Damn you, 2016 --Pour one out: The inventor of the red Solo cup has died

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http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/29/health/red-solo-cup-death-trnd/index.html

(CNN)2016 is still not done. Before we lost George Michael, Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds this week, we lost someone who's probably had just as big an impact on our lives, though you've never heard of him:

Robert Leo Hulseman.

He's the man who invented the red Solo cup, staple at every party ever. He died last week at age 84.

The Solo Cup Company was the family business -- Hulseman's dad started it in 1936 -- and Hulseman started working in the company factory when he was 18, according to his obit on Legacy.com.

He worked his way up to CEO of the company, succeeding his father in 1980 and helping the company grow into one of the largest food service packaging companies in the world.

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NOT THE RED SOLO CUP, NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[LeftInTX]

1. I never understood those cone shaped cups

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2. I never understood how there could be FIVE people at the party...

...and thirty half-empty red cups scattered about.

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3. Myh sister takes a Sharpie pen to every party and writes people's names on their cups

It cuts down on the proliferation of cups!

I tend to collect the Solo cups at perties, take them home and run them through the dishwasher. As a result I haven't bought a new pack of the cups in fifteen years, even though I keep some on the shelf just to fill with ice and water to give to the people working on the farm. That cuts down on the bottled water waste!

Solo cups can survive many, many washings on the top rack of the dishwasher.

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5. Good points! Thank you!

[OrwellwasRight]

11. I write fun/interesting names on the cups before the party.

People remember their cups and it starts conversations.

Han Solo
Mike Easter
Boutros Boutros-Ghali

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12. That is a great idea

But too many of the people my sister is dealing with are too young or too old to count on that.

I may use your idea for future political get togethers!

[OrwellwasRight]

14. Thanks!

[redstatebluegirl]

4. Many a giant hangover began with one of those cups.

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6. BTW, Solo is owned by Koch Industries

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7. ARGGHHHHHH... Never again!

Red cups, BAD!

[TheBlackAdder]

10. Shit! I just thought it was Dixie. (A quick check says Dart Container owns Solo, Robert C. Dart)

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13. That is the reason I like to recycle and reuse them

As I said above I wash them - they last so well I haven't bought any for about fifteen years!

[TheBlackAdder]

8. Darth Vader went from Han Solo ... to Sans Solo

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9. You never cease to amaze me!