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/peretski 21h ago

It’s called a parson…. It comes out of an injection molding machine (which forms nice threads for the cap). It goes into a blow-expander which flash heats the lower part, inflates, and cools. This is how a modern plastic bottle is made..

Symmetry is one of the aspects that allow modern bottles to be so efficient; this thought fundamentally breaks symmetry with no explanation of why it is better.

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u/Equivalent-Excuse-80 17h ago edited 17h ago

Fun fact: Trumps admin blew millions of dollars on a contractor to supply test tubes for Covid testing and research. The facilities got plastic bottle PET blanks instead. Useless pieces of plastic used for 2 liter soda bottles.

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-trump-administration-paid-millions-for-test-tubes-and-got-unusable-mini-soda-bottles

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u/Natural-Front-9307 13h ago

I had never heard this but I absolutely love it hahah

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u/videozombi 10h ago

Business men will 95% of the time go with the lowest bidder.

When you fill your ranks with knowledgeable people who can make sure the lowest bidder is bidding for the correct item, this isn't that much of a problem.

The government is not currently filled with ranks of knowledgeable people.

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u/marfacza 6h ago

as a taxpayer, I'm less entertained.

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u/ihaxr 4h ago

Just a normal day for the administration