I have a few hundred in my bigger pantry
Use them at home too. They coming all kinds of colors and patterns now, but yeah.
It’s not just America, they’re a go-to for cheap disposable cups - the type you’d buy for a party.
Naw. Not exclusively. They come in lots of colors now.
Ya. We use them all the time. They’re actually good and relatively inexpensive.
Toby Keith literally made an ode to the Red Solo Cup.
I remember being drunk, with a red solo cup, singing along to this song, at a frat… more than once.
Yes, its safe to say the red solo cup is an actual cultural phenomenon.
Red cups are like yellow school buses. Both are real.
And largely used by children.
how else are they supposed to sneak booze?
Well past the age or inclination for a kegger, but last time I wanted plastic cups for something, red Solo cups were the least expensive choice.
It was ok for my use but I tried to give a short stack to my kid for college and apparently they’re banned
This gets asked so much, I feel like I need to contribute something new to the conversation…
Those recyclable metal ones are awesome.
Costco sells them in Australia. So, I have to imagine there’s a modicum of truth?
Not sure why this keeps getting asked, but yes. Solo cups (the original red cup) were incredibly cheap, held up decently, and were sold in large packs everywhere. They were so cheap that for a long time I don’t think there were even generic options. Now days most places have their own brand and they frequently make them red just because that is what people expect.
Yes, but not just parties. Parties using red cups are historically going to be drinking parties for younger people like “keggers.” Red cups are fairly ubiquitous for lots of events like picnics, cookouts, birthday events and the like.
I can’t say they’re used at all parties, but they’re pretty common.
What are other countries doing? Is it just a ‘bring your own cup’ thing? Do y’all just have a hundred cups on hand for parties?
We pour the soda in our hands and try not to spill as we gesture during conversation 🤌
OMG the horror. ASL is my “drunk accent”.
I grew up around deaf family and we all learned sign language before we learned to talk. The more I drink, the more my hands start to sign along with me.
Heh, that’s cool.
We usually just limit the number of friends we invite to match the number of cups we own.
For example, I don’t own any cups.
Traditionally, one person sips from the bottle, then shares with the homies via French kiss. More hygienic that way.
I was really hoping for a beer bong.
But I guess Bros before Hose is true across the globe.
We use glasses that we clean afterwards rather than plastic that gets binned.
How do you play slapcup then?
The fuck???
I’ve seen this asked a few times over the years, here or back on Reddit maybe.
Yes. Yes we do. But it’s mostly like high school or college parties. Kids who don’t have a lot of money and are going to make a mess. Sometimes even adults if it’s like a large outdoor barbecue kind of thing. Or around water or a pool where you don’t want glass.
You usually wouldn’t do this for a more formal or “classy” type of occasion. Though it does happen. Some might see it as tacky in that context.
I’ve seen them at “classy” parties, such as for Christmas or new years, when there’s a lot of people expected, because you can write your name on them with a sharpie and prevent a million abandoned drinks from accumulating everywhere.
But usually I’d agree, I associate them with college dorm parties and house parties for teens-20-somethings, who don’t want to deal with the mess and/or may not own a sufficient number of glasses for all the guests.
Those cups became very popular in the 1970s, particularly amongst younger people living at home or going to college. If you and your buddies from college were having a big party, you could buy a sleeve of cups and a beer keg a have a good time. I remember going to parties like that. The law said people were not allowed to sell alcohol without a license, so to cover the booze costs, the hosts would sell cups at the door that people could drink from.
I sincerely think that Red Solo Cups beat out other disposable cups are because of the lines. They are actually measurements that you can use to measure mixed drinks if you’re not drinking beer or wine.
That doesn’t look like any Solo cup I’ve ever seen. The lines and profile are completely different.
This is what I’m used to.
I don’t think those lines could be used to measure anything useful
They can.
Easiest one is… add as much ice as you wsnt, thrn fill up to the first line with say, Jack, then up to the second line with say, Coke.
so to cover the booze costs, the hosts would sell cups at the door
I … what?!
Selling the booze is a crime - selling the cups is not. Loophole!
Ahahah… yep, helped plan and host a few such uh, ‘events’, where we employed this extremely legal tactic.
That and ID checking. Still can’t legally serve a minor, even if the booze is free.
These aren’t parties in the sense of house party thrown by friends. These are essentially large "open’ events hosted by a group.
I’m sorry that you haven’t known people with large houses and lots of friends of friends of friends.
You absolutely can throw a house party where you know you’re gonna need to buy a couple hundred cups.
And ideally, you’ll be playing Daft Punk Is Playing At My House at your house.
I never heard of this. Not at an age where this affects me anymore, but cool if true. Meanwhile, I will poor shots in shot glasses if we have company and just down my liquor without measuring otherwise.
