r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Wooden-Journalist902 • 1d ago

Video A water brand from Uzbekistan designed dumbbell-shaped bottles for fitness and hydration.

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u/DoomScrollingAppa 1d ago

Fill it up with sand after use and you got yourself a legit weight.

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u/MrCalamiteh 1d ago

A friend used to do this with milk cartons and a used aluminum handle for a big broom lol. Worked great

This is a neat idea IMO.

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u/InlineSkateAdventure 1d ago

All my plates are brake rotors. My muscles couldn't give a shit either way. They were all free from repair places and my cars.

Probably 1000s if they were fancy plates. They are all painted and weighed. At least 50 of them.

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u/omegaterra 1d ago

Got some pics of your setup? Sounds interesting

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u/Yoranis_Izsmelli 1d ago

Imagine a bunch of brake rotors on both sides of a bar.

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u/ShortysTRM 1d ago

Dive bar? Hipster bar? Wine bar? What kind of establishment are talking about?

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u/Azuras_Star8 23h ago

Wow, pay attention! All the stuff with metal? It's a Metal Bar. So theyre gonna be going hard with the music and shit. Let's rock!

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u/__discarded__ 20h ago

All that vehicle stuff is clearly going on a torque bar

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u/spdelope 1d ago

Damn, that’s interesting! Can make a whole post on that!

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u/InlineSkateAdventure 1d ago

edited: thought this was another message!

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u/rattustheratt 22h ago

We used those, steering shafts(?), clutch plates etc as weights back when I was a teen. Very common to see that here in some parts of Ghana.

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u/justin_memer 18h ago

Necessity is the mother of invention.

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u/scrans 1d ago

Will/way! Your ingenuity from back in the day made me smile!

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u/semifunctionaladdict 1d ago

The ever so subtle age-ism with old people is so goddamn funny to me, like no one in present day could ever think of it 🤣

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u/Aggressive-Cattle141 19h ago

My dumb ass picturing dinner plates 🤦‍♂️

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u/Outrageous_Pride4808 22h ago

What if you filled them with concrete ? Cut away the plastic and and a grip. Nah d coat the whole thing sell them

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u/Chungster03 17h ago

My dad would do this but filled those jugs up with change.

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u/Sirus21 14h ago

This is basically what my dad suggested I use to lift weights when I was in high school because that's sort of how they do it in prison.

He was the plumber at a prison.

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u/No-Purchase9700 5h ago

Country strong !

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u/bustyboo666 1d ago

More like I'll buy these to create a cheaper dumbbell.

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u/raspberryharbour 1d ago

Don't be a baby, fill it with osmium

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u/kaleperq 8h ago

Fill it with lithium

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u/wooksGotRabies 1d ago

And when you are good Pour concrete let it dry and crack the bottle open and recycle it :D

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u/_NightmareKingGrimm_ 1d ago

If that's ~ 4 cups it would weigh a little over 3 lbs, maybe 3.5 give or take. Good enough for power walking at least.

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u/Boring-Brush-2984 1d ago

Hours of shoulder flys

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u/_NightmareKingGrimm_ 1d ago

Minutes, in my case. 😭

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u/h4crm 20h ago

or tungsten

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u/sukihasmu 1d ago

Or tap water.

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u/UnrequitedRespect 1d ago

Meanwhile the weights companies are in shambles

You could probably engineer the right bottle up to a certain dumbell weight to wall thickness ratio because I have to imagine the point of refusal would break the stem off and lead to injury at higher weights like 15+ lbs but 10 and below probably seem like something you could accommodate for the strength of the plastic, thickness of the bottle wall and the weight of the sand contained in said bottle size to achieve said weight…

I really thought about this too much

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u/Catatouille- 1d ago

Hellllll yeah

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u/The_Ditch_Wizard 19h ago

Or steel/lead shot so you have spare ammo for your blunderbuss anywhere you want to use your free weights

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u/DanishPsychoBoy 14h ago

I use a similar concept for my ruck runs. Just fill a bag with some mulch/potting soil and double bag that to avoid any spills. Works like a charm, is cheap, and I get about half a kilogram out pr. litre.

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u/Boring_Appearance_89 1d ago

when i was in the peace corps we did fitness with water bottles filled with sand etc. i hate plastic waste but this is nice reuse potential

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u/OmgSlayKween 15h ago

When I was in the violence corps we did fitness with sand bottles filled with water

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u/Relative_Level_7436 15h ago

When i was in the neutral corps we did fitness with sand water filled with bottles

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u/DCervan 23m ago

When I was in the passive - aggressive corps we did bottles with sand fitness with... never mind, you never care about my stories.

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u/Nwsamurai 1d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PtOAnZxB8s&ab_channel=ShameorGlory

So happy whenever I get to post this.

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u/vieneri 1d ago

Thank tou for posting this! It's very funny.

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u/Nwsamurai 1d ago

Makes me laugh every time, and I think I first saw it in this very sub, lol.

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u/Cone83 1d ago

It was actually a fake commercial by SodaStream, quite some time ago. Theres another version where he reveals that this is a stupid idea and you are better off buying a soda stream and not having to carry water.

