work place the Stanley craze has virtually eliminated single use plastic cups laying around in the break room, which to me is a massive dub.
so thats a win. but why did your work have single use plastic cups in the first place? that problem could and should have been solved without the need for over priced trend cups
"Wow. I first heard of the Stanley Cup today. When I first saw it, my initial thought was: 'This is a cool cup to fill up with cocktails at an all-inclusive beach resort.' I never thought of hydration... more of alcoholism."
Never forget that Stanleys also got a major boost from Watertok, the side of Tiktok where very interesting users chronicle their adventures in using barista syrups to flavorize their water. It's absolutely wild. Also, as with all reusable bottles, make sure you properly clean them on a daily basis. One person gave herself an ongoing fungal infection because she didn't scrub the mold out of the silicone bit in the cap.
@@ForelliBoy Most vacuum style cups like Stanley's cups and similar use a solder that contains up to 25% lead in the outside bottom of the mugs or jugs, usually covered by a disk or something. Decent construction of the cups means the only contact the lead will have is in an area where it literally can't get to the drink. Should the disk piece fall off though, you should replace it asap.
What I was looking for in this trend is a REUSABLE water bottle that is capable of maintaining my water cold for hours and hours on end. After weeks of research, I ended up getting a Yeti because I got it on sale for $15 lol. I get cold water for almost 15 hours and ice for over 2 days. Can't even think of getting another one in a few years.
reminds me of "overly honest methods" about research papers. "We did weeks of research and then got the one that was good enough but only cost 15 bucks since it was on sale that day".
got my yeti as a free gift from the last recruiting company i worked for. best water bottles imo. i have no use for something with a straw that i can't throw in my bag or knock over . my yeti is indestructible and will be my only water bottle for as long as i manage to not lose it
@mariaj4883 especially since it is a proven fact that drinking ice water in hot weather causes thermal shock, reducing blood flow to the brain which actually makes you temporarily less capable of thinking clearly, but it actually ends up not making you feel "colder", once that shock calms down you actually feel hotter. Drinking room temperature water, is more satisfying to thirst, as it is absorbed faster due to not causing spasms in your guts, and it will actually cool you down better, as it won't cause a backlash from increasing your blood pressure and activating a bunch of muscles (muscle activation generates heat.).
I only just heard about these last week; and now that I'm aware of its existence, I realize practically all the women at my university are obsessed with these water bottles!
As someone who still uses the same green Stanley thermos my parents gave me for Christmas in 2005 to bring tea into work, I couldn't think of a better company to reap the rewards!
I still use the Stanley thermos my father was given by an American Airman while he was in Bomber Command during WW2.. They really do last forever.. Zero paint left on it.
I have a classical Stanley water bottle for years. I have indeed bought 2 others, but as gifts to others, because I really like them. Honestly this trend actually diminishes my brand loyalty, because it looks like they are pivoting to the quick fashion trendy, instead of the life time quality brand.
Yeah, actually the stanley cup has everything I want in a water jug (office worker who likes to bring icy drinks to work & honestly needs the straw to remember to drink) but I absolutely do not fucking want to be known as the kind of person who's into Stanley Cups
I manage a stadium and basketball courts for a school district, and I have developed a collection of these things by finding them left in seats or bathrooms or on the ground. we always put them in lost and found and maybe one or two get picked up each month. I easily have $400-$500 worth of these things sitting on a shelf at work, we have been looking for a service that will take and clean them for reselling or even just giving them away but no one seems to want them because of a fear that they are dirty.
@@JL-dance Two. One cultivates edible, non-psycodelic mushrooms and needs to sterilize substrate material. The other uses it to cure composite parts, I think mostly 3D printed resins and carbon fiber layups. Perhaps it was unclear, my recommendation was more to find a local company with a larger chamber that would provide it as a one-time service, not somebody with a small autoclave in their workshop. It sounds like the OP has a few dozen units that require sterilization.
Not just old but they're also a very very mid level cup. There's numerous videos of cups vs cups filling a cup up with ice seeing which one melts last and Stanley always melts first.
As someone who remembers all the hype behind Nalgene bottles,I absolutely LOVE how you described them as giant sippy cups. I feel the problem is rampant materialism + increasing infantalization. Having worked in Advertising, I think I can safely predict that within the next 2 yrs (if not sooner) you will be able to buy these stupid sippy cups at your local flea market for $5. The stupidity and blind ,unthinking herd mentality of people never ceases to both amaze and amuse me.
I think of my dad when I use my Nalgene. He worked at a smelter that used lab-grade Nalgene bottles for samples, and he brought some unused ones home. We used those while caming for decades.
I'm old enough to remember when no one was hydrated. People just drank water. I live in an obscure European country. I tell them that we no longer drink water, we get hydrated instead. And they look at me like I'm insane. George Carlin discussed this issue years ago. He lamented the trend of carrying your own portable fluids. "When did we get so thirsty?" (Diabetes?) He howled "Get a f#*kin! drink before your leave the house!" And the truth is that water tastes much better if you actually allow yourself to get thirsty.
I wish I could do this, it’s like my body decided “nah, your gonna have to guess how much water you need today before you feel dizzy when you stand, and I won’t make you thirsty until you haven’t drank much for a few days,”
To address your point about the loneliness epidemic; It's 50% poor city design, 40% toxic work culture, and 10% toxic social media. Especially in the USA, cities are mere road networks from homes to jobs and fast food joints. There isn't pedestrian friendly infrastructure, green spaces, or crucial third places in our cities. People hardly walk or socialize, and only go outside to hop in their car and drive to work or to buy unhealthy fast food. Their jobs don't give them enough time or money for free time or even to cook healthy meals, so people just go home after a long workday and hop on social media. Or they work from home and go outside even less. The internet is the collective knowledge of the human race; a very powerful tool. But spending most of your time online will poison your mind. There's many other issues that need addressing, but to boil things down, that's why I'm trainpilled and I only use my car for long distance travel when possible; opting to walk or take public transportation when feasible. We need to feel the sun, and we need to talk to real people face-to-face, not through a screen.
I think 50% is really pushing it. Americans are so obsessed with this being a city design problem. And sure better environments would help, but this stuff exists in Europe and Asia too.
@@Rossy167 true, but poor city design still applies in a different way, especially in east Asian nations. There's not early enough housing being constructed so people in Hong Kong, South Korea, etc are living in what are basically metal boxes East Asian cities have land and resources to build more housing and reduce urban sprawl, but choose not to.
We don't even have sidewalks and I live in a coastal California city; I have to drive my kids to school because there is no bus and the walk is two miles down one of the most dangerous county roads in the whole state. The irony
I have a park a block away and I just never go there. It's another place to be alone. I use my car to drive past it to places where I don't have to be alone.
These things are going to come quicker and end quicker. Trends use to last years and sometimes decades. Now it seems that someone gets famous for a few hours or days. The new trendy item to have is forgotten within the week. I think our attention spans getting shorter due to low effort short term content is contributing to how quickly these trends rise and die.
this is usually a result from the rise of short video formats and their corresponding platform paved by social media. Things comes in and got attention (due to either or both influencer marketing and just being featured by a lot of videos) so quicker that almost any new thing that could have a longer trend cycle becomes a fad.
I’m not a Stanley stan, but they’ve been having a cult following since about 2017, more than a trend IMO. Only now is it getting so mainstream. Will be interesting to see if this recent media attention will positively or negatively impact their trajectory.
I saw a news story a week ago in my home state about a lady stealing like 40 of these and I was so confused about why someone was stealing 40 of a water bottle
Something interesting. I live in Argentina, where the old green Stanley thermos became a status symbol like a decade ago. And still remains. Here people us it to drink Mate, and the sales were so high that Stanley even incorporated a whole line of Mate, dedicated to our market.
In Brazil we had a similar case, but slightly more recently, and with the basic beer mug. There was a time when people would flash their Stanleys harder than the new iphone or cars, which was also great to know who not to talk to at parties.
@@LeoMkIIson medios turbios igual los termos chinos, yo que vos compraría stanley o termolar que creo que es brasilero. Yo compré uno chino que me lo vendieron a precio de bueno y al mes estaba pinchado, una cagada. Por suerte no tomo mate muy seguido o por todo el día, no me da ni para 3 horas de agua caliente.
This type of thing has been happening long before social media existed. Does no one remember beanie babies, cabbage patch dolls, etc? Heck, even the pet rock went 'viral'. All lobg before any kind of online influence!!
The difference is those were kids toys, idk, but I don't feel like you could blame kids for being gullible. Nowadays even certain types of adults are too dumb and get taken advantage of by salesmen. Adults should know better.
Those kids that went crazy over beanie babies, cabbage kids (though it wasn’t just kids) are now the adults that are going crazy over these cups and other trendy items. Old habits die hard.
@@QoraxAudioIt wasn't the kids choosing to crush each other at the store for Cabbage Patch Dolls. And the dolls had a large group of adult collectors.
Back in 2022, here in Brazil, we have this same Stanley's cup trend and everybody went mad for these cups. It was very common to see people carrying arround these cups in any kind or party or even office jobs. Nowadays, no one cares anymore because, people have started to consider it dumb to buy a cup just because of a brand name 😂.
I got one of these in a goodie-bag (from a hedge fund). When I saw it I was pretty shocked at the size and the really impractical shape. My thought was - this is a classic American item: huge cup to put in your huge American car. I had no clue it was this popular lol If there are collectors interested - let me know (never used!) 😂😂
As someone with cerebral palsy, adult sippy cups being in on trend is truly my moment to shine. I’m waiting for it to be fashionable for your meals to come pre cut up for you 😂
We have a genetic disease Friedrich's Ataxia, inour family. Two of my grandmother’s siblings had the diseases. She became increasingly unable to control her body. She dyes in 1992. Having straws which bent enabled her to drink. I think she would have loved one of these Stanley cups. It took her a long time to drink becase of swallowing issues. Having something which kept her drink cool would have been wonderful
It took me a while to figure out that these flasks were all thermos (only them called by brand names) and not oversized plastic bottles, my only association with thermos was keeping hot tea and coffee for travel and that didn't hit me as something trendy
for anyone wanting a stanley but hating the fact that they leak - walmart has a really good brand called TAL! keeps your water cold forever and their big bottles are half the price of a stanley
I looked into it and the car fire was a third generation Kia Sorento that actually had a active recall for a fire risk. I suppose that's why the Stanley president ended up buying her a Mazda to replace it.
