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People camped outside Target, then trampled each other just to get their hands on a Stanley Valentine's cup
Not The Bee ^ | January 4, 2024 | Staff

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.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: coffee; cup; stanley; starbucks
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To: Fiji Hill

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.


21 posted on 01/04/2024 12:08:24 PM PST by fwdude (.)
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To: fwdude

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.


22 posted on 01/04/2024 12:09:44 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Red Badger

23 posted on 01/04/2024 12:10:28 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger
"like all Stanley cups, keeps your beverage either hot or cold "

Just like the McDLT container: How do it know?

24 posted on 01/04/2024 12:11:52 PM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Red Badger
Maybe it's time for this to make a comeback:


25 posted on 01/04/2024 12:14:48 PM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: mikey_hates_everything; catnipman; NorthMountain

26 posted on 01/04/2024 12:17:49 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

In her case, it’s not “comedy” ...


27 posted on 01/04/2024 12:23:02 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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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.


28 posted on 01/04/2024 12:37:50 PM PST by Arkansas Toothpick
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To: ComputerGuy

At least it was Prince.
I got to see the Spice Girls that way.


29 posted on 01/04/2024 12:52:51 PM PST by Right Brigade (It was better before they voted for whats his name,this must be the New World)
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To: Red Badger

That was depressing & pathetic.


30 posted on 01/04/2024 12:53:51 PM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: Right Brigade

A pushover huh?


31 posted on 01/04/2024 12:56:02 PM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: Red Badger

Absolutely stupid. Trampling each other just for shiny stuff you can’t even eat.


32 posted on 01/04/2024 12:56:11 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: leaning conservative

But oh so enlightening...............


33 posted on 01/04/2024 12:57:54 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
It's not the prize, it's the sting of competition. Dueling fat-person carts like the chariot races in Ben Hur...
34 posted on 01/04/2024 12:59:55 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: ComputerGuy

I got to see two Gilbert and Sullivan operas with my youngest daughter.
At least they had a full bar.
Yep dear ol’ Dad.


35 posted on 01/04/2024 1:15:42 PM PST by Right Brigade (It was better before they voted for whats his name,this must be the New World)
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To: Red Badger

I like Solo cups.


36 posted on 01/04/2024 1:20:25 PM PST by sasquatch
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To: sasquatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKZqGJONH68


37 posted on 01/04/2024 1:22:49 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

She sees the stupidity people do now more than ever indeed.

People are losing their minds must be a process of lemming transitioning.


38 posted on 01/04/2024 1:47:56 PM PST by Vaduz
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To: Red Badger

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.


39 posted on 01/04/2024 2:18:36 PM PST by bobbo666 (Baizuo, )
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

we are worse than weird....me....I never heard of this thing so I am definitely not up with the times...


40 posted on 01/04/2024 2:22:55 PM PST by cherry
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