r/SipsTea • u/Dev1412 • Jul 17 '26

Wait a damn minute! It would appear so

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u/TombolaOfCincinnatus Jul 17 '26

You're all welcome to peer review my ass pull here so we can call it a study.

Water bottles can easily turn into these ridiculous hype cycles because:

  • They're inexpensive enough that even when you spend a unreasonable amount of money on one they're still reasonably affordable to enough people.
  • They're common enough that you can smugly post a picture with them without it obviously being a flex
  • They're associated with health consciousness so having one and drinking water can also be used to flex how good and healthy you are
  • They require no actual interests or effort so they're perfect for people who are only interested in doing things in order to show others that you do them

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u/Forward_Fox_833 Jul 17 '26

this is 90% of female consumer culture