@CobaltVelvet It started as a thing poor people did because they couldn't afford proper glassware. Then it became a shorthand way for movies to signify hicks and hill people.
...but now it's just become a thing people do. It got a huge boost a couple years ago when there was that scare about BPA in plastic, and people threw out everything they owned with a plastic lid.
Now, company that makes mason jars sells lids with straw holes.