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Will a Stanley cup keep my birria taco juice hot?
Innovating water bottles / Teddy Swims / Birria tacos
Will a Stanley cup keep my birria taco juice hot?
In today’s nonsense:
Stanley cups… for water. Not the big hockey one.
Post Malone and Nathaniel Rateliff had a baby.
Did french dip tacos cause covid?
Is there any trend like water bottles?
My actual 12 year old nalgene I still use…
I don’t know if it’s just gen z, or tik tok, or the way cookie crumbles, but the way we worship water bottles is weird. Truly, there isn’t another consumer item that cycles through pop culture the way they do.
Even among the nalgenes and hydroflask trends we’ve all been through, the Stanley craze seems different. Here are some thoughts on water bottles you didn’t ask for.
Stanley is the ultimate example of a 100 year over-night success. They barely pivoted over their 100 year history- having always been a beverage container company. From 1913 to 2019 they grew to be a respectable $70 million company. From 2019 to 2023 they grew to $750 million on the back of a single product. Don’t quit, you never know what might work.
The infamous Stanley cup is actually called a Stanley Quencher. I would like to know if the (arguably more infamous) hockey trophy hurt or helped the brand value of gen-z’s favorite hydration station. By the way a Google search for Stanley Cup ranks the water bottle above any sports news including nhl.com.
In my algorithm, anyway…
“⭐️⭐️ 2/5 Stars. I found it cumbersumb in addition to the large bag I carry to handle lunch & necessities each day. Doesn’t fit into the cup holder in Lexus suv. Want a Stanley lunch size bag w/ SIDE POCKET- not INSIDE that fits this type item!!!!! Not right for my needs for work but definitely a great option for other uses!!!!” KIMBERLY C |  |
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This is way too much about Stanley cups, so I’ll leave you with the fact that you can customize your big ass cup on their website and upload your own logo. Or you can go get an Owala logo from google and be naughty.
Words to think about…
I think Nathaniel Rateliff and Post Malone had a baby and named him Teddy Swims. Regardless, I’ve had the words below stuck in my head…
 Daddy |  Baby Teddy |  Daddy |
I said I would die for you, baby
But I can't take this pain no more
I thought I was willing
But tonight I save my life when I showed you the door.
This is obviously a lyric about love (and a good one at that) but I think it is particularly poignant for those of us who jump in to things with both feet.
How do you know when to stay in? How do you know when to move on?
When is keeping a commitment just digging your own grave?
That got dark, here’s a question about tacos.
Did birria tacos cause covid?
I know Alex Jones just got rightfully railed for conspiracy theories but this google trends graph can’t be a coincidence right?
Maybe the tacos cure covid? Maybe it’s the dip juice stuff. Someone tell Fauci.
be good
z
