#stanley bottles

[jwood718]

Had the sudden realization the other day (or maybe a couple months ago) that we have a vacuum bottle collection. It wasn't intentional, it just kinda' happened that a bottle would occasionally be purchased--and, loathe to bin anything that's useful, they accumulated.

From left, at the back: two Stanleys (including one that's very classic: it has the dual twist-stopper); four Thermos brand bottles (the gray carafe was got, like, 30 years ago, and it's arguably the progenitor of the bunch); and two Icy Hot bottles (with cork stoppers!). The two in front are both Thermos, the black one purchased specifically to carry milk from kitchen to work for coffee; the little (literally) half-pint sized camping bottle is the most recent purchase, bought mostly 'cause it's, well, cute.

The full-sized Thermos camping bottle at the back right is one of those that's all original parts today, but they're not all original to each other (yes, like John Dies At The End). The barrel, the cap and the cup all came together, but the liner and the screw-on stopper are replacements--showing off the truly after-market possibility of the internet: years after hardware stores no longer had replacements for these (they did, once upon a long time ago, like 30 years back) there are today people who manage to find this shit and sell it to people like me. Likewise the dual twist-stopper on the older Stanley: for years, it couldn't be carried (not very well, anyway) 'cause the stopper was cracked, and the rubber seals were dried out, but someone on-line had one for sale in the original packaging--sold!

Ha.

Jake and Rachel, 2024.

[its-your-mind]

JUST FOR THE RECORD.

the way Madam E talks is in fact Incredibly Extra (alex said somewhere that yeah duh that was the point) but also.

as a person who sits in a pretty diverse classroom of 12-14 year olds all day.

some of the Kids These Days do in fact talk like that. All the time. To everyone. No matter what. Front-facing camera not required.

The other day one of the individual-units-of-chaos-for-whom-I-am-responsible-for-8-hours-each-weekday asked if I had done anything fun over the weekend and I said "oh I just went for a short hike in the national park" and he straight up did this:

like. LIKE. madam E's tone. her inflection. her little trill on the end of words... some of the slang was a tad dated (though that does sort of make sense, if Madam E is ~5-10 years older than my gremlins-disguised-as-preteens) but I literally got whiplash every three minutes because all I could visualize for Madam E was a rotating cast of the like. Seven of my kiddos who talk EXACTLY like that.

which I WILL SAY. did make the horror hit home Just A Bit More Than Usual.

[ruvikkin-art]

Fiddlestan, the brainworms.

[imagination-phantom]

Day 22! Potion!

Anything has the possibility of being a potion if you put it in a cool bottle!

[galilelgalileo]

BLOWS DUST OFF-HEY OKAGE BUDDIES WHATS YOUR OPINION ON A FAN SEQUEL? - SPECIFICALLY A COMIC?

Any way I’m working on a fan sequel that takes place 200 years after the original and I really wanted to go a female protag route because I felt like there’s something untapped in such a concept. And also a second legit over powered evil king as well

I’m hoping to get the soup and heart of the series, which it’s tongue and cheek pokes at jrpgs and the roles we play in such games and how I can we do a similar vibe when it comes to both sequels, how a new set of characters act when they have the pressures of the original cast on them and as well as how our new protag is with both our titular evil king and a new king as well. I’ll keep posting the process as I go on!!! Wish me luck!!!!

[gothic-mothic]

Stanley the goldfish

Fishley

Goldley?

Based off this post

[fresh-and-funky]

I have a funny and nonsensical IT headcanon… I think it would be hilarious if Richie and Patty were cousins.

IT’s magic kept the losers from meeting, but Richie and Patty had a standing once-a-month call they never missed. Somehow he never met his cousin’s husband. Missed the wedding too, flight got canceled last minute….

I think it would stress Stan out and I love that.

[mabel-angelo]

*mabel hears a gentle knock on the door of the cabinet she was in*

hey pumpkin...? you alright in there?

- @grunkle-stanley-pines

im—

(her voice hitches, and she buries her face in the blanket cy gave her.)

...no...

