Ughhh conspicuous capitalism strikes again. I just don't get it. No single person needs a WALL of tumblers, what is happening out there?
this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2024
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I guess my thermos is cringe now. God damnit.
I'm going to go back to carrying those big orange water jugs around. They worked my whole childhood, they'll work now.
I on the other hand, will be showing off my Zoujirushi Mahoubin to everyone like it's the hottest new thing.
I miss my zoji fuzzy logic cooker. Wedding gift. It broke several years ago. I've been cooking rice in a pot since then, like some kind of animal
I will never buy a rice cooker since I am completely happy with rice made in a pot, be it for sushi or anything else. Is there really such a difference? I don't really notice a difference between my rice and that in restaurants.
I think the most important difference is that you can leave the kitchen and completely forget about it, and it will not burn
I don't own one, but my family did and I used it. What's nice about rice cooker's is you just load them up and the rice will always come out perfect. In addition, some allow you to boil some veggies at the same time. Basically you have a grain and veggie dish prepared with less effort than with pots. If I see a used rice cooker, maybe I'll buy it, but its not a big enough change for me to buy new.
I occasionally overcook it, but that's on me. My MIL thinks I'm crazy tho
Yeah I can’t speak enough about my Zojirushi cup. You can order replacement parts directly from Japan and at a very good price.
Best Buy online of all places has decents sales for them sometimes
Can someone explain to me why this is consumerism? I'm not going into YouTube to watch, due to the ads, but I have one of these (not a Stanley but very similar) and it has actually helped me buy less drinks and drink more water.
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.
Oh.. People actually collect these? Yeah that's kind of against the idea
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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.
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Ive been collecting stainless steel thermoses for decades. Only because they're shiny and i like shiny things haha. Seriously though i have no fuckin idea why i collect them. My top kitchen cupboard has heaps of all sizes. Maybe one will get used a few times during winter to take hot water for beverages to the football. That's it though they're the worse collection of useless stuff that i possess haha
Are you a magpie?
I am a magpie supporter yes...
My household growing up was drowning in thermoses and water bottles. In large part due to having two kids in competitive high school sports and one in competitive highschool arts and sciences.
It's one thing to have a bunch of kids who need and use water bottles on the regular, but it's entirely another thing when all these institutions simultaneously declared, "Trophies? Ribbons? Placards? Those utter wastes of space? We should be giving these kids useful prizes for winning their events!" Cue racking up four or five cheap, flimsy water bottles and other assorted crap per kid per year...
I would be interested in one of these… but only in the default/traditional Stanley Green. Call me square, but I really do prefer to run unobtrusively stock, at least from a visual perspective. If I get one, it will be purely for the quality of it’s build and it’s functional attributes. I wouldn’t even care to be noticeably seen with one, I would just care that it works and fulfils its functions in an exemplary manner.
45$ is way too expensive - I can't figure out why Stanley and Hydro Flask are on the expensive range. 25$ is more than enough for a high-quality vacuum thermo-flask. I got myself two 1l bottle from Borosil for about 755₹ (9$) per bottle. It's been more than six years, there's a few dents and scratches, but it works just fine.
Isn't everything (at least domestic stuff) way cheaper in India?
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I simply use a cup for my coffee (https://pngimg.com/uploads/mug_coffee/mug_coffee_PNG16835.png)
some of us are (very) slow drinkers but still want hot coffee. i usually make my coffee at 9am and don’t finish it until just before noon.
granted, i don’t have one of these tumblers. i do make my coffee in one of their camping french press thingies though, then move it to a different thermos vessel for drinking.
I've got an hour commute into work. It's nice to have hot coffee throughout the drive and not for just the first 10 minutes.
Looks like a good option for my on the go lifestyle. Mug coffee on a train! On the bus to work! At the gym!
You silly potato.
I got a Stanley classic trigger a few years ago because the job I was in was so frantic I'd never get to drink a hot drink hot otherwise. It's been doing we great since.
I can't understand collecting the damn things though!
Sorry, you do what?
I watched a similar video this past week by Phil Edwards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrUWQ56GeyU
Fads and trends and novelties aren't anything new. The speed and prevalence that they spread today has been propelled because of TikTok and YouTubers and other "social media" either specifically promoting things or generating content in order to capitalize on existing trends. So, when you search the internet or YT for "Stanley Tumbler" because you want to know why it's a thing, content creators can make money off of your curiosity.
Consumerism is certainly a big part of this but there's also something driving us to want to belong to (or not be left out of) a group/trend. And Capitalism is right there hovering over us waiting to take advantage of it and spread the story even further for their own gain.
It's an obvious formula. If you're not in favor of it, how do you propose we deal with it?
Edit: I don't want to speak badly against reusable containers though. This particular one isn't my "cup of tea", so to speak, but refilling a container with (filtered) tap water is vastly better than getting a case of single-use plastic water bottles from the grocery store. The thing is, I don't know why but I feel like the same people collecting these tumblers are the same people who buy bottled water. Consumerism / capitalism / marketing have convinced a lot of Americans that tap water is gross or dangerous. Granted, Flint Michigan and articles like this haven't helped tap water's reputation.
See South Park episode about influencers for more info
I just got an insulated bottle from Owala a bit ago because it's a cool NASA themed one and I liked it. Apparently there's kind of a cult behind these too though... I just wanted a water bottle for work lol
Just get what you enjoy, you don't have to follow or reject trends because of others :)
There's nothing wrong with getting an insulated and reusable thermos. In fact, that's probably a great thing to do and should be encouraged. What people are rejecting is the trend of collecting them as status symbols or buying multiple in different colors to match your outfit. That behavior has real and negative consequences.
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