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I think it's a reference to the Stanley cup craze and subsequent tiktok posting about bioavailable lead in damaged ones
From what I can find the Stanley Cup trophy is made from a silver and nickel alloy, so you should be able to drink from it.
Not sure if you missed it, but Stanley (the company) released an insulated drinking cup through Target that was limited edition and caused a minor craze. It's not the Stanley cup, the NHL championship trophy.
Oh ... I see.
Honestly that's what I thought people were talking about until I saw some news on it.
Man, same. I was so confused
Don't worry, I also thought people were going crazy over hockey on Tiktok.
I don't even follow hockey. I just know the South Park episode "Stanley's Cup". That is when I learned about the hockey thing. Now it's a cup? I only know red solo cups.
Imagine an impractically large WW2-era thermos, but with tricked out limited editions a la Supreme. Now preschoolers accessorise with them. Shit's wild
It's amazing how these blue collar companies have been able to position themselves at the center of a major cultural phenomenon. Especially since our culture tends to scoff at blue collar interests these days.
woosh
We don't do that here.
wasn't there some thing about a lady with a bunch of em under her trunk?
Notable Events with Stanley in the recent past:
Stanley does the "limited release" (often seen in the fashion industry, think Supreme) marketing thing, creating a bit of hype around their cups.
A woman in TikTok posted a video of how her car burned down, but her Stanley cup survived and there was still ice in it. This video goes viral and the CEO of Stanley does something for the lady. I can't remember what exactly but I think he bought her a car?
The Target × Stanley collaboration results in fistfights at retail locations over the limited edition colorway.
Since we're in that late-stage of capitalism, Stanley cups are a hot commodity for resellers and scalpers. Generally, resellers and scalpers try to buy their goods to resell but one lady decided to skip that whole step and just steal like $2000 USD (retail) of Stanley cups.
Ah, so the Leafs have just been protecting themselves from lead poisioning all this time.
That sounds incredibly stupid. What kind of testing was done to suggest this? Surely the FDA would have a thing or two to say about it.
IIRC it's a part of the vacuum-sealed thermal insulation of the cup, which is covered by stainless steel. So it's fairly resistant to damage, they do a lifetime warranty, and if the seal is broken, the thermally insulating function of the bottle is compromised anyway. I guess that's enough for the FDA? Obviously ideally you'd just prefer no lead at all? It was apparently charcoal until 2008.
Ah yeah, I'm seeing people saying it's the solder joining some internal parts together, so that's a total non-issue. But still... this is the one place where I wouldn't defend leaded solder over the leadless alternatives.