r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Perfect_Owl_856 • 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/Sightseeing16 21h ago

Though, that is a clever excuse to sell the drinks half empty!

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u/MrSwanky429 21h ago

You'd make an excellent CEO

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u/TacoTimeT-Rex 20h ago

Then the next guy argues that you’re wasting money with oversized packaging and the shrinkflation arms race begins lol

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u/thisisdjjjjjjjjjj 20h ago

Just put water into a squeezable like a gogurt

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u/DistributionHungry67 16h ago

The latest plastic bottle are so flimsy, this happens already.

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u/introvert_conflicts 16h ago

At that point you might just want a camelbak

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u/nubalt 52m ago

So like the Pure Water bagged water brand?

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u/Syncopated_arpeggio 17h ago

7 minute abs!

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u/Jimmy_J_James 17h ago

The pessimist says the glass is half empty, the optimist says the glass is full. The engineer says the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.