Did it bother you as much as it bothered me that Levi (who apparently has a job commenting on brand recognition) didn't get the brand of *either* car correct?
I see that Klean Kanteen behind you. Props for still using the trendy waterbottle from like two trends back. I still have one of those myself. Now I confess that I've since gone with Hydroflask since they are larger, but I have had the same one for like five years and use it daily. This buying new reusable water bottles all the time defeats the purpose of reusable water bottles. I wonder how many disposable water bottles equal the carbon cost of a single Stanley Tumbler.
Make no mistake, a resuable container for water is an excellent purchase. *A* reusable container. I've owned two in my entire life: one that broke after five years, and one I bought to replace it.
Argentinian here. Stanley big thermos have been a held-in-high-regard brand for keeping water hot in order to drink mate 🧉, a local beverage. Due to its awesome insulation and overall resistance, they are considered top tier, and thus hold a expensive price tag in local markets. Quenchers have not made a significant impact in culture around here.
After we bought our place a dozen or so years ago I was digging around in the yard and found an old glass cup. I washed it and have been using it ever since. It has hit the floor multiple times and refuses to break or chip, and it's just the right size too. That's a keeper. Thanks as always and happy hydrating.
Looking into this type of tumblers now because I'm hoping to get a bottle/tumbler that can fit in my car's cup holder while still being able to retain the temperature of my drink. Of course, Stanley came up as the most popular choice. While I dont really care about the brand, 45usd is just crazy to me. Then, i came across the second biggest brand in Malaysia, which is Tyeso, a Phillipine brand that has almost the exact same design. And guess what, it's less than 12usd! Guess I know what I'll be buying. Not only does it achieve what I need, but it also doesn't break the bank
There is a reason Stanley was loved by construction workers, hunters and so on. Very durable and can keep heat/cold for very long. Unfortunately this trend will only increase the prices :( I really want their food jar, it doubles (at least on paper) the claims of how long it can stay hot compared to the competition and they give like a lifetime warranty, so if you use it in actually rougher environments daily, its worth it. I had one from the 80s but it got lost during travel.
I know it is a good cup. I understand if your want a durable cup buying one but not collecting them. We all know the craze will die down and people will look at themselves and say why do I need 27 of the same bottle.@@CRANEREVIEWS
I had to Google 'what is the deal with pink Stanley cups' after I saw some memes from friends and picked up that something was going on. I couldn't believe the dull 'backstory'. Trendsetters and influencers are so boring, as are the things they get paid to rave about.
I'm team "I use the same reusable water bottle until it breaks". However, I saw a video a while back where a nursing mother with several kids and a rather big home gave tips on how to stay hydrated, and she had several reusable water bottles in various places in her home. I think she lived in Canada, her house was bigger than the usual home in Europe (where I live). So it might be another cultural thing; people seem to need more stuff when they have a bigger living space. I also know some people who are cyclysts that own several reusable water bottles that they fill up when they are doing tours or long training sessions. I guess both are solid reasons to own more than one water bottle. But still, it boils down to "Own as many as you use on a regular basis", which is a great rule of thumb for every physical posession.
Oh yes, definitely you cannot assume someone's situation just by a simple picture or video. My family has collected a huge collection of water bottles, over the years. The difference is, we never buy new. We find them at garage sales or thrift stores for cheap, or sometimes my dad will just get given them for free as he's a regular at estate sales in the county. Seems like every giveaway or workplace sweepstakes likes to give away bottles too. None of them match, most of them don't have branding. I can't count the number of friends I've given a bottle and said not to bother giving it back, they can just keep it. @@Conval-wi5eh
@@Conval-wi5ehthese people who run to target and stay overnight to gurantee that they get a new Stanley cup are not people who “need” them for an actual reason other than being a victim of consumerism and posting them on TikTok.
Great work!!! Wow, I am the guy that (30 years ago) bought the green vacuum bottle because of it's durability. I had no idea that this sippy cup hysteria was even happening. I thought Yeti was the king of life changing overpriced/hyped crap. I was just looking for something that would keep my beer cold for 4.5 minutes until I need to get up and get another one!
What's wild about this tend is that only a few years ago, this was happening with YETI drinkware, to the point where YETI was seriously concerned about market saturation for the entire category of product. I wonder what the consumer demo overlap is for these two very similar types of cup.
it just proves that people don't buy the product for the product, but for the marketing, and once something is marked as limited and a status symbol, they go nuts...
I just checked my Amazon order history - the Fifty/Fifty brand water bottle I have sitting on my desk right now, I bought it in 2013. 10 years and change later, still works just fine. Almost like that's the point of a reusable product. Then again I never did care to be "trendy" and anyone who thinks less of me because I have the "wrong" water bottle can screw off
I feel like its worth mentioning the story of WaterTok here. A couple of RUclipsrs talked about it before most peoples awareness of the Stanley cup trend. It is basically a community of people on TikTok who need to drink water for medical reasons but hate the taste of water. And then that morphed into a hellscape of people mixing a million powders and syrups together to make new flavors. Those people were into the Stanley cups on this scale, where theyre collecting more than you could ever need. Back when it was an in-group symbol for this community. I cant help but feel like this played at least a small role in all this picking up speed as well.
I thought it was wls patients who couldn’t drink plain water that started the trend. For some reason they get sick with plain water but not flavoured so they share recipes.
@elainestokes2787 Yeah I think you're right. It was all about medical need at first. But I think we can agree that owning a collection of these things isn't a medical need at all.
I've been buying those packets too but not because of tiktok, and now cause of "water-tok" the price for those packets have jumped exponentially and they're always sold out at the store and online. Just annoying really.
Hi Levi and to the Team behind FP! New Subscriber here from The Philippines. I enjoyed your YT CH. Imagine your videos, the way it was documented, is so amazing and educational. More Power to your YT CH.
I catch stuff like this in a lot of videos, and if you intend to make any sort of professional content like this, you need an editor who knows what the fuck they're doing, and who catches stuff like this and forces you to redo it. I sincerely hope it's a joke. Spelling and pronunciation errors are fine anywhere, but in professional media it's absolutely not acceptable.
as someone with ADHD who is also chronically under-hydrated and can not stomach regular water, buying a Yeti last year in the summer was genuinely a game changer. i had it at my desk and it just being there reminded me to take a sip of my applejuice/watermix once in a while. ive never been so hydrated in my life so i genuinely understand the reasoning why some people simply prefer a big pretty cup over a glass of water they have to refill multiple times a day (i say as someone from the EU, where we dont have the same "must carry my drink everywhere and put it in my car"-culture) especially when youre neurodiverse, a lot of behavior really cant be rationally explained. yes i know there are a billion other alternatives, this just works for me but also I could NEVER justify buying more than... 2 of these cups, and the idea that some people are COLLECTING these overpriced cups is mindblowing to me...
My mom and I can't stomach much water either. We both were born with upper gastrointestinal hernias that narrow our digestive tract and cause us to feel full and queasy from drinking much water. A little fruit juice does somehow help, like you do. I'm telling you this because there are medical procedures that can fix this. I haven't done that. I have ADHD and am always dehydrated too, I'm too distracted to pay attention to bodily needs. 😊
Yup! I've got weird things about drinking enough water too. I'm far more likely to stay hydrated at home if the water isn't lukewarm, and if I have a straw (do I have effectively the kleen kanteen version, although it's only 16oz). But away from home, I am exceedingly self conscious of the sound a metal water bottle makes (at home I have fabric and silicone coasters), so outside of the house if I can't dampen the sound easily, I must have a plastic water bottle. Also, that bottle can't have a straw because I forget about it too often and straws are horrible for mold and thinking about that makes me not drink water. I don't understand my brain. I just live with it! I also saw a tiktok where someone effectively did have a multitude of double walled cups (not Stanley) for water everywhere in her house - so one in her office, one in the living room, one in the kitchen, etc. Basically a cup at every "station" in her house. That helped keep her hydrated because there was just always water cups around. So yeah - neuro divergence can make people do things that seem odd and unnecessary. This isn't what the Stanley cup craze is really about, but it's helpful to remember that sometimes "weird" or "too much" is just how someone cares for themselves.
As a French person I can't really fathom the American consumerist and "big" vehicle culture, yet for some reason I saw these Stanley cups on display in our local Decathlon branch and I just happened to see that there are some younger teens here trying to buy those just to ride along with the Stanley Cup craze across the Atlantic... The Stanley Cups are even taking over France now smh...
@@GatlingPea32 They won't last as long in France as they will here. French people aren't stuffing themselves constantly with the endless carbohydrates and junk food that make people thirsty enough to need so much water.
How is it that the vinyl armrest directly behind the Stanley cup in that "Subaru" fire isn't even melted? The door upholstery is still intact. what kind of low temperature, minimalist fire was this?
My sisters and nieces received these cups for Christmas, and I had never heard of them until that point... or I actually had, and I just thought people were casually talking about hockey in an obsessive way when they mentioned the Stanley Cup.
I legit thought they were cups that were related to the Stanley Cup. It's such a bad and unmarketable name, yet they seem to have been able to market it very well. I wonder how much of it is luck though.
Thank you for making this video! As a woman, I don't really understand why these cups are so popular. I didn't know why so many people wanted these random metal cups!
I think the saddest part of this trend is the fact some kids are being bullied in school for not having one of these cups or any other cup besides a Stanley cup.
My husband has a Stanley cup he’s used for ages, he works construction. And now he’s embarrassed to leave the house with it 😂
This.
Your practical husband wasn't making them rich enough. He needs to want one in every color and the latest one every time!
He needs to put some big sticker over the logo--do some equivalent of "stealth wealth" lol
thats rly weak of him ng
@@devchekhov7512 Yeah, like his OWN name. Remember when having someone else's name on your stuff looked every bit as stupid as it actually is? 🤣
My wife wanted one, but an animal sanctuary we follow came out with their own Stanley-like bottle, and we figured $45 for a Stanley, or $35 to help out a charity. What did her co-workers say to her, “oh, it’s a FAKE Stanley.” Really, workplace bullying over a charity water bottle?
