Paul wrote:
(snip)
Years later, when I went to the store, the cup had
been replaced by "political correctness". A monstrosity
was available, also in Pyrex, and it's two cups in size.
This is a picture of a thing to waste cupboard space.
The cooking cup amount is circled in blue.

And Pyrex has not been made of expensive borosilicate since at least 1998.
It's now garbage soda-lime that breaks when exposed to changing temperatures.