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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have never once seen these at a party, that being said I also partied with crust punks and dirt bags, you drink from the bottle

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They are very very common at fratty college/university parties

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Why don't people use the cans or bottles as they are like normal people do in every other country?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Usually they're used when there's either a keg or some sort of shared mixed drink/punch.

Or for drinking games.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

In my experience the red cups were used for mixed drinks being served by amateur bartenders (or jungle juice), or for kegs, or for drinking games. The latter was by far the most common - beer pong, slap/stack cup, etc. Often, people would rinse and reuse them to cut on waste and/or cost.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you need a cup for a mixed drink you get a fucking coffee mug from the kitchen cause it's not made of glass. I am anti red cup gang as well.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

lmao soooo many mugs at british parties, that or stolen beer glasses from the local pub

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Going and getting cups for a party is a lot more planning than has gone into most parties I've attended.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

There's usually a crate of beer in the washing machine because people think it's a good place to hide their stash so it doesn't disappear too quickly.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't really get the purpose unless everyone is having mixed drinks. Alcohol comes in a container already.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

unless everyone is having mixed drinks.

it's this one, and the "mixed drinks" is just jungle juice

Imagine this but it's just the Malibu, vodka, and pineapple juice.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

College dorm special:

  • Popov Vodka (grain alcohol)
  • Red Gatorade (powder mix)
  • Serve in plastic waste basket.
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Like egg1918 said it's mostly a drinking age thing. This stuff disappears outside of the high-school and early college scene.

My social circle was more about going together to get 40s from 7/11 and smoking/drinking shit beer around a fire.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They’re for the kegs of beer and large containers of premixed drinks

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, I was more everyone brings a case of beer and drinks their case of beer kinda thing.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It has a lot to do with the 21 drinking age. Since getting alcohol is difficult without a fake ID or someone to buy it for you, you're dependent on what's at the party. Can't bring your own case of beer because you're 19 without a fake.

The host will get 1 or 2 kegs and make some jungle juice in a big cooler, again because they're probably under 21 so it's easier to buy only 2 types of alcohol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

That makes sense

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

...solo cups have been square for fifteen years; not pictured above...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

nerd

E)Have you considered that these are not SOLO (C) branded plastic cups? I don't think Top/Bottom/Switch was social media discourse prior to 2009 when SOLO (C) switched to their square cups.

nerd

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

...solo cups have been square for fifteen years; not pictured above...