Posted on 01/04/2024 11:43:07 AM PST by Red Badger
Are we okay?
I mean as a society. Like, are we good?
Cuz this whole Stanley cup thing is getting a little out of hand. Stanley just released a Valentine's Day edition of their extremely popular insulated cup and people went absolutely nuts over it. The special edition cup, which, like all Stanley cups, keeps your beverage either hot or cold and can apparently survive a fire, cost a whopping $45, and is now going for upwards of $200 on eBay. Not joking.
Although the holiday is over a month away, the double-wall vacuum-insulated tumblers priced at $45 have sold out online and across Target stores nationwide after their initial Dec. 31 drop … the tumblers are already up on resale sites like eBay, listed at prices up to $240.
And when I say people went nuts I mean these peeps camped out at Target as early as 3 a.m. to get in line for the cup's release.
Don't believe me?
VIDEO AT LINK...........
I'm sorry, but..
What's going on here, guys?
Like, are we twelve?
I mean, look at this:
VIDEO AT LINK..................
This is crazy, yo. Like, legit crazy.
Some Target stores had a 2-cup limit per household (some had a limit of one).
This couple even tried to steal one! 👇
VIDEO AT LINK..............
If only people held this type of passion for things that actually matter, such as:
VIDEO AT LINK............
Okay, I'll stop being a grumpy old man, and I'll leave you this slightly uplifting video of a man and his daughter camping out for one of the Stanley cups, because I myself am also a bit of a pushover when it comes to the girls in my life:
VIDEO AT LINK..............
Hate to say it, but I kinda love that video.
My brother’s ex-wife was a confirmed materialist shopper who desperately ran after every new thing that someone told her is “it” for the year. She was the type to go Christmas shopping at 1:00 am on the day after Thanksgiving, falling for the sales crap promotions put out by the retailers. It really gave her a rush to think she was cleaning up.
That mentality ended their marriage.
I had relatives by marriage long ago who were always shopping and had to have every new gadget that came on the market. I called them the ‘appliance people’ and was really glad for that divorce - I didn’t have to pretend to find them interesting anymore.
Just like the McDLT container: How do it know?
In her case, it’s not “comedy” ...
I got a 30 ounce Stanley tumbler a year ago as a gift, and while it works well and I like it, I had no idea they were generating such a craze.
At least it was Prince.
I got to see the Spice Girls that way.
That was depressing & pathetic.
A pushover huh?
Absolutely stupid. Trampling each other just for shiny stuff you can’t even eat.
But oh so enlightening...............
I got to see two Gilbert and Sullivan operas with my youngest daughter.
At least they had a full bar.
Yep dear ol’ Dad.
I like Solo cups.
She sees the stupidity people do now more than ever indeed.
People are losing their minds must be a process of lemming transitioning.
Well, as long as you are shopping at a Target might as well pick up some Satanic toys and grooming crappola for the kiddies. That is what Target is all about nowadays.
we are worse than weird....me....I never heard of this thing so I am definitely not up with the times...
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