Official Random Fact/Random Thought Thread!

[lxskllr]

We get these bastards in early fall...

Not every woods has them, but the ones that do seem like every two trees had web strung between them. Annoying. I hate webs in my face, and you're always wondering "Where's the spider?"...

 

[lxskllr]

Just finished a jar of salsa with chips. I didn't want to dirty a bowl, so I just ate out of the sorta widemouth jar. Problem is the jar still isn't wide enough, and I got salsa all over my hand trying to get to the bottom. It would be nice if they put common dippables in ultra widemouth jars so you can just put the thing on the table and be done with it. No extra bowls or anything else. Bonus for doing it old school, and making nice painted jars you can reuse if you choose to. Minimal extra cost, and it leaves persistent advertising in people's houses.

 

[Kaveman]

Just finished a jar of salsa with chips. I didn't want to dirty a bowl, so I just ate out of the sorta widemouth jar. Problem is the jar still isn't wide enough, and I got salsa all over my hand trying to get to the bottom. It would be nice if they put common dippables in ultra widemouth jars so you can just put the thing on the table and be done with it. No extra bowls or anything else. Bonus for doing it old school, and making nice painted jars you can reuse if you choose to. Minimal extra cost, and it leaves persistent advertising in people's houses.

I officially really want this to be a thing. I want "them" to make bowls with lids. Do it stylish, put the ingredients and nutrition facts on a sticker so you're left with just logo/motif/branding. Make collections, or make different shapes that are better suited to different uses after they've been washed. It'll be kinda like gunny sacks back in the day, when companies tried to use the most attractive and stylish patterns so that frontier housewives would reuse them as clothing materials. It made the quality of the contents less relevant than the purpose the container could serve after it was emptied.

It'll help reduce the ammount of trash in landfills, water wasted on dishes and extra hand washings, and the level of guilt I feel when I chow an entire jar of salsa and associated chips for "lunch".

 

[Burnham]

I get the sentiment, but the idea of persistent advertising on my table is off-putting.

My rather formal mother, gone 10 years now, would roll in her grave at the idea of putting a jar with a label on it on her table .

 

[lxskllr]

Not all labels are the same. Doesn't necessarily need branding at all. The people that bought the product will remember where it came from, and keep the brand in mind. It isn't a new concept, I'm sure you're aware. Jelly and mustard come immediately to mind. I'm sure there's been other things. It's hardly done anymore cause everybody throws everything out. Why not when you can buy more crap from China, somehow for about what it costs to produce.