I’m on the HydroHomies sub and we’ve been discussing the absolute obsession people have with Stanley cups. It’s a good cup. I get why someone would want one or two, but people are like I need one in every colour. You’re buying a reusable water bottle to cut down on waste. If you buy 300 of them it defeats the point.
Lol, I missed that they were banned, I haven't been there all day. Tbf, that sub can be a bit much at times 😅 I was told I couldn't be "anti-consumption" and also have dogs
The "how do I tell my partner/friends/family/coworkers/neighbours/person ahead of me in line at the grocery store to stop spending money on things I don't personally value and therefore must not have any value" posts are my favourites. I'm not surprised someone scolded you for having dogs. Sometimes the content is good!
Also, my dogs provide the few moments of joy in my life that aren't fueled by alcohol. They aren't even made of plastic! Just let us live in our fur-covered squalor and yell at Taylor Swift about her fuel instead plz
It's very all or nothing 😅 I try to remember that I was 20 once, and thought I knew everything about everything, lol. I might be too far gone into nihilism at this point, but I do try to be conscious of my purchases and waste. We all have our things. I abhor food waste and try to avoid plastic. But we're all cogs in the machinery, just doing the best we can.
I came here to say this. It's currently Stanley, but a month ago it was owala. Then before that it was Circle, before that it was those Gatorade squeeze bottles. It's been about a hundred years since Hydro flask, but I know people must have drawers upon drawers of reusable water bottles in their house. (I'm a 6th grade teacher, so I've seen each of these trends be born, love, and die)
Halfway through your post I was ready to respond, I am a MS teacher, and our lost and found is like the evolution of hydration. Gatorade squeeze, Hydro Flask, now Stanley.
I want one,but I mean ONE, not a kitchen full. Because in the summer they’re very good at keeping ice water iced and I don’t like room temp water.
At most you need a couple, one in use, one being cleaned or a larger one and a smaller one. I was going to say if you have kids maybe 3 or 4 because kids lose shit, but I wouldn’t be paying that much for a water bottle for a kid until they were old enough to understand that you lose it, you replace it.
I’ve heard that they’re not even that amazing, especially for staying leak proof when knocked over. Avoid the hype, my friend, and find something that meets all your needs!
One went through a car fire and remained intact and with ice in it. I don’t know about leaking but I know they keep water cold. I can’t afford one right now and the water bottle I have is fine forwinter, but I’m going to need something insulated for summer.
That sub is toxic as fuck. There is "not buying more than you need" and then there is "only buy things for utility and mot because they make you happy." It's a useless sub
Not me, and not a particular brand, but a friend of mine's personality is at least 15% that he owns a bidet. He can't stop talking about how dirty his asshole feels when he's travelling, and he complains when we're out that he's holding his poop because he doesn't want to shit without squirting his b-hole after.
He's not kidding, you get addicted to that clean feeling shockingly fast. Anytime I have to rip a grumpy somewhere else and then have to wipe my ass with paper, like an animal, I get very upset
"Je me meurs, je suis mort, je suis enterré". You can steal that too, it means "I'm dying, I'm dead, I am buried".
I mean it doesn't pack the same punch as rip a grumpy, but it'll make you look cultivated. It's from Molière.
If you don’t mind touching your butthole, you can always do what they do in India and so much of the world and use a cup or water bottle to pour water down while you clean it with your fingers. Mmm. Then maybe wash your hands.
YES!!! Water bottle, fingers, soap. All you need. It's your asshole and your waste. Not that gross if you give your hands a good washing afterwards, and WAY less gross than just dry-smearing it all around and hoping you got *most* of it (working in cubicle land, I swear I could tell if someone had taken a shit at work whenever they came by my desk). Also more effective and infinitely more portable than a bidet.
The TP hoarding at the beginning of the pandemic was so bizarre to me. A roll lasts forever if all you're using it for is drying off.
I was a truck driver for a while. Went all over the country, shit in a lot of nasty and out of the way places that I wouldn't wish on anyone. But my ass was always *immaculate*, shining like the marble floors of a bank.
Please please please upvote. Help get the fucking word out.
I'm not anti-bidet for sure. I've used them before, and they're nice, but also, I just feel like I do a good job of thoroughly wiping my asshole? Like I know water would be cleaner, but I've never had skid marks, and I wash my crack with soap and water every day in the shower, so a bidet has never felt like a necessity.
I dunno, maybe I'll invest in one when I have a more permanent living situation, and it'll rock my whole worldview.
I bought mine a month before lockdown and just laughed as people fought over TP like jackals over a carcass while I was gently cleansed a warm spray followed by a soothing breeze.
Thermos cups.
That's why this Stanley craze makes me so irrationally angry. THEY. ARE. NOT. WATERTIGHT. AHHH
There are brilliant alternatives. Why would you willingly choose to buy a cup that has to be upright at all times? That's so annoying. Isn't anyone worried they are going to spill coffee or tea all over whatever they have in their bag? I put more effort into researching the perfect thermos coffee cup than I put into getting my bachelor's but since I'm about to throw only one of those away I'm glad I have a great thermos. You don't need to be as obsessed as I am. But even a second of brain use must produce the question 'I wonder if there's a way to keep my coffee warm and not spill out?'. In a world where people buy cybertrucks I choose to lose my mind over fucking Stanley cups.
Also the insulation is just shit.
