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  • DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works
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    2 hours ago

    Yes. My wife also puts Sharpies next to the stack of Solo cups so everyone at the party can write their name on their cup.

  • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works
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    9 hours ago

    That is most definitely a well established thing in the US going back decades: I can’t count how many house parties I went to in college, birthday parties when I became a parent, etc. where they had red Solo cups. I would describe them as ubiquitous.

  • GraniteM@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Not me. I use a red metal cup.

    Insulated. Screw on lid with water-tight seal and latch. May it be the last cup I ever buy.

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    18 hours ago

    its a common thing for parties, not just for beer, but for birthday parties, barbeques, holding even solid food.

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        More than I should, even for the US.

        We almost never eat out, I don’t generally use box mixes, most dry stuff from scratch. So I do a lot of bulk raw ingredients (which is cheaper).

        I have a lazy susan by the range that has small containers of spices, sauces and liquids for use while cooking

        I have a closet in the kitchen that holds snacks, bread, potatoes pasta cereal

        Those two aren’t a given, but are also aren’t unusual in a single family home.

        Then I have one that’s the size of a small walk-in closet a couple of rooms over that has jarred/canned goods, cake mixes (my one box mix exclusion), ramen, bulk dry goods. I only go grocery shopping once every couple of weeks. If something is cheaper in bulk and lasts, I’ll buy it in bulk.

        If something goes south with the government or the next covid, we’re food secure for a couple of months.

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          My grandmother had a pantry like this in her basement and did the same thing. She religiously shopped deals/coupons, and stocked up on things when they were cheap. These days, I can’t find a place with a pantry bigger than a coat closet. So, like you, we turned a spare room closet into a long term pantry.

        • Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          I have what was a bedroom next to my kitchen. Tiled the floor and painted the walls the same as my kitchen, put a stand up freezer, nice white metal shelves along the walls, a coffee bar by the door, storage bench under the window, and snack table in the center of the room. Bulk sealed packages and less often used appliances in the closet. I can store so much food and ingredients, it’s probably my favorite room of the house. I often just sit on the bench and have a small snack for breakfast with my morning coffee in there.

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        11 hours ago

        It’s America, most people have none, some have one or two, and a couple thousand people have 20+

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    23 hours ago

    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.