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Stanley Tumblers are PEAK Consumerism (youtu.be)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Think of stamp-collecting, but instead, you start collecting algorithmically controlled limited-edition thermos flask. The goal of these bottles were to be reusable, but people have started buying them as status symbols, just like Nike - they're not going to be used, they'll "rot" on the shelves. People are not buying them because they care about the environment, but because FOMO.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh.. People actually collect these? Yeah that's kind of against the idea

[–] [email protected] -5 points 7 months ago

I don't even have to guess which country, do I?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I mean it doesn't rot on their shelves, and that's the whole point of then.

When the current owner gets rid of them, someone else will use them.