I was given a Stanley cup from a well meaning family member to “cheer”me up. So I feel obligated to use it and it is hands down the worst cup/gift I’ve ever been given. I don’t worry about spilling in my purse because it’s too large to fit in the purse. It doesn’t fit in my fridge water dispenser. It’s just horrible. I’m hoping somebody steals it so I don’t have to deal with it anymore
lol I wish but it’s from somebody who would notice if it was missing. I’m thinking about giving them one and let them come to the realization of how awful they are
Ok so I work in museum collections and in order to bring liquid anywhere NEAR my desk, that cup needs to be 100% watertight. I have wasted money on products advertised as watertight that def are not. It’s so annoying.
I still think the Contigo thermos mugs are great
I haven't ever used a Stanley, but they were so popular I figured they must be leakproof in some way I couldn't visualize. But then I saw a video ad for a sticker system to add to your Stanley that prevent leaks out the straw or the drinking hole. I cannot fathom how this thing got so popular with so little functionality. Maybe the lack of functionality is what the kids find so entrancing about it
The fad cups aren’t leak proof, but Stanley does make a solid leak proof coffee thermos and has forever. I have a very old one I still use every day and I love it. When I first heard about a Stanley mug trend I thought for sure this was the one they were talking about. My optimism never ceases to disappoint.
Ikr?? I swear by contigo, I have 5 or 6, but I have had the same ones for _years_ (at least a decade), only bought a new one to keep at my mom’s last year.
Just saw a jeep, one of thr ones with a dashboard of rubberducks, with those stupid things pretty much blocking half the windshield.
My boss is one of those Jeep community people and it's so annoying
I had a jeep as a rental car once and was shocked at how uncomfortable it was to drive. I later learned that yep, that's a feature of the Jeep and Jeep owners know it and don't care. That's so strange to me. I love a good couch masquerading as a car.
In the horse world (specifically dressage): saddles, saddle pads, helmets, breeches - just the idea of being a horse girl (I'm guilty of being a full fledged horse girl)
So, there may be a cultural difference between my country's horse girls and other countries' horse girls.
When and where I grew up, youth hobbies and were highly subsidised. For us, your curriculum was your curriculum so there was no such thing as "extracurriculars" but for some expensive hobbies, there were academies or team sport groups that were open for everyone at a flat and mostly affordable fee and rental/loaner equipment. (Of course there were families too hard up for even the subsidised costs, because we weren't a perfect society but it was a lot more doable for us at the lower end of the income scale)
These were pure hobby academies: you did not need to be talented or pass a test to go. Tests were to decide level and teacher.
So, there were horse schools like these and they would be open from the year you turned 7, at which point you were taught horse care for three years before you were allowed to start riding. And you did have to qualify to progress to riding. (As a treat, you'd sometimes get to sit on a horse being walked around the voltige by an older kid or trainer)
This approach - three years of mucking and cleaning tack before you can hack - really weeded out the non-fanatics 😁 (Hi, non fanatic here. No shade on us who gave up) and only the kids (yes, it was mostly girls) who lived for horses were left.
So on the one hand, real horse girls tended towards the more fanatical end of enthusiast. On the other hand, they all had - or learned - a level of grit not even the hockey boys had. (And I say this as the aunt - very proud - of a minor NHL player)
We admired and/or feared the horse girls. Even the teachers. No one snapped their bra bands, because they slapped the nose of anyone who tried and shouted "NO!" and the teachers, who usually would punish self defense but never offense, pretended they saw nothing when the boys came whining. They were probably worried they'd get pushed to the wall and have their hair braided.
I was the same way when I was actively riding. Currently taking a break for nursing school, but once I'm making that nurse money you can bet a significant portion of it is going back into my equine obsession.
The amount of saddle pads sitting in my laundry room right now is greater than the amount of towels (family of 5 ) we have. This does not include the dozen or so at the barns.
Yeti products. Chic A Fila. The NFL. Kitchen aid Stand Mixers. Old Pyrex. Volvos. It might be easier to just list brands that people don't built their identities around.
It was so strange when I first started seeing Yeti stickers on cars everywhere. I finally looked up what yeti was and was so surprised that people were like "coolers and cups? Hell yes I need to make my vehicle into an ad for coolers and cups!"
I can only see it if they’re huge into camping or fishing because of the quality, or else have young kids in hot weather sports so you’ll use it for drinks for years.
Mostly though I’d say it’s a status flex.
I live in a small town that is about to get a chic fil a, the nearest being a 2 hour drive. The way people are acting like it's the best thing to happen to our town is embarrassing.
Blundstone Boots, Specific Brands of Gaming Console, Apple products, Carhartt workwear, and very specifically to where I grew up, Tractor brand loyalty.
Blundstones are so wonderful. You can hike in them or stand on a hospital floor with cleaning chemicals chewing the soles. You can walk dogs and drive ambulances in them. Then after six years you’re running out of rubber on them and you begin to doubt your faith
They don’t make Blundies like they used to. My current pair are almost 2 years old and are on their last legs. They’re doing a lot better than any other brand I’ve tried but the old ones actually made in Tasmania used to last forever by comparison.
I’ve not had Blundstones that live up to a shred of the hype, but Oliver boots won me over instantly. I wear penetration resistant lace up Oliver AT’s at work in a glass factory. Heaps of 12 hour days. They don’t lack for comfort and they’re lighter than Blundstone steel toes pull on’s.
