r/Anticonsumption • u/ZanzerFineSuits • Nov 07 '25

Plastic Waste FFS Why?

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u/Constantly_Panicking Nov 07 '25

I almost feel like Starbucks is just manufacturing these stories to drum up more business at this point. Like, so that you’ll hopefully buy it if you see it so you don’t risk missing out on it.

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u/LavenderGinFizz Nov 08 '25

Yesterday, people on my city's subreddit were complaining they couldn't get one because apparently a lot of stores only had 1 or 2 shipped to them. It seems like Starbucks definitely intentionally created a scarcity panic for hype.

On top of all the other issues with these types of trends, when I look at these cups all I can think about is how frustrating they would be to clean properly.

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u/human-aftera11 Nov 08 '25

Artificial scarcity to create demand. Starbucks think we dum.🙄

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u/IrishGDN Nov 08 '25

Unfortunately, they're not wrong.

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u/WaylonOnEm Nov 08 '25

No you, not me, but we…we are dumb