For me these brands are just Idiot tags... If someone has one of these mugs, is wearing anything Supreme or any of these trendy stuff, It's a huge red flag. Saves me the trouble of having to engage in conversation to find out...
@@HotSkorpion Someone is an idiot for buying a high quality cup with a lifetime warranty? The internet is weird.
@@DebraJohnson Oh Another woman who just follows trend and make them a religion...
What else is new...
@@HotSkorpion 💯
@@juliusperseus8612 fuck does it matter if she's a woman? men do this shit just as much.
I've been quite amused by the sudden furor over these mugs. I worked for years in a store that sold Stanley mugs & saw them completely overlooked by customers searching for Yeti or RTIC or even Tervis, so seeing those same customers suddenly lose their minds over Stanley tells me just how gullible & easily led the public is. Working with the public really jades a person, lol.
i have a yeti because it was left at a friends workplace, nobody picked it up and the person who had taken it wouldn't use it because the weed related sticker on it,i one day noticed and noted it out loud...they just gave me the cup.
I quit offshore for a bit because I thought working for the oil companies sucked. I got a job dealing with the general public. That was the crappiest 4 months of my life.
And soon enough we'll see them discarded and another water bottle brand at the top 🥱🥱
Never underestimate the stupidity of the masses.
What about Hydro Flask? I read that Hydro Flasks were one of the top gifts for the 2023 holidays.
I was an Electrician that worked in northern Canada for ten years before deciding I wanted to do something else with my life and went back to university. I was so surprised to see all the kids wearing Carhartts and using Stanely products all of a sudden. Very strange world.
And these kids wouldn't know a phillips head from a torque wrench.
@@jamescaron6465
I am 17 and I do a hybrid of machining and wood working for an independent enterprise.
You are goddamn right in 80% of circumstances. I feel isolated in my own generation.
& here I was thinking I was just seeing the Carhartt stuff b/c my college is in a rural area. However, I do also see less trendy rugged brands around such as Mountain Hard Wear, so it's probably a mix of both.
@@jamescaron6465 why would they?
@@Jonas-Seiler So you are not dependent on everyone and everything for even the simplest repairs and maintenance? Changing a light fixture or a ceiling fan should be a no-brainer.
Let's see if this ticks the boxes on the consumerism scale:
- Minimalist design? Yes
- Comes in many colors/paintjobs? Yep
- Has a brand identity? Yes I would say so
- Promotes a "lifestyle"? Yup
- Do you need one in your life? Probably not
Yes, I would say this is peak consumerism
s/consumerism/capitalism/ - we really should stop rebranding it ;)
@@3nertia These are two different things. Capitalism is sensible, it's about producing value as cheaply as possible to maximize profits.
Consumerism is not.
how do you know what you know? Is it marketing , advertisement information? Like it doesnt seem like such deep knowledge but still i wanna know what
@@3nertia Capitalism is an economic model. Consumerism, well, isn’t.
@@bultvidxxxix9973 I don't know how you can think producing value as cheaply as possible to maximise profits is not only sensible, but doesn't/didn't inherently lead to consumerism?
Producing value cheaply =/= producing value efficiently, ethically, or actually producing the most value you're capable of, it very often comes in conflcit with those things.
As a Canadian, I severely misunderstood all the excitement over a “Stanley cup”.
I'm an American and I wondered why everyone was excited and upset about the NHL.
Hahaha 😅
I'm Canadian and reject hockey and the beta males who watch.
@@MyFriendlyPup cool story bro
@@MyFriendlyPup what about women who watch?
I work dual at Starbucks / Target. There was a line at 7 A.M. to get these bottles. One woman stayed overnight outside just to be first in line. The bottles sold out within 10 minutes of opening. Frankly ridiculous, no wonder some of these people have massive consumer debt.
@@trevrockrock16 I needed the money so that's that. I recently sent my two weeks notice, incidentally.
@@trevrockrock16 Wait does Target / Starbucks do that? Genuinely curious, never heard of the situation you're referring to
@@locursetI don’t know about Starbucks, but last year Target did a special front and center display of “tuck friendly” bathing suits and clothing for really young “trans” kids that pissed off a lot of parents.
They're priced just right to inspire people to buy a lot of them. The arguably superior easy-pour growler, thermo stein and thermos are about 50% more expensive.
yeah it's Target not Starbucks@@americancapitalist9094
"Wow this is eco friendly, so the company only needs to make one and I can use it forever. I'll buy 15 of them per year."
😂😂😂😂😂😂
You can bet they'd be mortified if they dropped/dented it too, as if they're not designed to survive such treatment.
We are dealing with the same people who buy SUVs for city and suburban driving, people who follow fast fashion and who blindly follow and believe whatever talking head or celebrity is most popular this week. They aren't interested in being responsible consumers, they have too much of their identity invested in being part of the herd.
It's high school all over again.
anything for the gram/tiktok
Nailed it!
Yes, and the same people that paint their face every day, dye their hair needlessly, send ridiculous amounts of chemicals down the drain to name a few. They will never be held accountable and they will never be prevented from consuming frivolously.
"the same people who buy SUVs for city and suburban driving, people who follow fast fashion "
Basically anyone with a different consumer profile to yourself.
Does 'having children" fit into your view of 'responsible consumer'? Just for the record, I view that as irresponsible, blindly following fashion, and having identity invested in being part of the herd.
Terence Reily is the single most important factor in this story. He worked at the company that pioneered sneaker drop culture -- limited editions that sell out quickly and drive massive consumption. Then he went to Crocs to become the CEO. He implemented the same formula there -- limited editions, with celebrity backing promoted through social media to drive massive sales. He is credited with saving Crocs as a company. Then Reily became the CEO of Stanley where he is doing the same thing.
Found Terence Reily’s RUclips handle 😂
I was really surprised he didn’t bring Reily up.
@@oreotookiesame
It makes total sense that the guy who could make Crocs (of all things) "trendy", would be the one to make a poorly designed water bottle something worth crying over.
So you're saying that he set that woman's car on fire???
When someone asks if I got a Stanley cup, my response is always “no, I don’t even play hockey.”
"No , I don't even play Basketball" would be even funnier, I think :D
no it wouldnt that dont even make sense@@m0llux
That's a good response since these people who get this are clearly out of their minds and endangering themselves. Also the cup itself is also dangerous and lethal which anyway Google and RUclips that as well.
See mine would be "no do I look sporty? I don't even know if that is for football golf tennis or some other sports ball activity."
@@saarahali1512ok...
I do not have a Stanley cup, but I do have a Hydrapeak. I bought it because of the very reasons you listed at the end, two glasses (tumblers) of water is a much more achievable goal in a brain than 8-10. The moment I realized that the Stanley thing was getting out of hand was when some random person on the street asked if my cup was a Stanley lol.
The President of Stanley is the same man who was the Chief Marketing Officer of Crocs. He’s taken manufactured scarcity, celebrity product placement, odd partnerships (like KFC Crocs) and jumping on viral moments to a whole new level of marketing. Everything he touches seems to turn into a fad (which of course ends and then people are stuck with whatever terrible products they thought they needed).
Tbh crocs are actually worth the price
@@victoralonso2787 Do you mean for the quality of them?
I was always anti croc (they look dumb) until I stayed with a friend who had a no shoes in the house rule but allowed crocs and had some to try. I was converted, they make fantastic house shoes 10x better than sandals.
CMO I believe
@@ttopero Yep you’re right. I updated my comment. Cheers. 😀
I have one and love it.
I would not buy more than one. For me, the issue isn't the price (though expensive, it's supposed to last forever). It's the fact that people are stockpiling water bottles, when the point of a water bottle is reducing waste. You only really need one.
I love having one. Just one to use and appreciate
Well maybe 2....one for work and one for home. But that's about it.
My husband's old hydroflask got demoted to my work bottle. Otherwise, I would never drink at the office. lol
@@Starscreamious
There has been some Stanleys that were tested positive for lead. Not saying yours have it but be aware
meh, you might need multiple. I like having reserves for when I go picnic with other people so I can bring a few pre-made coffees, I also like to have separate water bottles for tea and coffee since they do stain and ultimately taste different. I have somehwere between 6-10 usable ones. But all my insulated bottles are giveaways from my company, otherwise I'd own just one big one and maybe two small ones, no way I'd spend money on more than those three. :D
That "Subaru" that Stanley gifted that lady is very much a Mazda 😅
Finally someone noticed
And that burnt Subaru is very much a Kia 😅
Lol. I thought that seemed a little strange
😂 Came to the comments just for this! 👍
Yeah, it was so obvious, i kinda started thinking that it was some running joke or something, every non-US or non-EU car is by default a Subaru or something.
As a Stanley Quencher owner myself, this makes me sad. It's a really good reusable cup and entire walls of them go unused because "Collection." Much like a whole garage of supercars.
Lmao why are you pretending you didn't fall for the hype too?
Man, I just refill a single-use bottle until I inevitably lose it at work or something.
You eco nuts really chafe these guys
or until it starts stinking. why does no one ever mention that reusable drink containers inevitably start stinking? I tried cleaning them in 50 different ways and nothing works
I used to do this as well. I have a flask now, I will not be changing the two I have in use (one for home and one for work) until they become unusable. I only stop using single use plastic bottles due to the high attrition rate.
@@CuteAnimalVideos2580try not putting your mouth on it. I miss once in a while but usually just pour it in my mouth
same there's no annoyance about losing it cause the next trip to the store I can buy a beverage and keep reusing the bottle. I couldn't imagine treating a water bottle like house keys or wallet having to retrack your steps trying to find it
This just proves that ANYTHING can be made into a fashion choice. A Stanley cup is an accessory just like a handbag or a phone.