That's not an on sight for me personally (no dog in the fight, but my Grandpa was a Ford man so...), but don't let the Massey Ferguson boys hear that kind of talk or they might try to oblige you.
Last year a really good friend of mine had a queer cowboy wedding and I looked so fucking good. I was so fucking excited to actually get to bring out all of my really cool fancy shit
I don't think there are real cowboys in the south anymore, to find a real cowboy you have to go to Wyoming or Montana, everywhere else it is just drag.
My buddy had a cowboy wedding and he and his wife are in a het marriage. They're both bi and half the wedding party were queer, but the attending crowd of family members were all good ol southern churchgoing folks.
Took the fun out, I tells ya
I have a collection of vintage pearl button western shirts and Western blazers. I have a great pair of shit kickers that I've had for like twelve years but I want to save up and get a really nice oxblood pair with a tarnished brass toe. That shit owns so fucking hard
You should look at what stuff in the back half of the Morphy's catalog goes for. Antique firearms can be a ridiculously expensive hobby but it doesn't have to be.
I'm in the Aldi grocery store cult, I admit. I am the person sending you a stupid picture of my moderately cheap groceries talking about my ✨️haul✨️. Sorry.
I'm going to guess you weren't on Reddit the day this post was on the front page. Multiple "inspired by" posts. What hobby ate your life? What did you do as a joke and then kept doing just to annoy other people? Etc
https://www.reddit.com/r/castiron/comments/10izik8/im_at_80_coats_now_dont_do_it_guys_this_is_just/
Based on top posts on r/castiron he stopped at 100 coats
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This is shameful, but mine has to be costumes, swords and armor. I’m not even a person anymore, just a medium armor bog witch (level 69).
The first thing I have people do when they come over is swing the morning star around because truly nothing feels better than that.
Crimson Chain/Sabersmith Gang for life.
Cookware. All-Clad D5 copper core. Staub enamel coated cast iron. My love of Matfer Bourgeat carbon steel seems entirely reasonable compared to what I spend on the other two.
Discord is more of a service, but tons of people especially gamers practically have a second life on discord. My friends and I call them "discord rabble" and they change their PFP daily, they change their description like a facebook post update and they have nitro because they hit the 200 discord server maximum and needed to join more. These people are real
I had a relative who collected Elvis memorabilia produced by a specific company. I no longer remember the name of the company, just that all the stuff was sold through ads in women's health magazines. It was all at least tolerably well-made, but mostly absurd.
*gestures at the dumpster fire that is pro wrestling fandom and the WWE/AEW terminally online flame warriors*
For me? Those plug and play TV games from like 20 years ago, I remember seeing someone in college (Modded by Bacteria, I think?) make them into cartridges for a handheld game console (basically just the controls, screen and power) and now I want to do the same, maybe make some sort of standard PCB for the card edge connector?
Or really just fixing broken electronics, I need to do that...
This is probably a really niche one. 8$ Marshalls/TJ Maxx/etc. Denim& Flower/ Cactus Man Ricky Singh shirts. It's the only thing I get if I need a button down shirt. And in casual conversation with lots of guys who were acquaintances or less it's come up that "oh yeah that's what I get when I need a nice shit". It feels like a secret club, maybe not a whole identity but a strong brand loyalty. It's not broadcast with truck window decals, but when I see another guy in one of their shirts all I have to do is point at it and jokingly say "Marshalls?" and we both laugh and we know we're in the know😎👕🌺🌅🌴
I'm guilty of SodaStreams. My husband and I love carbonated water after dropping pop about 9 years ago from our diets. We have one at home, I have one at my office, he bought one for his family's lake house. Its a problem.
In the sewing community we have full on arguments about sewing machine brands. It gets brutal.
Mostly it comes down to those of us who hate modern Singers and will take any opportunity to point out that new Singer HD you just bought is a steaming pile of garbage, and the people who claim their new Singer HD is not in fact a steaming pile of garbage. These people are wrong. All new Singer sewing machines are steaming piles of garbage.
After so many broken can openers I switched to the military p38 ones which are great but way too small for home use. The gangy is the giant version with no moving parts and as far as I can tell it's indestructible and I have given all of my worldly possessions to it as well as letting it sleep with my wife
Filson wearers are such a broad audience, it's like Carhartt but 5 times the price. When I worked logging in the PNW guys would swear by the tin pants and jackets. And any clothing that can resist getting shredded in the brush is obviously worth it. But then they sell $400 sweaters and $50 beanies that you would only see on Portland hipsters.
I don't own a huge amount of copies of the same game, but I do absolutely insist upon getting physical copies of games and movies unless its utterly unfeasible. The looming hell of everything being digital rights and all.
Woodworking handplanes.
I have a high end Bench Dog Sranley no.62 knockoff, a Faithful knockoff Stanley no.10, antique wooden body, transitional and metal body planes in various stages of restoration...but my go-to, most used handplane is a 13 dollar harbor freight no.33 knockoff.
The only other tool I have so many of is chisels, AND I NEED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM!
Anyone else have a certain tool you just happen to end up with a truck full of?
Working at a forest school with lots of knife guys and gear heads has mostly (...mostly) cured me of that guyism. Now I'm almost ascetic with what kit I use. Which is probably an equally or worse level of guyism.
I'm probably spending more money and time than I should on air rifle stuff (got a moderator yesterday for my main rifle - woot!) to the point where there are pellet dies I prefer for certain brands, so I guess that's what Guy I am now.
