Comment on Meanwhile Ball

atomicorange@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I like their idea of aluminum cups, but the boxes they come in are unfortunately made from plastic coated paperboard. (Not sure why, with their whole selling point being more environmentally friendly.)

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  • alternategait@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Also aluminum is super great at conducting heat! which means your drink will rapidly move toward whatever temperature it is.

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    • ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Great at conduction, but with not a lot of thermal mass, meaning that actually your drink will usually just make whatever it’s touching (your hand, often) super cold or hot.

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      • alternategait@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It’s a two way street. Your hand is reciprocally warming the drink.

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      • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I used to make, consume and share a lot of frozen beverages. I had a set of aluminum cups that I loved, but everyone else hated them because they started frosting over as soon as the frozen drink was poured in. My then girlfriend, now wife, would only use them with a towel wrapped around them for insulation.

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      • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        If you’re sitting in hot bleachers, the cooling effect on your hand or forehead is pretty nice, and you’re gonna drink the drink before it’s warm anyway. Hot is more of a problem unless you’re cold enough to be wearing mittens.

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    • MisshapenDeviate@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah I have some and they 100% require a koozie/beverage sleeve.

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    • DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Most people think “oh, cup so cold, my drink stay cold!”

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  • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Has any company of any size ever done something actually envrionmentally friendly?

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  • atomicorange@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Capitalism baby! If nobody buys your environmentally friendly aluminum cups they won’t do much good, and people are more likely to buy a product with “luxurious” feeling packaging. They’re likely still a net benefit vs plastic solo cups, but the market leads to perverse incentives.

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    those aluminum cups make milk taste fantastic. also taste colder for some reason.

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