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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]$45 for a cup that leaks.  Honestly.  Even my 13 year old thinks they are stupid.[/quote]

Well, if your 13-year-old thinks they're stupid, 'case closed' I guess. These companies seem to be doing pretty well with this fad, the kids seem happy, and it actually facilitates a healthy activity...but then again, your 13-year-old has weighed in.[/quote]

Yes, companies make a lot of money off of silly teenage fads. The PP's kid seems smarter than the average lemming. [/quote]

What's the difference between a $45 bottle and a $20 bottle? The cost of McDonald's drive-thru on the way home from buying it? I mean, who cares? If you don't want to buy it, then don't. If not buying it helps you feel smarter, so be it. Nobody cares. [/quote]

It isn’t the cost- it’s the mania of teens/women feeling like they need this water bottle to look cool.  Waiting in line at 3am, getting in fights in Target over them, yeah, that is some ridiculous stuff [/quote]

Yeah, it is the cost because that's dominated most this conversation. The Target article just came out. And as if this water bottle invented teens/women coveting some item to look cool. By spring, it's going to be something completely different. You going to whine about that as well as if it's some novel development?[/quote]

It doesn’t matter if they charge $40, $50, $100.  The stupid sheeple will line up to buy them because they NEED them.  They cannot manage to hydrate (or feel good about themselves) without these perceived status symbols. Teach your kids better. [/quote]

BFD. In two months, it'll be something else. That's consumerism.[/quote]

Yes and your job as a parent is to teach your kid to be smarter than buying into the hype, not pile on an buy them every new “it” thing [/quote]

Why? Why not have some fun?[/quote]

Nothing fun about a cup with straw [/quote]

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