(with a moment's hesitance, she untangles herself from.her makeshift cocoon and pushes open the door, crawling out with blanket draped over her shoulders.)

(its mere seconds begore she's wrapping arms around her grunkle, tears staining her face.)

why is it never over?

[quaranmine]

hot take but like why are we as a society still using lead in manufacturing processes in 2024...

anyway tldr of this is that you are not being exposed to lead unless the circular piece on the bottom of the cup is damaged. so, owning a cup like this will likely not result in lead exposure. this is similar to the fact that in older housing where lead paint has been painted over in subsequent decades, and that paint is in good condition, then it is not a risk. lead based paint only becomes an issue when it is deteriorating (chipping, cracking, peeling, chalking, etc) or being turned into dust during renovation activites. so yeah, in a similar way--you aren't going to get lead poisoning unless the steel compontent on this water bottles comes off.

but also this article says that these lead pellets that are used in the cups are an "industry standard" and i'm like: why? WHY is it industry standard in 2024? at least with lead pipes and lead based paint, we're just dealing with issues from prior decades. but this is current so there is a conscious decision to still use lead in products. also, i don't know enough about this subject (bottle manufacturing) to know why they prefer to use lead for this step, or where in the world they manufacture the cups, but my other concern is that even though the general public will likely not be exposed if it's covered, there are still workers who have to handle it during production.

anyway, i just find that i am constantly learning about more places that lead gets found and it's just. sigh. i know lead has many appealing properties which is why it is constantly found everywhere in everything but at this point it's incredibly clear that no benefits outweigh its risks....

[wellx11]

u ever watch the please please please music video and u start thinking of young stan pines

[shadowbrightshine]

If we really want to reduce plastic bottle useage we need to fix the pipe systems around America.

For a lot of people it isn’t pickiness. They cannot drink their own tap water because it's unsafe to consume.

If we really want people to stop buying bottled water, they need to have water safe to drink in the first place. And a reusable cup, no matter how good, does not fix your bad water supply. The people who need better water will not get it by filling these cups with more bad tap water.

If we want to get rid of these insane companies selling water, we should try to put pressure on fixing our pipes and our resiviors. Not just in America but worldwide.

Not only is there over buying of expensive cups for clout, but that doesn't help at all. I don't blame people for buying a cup or two. (The people who bought 30 Stanley's I am not happy but it's not a moral thing.) I have reusable bottles. I like the smaller ones.

Mentioning Stanley cups I don't like them for a few reasons but, I am autistic and I have trouble with spacial awareness. I am knocking these over all the time because they are big and bulky. And unlike my cylinder metal bottle, the Stanley is open, so the water spills everywhere. And they are too big. They hurt when they fall on my feet or hit me in the hallway.

I think we should try to put more focus on fixing the pipes and the water ways. Everyone is supposed to have a tap in their home, (where I live) and yet I have friends who can't use it for anything but showers and dishwashing. One of my friends brings jugs of water home from water fountains or taps in public places because they can't afford to buy bottled water, but they can't drink their own water.

Personal filters would help, we should use them. But it's another thing not everyone can afford.

If we have a right to drinkable water, why do so many of us not have a source of water we can drink from in our homes?

I'm not doing a "we MUST DO THIS or you're a bad person! You're doing activism wrong! You are looking at the BAD kinds of work and not doing this RIGHT ONE."

That's not what I'm doing.

I'm tired of plastic water bottles and of giant cups. I just want to be able to drink my water.

It would solve a lot of problems if people could just drink from their taps safely.

[spooky-cat-and-corgi-girl]

Why are people obsessed with a fucking water bottle

[fridayiminlovemp3]

[birdantlers]

can people stop fuckin bricking amazon for the tiktok water bottle I'm not a consumerist trendygirl I just live in texas.

[headedoutleft]

We’ve gone through so many iterations of preferred beverage container trends in the past decade or so. Like. Way too many iterations

[kookyburrowing]

love the category of men where it’s like. spiritually they’re at the gym. like physically they are not at the gym but spiritually they are at the gym. like these men are at the gym. idk what else to tell you