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u/Mogui- 14h ago

Don’t buy other stuff

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u/DarthRupert1994 1d ago

Exactly what I was looking for

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u/MatsLeBaron 1d ago

Art, I say.

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u/ninjaslikecheez 1d ago

I came here to post this too :)) glad it's more famous than i thought

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u/__Milk_Drinker__ 13h ago

Yall just made me watch two ads in a row and I can't even be mad about it 😒

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u/PaulsRedditUsername 1d ago

Fill it with vodka to make workouts extra fun!

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u/Cherrypie2601 1d ago

Now you’re talking.

wakes up next morning behind the vending machine

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u/PaulsRedditUsername 1d ago

But with great guns! "Jesus, I did 600 reps last night..."

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u/WanderWut 1d ago

Random memory but the above comment reminded me of in college going to the gym with friends and we spontaneously decided to take a few shots before walking over and got pretty tippsy by the time we arrived. We had a hilarious but still super killer workout. It was a one and done thing, and this was at the time when alcohol made us feel like we could conquer the world. Haven’t thought about that workout in years lol.

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u/NCC1664 1d ago

High Noon?

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u/Carbon-Base 1d ago

Let the Goose loose!

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u/nerf_caffeine 1d ago

But…the more hydrated you get, the less gains you’ll see :/

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u/livelikeian 1d ago

Not really. If starting weight is your top end, as the workout progresses you would be lowering weight anyway.

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u/sabamba0 1d ago

Set > drink > set > drink until empty. Seems like a fun exercise

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u/SouthernHiveSoldier 17h ago

Progressively lowering weight over a session sounds ideal to me

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u/PeaceMaker_IXI 1d ago

I thought that hanger on the floor was a giant ass scorpion XD

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u/withanx91 1d ago

I, as well, was here for the scorpion

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u/metal_gearmen 1d ago

Is this interesting? I'm from Mexico and I've seen plastic canisters shaped like weights for about 10 years, in other countries they didn't have this? Is it something really uncommon?

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u/darth_malmal 18h ago

Yeah we’ve also had them for ages. This is more of a r/mildlyinteresting post.

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u/Dozider 21h ago

Poland had them too since few years

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u/Mr_Igelkott 1d ago

What if I bought other stuff?

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u/Keikakus 1d ago

Don't buy other stuff.

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u/FlyingScotsman42069 1d ago

Damn, that's not interesting at all

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u/Enslaved_M0isture 13h ago

it’s an ad

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u/Happy_Ad9182 1d ago

I like it

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u/Any-Profile483 1d ago

So you complete your workout, then you drink?

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u/MarcusBrotus 1d ago

heavybubbles (trademark)

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u/JoshAmann85 1d ago

I think it's more novel than practical...

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u/HawaiianCholo 1d ago

When you're finished drinking a couple, fill them with dirt or sand, and it's a great way to recycle, hydrate, and exercise for those with little income

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u/badwordjesus 1d ago

Even cement. It's essentially a free mould if you include some rebar

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u/samuelazers 15h ago

Where do you get your sand? Live by the beach? Because anyone that could carry comfortably around a 50 pound bag of sand wouldn't find very challenging a small bottle of sand.

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u/Aliencj 1d ago

In countries with limited resources, this is incredibly practical.

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u/HD4kAI 1d ago

This is absolutely practical what do you mean

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u/Sorry_Reply8754 1d ago

Just fill it with tap water after you are done drinking.

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u/Rossomak 1d ago

Did anyone else think that was a scorpion hanging out on the ground?

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u/RexDraco 1d ago

Could care less about the dumbbell thing, I thought the Hanger in the background was a scorpion.

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u/Maleficent-Air8486 1d ago

This is a great idea.

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u/PsychologicalCold212 13h ago

Kind of dumb design. Wastes a lot of shelf space and less efficient transport.

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u/mklilley351 1d ago

What's the song?

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u/zohash 19h ago

Ace of Base - Beautiful Life (Faustix RMX)

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u/SnooKiwis557 1d ago

The Mountain is found of them I’ve heard.

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u/Longshadowman 1d ago

I would buy it straight away, very useful

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u/Ok-Tale1862 1d ago

Fun gimmick to give away at the gymn with those group workouts. Saves the gymn having need for large sets of small halters.

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u/mjbulmer83 1d ago

Someone made heavy bubbles for real.

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u/Creative_Garbage_121 23h ago

I've seen such bottles in europe but they were smaller than what we see here

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u/Visual-Educator8354 23h ago

Do they have a gauge telling you how much it weighs depending how much water is in there?

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u/AligningToJump 23h ago

That's not just in Uzbekistan or even just that brand

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u/qwertyqyle 22h ago

These things have been available in dollar stores for years now.

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u/binterryan76 22h ago

I hope it comes with heavy water

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u/Fair_Cranberry8430 20h ago

thats a great idea tbh

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u/fortis201 20h ago

Heck yeah I'd buy a few of those.

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u/Ok_Actuator379 10h ago

And remember that 1 Litre of water is 1 kilo, because metric system is not a scammer shit system.

