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I once, in Ireland, threw a teen movie themed party. The red cups were key to it. I had to order them on eBay but they were weren't real Solo cups, just cardboard. They still went down a treat! Eventually somebody capitalised on the novelty and started importing them.

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My experience with the Irish from the early 00's, is that they thought those red party cups are the most horrible thing ever, and they thought it funny that we use them. If the people I met ever used them, it was with irony. In the late 90's German business guys thought that Breath Savers were just like phenolic cakes from urinals and thought it was hilarious to feed them to their American coworkers. I get the same vibe from both situations.

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