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I do. But it was about 30 years later when I discovered that "cup holders" were a real thing that are a standard fixture on American cars. European cars are t
by lproven 3y ago
I do.
But it was about 30 years later when I discovered that "cup holders" were a real thing that are a standard fixture on American cars.
European cars are tiny things by comparison and there isn't room to drink while driving, and we didn't have drive-through food or drink places in the 20th century, either. Also, they are all manual gearshift, so your hand is too busy to drink.
Some cars have a recess by the gear stick for a bottle or a can of soft drink, but most people use it for small items like garage door zappers or coins for meters instead.
Thus is was about 2015 or 2020 when I first saw a picture of a pop-out cup holder and realised that this was a Thing, a Thing that Americans would recognise, and that optical drive trays do look similar.
Nobody ever bothered to explain that, because Americans tend to assume that the whole world is like America.