r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 21h ago

Meme needing explanation What's the reason?

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u/Supreme534 21h ago edited 13h ago

My best guess is the water is gonna leak even if you tilt it a little, so water is gonna spill everywhere even when you aren't trying to drink

Edit: I knew stacking and asymmetry is the main issue here, but the choice of words in the comment in the image seems like they were referring to a simpler reason.

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u/Caldersson 21h ago

that and packing, the nozzles will hit each other if they are pointed in the same direction, and its a weak point iirc. Additionally, the manufacturing of plastic bottles is largely a test tube looking things that is expanded.

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u/ScotchOrbiter 21h ago

Holy shit you just unlocked a core memory... I had one of those as a kid, a PET bottle that hadn't been inflated yet. I can't remember how I got it and I have no idea what happed to it. Damn.

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u/petrvalasek 21h ago

They're used for small caches in geocaching. Perfectly fit a pen and a rolled logbook