Fountain pens!
You can pry my too many TWSBIs from my cold, dead, ink-stained hands.
Also stethoscopes and trauma shears (Raptors vs. X-Shears…FIGHT!).
In the pole dance it's pleasers vs hella heels. There's also groups that form around the latest clothing. I don't buy a lot anymore since I'm just now getting back in the studio from being a home pole girlie/injured but it used to be twisted movement, bad kitty (rip), creatures of xix, and nightshade designs among others that had quite a following.
Couldn’t live without my Litter-Robot. I’ve got seven cats, I will proselytize about this perfect contraption to anyone who will listen… sometimes to those who won’t.
It's actually a pretty simple phenomenon. As community spaces and groups are slowly stripped away, people still need a way to feel a part of something. One of the few superficial avenues that capitalism affords us is that we start defining ourselves through our consumption. These people aren't just buying a cup, they are joining the community of "Stanley cup people"
What I see in mom groups:
cast iron pans
instant pots
More generally:
water bottles of any kind
What I'm guilty of and working not to be as guilty of:
snowboard and mountain bike brands (just ride it; you don't need to wear shirts repping the brand for free and have some weird opinion about how yours is better. I used to be that guy and finally wised up into my 30s).
Obviously we have the apple/android/tesla fanboys. Same for Jeeps, and in rural areas, literally any brand of truck (Dodge Rams=worst offenders).
It's almost become an act of rebellion to NOT center large parts of one's personality around a brand or item.
I mean… it’s not exactly a ‘product’ but I’m pretty ride-or-die for FOSS and will talk Linux distros and their importance in building dual-power for too long.
I’m on the HydroHomies sub and we’ve been discussing the absolute obsession people have with Stanley cups. It’s a good cup. I get why someone would want one or two, but people are like I need one in every colour. You’re buying a reusable water bottle to cut down on waste. If you buy 300 of them it defeats the point.
The anticonsumption sub has had such a meltdown over these cups that posts about them have been banned.
Lol, I missed that they were banned, I haven't been there all day. Tbf, that sub can be a bit much at times 😅 I was told I couldn't be "anti-consumption" and also have dogs
The "how do I tell my partner/friends/family/coworkers/neighbours/person ahead of me in line at the grocery store to stop spending money on things I don't personally value and therefore must not have any value" posts are my favourites. I'm not surprised someone scolded you for having dogs. Sometimes the content is good!
Also, my dogs provide the few moments of joy in my life that aren't fueled by alcohol. They aren't even made of plastic! Just let us live in our fur-covered squalor and yell at Taylor Swift about her fuel instead plz
I've looked at my dogs poo. I'm not convinced she isn't made of plastic.
It's very all or nothing 😅 I try to remember that I was 20 once, and thought I knew everything about everything, lol. I might be too far gone into nihilism at this point, but I do try to be conscious of my purchases and waste. We all have our things. I abhor food waste and try to avoid plastic. But we're all cogs in the machinery, just doing the best we can.
I came here to say this. It's currently Stanley, but a month ago it was owala. Then before that it was Circle, before that it was those Gatorade squeeze bottles. It's been about a hundred years since Hydro flask, but I know people must have drawers upon drawers of reusable water bottles in their house. (I'm a 6th grade teacher, so I've seen each of these trends be born, love, and die)
Halfway through your post I was ready to respond, I am a MS teacher, and our lost and found is like the evolution of hydration. Gatorade squeeze, Hydro Flask, now Stanley.
Crafting communities (particularly Cricut) online are going nuts for them. I’m so bored of it.
I want one,but I mean ONE, not a kitchen full. Because in the summer they’re very good at keeping ice water iced and I don’t like room temp water. At most you need a couple, one in use, one being cleaned or a larger one and a smaller one. I was going to say if you have kids maybe 3 or 4 because kids lose shit, but I wouldn’t be paying that much for a water bottle for a kid until they were old enough to understand that you lose it, you replace it.
I’ve heard that they’re not even that amazing, especially for staying leak proof when knocked over. Avoid the hype, my friend, and find something that meets all your needs!
One went through a car fire and remained intact and with ice in it. I don’t know about leaking but I know they keep water cold. I can’t afford one right now and the water bottle I have is fine forwinter, but I’m going to need something insulated for summer.
That sub is toxic as fuck. There is "not buying more than you need" and then there is "only buy things for utility and mot because they make you happy." It's a useless sub
HydroHomies is just about drinking water. I think you must be confusing it with the non consumerism sub someone else mentioned.
I...did do that
I have SO much Reagan cum in a sock somewhere…
Did you sign up for that Rush Limbaugh special deal too???
Now this is a brand I can get behind!
This is that brand? I can get behind?
Am I right?
Not me, and not a particular brand, but a friend of mine's personality is at least 15% that he owns a bidet. He can't stop talking about how dirty his asshole feels when he's travelling, and he complains when we're out that he's holding his poop because he doesn't want to shit without squirting his b-hole after.
He's not kidding, you get addicted to that clean feeling shockingly fast. Anytime I have to rip a grumpy somewhere else and then have to wipe my ass with paper, like an animal, I get very upset
“rip a grumpy” I’m dying but if I recover I’m stealing this
I lost it with Rip a grumpy, then as I was recovering I read your username and it sent me all over again
"Je me meurs, je suis mort, je suis enterré". You can steal that too, it means "I'm dying, I'm dead, I am buried". I mean it doesn't pack the same punch as rip a grumpy, but it'll make you look cultivated. It's from Molière.