No, it's not an "accesory", it's a sippy cup. stop trying to define yourself by the things you bring with you, it's weak and pathetic
@@moenibus It's a convenient product to have. I don't use a Stanley bottle, i use a cheap one i got off amazon for £9. looks nothing like a Stanley. When people ask why i don't use a Stanley, I ask them why they feel the need to waste £50 on a bottle my cheap £9 bottle does just to be relevant on social media?
its especially weird for me bc i've always known them as a practical outdoors brand so it was strange finding out that theyve now been turned into a fashion statement
@@moenibus I don't and never will own a Stanley cup. Not my vibe - I do have a Kurt Geiger water bottle with a matching bag to carry it in. 😝
But just like anything you bring with you that matches your outfit, Stanley cup is a trending accessory. There's no denying that. It's relevant now but so was a mullet and do you see trendy chicks sporting one now?
That sure sounds hella ridiculous, if anything. People trying to flex because of a water bottle? 'Mainstreaming' anything really does give me the creeps, especially when cults form because of it.
Fun fact: "thermos" is the name of the original steel vacuum-sealed commuter cup, but they became so ubiquitous (in appropriate circles back then) that they actually lost the right to their own trademark and brand name back in the 1960s, and Stanley started producing "the Stanley Thermos".
No good deed goes unpunished, I guess
Same thing happened to aspirin way back when. I've also seen old ads from Nintendo of America targeting the confused parents who called every game console a "Nintendo", since they were afraid they might lose the right to the name of their entire company. Fortunately for them, that one didn't happen.
Thermos is still around today though, and it's name got genericized only in certain US states, but it still is a trademark in rest of the US, and in over 100 other countries (at least according to Wikipedia).
Funner fact: the vacuum flask was invented by Scotsman John Dewar, but he did not patent his invention letting companies like Thermos develop their own versions, so in a way they did not learn the lesson of the creation of their most famous product.
I thought thermo was just the spanish word for whatever they were called in english
Some brand names that became generic: Kleenex, xerox, sheet rock, popsicle, escalator, trampoline, velcro and dumpster, jet-ski, q-tip, chapstick, astro-turf and band-aid. My favorite is Taser (Tom A Smith Electric Rifle) for any shock device.
I still have my dad's green Stanley "Thermos" that he took to work every day. He bought me one for when we'd go hunting - it kept the coffee and hot chocolate hot ALL DAY!
My dad had one too and always had hot coffee. Ugly green and steel but it was good.
My mom bought me one in the Thermos brand. It was brushed steel and came in a leatherette shoulder strap/carrying case. If something was either hot or cold you better believe that thing kept it near boiling or freezing
I can't believe there's people that collects "giant sippy cups" as they were funkos.
Exactly, i saw almost no mention of Funko in the comments, so i made a couple of comments about it myself.
But yeah, i was joking like, Stanley and Funko are going to collaborate on a Stanko, a cup that also serves as a display stand for your Funkos, and of course a Funko Pop Stanley cup, and a Stanley Funko cup..
at least Stanley cups have a purpose
Stanley's, funkos. Both trash, fumo's are where it's at.
The new Funko Stanley Cup
I couldn't believe people collected those ugly ass Funkos. This doesn't even surprise me anymore.
These people (particularly the ones scrambling for the limited edition cups) make me almost physically sick with second-hand embarrassment
I could never put my finger on why I hated consumerism before, but now I get it. It's peak I-need-external-validation behavior.
@caressmonet... 🎯
You sort of have a point. However, every human wants attention, inclusion, and validation. It's wrong to judge people for wanting a community to belong to. Humans are social creatures; loneliness is a killer.
Any excessive obsession with anything is unhealthy of course. Although, I think a better reason to hate consumerism would be capitalism abusing its power over society. They abuse the people's desire to feel less alone, so they market a product to "initiate them into the club". They rake in addiction money, the trend dies out, and someone else takes the throne. The companies get richer while the gullible go into debt over a basic cup.
in terms of validation, how would you compare it to parasocial behavior on social media
@@WeeWeeJumbo Wtf is parasocial behavior?
TL;DR: You know that thing you like? You're stupid. It sucks.
I had a business teacher who is slightly obsessed with how companies such as New Balance, Vans, and Stanley have completely rebranded themselves from even just 10 years ago.
I'm just so happy that I've been sheltered from this stuff on social media by an insane amount of memes and learning about this from someone with a working brain
You're better for it tbh 👀
Same. My brain may be rotten with memes, but it ain't falling for these trends.
Indeed, frankly, leaving aside the consumerism and environmental issues, I think this is a bizarre and toxic trend. Kids are getting bullied for having the wrong waterbottle. Like, holy corporate sheep batman...
Just gotta live under a rock
Same here. I stay far away from tiktok... Can't stand the low IQ content there. I'd say it's the mcdonalds of social media, but it's more like eating out of a garbage can.
The way that people are now buy A DIFFERENT water bottle because their stanleys are now cringe is absolutely insane
Yeah, you only need one and if it works great! I love my Stanley but if it's out of fashion, I'm still gonna use it because I wanna drink my water 😂
it is its embarrassing
It's all clout chasing
I think the Australian brand Frank Green is now a 'must-have' cause I saw it on a few Xmas haul TikToks from young girls.
I don’t like this bottle but how is it different just like people buy nike over other brands, it’s all branding but becusee its water bottle people see it differently?
My dad born in 1944, had 2 classic green thermal insulated coffee cylinders. Totally beat up and chipped, dented, and still perfectly kept his coffee all day. He had them for like 30 years that he took to work every day until he retired. He still used them for the next 20 years anytime we went to gatherings lol. They were built different!
They make em in china now. I'll keep my American made one for as long as I can.
No, they really were not. You've fallen for a marketing tactic. It's still easy to buy one that lasts a lifetime. This very video that you commented on even describes Stanley as an example of that. Good gosh. 😂
Everything Was Better Back In A Day. Well, some things were. But you can still buy a well made thermos from multiple companies, it's not rocket science.
@@RustyShacklefordReal exactly, drives me crazy that people don't realize it's a chinese brand now.
A lot of things aren't made the way they used to, and sometimes that's for good reasons.
i was a little put off at first because i have an insulated water bottle but quickly realized that you're mostly talking about people that collect an ostensibly un-collectable utility item
Yeah, I've been rocking the same insulated water bottle for about 7 years now. He is not talking about people like you and I who are using these reusable products for their intended purpose. 😅
The saddest part of this is that the only people I know in real life who I've seen use these things are kids (who usually have more than one of them). These cups are truly seen as status symbols, and lots of parents are keen on playing along rather than telling their kids that they don't need every overpriced item that's "trending".
I first learned about Stanley cups from a 40-year-old wealthy mother who spends too much time on Tik Tok. But it wasn't until many weeks later that I realized it was a social media trend.
I'm so glad my parents didn't buy me the trendiest stuff unless I actually needed it. My parents would have said, get a cup out of the cabinet if you want to drink water. I grew up not being needlessly wasteful.
Their lack of sense of self-worth and desire to be a part of the 'clique' is astounding. They KNOW they are being exploited and let it happen anyway. Afool and their money are soon parted...
The absolute worst part of this, to me, is that little kids are getting the quencher specifically. They make a Stanley that has a flip down lid and handle (like hydroflasks). Handle is all metal with silicone cover. It's not going to break, not going to spill. Not going to get germs all over a long straw sticking out constantly. Can toss it in their bookbag, etc. Instead of at least getting the one that still is obviously a Stanley, but is more suited for a school environment, they're getting the "It" one and forcing teachers to deal with the spills.
I know obviously, if they want it because it's popular, get they'll get the popular one. But like, it's just so sad and crazy to me. Even though there's something from the same brand which has better features, that same logo, and compatibility with a lot of the dumb accessories - they will still get the one that makes no sense
The fact that parents are following the trend like their kids do instead of telling them that Stanley bottle is super overpriced and owning an expensive camping mug is uneccesary. This proves that how little parents nowadays cared about what their kids watch online, like literally, most of the preppy kids are the one who scroll TikTok 10 hours a day with unrestricted Internet access
To me, Stanley is green with a black folding handle, is full of coffee, weighs about 10 pounds, and is rolling around in the back of my Nanny's car. My wife got me a Stanley Quencher for Christmas bc she was convinced I wanted one. I thanked her profusely and then we returned it and got her $47 back.
Exactly, wtf is Stanley thinking, only green Stanley is real Stanley. Of course business is business, but it's a shame to see where they are heading towards🥲
@@degrotekoningwouterokay you are being a little rediculous. They aren't changing the brand, they have a hundred years of doing things the same way. They just made more money from this then they've made in over ten years. They are also now in big box stores which is great causing much more money. Pretty soon these will be out of style and I can get my fiancé one for 2 bucks at goodwill. Just like I did for our hydro flasks that our kids have. Pretty soon it'll be cool to hav the "vintage" Stanley's just like how thrifting was once trendy.
Yep. I’ve got two of those green Stanley flasks that I’ve had for decades. They live in the back of the car too 😂 (apart from when they’re getting refilled in the kitchen). No Stanley Quencher for me.
Great decision!
I remember seeing a super pretty Stanley Starbucks (I think??) mug in the very early days of the trend and spending *A LOT* of time thinking "Stanley?? The company that made my electrician grandpa's thermos in the 50s is making girlified mugs now??". I thought about it for like 30 straight minutes after I first saw it, then I thought about it at least once per day for weeks after 😂
I have no doubt that my (long deceased) grandpa would have excitedly purchased "one of them fancy Stanleys" for my (recently deceased) grandma. Which she would have begrudgingly used, because she appreciated the gift even though it wasn't her style and she didn't really like the idea of being "flashy" or trendy.
Funily enough, in Brazil it's not a symbol for hydration - it's a symbol for young beer drinkers, the most sold product here is the mug, wich is marketed as "keeping your beer cold for up to 12 hours"
Agreed, my fellow! Also, most people here see it as a symbol of status, one-upping each other about their cups. Funnily enough, I once was the only one drinking from a glass beer mug instead of a Stanley, and people saw it as a cool "novelty"!
Shit I’m buying one that sounds great
Keep my beer cold for 12 hours? That much beer will only last 15 minutes!
Yep! I also see the Stanley cups hip on Brazilian streamers community, since you have to be on camera for hours, and here in Brazil everybody needs some cool drink to cope with the hot summer + long streams.
