Sep 19 2007Urban Cup Holders Can Get You Killed
I usually just set my damn beer on the sidewalk if I need to stop and kick someone's ass on the street, but apparently that's not good enough for some people.
The aim of the urban cup holder is to encourage people to reinterpret street settings and claim them as their territory, instead of just using them as a means of passage from A to B. The cup holder is easily clamped with one hand to posts in the street, then used as a coat/bag/umbrella hanger and a drink holder. In turn, giving the user a feeling of control and creating a more personal space, a temporary territory.
Um, I'd like to see you go and "claim some territory" with these things over where the gangs like to hang out. Use their colors too, maybe they'll let you join. "Oh don't mind me, just mounting my latte to this pole for a minute while I reposition my vagina." Did I mention they cost $15? They cost $15.
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Reader Comments
1. ryan - September 19, 2007 10:26 AM
first
2. Ll - September 19, 2007 10:27 AM
Stupid.... and First again!!!!
3. pats - September 19, 2007 10:34 AM
I wonder if this can hold your balls, or even your pride since you probably don't have either if you're using it. It would ONLY be useful if "claiming your territory" meant holding you kid in one of these- indefinitely.
4. Tap - September 19, 2007 11:22 AM
I usually just urinate on something or lick it to mark my territory. Seriously, these are the dumbest things I have ever seen. Ever.
5. Ed Said - September 19, 2007 2:42 PM
Bums & the homeless already claimed territory around my place. But know I can join them, weeeee!
6. Maddy - September 20, 2007 1:27 AM
aren`t you guys just sick of the stupid explanations that producers give for useless products? they always try to involve social science and psychology to make a piece of crap sound interesting.
from what i see in that picture, a guy and his girlfriend hang around a pole making small-talk, with a cup on the pole, instead of sitting at a table in a restaurant/fast food/diner whatever, where people should be! not in the middle of the street. Gosh!
7. Chris - September 22, 2007 11:36 PM
Soon to be overheard in NYC:
Officer: What are you doing?
Idiot: I'm claiming this parking meter as my temporary territory for my coffee cup.
Officer: Put your hands behind your back, hippie scum!
8. Neil - September 20, 2009 12:00 PM
Whatever pompous and pretentious reasoning they put begind this, it wont stop it being a crappy piece of plastic and a silly idea.