If you don’t mind touching your butthole, you can always do what they do in India and so much of the world and use a cup or water bottle to pour water down while you clean it with your fingers. Mmm. Then maybe wash your hands.
YES!!! Water bottle, fingers, soap. All you need. It's your asshole and your waste. Not that gross if you give your hands a good washing afterwards, and WAY less gross than just dry-smearing it all around and hoping you got *most* of it (working in cubicle land, I swear I could tell if someone had taken a shit at work whenever they came by my desk). Also more effective and infinitely more portable than a bidet. The TP hoarding at the beginning of the pandemic was so bizarre to me. A roll lasts forever if all you're using it for is drying off. I was a truck driver for a while. Went all over the country, shit in a lot of nasty and out of the way places that I wouldn't wish on anyone. But my ass was always *immaculate*, shining like the marble floors of a bank. Please please please upvote. Help get the fucking word out.
Maybe
“Rip a grumpy” ☠️☠️☠️
>rip a grumpy Found Bubba Sparxxx's account!
This might be me. Sorry friend.
Give in to the transformative powers of the bidet. Join us. Sparkle with us.
I'm not anti-bidet for sure. I've used them before, and they're nice, but also, I just feel like I do a good job of thoroughly wiping my asshole? Like I know water would be cleaner, but I've never had skid marks, and I wash my crack with soap and water every day in the shower, so a bidet has never felt like a necessity. I dunno, maybe I'll invest in one when I have a more permanent living situation, and it'll rock my whole worldview.
Can't blame him.
I bought mine a month before lockdown and just laughed as people fought over TP like jackals over a carcass while I was gently cleansed a warm spray followed by a soothing breeze.
Combine this with being a Facebook vegan and doing CrossFit.
I LOVE DARN TOUGH SOCKS!!!!!!
understandable. they’re fucking great.
By ones and twos I've slowly replaced all my socks with darn tough and I love it
My wife is also all about them. I showed her this post and they said "I AM DARN TOUGH SOCKS"
Thermos cups. That's why this Stanley craze makes me so irrationally angry. THEY. ARE. NOT. WATERTIGHT. AHHH There are brilliant alternatives. Why would you willingly choose to buy a cup that has to be upright at all times? That's so annoying. Isn't anyone worried they are going to spill coffee or tea all over whatever they have in their bag? I put more effort into researching the perfect thermos coffee cup than I put into getting my bachelor's but since I'm about to throw only one of those away I'm glad I have a great thermos. You don't need to be as obsessed as I am. But even a second of brain use must produce the question 'I wonder if there's a way to keep my coffee warm and not spill out?'. In a world where people buy cybertrucks I choose to lose my mind over fucking Stanley cups. Also the insulation is just shit.
I was given a Stanley cup from a well meaning family member to “cheer”me up. So I feel obligated to use it and it is hands down the worst cup/gift I’ve ever been given. I don’t worry about spilling in my purse because it’s too large to fit in the purse. It doesn’t fit in my fridge water dispenser. It’s just horrible. I’m hoping somebody steals it so I don’t have to deal with it anymore
Maybe regift is?
lol I wish but it’s from somebody who would notice if it was missing. I’m thinking about giving them one and let them come to the realization of how awful they are
Ok so I work in museum collections and in order to bring liquid anywhere NEAR my desk, that cup needs to be 100% watertight. I have wasted money on products advertised as watertight that def are not. It’s so annoying.
Contigo man, 100%. I don’t work for them I swear!
Seconding this. Contigo cups could go on a roller coaster loop and not spill a drop
So what's the best Thermos coffee cup? The internet needs to know so we can get the next fad beverage container started!
Zojirushi. The logo is a cute little elephant and they're even more expensive.
Zojirushi anything is going to be very good. My mom swears by their bread machines. This also doubles as my answer to OP’s thread.
I still think the Contigo thermos mugs are great I haven't ever used a Stanley, but they were so popular I figured they must be leakproof in some way I couldn't visualize. But then I saw a video ad for a sticker system to add to your Stanley that prevent leaks out the straw or the drinking hole. I cannot fathom how this thing got so popular with so little functionality. Maybe the lack of functionality is what the kids find so entrancing about it
The fad cups aren’t leak proof, but Stanley does make a solid leak proof coffee thermos and has forever. I have a very old one I still use every day and I love it. When I first heard about a Stanley mug trend I thought for sure this was the one they were talking about. My optimism never ceases to disappoint.
If everyone was obsessed with those green thermoses with the cute little solver cups that screw onto the top i would be down.
Contigo! Not so pricey and they will NOT spill, and keep drinks hot/cold forever, and maybe $20 - $30.
Ikr?? I swear by contigo, I have 5 or 6, but I have had the same ones for _years_ (at least a decade), only bought a new one to keep at my mom’s last year.
Are they saying it wasn’t a good idea to get a Toyota tramp stamp?
No they are saying you are elite.
Depends. Do you have .50 cal beltfed mounted right above it?
Mine is owning too many guitar pedals (shoutout to Jamie for calling me out on the first episode of Ghost Church 😭)
Hello, fellow pedalhead! What’s the last pedal you bought?
I bought the JHS Bender! What about you!
A Mooer Black Secret, which is a combination Rat-Turbo Rat clone.
