Dr Zarkon@fedinsfw.app to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoDo Americans actually use red plastic cups at parties or is that just a Hollywood trope?message-squaremessage-square158linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareDo Americans actually use red plastic cups at parties or is that just a Hollywood trope?Dr Zarkon@fedinsfw.app to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square158linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarethe_riviera_kid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI see this question all the time. It’s just a disposable cup, why is the rest of the world so obsessed with it?
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoBecause it is very distinctive, and it’s ubiquitous in American media to the point where it seems no other disposable cup exists over there.
minus-squarezod000@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoFor a while that was practically true. Solo dominated the market (i worked a crappy retail job where I stocked them).
I see this question all the time. It’s just a disposable cup, why is the rest of the world so obsessed with it?
Because it is very distinctive, and it’s ubiquitous in American media to the point where it seems no other disposable cup exists over there.
fair enough
For a while that was practically true. Solo dominated the market (i worked a crappy retail job where I stocked them).