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Manjushri@piefed.social ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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.

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BradleyUffner@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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.

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- sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  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.
  
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MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

so to cover the booze costs, the hosts would sell cups at the door

I … what?!

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- new_world_odor@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Selling the booze is a crime - selling the cups is not. Loophole!
  
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  - sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    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 the booze is free.
    
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- arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  These aren’t parties in the sense of house party thrown by friends. These are essentially large "open’ events hosted by a group.
  
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  - sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    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.
    
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some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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.

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