@@NaturallystatedAnd that's exactly what older peole say when they say they don't see a reason to have a stanley cup!
I got a Yeti recently, and I'm not one for overconsumption, but I love it. It's the only waterbottle I own (outside of "Gatorade" style bottles for exercising), but I use it everyday and it actually helps me drink more water everyday. Buy whatever bottle you want, but if you're buying them just for a status symbol then you're just as bad as using plastic bottles.
So like what does your Yeti cup do that makes you drink more water then you would do with those "Gatorade" style bottles? Is it the status symbolism? 🤣🤣Like jfc just drink more water.
@@OGRUclipsEnjoyer it's larger and stays cooler much longer, easier to carry with a handle, the straw is nice, but technically it doesn't have to be a yeti. I just decided that was the time to start drinking more water.
As someone outside of the us, when I first heard of the Stanley cup craze, I couldn’t understand what water had to do with hockey, but the reality is even stranger.
I'm from the US and I thought the same thing too! Now I've heard of them, I can't get away from the dumb things!
I heard about it from a friend who's just back from the US. I wonder if its the chemicals in the water from that Ohio train derailment last year. Bunch of fruit loops
Well clearly you need to fill the rink with it so it can freeze and be played on. How else do you think you'll get all that water to the NHL. Official rink? The Stanley Cup. That's why they play for it: it's an honor to refill the rinks at the beginning of each season.
@@edwardnygma8533 Oooooooohhhhhhhhh. Okay. So all the rich white girls just love hockey. I get it now.
heh
and they do have 20 of them each
What I always find interestingly under discussed is that these cups seem mostly to appeal to people who drive for their commute and/or daily tasks. I’m a law student in a large city and I’ve never seen a classmate, professor, or indeed anyone using a Stanley cup despite many such people supposedly being in their target market. And part of that may just be coincidence, but I think a part of it is that Quenchers really don’t work if you’re using them on a walking/transit/biking commute since they don’t seal. And if you’re just keeping a water bottle at work or at home, you don’t need one that’s hyperinsulated
I live in Slovakia so Stanley cups are not part of my culture... but we do have reusable cups, too, including Stanly-like cups, so I'll add my thoughts to this comment section.
I have to agree that if you're part of walking/biking/something else community then most of the people will choose bottles or something else. I work for IT company that also promotes sports and eco choices. So a lot of workers use bikes/electric scooters/public transportation/walk. One year we also got reusable cups as a Christmas gift. But different stile. It's a small light cup with a tight lid without a hole for drinking (designed mostly for hot drinks). So you have to remove the lid if you want to drink (I still use mine. I prefer it because it doesn't spill as easily as the others. I always carry it in the side pack of my backpack).
And since cups do have a tendency to spill through the edges it's most likely the num. 1 reason why almost nobody uses reusable cups. In my close area I think I'm the only one with reusable cup. Everyone else uses normal ceramic cups from the office kitchen.
Same thing in my previous job as a school teacher. Because all people were walking/using public transportation/driving short distances nobody was motivated to use something else but bottles or ceramic cups.
I think the only people who would appreciate Stanly cup (or something similar) are long distance drivers (by long I mean at least one hour of driving). And maybe long distance public transportation users (I commonly use trains. Trains and buses are very popular here).
They don't seal? What's the point?
Exactly what I'm always thinking. Those cups are unusable when you want them anywhere besides your car's cupholder. A bottle that is still watertight in my backpack is way better. The same goes for all those coffee-to-go cups. Why does it need to be a cup?
@@sivalon1 The only justification for spending over $41 USD on a cup/bottle is that it's sealed well enough to be tubed up with a gas mask.
These trend-chasers don't know what real value is.
The tapered bottom also seems specifically designed for a car cupholder
I remember thinking my father-ex-law was such a goober for using a Stanley lunch pail like the was Fred Flintstone going off to work at the rock quarry. Maybe utilitarianism will be the next hot aesthetic.
I hope not. Let it stick to silly things like tumblers. No need to see an increase in demand of utilitarian products which will to their increased cost. Like for instance getting into off roading is way more expensive than it used to be partly because of people wanting to get into "overlanding".
😆My husband had a similar vintage Stanley thermos. The giant, indestructible ones that hold an entire pot of coffee. He would bring either coffee or soup in it to work construction jobs. I think he inherited his from his dad or something. 😆 it’s really old (circa 1970s or 1980s) and still in great shape, minus a little rust on the outside. They are literally indestructible, and have been a feature on job sites for decades.
I’ve been wondering if I could sell that one now that Stanley is en vogue…but I believe the craze is only for those 40 oz. sippy cups.
Gorpcore and some parts of tech wear have already done that.
One word: Carhartt.
@@nathangilbert5298Yup. I'm a bike messenger, and my 90s mountian bike is super integral to my making timely deliveries during chicago winters. The trend of turning them into retro-modded gravel bikes has made good frames expensive and harder to come by.
I kind of joined the hydroflask trend, but towards the end and only because I found one for $20 in a store (which is like half the normal price). I was affected by the trend, but now I've had it for 4-5 years, and don't see a need for another bottle until it is lost or completely destroyed somehow. I can't imagine having several of them or collecting them haha.
"hydroflask"
I can't think what the fuck else a flask is supposed to hold. Gold dust?
@@PhrozenFoxalcohol
I got one last fall when I went on a trip, forgot my own water bottle at home, and needed one urgently. (I now alternate between using both of them - it's handy to have a backup sometimes). I didn’t know it was a trend and, in fact, one of the first things I did was cover the logo with a cute sticker. 😂 I'll admit, it is a solid product and has held up to my rather rough usage. But my good old off brand water bottle works just as well.
I have literally not heard of this cup till this week when I saw a news headline that someone was caught with like 3k worth of stolen stanley cups in their car. Before I saw the picture I was kinda impressed that they managed to steal multiple full sized sports trophies, but it was like 20 cups. Who buys cups that expensive?
Influencers and tiktokers
Any cup that costs over 100 dollars better damn well be smashing together hydrogen and oxygen to generate it's own water for me.
On a serious note though, do folks really care about the friggin beverage container that someone is carrying around? I literally reuse the "disposable" plastic water bottles 4 or 5 times just fine and they are basically free. People are weird.
@@iamjustkiwi I've never fully understood the, ascribe value to people who carry specific valuable items, culture or those who talk down to others that don't have the latest shoes or whatever. Like, it's just a cup. I got a metal cup awhile back and it cost me like 10 bucks. Keeps cold stuff cold and hot hot. It's lid is a bit iffy, but I'll probably keep using it till I lose it somewhere in 10 years.
My partner got one of these from work. She was saying that it was a nice gesture, because it's an expensive mug. I looked at it like, "this comically large sippy cup is expensive? ... Uh, why?" She informed me that they're blowing up on social media, and otherwise just a decent thermal mug, but she prefers the more reasonably sized ones she normally uses.
And that is why I am here. Because, despite having 0% interest in "what's trendy," I have seen this obnoxious water bottle twice in as many days, and thought, sure, tell me a story about people that will make me like my cat more.
@@nickwallette6201 Sounds about right. If I were gifted one I might use it, but those large ones would make me feel like a joke trying to overcompensate for something.
I absolutely LOVE the freedom of not giving a schitt about what’s popular this second or the next. Middle age does come with a few compromises, but not many. I just wish I’d developed the attitude as a kid.
I stopped caring about what was popular after I graduated high school. Sadly some people never mature past that age.
@@roderickcortez138 I see way too many middle-aged adults treating their workplace like the halls of a highschool so this comment really resonated with me. Way too many under developed basket cases floating around. It's not that "I care" as much as it is "Im observant" and how could I not notice it. I genuinely laugh at the feeble adult daycare I find myself in.
I don't understand the alternative, watching mini infomercials aka tiktoks and buy multiple of one product so that people know you watch the same comercials? Like what?! Why would one make this choice? Why not save time and money and just buy what's actually going to prove useful and enjoyable? Why not find community through shared interests instead of shared consumerism?
Consumerism isn't an interest in itself. It's a black hole. Buy what actually makes you happy. I CAN'T believe a cabinet full of different colored mugs is going to truly spark joy for anyone. These trends are so depressingly bland from an outsiders' perspective.
I don't dislike being around people who care about trends but they are draining and uninspiring.
It's okay. You can say "Shit". Nobody is going to make you sit in the corner.
As someone who did, yeah it was awesome. No clucks given.
That Mazda car is around $35-$40k waaaayyyyy cheaper than a typical national ad
he calls it a subaru
@@alexbrown3854 its still a Mazda
my father uses the same stanley since i was born.
my father and his work friends are literally cringing out when his tiktok feed starts to show girls having 50+ stanleys.
this is exactly what he said:
"THOSE ARE MEANT TO LAST FOREVER AND NOT BEING A STATUS SYMBOL!!!!!"
Buying a REUSABLE bottle every so often kills the whole purpose on the first place. This trends are getting worse, first it was yeti, then hydro flask, now stanley.
I've had the same glass waterbottle since 2013 and feel no need to replace it. I don't even know what the brand is.
Before Yeti it was Nalgene and Sigg.
I don’t know that that’s entirely true? Even if you buy 1 every 3 - 4 years and you go from purchasing 2 disposable bottles a week to 1 per month, that’s 306-408 disposable bottles that you didn’t throw in the trash.
@@marietailor3100 Ooooor, here's a wild take, you can just refill those "disposable" bottles.
Been watching lots of videos on these cups ever since a customer at my job yelled at me over what I thought was a helpful comment lol. She came in wanting a Stanley cup in some particular color and we didn't have any so I told her we had other cups in similar colors and also that I think I'd seen Stanley cups in general at Academy (the outdoor store).
She got SUPER irate towards me and accused me of being a smart ass which left me so unbelievably confused because all I did was try to point her in the right direction.
Later on I learned that the place I work (Starbucks) had a limited edition color you couldn't find anywhere else and I am still baffled at how I was supposed to know the ins and outs of a random water bottle drop. 😂
Ah, my sympathies... you were offering rational advice to a customer who knew, deep-down, that she was engaged in an irrational act. Becoming defensive/irate isn't too surprising.
