I think everywhere else in the world, the go-to plastic disposable cup is transparent, I don’t really see the red ones unless someone has gone out of their way to get them from an American importer for some reason (usually beer pong, funnily enough)
I mean I don’t really go to that many parties (shocking news, Lemmy user doesn’t like parties, also the Sun is hot and water is wet), but when my parents throw parties, usually they get whatever the cheapest disposable cups are.
The adherence to one type of cup is the weird thing. Most other places it seems there are many different types of cups, so there wouldn’t really be any trope about a particular cup, because it would different from party to party depending on what they bought.
Most people don’t care about the color. For whatever reason the factory started making them in red so that is what people bought. Other colors exist if you look for them, but there is rarely reason to look. People just grab something cheap and move on without thinking. If the red was sold out they would grab the blue.
You never go to parties where there are more people than storage space for cups? Americans often do this. Often at a park. We can get this in a 100 pack for the cost of of 4 real glass cups.
So … in a situation like the OPs picture, you’re using glassware? I’m a backyard bbq/party, you’re using glassware?
When we sit down to dinner with friends/family, we use normal glasses, but when we’re having large get togethers we use the disposable cups. In my house, we’ve switched to aluminum ones though as they can be reused and when they get too difficult to clean, they can be recycled, but they’re basically the same thing as the red solo cups.
I appreciate the fire , but in my parents’ house we invite more people than we have glassware, plus it’s less dishes to wash (which yeah, we should just wash the goddamn dishes and not create more single-user waste, but I don’t throw parties myself).
It’s a real thing we do…is that weird?
I think everywhere else in the world, the go-to plastic disposable cup is transparent, I don’t really see the red ones unless someone has gone out of their way to get them from an American importer for some reason (usually beer pong, funnily enough)
I mean I don’t really go to that many parties (shocking news, Lemmy user doesn’t like parties, also the Sun is hot and water is wet), but when my parents throw parties, usually they get whatever the cheapest disposable cups are.
The adherence to one type of cup is the weird thing. Most other places it seems there are many different types of cups, so there wouldn’t really be any trope about a particular cup, because it would different from party to party depending on what they bought.
Most people don’t care about the color. For whatever reason the factory started making them in red so that is what people bought. Other colors exist if you look for them, but there is rarely reason to look. People just grab something cheap and move on without thinking. If the red was sold out they would grab the blue.
Yes. The rest of the world uses glasses because we’re adults and we don’t hide the glassware from our friends.
The only time I ever see disposable cups used is at kids parties, or to play beer pong.
You never go to parties where there are more people than storage space for cups? Americans often do this. Often at a park. We can get this in a 100 pack for the cost of of 4 real glass cups.
So … in a situation like the OPs picture, you’re using glassware? I’m a backyard bbq/party, you’re using glassware?
When we sit down to dinner with friends/family, we use normal glasses, but when we’re having large get togethers we use the disposable cups. In my house, we’ve switched to aluminum ones though as they can be reused and when they get too difficult to clean, they can be recycled, but they’re basically the same thing as the red solo cups.
You all really have enough glasses for 30+ people?
Of course i do my family has eaten more than 30 glasses of mustard in my lifetime
I appreciate the fire
, but in my parents’ house we invite more people than we have glassware, plus it’s less dishes to wash (which yeah, we should just wash the goddamn dishes and not create more single-user waste, but I don’t throw parties myself).