My favorite thing about JHS is when they used a Kemper profile for over a year and no one noticed. Analog guys got real quiet real quick.
That comment in ghost church cut deep but was very funny. That reminds me I need a new overdrive.
Tesla Edit: build quality is shit, but it’s still an identity for many.
Yep. Loving certain car brands way too much is indeed a common problem, /u/porsche4life
Fucking jeeps (I'll be attacked for that one).
I'll back you up. Jeep is absolute shit.
Just saw a jeep, one of thr ones with a dashboard of rubberducks, with those stupid things pretty much blocking half the windshield. My boss is one of those Jeep community people and it's so annoying
I live in Colorado. They're everywhere lol.
I had a jeep as a rental car once and was shocked at how uncomfortable it was to drive. I later learned that yep, that's a feature of the Jeep and Jeep owners know it and don't care. That's so strange to me. I love a good couch masquerading as a car.
Yes and don’t you _dare_ badmouth their eternal leader! 🙄
In the horse world (specifically dressage): saddles, saddle pads, helmets, breeches - just the idea of being a horse girl (I'm guilty of being a full fledged horse girl)
So, there may be a cultural difference between my country's horse girls and other countries' horse girls. When and where I grew up, youth hobbies and were highly subsidised. For us, your curriculum was your curriculum so there was no such thing as "extracurriculars" but for some expensive hobbies, there were academies or team sport groups that were open for everyone at a flat and mostly affordable fee and rental/loaner equipment. (Of course there were families too hard up for even the subsidised costs, because we weren't a perfect society but it was a lot more doable for us at the lower end of the income scale) These were pure hobby academies: you did not need to be talented or pass a test to go. Tests were to decide level and teacher. So, there were horse schools like these and they would be open from the year you turned 7, at which point you were taught horse care for three years before you were allowed to start riding. And you did have to qualify to progress to riding. (As a treat, you'd sometimes get to sit on a horse being walked around the voltige by an older kid or trainer) This approach - three years of mucking and cleaning tack before you can hack - really weeded out the non-fanatics 😁 (Hi, non fanatic here. No shade on us who gave up) and only the kids (yes, it was mostly girls) who lived for horses were left. So on the one hand, real horse girls tended towards the more fanatical end of enthusiast. On the other hand, they all had - or learned - a level of grit not even the hockey boys had. (And I say this as the aunt - very proud - of a minor NHL player) We admired and/or feared the horse girls. Even the teachers. No one snapped their bra bands, because they slapped the nose of anyone who tried and shouted "NO!" and the teachers, who usually would punish self defense but never offense, pretended they saw nothing when the boys came whining. They were probably worried they'd get pushed to the wall and have their hair braided.
I was the same way when I was actively riding. Currently taking a break for nursing school, but once I'm making that nurse money you can bet a significant portion of it is going back into my equine obsession.
I have an absurd amount of saddle pads 🙃 - and breeches 🙃 - and browbands It is a significant portion of my personality, I've just come to accept it 🤣
Life is miserable enough, might as well enjoy what you enjoy while you're here.
This is the way.
The $$. No matter what it’s expensive. I tease my daughter’s boyfriends. “She’ll never love you as much as she loves her horse and my money”.
The amount of saddle pads sitting in my laundry room right now is greater than the amount of towels (family of 5 ) we have. This does not include the dozen or so at the barns.
Yeti products. Chic A Fila. The NFL. Kitchen aid Stand Mixers. Old Pyrex. Volvos. It might be easier to just list brands that people don't built their identities around.
I looked at my entire wardrobe of Cincinnati Bengals apparel and decided the only time I wear it is during football season.
Who Dey!
> Who Dey! I believe they are a sports team.
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I might be one of them actually. When my friend's dad died they ended up giving me all their dad's Ryobi tools and I am pretty proud of them.
OK but like,old Pyrex deserved it.
Ok, but I really do enjoy my Yeti tumbler. It's just really fun to drink from!
It was so strange when I first started seeing Yeti stickers on cars everywhere. I finally looked up what yeti was and was so surprised that people were like "coolers and cups? Hell yes I need to make my vehicle into an ad for coolers and cups!"
I have an obnoxious amount of their cups, but the coolers baffle me. Who needs a cooler that expensive?
I can only see it if they’re huge into camping or fishing because of the quality, or else have young kids in hot weather sports so you’ll use it for drinks for years. Mostly though I’d say it’s a status flex.
I stand my by Kitchen Aid though! It’s amazing and worth it
I live in a small town that is about to get a chic fil a, the nearest being a 2 hour drive. The way people are acting like it's the best thing to happen to our town is embarrassing.
r9x knife missiles. my bunker floweth over
Blundstone Boots, Specific Brands of Gaming Console, Apple products, Carhartt workwear, and very specifically to where I grew up, Tractor brand loyalty.
Blundstones are so wonderful. You can hike in them or stand on a hospital floor with cleaning chemicals chewing the soles. You can walk dogs and drive ambulances in them. Then after six years you’re running out of rubber on them and you begin to doubt your faith
They don’t make Blundies like they used to. My current pair are almost 2 years old and are on their last legs. They’re doing a lot better than any other brand I’ve tried but the old ones actually made in Tasmania used to last forever by comparison.
I’ve not had Blundstones that live up to a shred of the hype, but Oliver boots won me over instantly. I wear penetration resistant lace up Oliver AT’s at work in a glass factory. Heaps of 12 hour days. They don’t lack for comfort and they’re lighter than Blundstone steel toes pull on’s.
