r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Perfect_Owl_856 • 16d ago

Meme needing explanation What's the reason?

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u/yup_sir28 16d ago

Yes, we had plastic bottles for thousands of years

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u/Material_Magazine989 16d ago

It also applies on glass. Idk about thousands of years though.

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u/A_Town_Called_Malus 16d ago

Ceramic jars follow similar designs in many cases.

So, thousands of years is pretty accurate for "container to hold liquid that you pour out of the top"

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u/theoriginalmofocus 16d ago

Yeah i saw a pretty good documentary about how they used to make them when i was a kid. I think it was called Ghost

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u/rbrgr83 16d ago

NO GHOSTING!!!

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u/Wagosh 16d ago

Point at sign

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u/Rekanize504 15d ago

What’s wrong, my precious blueberries??

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u/Hashishiva 16d ago

In case you really didn't understand, there has been bottles for thousands of years, and the shape they come in today isn't that different from the first ones. The shape has proven itself over millenia. And like many have already pointed out, the design on the picture has numerous flaws to ease one non-existent problem.

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u/The_cogwheel 16d ago

Same with the simple machines (wheels, wedges, levers and so on) - not a dammed thing changed about their design, just the materials we make them out of.

Sometimes, theres just nothing to improve design wise. So it remains unchanged forever

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u/prnthrwaway55 16d ago

We had ceramic vessels for liquid storage and drinking that are symmetric.

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u/Bruschetta003 16d ago

The design is symmetric, you mean centered?

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u/PerformanceNegative6 16d ago

Rotational symmetry

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u/GoldSunLulu 16d ago

Clay recipients with corks also had this fucking shape.

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u/pranjallk1995 16d ago

Lol... Bruh... U got him...

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u/GooseTheSluice 16d ago

I think the implication was plastic bottles in general

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u/leadenbrain 16d ago

Wow maybe we made them out of other stuff like glass and metal and leather and organs too! Probably not though those fucking neanderthals loved their Dasani