(Plus, some customers feel free to be total jerks when dealing with retail employees.)
The comprehension skills were low with that one.
That person clearly had mental issues...
Wow, that's just unforgiveable of you. 🤣It's not /just/ a /random/ water bottle. How COULD you??? 🤣🤣🤣
5:57 Correction: The woman’s car that burned was a Kia and not a Subaru. Also, Stanley bought her a Mazda and not a Subaru…
I was looking for this
Apparently every car is a Subaru😂
@@renelopez8227No wonder I was so confused. I did not know what the burned out car originally was
Then I thought she was able to walk event in a Subaru and didn't replace it with another?
glad to see someone else notice it, that's the one detail that bothered me, hell, being a bit of a subaru fan even without any badges both of those cars were way too modern on the inside to be any subaru
@@tiagobelo4965 what do you mean they were too modern on the inside? subaru still make cars
Go green! 😊😊 Now excuse me while I buy my 17th steel cup this month!!
Buying her that car was a stroke of marketing genius. I hope whoever at Stanley pushed for that got a big fat bonus.
Please tell me you're being sarcastic :/
honestly! Don't get me wrong I think the stanley craze is stupid but good but whoever made that call obviously understands internet marketing at a deep level!
If we can believe that it wasn't entirely a marketing stunt
Wow, you idiots are actually congratulating predatory business practices? WOW!
Yup, if the job was to market a product then damn that person certainly did their job exceptionally well.
the fact that little girls are obcessed with getting a waterbottle for christmas is sooo dystopian and sad. Whatever happened to wanting dolls or video games or stuffed animals or a new bike or trains or toy cars or y'know age appropriate toys?
just shows you how brainwashed kids are become, honestly it's incredibly depressing
Remember trapper keepers? Kids wanted dumb things when we were kids too.
I think you’re reaching here. It’s better for kids to be excited about getting a trendy water bottle than tearing up Sephora for skincare and makeup they don’t need. At worse, in 5 years those kids will realize they just wanted the Stanley to feel like they fit in and maybe stop carrying them because they’re too heavy. And at best, they’re gonna still use the cups because they’re practically apocalypse proof, and they’ll be the most hydrated generation.
I wouldn’t say that’s dystopian at all. Kids have always followed trends since the invention of the television. When we were kids there were many “viral” toys that people hoarded or fought over at Black Friday. Silly Bandz is the one that’s most prevalent for my age but there was also American girl dolls, legos, certain video games (ie Halo & COD), poly pocket, and dozens others I can’t remember. The only difference in advertising was tv ads on cartoon channels like Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and Disney Channel. They could have advertised literally anything to you on TV. Nowadays children see ads on social media, and for the record many children still consume viral toys like slime, fidget spinners, poppits. What would be dystopian if 8 year olds started asking for anti aging crème or plastic surgery for Christmas. Unfortunately this is already starting to happen but there is still time to stop it if parents actually parent their children.
Every accessory popular with girls and women is looked down on.
6:12 That's not a Subaru, that's a brand new top trim Mazda CX-90
Thought I was the only one who heard Subaru
I assumed her old car war a subaru
kia@@KaptainKerl
@@isidoredemontjoye1275It is a KIA indeed. It's easy to tell because it's written on the steering wheel. If he had only said "it was a Mazda" I wouldn't comment, but I just wonder why he would go as far as saying it was a "brand new, top trim CX-90 Mazda". Weird.
Yep, and the car that had the fire was a Kia
"Giant sippy cups" Lol, love it! As a woman, I had no idea why so many women were obsessed with these cups! Thank you for telling us why! :D
I remember, a woman, who had her hydroflask with straw...before 2020
Her 3 yo granddaughter called it grandma's sippy cup 🍵
@@kathleenking47 My mom also had one of those big hydro flasks before this whole Stanley cup thing, she calls it a sippy cup every once in awhile. Lolololol
say what you will but at least at my work place the Stanley craze has virtually eliminated single use plastic cups laying around in the break room, which to me is a massive dub.
so thats a win. but why did your work have single use plastic cups in the first place? that problem could and should have been solved without the need for over priced trend cups
@@iris4547 somebody help me raise this obvious ratio post
Pain, that was a Mazda at 6:13 not Subaru
For us dumb simple folk, subaru means any big suv car.
You beat me to the punch on that one.
Thank you, I checked the comment section for this exact comment.
He also stated that the cup survived the fire that the Subaru didn't, but it was a KIA.
"Wow. I first heard of the Stanley Cup today. When I first saw it, my initial thought was: 'This is a cool cup to fill up with cocktails at an all-inclusive beach resort.' I never thought of hydration... more of alcoholism."
who are you quoting?
based and alcohol pill
i literally use one for whisky and rum lol
What TF is an all inclusive beach resort? You definitely made that up. I'm cringing for you.
Before this video, I had literally never heard of Stanley Cups. America being weird aside, I can assure you this isn't a worldwide thing.
you are not mister worldwide tho
Never forget that Stanleys also got a major boost from Watertok, the side of Tiktok where very interesting users chronicle their adventures in using barista syrups to flavorize their water. It's absolutely wild.
Also, as with all reusable bottles, make sure you properly clean them on a daily basis. One person gave herself an ongoing fungal infection because she didn't scrub the mold out of the silicone bit in the cap.
Don't they also have lead on them or was that "viral" too
@@ForelliBoy Most vacuum style cups like Stanley's cups and similar use a solder that contains up to 25% lead in the outside bottom of the mugs or jugs, usually covered by a disk or something. Decent construction of the cups means the only contact the lead will have is in an area where it literally can't get to the drink. Should the disk piece fall off though, you should replace it asap.
What I was looking for in this trend is a REUSABLE water bottle that is capable of maintaining my water cold for hours and hours on end. After weeks of research, I ended up getting a Yeti because I got it on sale for $15 lol. I get cold water for almost 15 hours and ice for over 2 days. Can't even think of getting another one in a few years.
Made in China. Enjoy that!
reminds me of "overly honest methods" about research papers. "We did weeks of research and then got the one that was good enough but only cost 15 bucks since it was on sale that day".
got my yeti as a free gift from the last recruiting company i worked for. best water bottles imo. i have no use for something with a straw that i can't throw in my bag or knock over
. my yeti is indestructible and will be my only water bottle for as long as i manage to not lose it
@mariaj4883 it’s not always winter??
@mariaj4883 especially since it is a proven fact that drinking ice water in hot weather causes thermal shock, reducing blood flow to the brain which actually makes you temporarily less capable of thinking clearly, but it actually ends up not making you feel "colder", once that shock calms down you actually feel hotter.
Drinking room temperature water, is more satisfying to thirst, as it is absorbed faster due to not causing spasms in your guts, and it will actually cool you down better, as it won't cause a backlash from increasing your blood pressure and activating a bunch of muscles (muscle activation generates heat.).
I can't believe he called that Mazda a Subaru. I am shooketh
lol i was about to comment the same thing
Glad someone said it.
Actually it gets worse, the car that burnt down was a Kia and he calls it a subaru at 5:59, then later calls the Mazda a Subaru as well. Lol
@@hedgie98 LOL
Finally someone noticed
He also called kia a subaru
Fortunately, we do not have this disease in Central Europe.
I only just heard about these last week; and now that I'm aware of its existence, I realize practically all the women at my university are obsessed with these water bottles!
Oof, this is why I’m cautious about Stanley critiques. So easy to, as you’ve done, devolve into casual misogyny…
You just earned the price for the stupidest comment of the day. "Casual misogyny" my god, get a life.
@@chantolove how is it misogyny to criticize capitalism preying on women 💀
@@chantolove I don't know how the misogyny isn't more obvious.
@@chantoloveHe wasn’t misogynistic, he simply stated what he actively observed without stating his opinion about it.
As someone who still uses the same green Stanley thermos my parents gave me for Christmas in 2005 to bring tea into work, I couldn't think of a better company to reap the rewards!
I still use the Stanley thermos my father was given by an American Airman while he was in Bomber Command during WW2.. They really do last forever.. Zero paint left on it.
sadly the fad means they'll probably cheap out for a while, especially when sales start to decline
I have a classical Stanley water bottle for years. I have indeed bought 2 others, but as gifts to others, because I really like them. Honestly this trend actually diminishes my brand loyalty, because it looks like they are pivoting to the quick fashion trendy, instead of the life time quality brand.
I've learned not to care when my favourite goods suddenly get trendy.
Yeah, actually the stanley cup has everything I want in a water jug (office worker who likes to bring icy drinks to work & honestly needs the straw to remember to drink) but I absolutely do not fucking want to be known as the kind of person who's into Stanley Cups
Asia obsesses over tiny things, while in America, kids are obsessed with drinking-cups a-third their height. All about size here🙄
I manage a stadium and basketball courts for a school district, and I have developed a collection of these things by finding them left in seats or bathrooms or on the ground. we always put them in lost and found and maybe one or two get picked up each month. I easily have $400-$500 worth of these things sitting on a shelf at work, we have been looking for a service that will take and clean them for reselling or even just giving them away but no one seems to want them because of a fear that they are dirty.
Find somebody with an autoclave maybe?
Or just bring them to Goodwill and get the donation receipt for yourself haha
@@silvermediastudiohow many people do you know who own an autoclave?
well you probably only need to know 1@@JL-dance
@@JL-dance Two. One cultivates edible, non-psycodelic mushrooms and needs to sterilize substrate material. The other uses it to cure composite parts, I think mostly 3D printed resins and carbon fiber layups.
Perhaps it was unclear, my recommendation was more to find a local company with a larger chamber that would provide it as a one-time service, not somebody with a small autoclave in their workshop. It sounds like the OP has a few dozen units that require sterilization.
They are dishwasher safe.
It still amazes me how many people didn't know Stanley is a very old company and has been making cups thermoses and other gear for decades.
When I first heard of the trend I was wondering if it was the same company.
Not just old but they're also a very very mid level cup. There's numerous videos of cups vs cups filling a cup up with ice seeing which one melts last and Stanley always melts first.
Not just decades, but like over a century
Is that why the last thermos I bought for coffee was so expensive?