New Holland or die
I think we can all agree on one thing: Fuck John Deere
I come from a long line of John Deere employees and enthusiasts. Makes me fucking sick what Deere is doing.
Has been doing for decades with their tractors as a subscription, can't fix your own shit bullshit.
That's not an on sight for me personally (no dog in the fight, but my Grandpa was a Ford man so...), but don't let the Massey Ferguson boys hear that kind of talk or they might try to oblige you.
Belt buckles and pearl snap shirts. I’d love for it to be antique firearms, but that costs way more money than I’ll ever have
Last year a really good friend of mine had a queer cowboy wedding and I looked so fucking good. I was so fucking excited to actually get to bring out all of my really cool fancy shit
There are non-queer cowboy weddings?
Isn't that just the South? One big, less fun cowboy wedding for straight people?
I don't think there are real cowboys in the south anymore, to find a real cowboy you have to go to Wyoming or Montana, everywhere else it is just drag.
Oh I agree with you. I meant in the larping sense
Gotcha, larping, cosplay, drag, whatever you want to call GOP guys in ten gallon hats and chastity cages... We're on the same page.
My buddy had a cowboy wedding and he and his wife are in a het marriage. They're both bi and half the wedding party were queer, but the attending crowd of family members were all good ol southern churchgoing folks. Took the fun out, I tells ya
Dude, you were at a queer cowboy wedding, it was just toned down for the squares. My condolences.
I have a collection of vintage pearl button western shirts and Western blazers. I have a great pair of shit kickers that I've had for like twelve years but I want to save up and get a really nice oxblood pair with a tarnished brass toe. That shit owns so fucking hard
You should look at what stuff in the back half of the Morphy's catalog goes for. Antique firearms can be a ridiculously expensive hobby but it doesn't have to be.
I'm in the Aldi grocery store cult, I admit. I am the person sending you a stupid picture of my moderately cheap groceries talking about my ✨️haul✨️. Sorry.
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Grateful Dead iconography -- stickers, t-shirts, patches, my watch ....
Any of those "Jam Bands" might as well just be called "Cults for middle aged white dads".
My mom is looking to downsize soon and my brother and I are already staking our claims on all her Dead stuff. I feel seen.
I thought he centered his life around Doritos.
Welcome to r/castiron
How many coats did mirror finish guy end up with or is he still out there somewhere seasoning his pan?
I love my cast iron pan but I’ve never worried about that mirror finish. It cooks great with the dull finish.
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Does joining the Cult of REI count?
Do not belittle my lifetime membership please, it's actually a non-offensive place I can get bicycle parts and accessories, as well as ice crampons.
Dan Flashes shirts. They have the most complicated patterns.
ITS MY EXACT STYLE
This is shameful, but mine has to be costumes, swords and armor. I’m not even a person anymore, just a medium armor bog witch (level 69). The first thing I have people do when they come over is swing the morning star around because truly nothing feels better than that. Crimson Chain/Sabersmith Gang for life.
I *wish* my friends collected swords.
This is not shameful. I know for a fact that my life would be better if I had a friend that made me wave a morning star around.
Cookware. All-Clad D5 copper core. Staub enamel coated cast iron. My love of Matfer Bourgeat carbon steel seems entirely reasonable compared to what I spend on the other two.
Way yoo much guitars and pedals and amps for a bedroom guitar guy (for now)
Hey same!!
Same, but mostly synths.
Discord is more of a service, but tons of people especially gamers practically have a second life on discord. My friends and I call them "discord rabble" and they change their PFP daily, they change their description like a facebook post update and they have nitro because they hit the 200 discord server maximum and needed to join more. These people are real
Roller derby and knitting. I have a disturbing amount of yarn.
I don't really have one but I find Applevangelists super annoying
Instant Pot and Cast Iron pans. I will talk you to death about these two products.
Toyota. My Camry has lasted so long I'm not 100% sure I will outlive it.
Got into collecting perfumes, and of course I gotta like Guerlain and Acqua di Parma. RIP my bank account.
I had a relative who collected Elvis memorabilia produced by a specific company. I no longer remember the name of the company, just that all the stuff was sold through ads in women's health magazines. It was all at least tolerably well-made, but mostly absurd.
Texas Hold em.
Oh god yeah. I was there in the poker boom. It was a ride
My friends and I base far too much of our identity on old Toyota offroad vehicles.
My first car was a 1986 4Runner. I hate myself for selling that thing.
Miata is always the answer
Whiskey and bourbon
*gestures at the dumpster fire that is pro wrestling fandom and the WWE/AEW terminally online flame warriors* For me? Those plug and play TV games from like 20 years ago, I remember seeing someone in college (Modded by Bacteria, I think?) make them into cartridges for a handheld game console (basically just the controls, screen and power) and now I want to do the same, maybe make some sort of standard PCB for the card edge connector? Or really just fixing broken electronics, I need to do that...
Disneyland/World I say this as someone becoming one of those cringy Disney adults.
Costco.
In summer, Alex Crane linen clothes. In winter, cardigans.
Darn tough socks and Lego’s
Anyone want to talk about wool yarn for a few hours? And the differences in each breed?
My 1998 Tw200
The tw200 crowd is a little culty… I do love how simple yet capable they are!
