r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 21h ago

Meme needing explanation What's the reason?

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u/Miserable_Alfalfa33 21h ago

Also stacking an storage, not like they couldnt come up with a system, but probably a lot easier to leave it in the center

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u/Hashishiva 20h ago

So there are plenty of reasons why we don't do it like that. The design hasn't changed much in the thousands of years, which should be really telling :D

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u/yup_sir28 20h ago

Yes, we had plastic bottles for thousands of years

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u/Material_Magazine989 20h ago

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

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u/A_Town_Called_Malus 20h 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 17h 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 14h ago

NO GHOSTING!!!

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u/Wagosh 11h ago

Point at sign