I've never seen a Stanley cup before. Until last week on RUclips.
As someone who remembers all the hype behind Nalgene bottles,I absolutely LOVE how you described them as giant sippy cups. I feel the problem is rampant materialism + increasing infantalization. Having worked in Advertising, I think I can safely predict that within the next 2 yrs (if not sooner) you will be able to buy these stupid sippy cups at your local flea market for $5. The stupidity and blind ,unthinking herd mentality of people never ceases to both amaze and amuse me.
It's almost as if the system has cultivated an army of obedient drones - thanks capitalism!
I think of my dad when I use my Nalgene. He worked at a smelter that used lab-grade Nalgene bottles for samples, and he brought some unused ones home. We used those while caming for decades.
Ross is the place to get all this stuff. LOL
I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one thinking about Nalgene bottles. I had two over the years...
@@michaellasfetto5810 I didn't even have one, though my roomie at the time had one as did most of his crowd. But only one! Nobody had 20 of them!
I'm old enough to remember when no one was hydrated. People just drank water. I live in an obscure European country. I tell them that we no longer drink water, we get hydrated instead. And they look at me like I'm insane. George Carlin discussed this issue years ago. He lamented the trend of carrying your own portable fluids. "When did we get so thirsty?" (Diabetes?) He howled "Get a f#*kin! drink before your leave the house!"
And the truth is that water tastes much better if you actually allow yourself to get thirsty.
I wish I could do this, it’s like my body decided “nah, your gonna have to guess how much water you need today before you feel dizzy when you stand, and I won’t make you thirsty until you haven’t drank much for a few days,”
To address your point about the loneliness epidemic;
It's 50% poor city design, 40% toxic work culture, and 10% toxic social media.
Especially in the USA, cities are mere road networks from homes to jobs and fast food joints. There isn't pedestrian friendly infrastructure, green spaces, or crucial third places in our cities. People hardly walk or socialize, and only go outside to hop in their car and drive to work or to buy unhealthy fast food.
Their jobs don't give them enough time or money for free time or even to cook healthy meals, so people just go home after a long workday and hop on social media. Or they work from home and go outside even less.
The internet is the collective knowledge of the human race; a very powerful tool. But spending most of your time online will poison your mind.
There's many other issues that need addressing, but to boil things down, that's why I'm trainpilled and I only use my car for long distance travel when possible; opting to walk or take public transportation when feasible. We need to feel the sun, and we need to talk to real people face-to-face, not through a screen.
This is a video all in itself. We live in the suburbs and while my son walks to his friends house every blue moon it’s not walk friendly
I think 50% is really pushing it. Americans are so obsessed with this being a city design problem. And sure better environments would help, but this stuff exists in Europe and Asia too.
@@Rossy167 true, but poor city design still applies in a different way, especially in east Asian nations.
There's not early enough housing being constructed so people in Hong Kong, South Korea, etc are living in what are basically metal boxes
East Asian cities have land and resources to build more housing and reduce urban sprawl, but choose not to.
We don't even have sidewalks and I live in a coastal California city; I have to drive my kids to school because there is no bus and the walk is two miles down one of the most dangerous county roads in the whole state. The irony
I have a park a block away and I just never go there. It's another place to be alone. I use my car to drive past it to places where I don't have to be alone.
Her Subaru? How dare you, our Subaru's blow up not burn down. She owned a Kia and Stanley gave her a Mazda. No Subarus were involved in this mess.
These things are going to come quicker and end quicker. Trends use to last years and sometimes decades. Now it seems that someone gets famous for a few hours or days. The new trendy item to have is forgotten within the week. I think our attention spans getting shorter due to low effort short term content is contributing to how quickly these trends rise and die.
this is usually a result from the rise of short video formats and their corresponding platform paved by social media. Things comes in and got attention (due to either or both influencer marketing and just being featured by a lot of videos) so quicker that almost any new thing that could have a longer trend cycle becomes a fad.
Honestly you're probably right. There's not a lot of life beyond the first couple weks in these viral moments...
I’m not a Stanley stan, but they’ve been having a cult following since about 2017, more than a trend IMO. Only now is it getting so mainstream. Will be interesting to see if this recent media attention will positively or negatively impact their trajectory.
@@LeviHildebrandYT Remember when everyone was lining up for supreme merch, I dont think I've heard supreme mentioned in a year or more
@@supportlocalbusines It might strengthen their cult but will definitely repel new customers, who tf wants to be associated with Stanley anymore
I saw a news story a week ago in my home state about a lady stealing like 40 of these and I was so confused about why someone was stealing 40 of a water bottle
Something interesting. I live in Argentina, where the old green Stanley thermos became a status symbol like a decade ago. And still remains. Here people us it to drink Mate, and the sales were so high that Stanley even incorporated a whole line of Mate, dedicated to our market.
In Brazil we had a similar case, but slightly more recently, and with the basic beer mug. There was a time when people would flash their Stanleys harder than the new iphone or cars, which was also great to know who not to talk to at parties.
Me cago en stanley, larga vida al termo chino locooop. Que ese al menos se puede comprar
@@LeoMkIIson medios turbios igual los termos chinos, yo que vos compraría stanley o termolar que creo que es brasilero. Yo compré uno chino que me lo vendieron a precio de bueno y al mes estaba pinchado, una cagada. Por suerte no tomo mate muy seguido o por todo el día, no me da ni para 3 horas de agua caliente.
This type of thing has been happening long before social media existed. Does no one remember beanie babies, cabbage patch dolls, etc? Heck, even the pet rock went 'viral'. All lobg before any kind of online influence!!
The difference is those were kids toys, idk, but I don't feel like you could blame kids for being gullible.
Nowadays even certain types of adults are too dumb and get taken advantage of by salesmen.
Adults should know better.
Those kids that went crazy over beanie babies, cabbage kids (though it wasn’t just kids) are now the adults that are going crazy over these cups and other trendy items. Old habits die hard.
They were adults buyig beanie babies. All the powers of the internet and you only become stupider, spreading gut feeling myth.
@@QoraxAudioIt wasn't the kids choosing to crush each other at the store for Cabbage Patch Dolls. And the dolls had a large group of adult collectors.
@@electrogeek77 Adults collecting CPK?
Okay I didn't know that, but that's definitely weird.
Back in 2022, here in Brazil, we have this same Stanley's cup trend and everybody went mad for these cups. It was very common to see people carrying arround these cups in any kind or party or even office jobs. Nowadays, no one cares anymore because, people have started to consider it dumb to buy a cup just because of a brand name 😂.
Wow 😂
I got one of these in a goodie-bag (from a hedge fund). When I saw it I was pretty shocked at the size and the really impractical shape. My thought was - this is a classic American item: huge cup to put in your huge American car. I had no clue it was this popular lol If there are collectors interested - let me know (never used!) 😂😂
I was going to buy a Cybertruck, but now, I will buy a Stanley Quencher.
At least you'll have an argument that holds water.
As someone with cerebral palsy, adult sippy cups being in on trend is truly my moment to shine.
I’m waiting for it to be fashionable for your meals to come pre cut up for you 😂
Hahaha fuck yeah at least someone is winning out of this whole thing
We have a genetic disease Friedrich's Ataxia, inour family. Two of my grandmother’s siblings had the diseases. She became increasingly unable to control her body. She dyes in 1992. Having straws which bent enabled her to drink. I think she would have loved one of these Stanley cups. It took her a long time to drink becase of swallowing issues. Having something which kept her drink cool would have been wonderful
i inherited one of the old style bullet shaped thermos ones from my father. glad to know if my house ever burns down, my drinks will still be cold
It took me a while to figure out that these flasks were all thermos (only them called by brand names) and not oversized plastic bottles, my only association with thermos was keeping hot tea and coffee for travel and that didn't hit me as something trendy
@@kirtil5177 oh dont forget soups now. *mind blown*
Just make your home out of thermos so it can't burn down.
@@ChucksSEADnDEAD that.. thats a good idea
for anyone wanting a stanley but hating the fact that they leak - walmart has a really good brand called TAL! keeps your water cold forever and their big bottles are half the price of a stanley
You know you are German when you hear the words "This company is over 100 years old" and immediatly think "What were they doing in the 30s and 40s?"
Well supporting Ervin Von Vitzleberg, of course. Duh.
I just laughed out loud 😂
Care to explain? 😊
@@rabia-2079 A lot of german companies voluntarly or non-voluntarly supported the Nazis during these times
Well if it's American it was selling to the Nazis that's for sure
I looked into it and the car fire was a third generation Kia Sorento that actually had a active recall for a fire risk. I suppose that's why the Stanley president ended up buying her a Mazda to replace it.
Did it bother you as much as it bothered me that Levi (who apparently has a job commenting on brand recognition) didn't get the brand of *either* car correct?
No small amount of fanciful data creation in the whole thing.
I guess there were no Ford Pinto's left to give her
I see that Klean Kanteen behind you. Props for still using the trendy waterbottle from like two trends back. I still have one of those myself. Now I confess that I've since gone with Hydroflask since they are larger, but I have had the same one for like five years and use it daily.
This buying new reusable water bottles all the time defeats the purpose of reusable water bottles. I wonder how many disposable water bottles equal the carbon cost of a single Stanley Tumbler.
Filling ourselves with micro/nano plastics, are we? /s
Don't worry, when women and girls decide Klean Kanteen is the next big thing we'll start hating on that, too.
Make no mistake, a resuable container for water is an excellent purchase. *A* reusable container. I've owned two in my entire life: one that broke after five years, and one I bought to replace it.
Argentinian here. Stanley big thermos have been a held-in-high-regard brand for keeping water hot in order to drink mate 🧉, a local beverage. Due to its awesome insulation and overall resistance, they are considered top tier, and thus hold a expensive price tag in local markets.
Quenchers have not made a significant impact in culture around here.
Omg there's a mate emoji? 🧉
Yeah, for tereré you just have to use the same thermo, and for ice water do the same or just don't, water bottles are cheap and durable.
Argentinian too, so I was searching for this comment. Everyone has a big, green Stanley thermos. Never seen these weird cups, though
I got myself a large glass mason jar. I love it. I do constantly get haggled if I'm drinking moonshine on the job.
