• Got_Bent@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Until I saw the picture, I had so thoroughly forgotten about these that your title conjured no mental image.

    I remember these mostly as soft drinks served at expensive restaurants as a way to keep the refill inclined riffraff out.

    I think I also remember seeing them as mixers for bartenders at catered events, but I’m not a hundred percent sure on that one.

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    4 months ago

    Was it meant to isolate the bottles so the drink remains chill for an extended period? Never saw something like that.

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      4 months ago

      Gave the bottles some extra cushion against breakage, and didn’t transfer the cold to your hands as much AFAIK.

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    4 months ago

    Those were fun to peel. I remember spending alot of time at dinner while my parents droned on talking bullshit while I tried to unravel it in one long piece.

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    4 months ago

    That just made me realize that a local soda brand here (Dr. Enuf) had (very thin) Styrofoam labels for the longest time! They only recently changed them, and I knew something was different but couldn’t quite put my finger on it

    Coincidentally the company that makes Dr. Enuf also created Mountain Dew, then sold the brand to Pepsi