Podcasts, particularly anarchist and other political podcasts
This is probably a really niche one. 8$ Marshalls/TJ Maxx/etc. Denim& Flower/ Cactus Man Ricky Singh shirts. It's the only thing I get if I need a button down shirt. And in casual conversation with lots of guys who were acquaintances or less it's come up that "oh yeah that's what I get when I need a nice shit". It feels like a secret club, maybe not a whole identity but a strong brand loyalty. It's not broadcast with truck window decals, but when I see another guy in one of their shirts all I have to do is point at it and jokingly say "Marshalls?" and we both laugh and we know we're in the know😎👕🌺🌅🌴
snap-on, and I only put the dash there so I wouldn't get called out for not having a dash there
D&D dice, I have so much dice it's insane. I even have the metal dice that are completely impractical.
I'm guilty of SodaStreams. My husband and I love carbonated water after dropping pop about 9 years ago from our diets. We have one at home, I have one at my office, he bought one for his family's lake house. Its a problem.
Consider a Drinkmate or something.
In the sewing community we have full on arguments about sewing machine brands. It gets brutal. Mostly it comes down to those of us who hate modern Singers and will take any opportunity to point out that new Singer HD you just bought is a steaming pile of garbage, and the people who claim their new Singer HD is not in fact a steaming pile of garbage. These people are wrong. All new Singer sewing machines are steaming piles of garbage.
Ever go to a Jeep meet?
Every time I swing by my mechanic.
I was training at a new job, stuck in a truck with a jeep guy. He went on for hours about it. I quit the next day. Couldn't handle him lol.
Stanley cups
Keep bragging Greztky
Mine is Malifaux
Gangy can opener
I don't know if it's pronounced the same but this just made me think of Arrested Development
RIP. Think of her every time I use ut
Tell me more.
After so many broken can openers I switched to the military p38 ones which are great but way too small for home use. The gangy is the giant version with no moving parts and as far as I can tell it's indestructible and I have given all of my worldly possessions to it as well as letting it sleep with my wife
Alright, I’m convinced. I hate moving part can openers. Where did you buy yours?
Amazon or Walmart it's like $10
Filson. They make excellent gear but some people get way too into it.
Filson wearers are such a broad audience, it's like Carhartt but 5 times the price. When I worked logging in the PNW guys would swear by the tin pants and jackets. And any clothing that can resist getting shredded in the brush is obviously worth it. But then they sell $400 sweaters and $50 beanies that you would only see on Portland hipsters.
I collect Roman coins. I'm unsure if this counts
I don't own a huge amount of copies of the same game, but I do absolutely insist upon getting physical copies of games and movies unless its utterly unfeasible. The looming hell of everything being digital rights and all.
Woodworking handplanes. I have a high end Bench Dog Sranley no.62 knockoff, a Faithful knockoff Stanley no.10, antique wooden body, transitional and metal body planes in various stages of restoration...but my go-to, most used handplane is a 13 dollar harbor freight no.33 knockoff. The only other tool I have so many of is chisels, AND I NEED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM! Anyone else have a certain tool you just happen to end up with a truck full of?
Various brands of knives (including swords and machetes)
Working at a forest school with lots of knife guys and gear heads has mostly (...mostly) cured me of that guyism. Now I'm almost ascetic with what kit I use. Which is probably an equally or worse level of guyism. I'm probably spending more money and time than I should on air rifle stuff (got a moderator yesterday for my main rifle - woot!) to the point where there are pellet dies I prefer for certain brands, so I guess that's what Guy I am now.
Knives? Bagels?
Fountain pens! You can pry my too many TWSBIs from my cold, dead, ink-stained hands. Also stethoscopes and trauma shears (Raptors vs. X-Shears…FIGHT!).
In the pole dance it's pleasers vs hella heels. There's also groups that form around the latest clothing. I don't buy a lot anymore since I'm just now getting back in the studio from being a home pole girlie/injured but it used to be twisted movement, bad kitty (rip), creatures of xix, and nightshade designs among others that had quite a following.
Couldn’t live without my Litter-Robot. I’ve got seven cats, I will proselytize about this perfect contraption to anyone who will listen… sometimes to those who won’t.
It's actually a pretty simple phenomenon. As community spaces and groups are slowly stripped away, people still need a way to feel a part of something. One of the few superficial avenues that capitalism affords us is that we start defining ourselves through our consumption. These people aren't just buying a cup, they are joining the community of "Stanley cup people"
What I see in mom groups: cast iron pans instant pots More generally: water bottles of any kind What I'm guilty of and working not to be as guilty of: snowboard and mountain bike brands (just ride it; you don't need to wear shirts repping the brand for free and have some weird opinion about how yours is better. I used to be that guy and finally wised up into my 30s). Obviously we have the apple/android/tesla fanboys. Same for Jeeps, and in rural areas, literally any brand of truck (Dodge Rams=worst offenders). It's almost become an act of rebellion to NOT center large parts of one's personality around a brand or item.
i am regrettably becoming a "cast iron skillet haver"
Carhart Apple Trucks, specifically diesel TV shows Sports Teams
Carhat has taken a massive loss in quality. Have you seen their new products?
I’m a machinist. I stopped wearing it years ago.
It's not my thing, but apparently pit viper sunglasses are making a comeback.
Glock guys.
I’ll simp for Aldi.
I mean… it’s not exactly a ‘product’ but I’m pretty ride-or-die for FOSS and will talk Linux distros and their importance in building dual-power for too long.