I hope you haggled right back and got a great deal.
After we bought our place a dozen or so years ago I was digging around in the yard and found an old glass cup. I washed it and have been using it ever since. It has hit the floor multiple times and refuses to break or chip, and it's just the right size too.
That's a keeper.
Thanks as always and happy hydrating.
Sounds like a good fix to prevent podomania.
Looking into this type of tumblers now because I'm hoping to get a bottle/tumbler that can fit in my car's cup holder while still being able to retain the temperature of my drink.
Of course, Stanley came up as the most popular choice. While I dont really care about the brand, 45usd is just crazy to me. Then, i came across the second biggest brand in Malaysia, which is Tyeso, a Phillipine brand that has almost the exact same design.
And guess what, it's less than 12usd! Guess I know what I'll be buying. Not only does it achieve what I need, but it also doesn't break the bank
I can't imagine spending $45 US dollars for a travel mug. I love a good adult sippy cup but at a much lower price.
There is a reason Stanley was loved by construction workers, hunters and so on.
Very durable and can keep heat/cold for very long. Unfortunately this trend will only increase the prices :(
I really want their food jar, it doubles (at least on paper) the claims of how long it can stay hot compared to the competition and they give like a lifetime warranty, so if you use it in actually rougher environments daily, its worth it.
I had one from the 80s but it got lost during travel.
I know it is a good cup. I understand if your want a durable cup buying one but not collecting them. We all know the craze will die down and people will look at themselves and say why do I need 27 of the same bottle.@@CRANEREVIEWS
I can! But just once because that’s the point you buy ONE not 42 in different colors.😭
Let's wait a few minutes and they'll get rid of their extra Stanley cups and stuff to make space for the next trend.
@@FutureCommentary1 lmao for real, too bad international shipping is far too expensive, otherwise I would totally buy a used one after the fad is over
I had to Google 'what is the deal with pink Stanley cups' after I saw some memes from friends and picked up that something was going on.
I couldn't believe the dull 'backstory'. Trendsetters and influencers are so boring, as are the things they get paid to rave about.
Most of trendsetters and influencers are just modern versions of Billy Mays and "As seen on TV" commercials.
It is a stupid trend but I love that it’s a big drink container that fits in a normal cup holder. I’m happy to have just the one
I'm team "I use the same reusable water bottle until it breaks".
However, I saw a video a while back where a nursing mother with several kids and a rather big home gave tips on how to stay hydrated, and she had several reusable water bottles in various places in her home. I think she lived in Canada, her house was bigger than the usual home in Europe (where I live). So it might be another cultural thing; people seem to need more stuff when they have a bigger living space.
I also know some people who are cyclysts that own several reusable water bottles that they fill up when they are doing tours or long training sessions. I guess both are solid reasons to own more than one water bottle. But still, it boils down to "Own as many as you use on a regular basis", which is a great rule of thumb for every physical posession.
Oh yes, definitely you cannot assume someone's situation just by a simple picture or video. My family has collected a huge collection of water bottles, over the years. The difference is, we never buy new. We find them at garage sales or thrift stores for cheap, or sometimes my dad will just get given them for free as he's a regular at estate sales in the county. Seems like every giveaway or workplace sweepstakes likes to give away bottles too. None of them match, most of them don't have branding. I can't count the number of friends I've given a bottle and said not to bother giving it back, they can just keep it. @@Conval-wi5eh
@@Conval-wi5ehthese people who run to target and stay overnight to gurantee that they get a new Stanley cup are not people who “need” them for an actual reason other than being a victim of consumerism and posting them on TikTok.
Great work!!! Wow, I am the guy that (30 years ago) bought the green vacuum bottle because of it's durability. I had no idea that this sippy cup hysteria was even happening. I thought Yeti was the king of life changing overpriced/hyped crap. I was just looking for something that would keep my beer cold for 4.5 minutes until I need to get up and get another one!
What's wild about this tend is that only a few years ago, this was happening with YETI drinkware, to the point where YETI was seriously concerned about market saturation for the entire category of product.
I wonder what the consumer demo overlap is for these two very similar types of cup.
Considering the clips in the video showing the shelves full of Stanley cups have lower shelves full of Yeti mugs, I think there is a lot of overlap
it just proves that people don't buy the product for the product, but for the marketing, and once something is marked as limited and a status symbol, they go nuts...
I just checked my Amazon order history - the Fifty/Fifty brand water bottle I have sitting on my desk right now, I bought it in 2013. 10 years and change later, still works just fine. Almost like that's the point of a reusable product.
Then again I never did care to be "trendy" and anyone who thinks less of me because I have the "wrong" water bottle can screw off
I feel like its worth mentioning the story of WaterTok here. A couple of RUclipsrs talked about it before most peoples awareness of the Stanley cup trend. It is basically a community of people on TikTok who need to drink water for medical reasons but hate the taste of water. And then that morphed into a hellscape of people mixing a million powders and syrups together to make new flavors. Those people were into the Stanley cups on this scale, where theyre collecting more than you could ever need. Back when it was an in-group symbol for this community. I cant help but feel like this played at least a small role in all this picking up speed as well.
I thought it was wls patients who couldn’t drink plain water that started the trend. For some reason they get sick with plain water but not flavoured so they share recipes.
@elainestokes2787 Yeah I think you're right. It was all about medical need at first. But I think we can agree that owning a collection of these things isn't a medical need at all.
I've been buying those packets too but not because of tiktok, and now cause of "water-tok" the price for those packets have jumped exponentially and they're always sold out at the store and online. Just annoying really.
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I've never heard someone say debuted like he said it at 10:01
that is honestly mind blowing and makes me think he actually has no idea what heas talking about and maybe just reads the screen
lol was just saying that lolololoollo
I actually thought it was pronounced like that at first 😂😂
@@WheatybicI would guess it’s a joke he scripted on purpose because why is “debued” even spelled “debuted”
I catch stuff like this in a lot of videos, and if you intend to make any sort of professional content like this, you need an editor who knows what the fuck they're doing, and who catches stuff like this and forces you to redo it.
I sincerely hope it's a joke.
Spelling and pronunciation errors are fine anywhere, but in professional media it's absolutely not acceptable.
as someone with ADHD who is also chronically under-hydrated and can not stomach regular water, buying a Yeti last year in the summer was genuinely a game changer. i had it at my desk and it just being there reminded me to take a sip of my applejuice/watermix once in a while. ive never been so hydrated in my life
so i genuinely understand the reasoning why some people simply prefer a big pretty cup over a glass of water they have to refill multiple times a day
(i say as someone from the EU, where we dont have the same "must carry my drink everywhere and put it in my car"-culture)
especially when youre neurodiverse, a lot of behavior really cant be rationally explained. yes i know there are a billion other alternatives, this just works for me
but also
I could NEVER justify buying more than... 2 of these cups, and the idea that some people are COLLECTING these overpriced cups is mindblowing to me...
My mom and I can't stomach much water either. We both were born with upper gastrointestinal hernias that narrow our digestive tract and cause us to feel full and queasy from drinking much water. A little fruit juice does somehow help, like you do. I'm telling you this because there are medical procedures that can fix this. I haven't done that. I have ADHD and am always dehydrated too, I'm too distracted to pay attention to bodily needs. 😊
Yup! I've got weird things about drinking enough water too. I'm far more likely to stay hydrated at home if the water isn't lukewarm, and if I have a straw (do I have effectively the kleen kanteen version, although it's only 16oz). But away from home, I am exceedingly self conscious of the sound a metal water bottle makes (at home I have fabric and silicone coasters), so outside of the house if I can't dampen the sound easily, I must have a plastic water bottle. Also, that bottle can't have a straw because I forget about it too often and straws are horrible for mold and thinking about that makes me not drink water.
I don't understand my brain. I just live with it!
I also saw a tiktok where someone effectively did have a multitude of double walled cups (not Stanley) for water everywhere in her house - so one in her office, one in the living room, one in the kitchen, etc. Basically a cup at every "station" in her house. That helped keep her hydrated because there was just always water cups around.
So yeah - neuro divergence can make people do things that seem odd and unnecessary. This isn't what the Stanley cup craze is really about, but it's helpful to remember that sometimes "weird" or "too much" is just how someone cares for themselves.
As a French person I can't really fathom the American consumerist and "big" vehicle culture, yet for some reason I saw these Stanley cups on display in our local Decathlon branch and I just happened to see that there are some younger teens here trying to buy those just to ride along with the Stanley Cup craze across the Atlantic...
The Stanley Cups are even taking over France now smh...
@@GatlingPea32 They won't last as long in France as they will here. French people aren't stuffing themselves constantly with the endless carbohydrates and junk food that make people thirsty enough to need so much water.
@@GatlingPea32 I mean to be fair it's France so who really cares.
How is it that the vinyl armrest directly behind the Stanley cup in that "Subaru" fire isn't even melted? The door upholstery is still intact. what kind of low temperature, minimalist fire was this?
My sisters and nieces received these cups for Christmas, and I had never heard of them until that point... or I actually had, and I just thought people were casually talking about hockey in an obsessive way when they mentioned the Stanley Cup.
I legit thought they were cups that were related to the Stanley Cup. It's such a bad and unmarketable name, yet they seem to have been able to market it very well. I wonder how much of it is luck though.
Mate, that "Subaru" is a Mazda. Great video though. Yeti is huge here in tropical Australia. We don't see a lot of Stanley though.
And the car that burned was a Kia lol. Also not a Subaru
Yeah, my father has an old Stanley thermos that's older than me that he's still uses lobster fishing. He had it for over 30 years
How does he get the lobsters out of it?
Thank you for making this video! As a woman, I don't really understand why these cups are so popular. I didn't know why so many people wanted these random metal cups!
I think the saddest part of this trend is the fact some kids are being bullied in school for not having one of these cups or any other cup besides a Stanley cup.
Kids have been bullied for not having the latest trendy item for decades. It's nothing new and is an inevitability
@@badbadger. Doesn't make it any less sad though
Bullied for having self-control and/or immune to trends? Sounds about right.