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Yes, if you're at the sort of party where there is a keg of beer, or at a large family picnic especially. They're the standard disposable cup for situations where the hosts wouldn't have enough cups for everyone and don't want to deal with potential loss and breakage.
Also the Solo brand is popular for its structural integrity and perceived measurement lines. Now, the company claims that the distinct cup width changes aren't for helping measure liquids for various alcoholic drinks so one can measure a shot versus a glass of wine or a glass of beer. However, I think that's a bit of a legal cover.
And even if it truly isn’t for measuring a perfect shot for making a cocktail, it STILL IS a perfect equal measure if you want to hand out shots to a group of people. May not be a full shot but no one gets less or more than others.
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.
One advantage of red cups is that you can more easily see names written on them with a Sharpie.
It's not like there aren't other disposable cups used, but yeah, very common
I only use
Ah, the dentist cup
It'll always be the Taco Bell water cup to me.
Scrape that wax
They're the first hit for "plastic cup". They're cheaper than the clear version. You can get store brand, or Solo brand if you want to go posh.
Solo brand if you want to go posh.
You have a VERY different definition of "posh" than any I'm used to..
And now I'm imagining Victoria Beckham drinking $10000/bottle champagne out of name brand disposable cups 😁
They're called Solo Cups.
Solo is the brand that makes them. They make other colors too but red is by far most common
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.
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.
Why would this be hard to believe
Edit: oops my privilege is showing, mb yall
"Do Americans rally have McDonald's everywhere or is that a Hollywood thing?"
"Is Starbucks really that popular or is that a Hollywood thing?"
Do Americans really eat hamburgers or is that a Holllywood thing?"
These 7oz/200ml cups are the worst, the very worst. Holds two mouthfuls of drink and crack in half if you look at them funny, just terrible
Family events with a sharpie so everyone knows which drink is theirs
its a common thing for parties, not just for beer, but for birthday parties, barbeques, holding even solid food.
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.
Naw. Not exclusively. They come in lots of colors now.
Yeah. There are a bunch of different brands that make them, and they come in a lot more colors than red, but that type of disposable plastic cup has been pretty ubiquitous since the 1990s. There are also clear plastic disposable cups that are just as common, but you tend to see those at more adult functions because they give off less of a high school kegger/kids birthday party vibe.
I think Hollywood uses the red ones so much because it's an easy visual shorthand to express to the viewer exactly what kind of party is going on. They're also are opaque, so they can just hand everyone an empty cup and not have to worry about liquid levels and visual continuity, which probably makes things a lot easier on set.
We use red Solo cups everywhere, not just at parties.
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 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.
We pour the soda in our hands and try not to spill as we gesture during conversation 🤌
This gets asked so much, I feel like I need to contribute something new to the conversation…
Yes. Red Solo cups. Solo makes large reinforced plastic cups that are cheap and disposable, yet very sturdy. These aren't your grandma's flimsy paper cups.
We don't use them for fancy dinner parties (well, most of us) but they're great for backyard barbecues, college parties, etc.
Sometimes they're blue
I see this question all the time. It's just a disposable cup, why is the rest of the world so obsessed with it?
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
Yes, it is a real thing we do.