Stanley cups are tearing apart middle schools

• The Stanley Quencher has become a status symbol for middle schoolers.
• The $45 cup was a popular holiday gift for tweens — and now back at school, it's creating rifts.
• "They only talk to me in the morning when I'm holding my Stanley," one tween told The Cut. 

I'm not sure it's hyperbole to say that Stanley cups — the colorful 40-ounce water vessels — are tearing apart the fabric of our society.