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[–] PP_BOY_ 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Corporate-forced trend. New Stanley executive is the former Crocs CEO, who found out you can manufacture a trend with limited editions/FOMO marketing, paying off influencers, and making people feel kitsch for buying objectively ugly products.

[–] Red_October 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They're decent to high quality insulated cups that are made popular by a cycle of induced scarcity. The CEO imported Sneaker Culture, producing only limited supplies and limiting releases of sponsored partnership-products, so that the fact that they can be hard to find makes more people feel like it's important to try to find and buy them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Thanks for your informative answer.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Well, you have to be a really good hockey team to win one...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

It's been the top prize for North American ice hockey teams since the 19th century.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

They're dishwasher safe and cheaper than Yeti. Most insulated mugs aren't dishwasher safe.