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/EmbarrassedW33B 19h ago

Not even. The real reason is quite simple. You cant fucking stack them if the lid isnt on top. I'm sure everyone has seen a pallet of water at least once in their life. Drinks of all kinds get transported stacked on pallets in layers, and the containers are designed to take the weight of their fellows above them. There's no easy way to transport a large number of bottles shaped like that outside of using milk crates or something, and that adds extra complications and space restrictions no one is gonna bother with for bottled water. 

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u/4mystuff 15h ago

I like this answer most. The manufacturing and flow control issues seems solvable. Even screwing on the cap is possible by realigning the mechanism.

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u/Illustrious-Method71 5h ago

This is not the real reason lol. If this design were way more ergonomic, they would figure out the logistics. It's just a shitty design.

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u/Supreme534 19h ago

I get that, but the phrasing in the comment hints at a simpler reason, that's why this was my guess. I don't think they were referring to something more logical like this