Comments on: Dixie Cups and disease http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/dixie-cups-and-disease.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 23:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/dixie-cups-and-disease.html#comment-1452871 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166658#comment-1452871 This Lynchian ad was the one that got the plastic cup out of our bathroom.  It's quite nauseating. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyITOE_ZhZY This Lynchian ad was the one that got the plastic cup out of our bathroom.  It’s quite nauseating.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyITOE_ZhZY

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/dixie-cups-and-disease.html#comment-1452713 penguinchris Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166658#comment-1452713 I'm familiar with the concept of basins of water for communal use, but never made the connection between those (now extinct) and modern water coolers (I mean, it's not like I ever thought about it). Didn't realize you'd find communal basins in public places since you don't really find water coolers there now (water fountain technology presumably advancing to make up the difference). I once had a layover in Taiwan and the airport there had a neat electric water cooler (and heater) without a visible tank that dispensed your water into cone-shaped paper cups. I was desperately looking for a water fountain and initially dismissed the water cooler and walked by without investigating because I assumed it would be coin-operated for some reason (the control panel looked really complicated so I figured it wouldn't be free I guess) and I didn't have any local currency. I couldn't find a regular water fountain so I went back to look at the water cooler and it was free. Using it brought a smile to my face - largely because of its over-complicated control panel - and I'd guess they have those instead of regular water fountains for sanitary/health reasons. I think a middle-ground solution is probably best though, like those water fountains that are designed to only dispense into bottles which are starting to pop up (often on university campuses). Although I guess most people in an airport wouldn't have a bottle to use. I’m familiar with the concept of basins of water for communal use, but never made the connection between those (now extinct) and modern water coolers (I mean, it’s not like I ever thought about it). Didn’t realize you’d find communal basins in public places since you don’t really find water coolers there now (water fountain technology presumably advancing to make up the difference).

I once had a layover in Taiwan and the airport there had a neat electric water cooler (and heater) without a visible tank that dispensed your water into cone-shaped paper cups. I was desperately looking for a water fountain and initially dismissed the water cooler and walked by without investigating because I assumed it would be coin-operated for some reason (the control panel looked really complicated so I figured it wouldn’t be free I guess) and I didn’t have any local currency.

I couldn’t find a regular water fountain so I went back to look at the water cooler and it was free. Using it brought a smile to my face – largely because of its over-complicated control panel – and I’d guess they have those instead of regular water fountains for sanitary/health reasons. I think a middle-ground solution is probably best though, like those water fountains that are designed to only dispense into bottles which are starting to pop up (often on university campuses). Although I guess most people in an airport wouldn’t have a bottle to use.

]]> By: Michael Leddy http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/dixie-cups-and-disease.html#comment-1452357 Michael Leddy Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166658#comment-1452357 Nmcvaugh beat me to it. But you can find a list of various Koch products here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/08/24/895947/-Boycott-Koch-Products And in list in poster form:  http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/ll398/jgm104/crush_koch-01.png Nmcvaugh beat me to it. But you can find a list of various Koch products here:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/08/24/895947/-Boycott-Koch-Products

And in list in poster form: 

http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/ll398/jgm104/crush_koch-01.png

]]> By: SedanChair http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/dixie-cups-and-disease.html#comment-1452332 SedanChair Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166658#comment-1452332 I wonder if Lawrence Luellen ever imagined that his creation would be used to hold children's daily dose of mind-altering pills. I wonder if Lawrence Luellen ever imagined that his creation would be used to hold children’s daily dose of mind-altering pills.

]]> By: jhex http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/dixie-cups-and-disease.html#comment-1452307 jhex Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166658#comment-1452307 Is that a real dixie cup box?  un opened i'm sure its worth more/something. to the holder of the box, could you please scan all sides and upload, i'd really like to spray mount that on a box. Is that a real dixie cup box?  un opened i’m sure its worth more/something.

to the holder of the box, could you please scan all sides and upload, i’d really like to spray mount that on a box.

]]> By: nmcvaugh http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/dixie-cups-and-disease.html#comment-1452264 nmcvaugh Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166658#comment-1452264 Ah Dixie Cups. Made by Georgia-Pacific, a Koch brothers company. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle! Ah Dixie Cups. Made by Georgia-Pacific, a Koch brothers company.

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle!

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