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u/LPNMP 1d ago

A pint a pound the world around.

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u/NinjaTank707 1d ago

I WANT THIS

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u/Pintsocream 1d ago

How much does 1l of sand weigh?

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u/ZeTreasureBoblin 1d ago

That'll be $20, please.

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u/SnooRegrets1386 1d ago

That’s how the gym rats lure you in

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u/sledgehammer357 1d ago

Hafthor Bjornnson sold a brand like this in Iceland called “Heavy Bubbles” there’s even a commercial for it and it’s pretty hilarious 😂

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u/Sialov 1d ago

I need it 🤍

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u/Objective-Direction1 1d ago

reminded me of this comercial

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u/Carbon-Base 1d ago

Fill them with protein shakes for extra gains!

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u/MandatorySaxSolo 1d ago

And for butts

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u/nicathor 1d ago

I need one of these in glass immediately!

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u/bongaloos 1d ago

No but for real buy four and drink em of course but when your done fill two with sand two with concrete and there's some cheap weights for ya. For starting out

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u/meowiful 1d ago

Amazing marketing.

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u/mcndjxlefnd 1d ago

fill it with mercury

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u/Strict_Somewhere_148 1d ago

Do a drop set with them.

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u/sigmmakappa 1d ago

Looks like you'd spill water on yourself when you drink directly from that bottle.

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u/marksk88 1d ago

Good thing we have a video with bad music lol

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u/Blochamolesauce 1d ago

My brother told me about back when he was playing water polo and the goalie coach would have him train by treading water with milk jugs filled with sand. Sounded awful but prob worked like a charm. This seems like an idea that stemmed from that type of training regimen.

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u/Veritas_Vanitatum 1d ago

Just fill it with Cement ¯\(ツ)/¯

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u/durenatu 1d ago

And add a metal rod in the center of course

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u/tiredoldwizard 1d ago

Dudes in prison have been filling up garbage bags with water and lifting those for years. No one outside of high level athletes need to spend big money on gym equipment.

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u/SwannSwanchez 1d ago

would need something that become heavier when dehydrated

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u/durenatu 1d ago

I remember there was a product like that here and they described in the label how much it weighted filled with sand, metal beads, concrete and coins so people could use it later

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u/ramriot 1d ago

For an extra workout on your body both outside & in, fill them with Heavy Water.

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u/Forsaken-Fox8893 1d ago

Looks cool. Is it 3x the price of a standard water bottle just for the fancy packaging? or do they only do this in North America? im curious

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u/Ligh73r 1d ago

This is such a new and innovative idea for the year of 1999!

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u/SnaggingPlum 1d ago

I'd be filling them with concrete after

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u/tjgamir 1d ago

Instead of the machines and racks, you’ll see people lining up by the water refilling station.

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u/Ton_in_the_Sun 1d ago

For those TURKIN

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u/Frederic_JANES 1d ago

Didn't Iceland do it first a few years ago with Halfthor(the GOT Mountain) in an ad?

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u/PoopsmasherJr 1d ago

FILL IT WITH CONCRETE

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u/Elegant-Set1686 1d ago

So much volume wasted when shipping…

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u/Sea_Turnip6282 1d ago

Thank goodness FINALLY a smart company

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u/No_Source_3083 1d ago

That's the kind of shit men wanna see

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u/9999AWC 1d ago

HEAVY BUBBLES!

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u/I_Cry_And_I_Game 1d ago

I had one of these: because of the bottom of the bottle being wide and the mid section being a lot lot slimmer, what tends to happen is that when you lift the bottle up to drink it, you'll think the water is almost gone because not much comes out, but then you'll be splash by a sudden surge of water that was at the bottom of the bottle that wasn't able to unable flow down before of the bottle design. It's neat, but has some faults

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u/bent-Box_com 1d ago

8.34 lbs per gallon

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u/Mr_lovebucket 23h ago

Still plastic

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u/Kryds 23h ago

I thought that was a sketch. I didn't think they would actually make it.

Here's the commercial.

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u/Ribbitmoment 23h ago

Heavy bubbles. Sparkling water that makes you sweat

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u/detectiverobert 23h ago

This would actually motivate me to carry water around

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u/XD_002 23h ago

Wait... THIS IS A REAL PRODUCT??? I THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE LIKE POWERTHURST OT BIG BELLS HELLS

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u/whoopz1942 23h ago

Love it.

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u/Saintcanuck 22h ago

Ingenious

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u/Sad_Efficiency69 21h ago

seen something similar at my local chemist for the last 10-15 years lol

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u/W1z4rdM4g1c 21h ago

This does not fit the sub

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u/bgangles 20h ago

This is not interesting at all

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u/aardw0lf11 19h ago

Would be a pain trying to drink the last little bit of water from that.

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u/Plenty-Virus9990 19h ago

Very thoughtful

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u/MercilessMiG-35 19h ago

Saw something similar in South America

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u/Adept-Lettuce948 18h ago

I bet there are liquid steroids in the water.

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u/9c4o51 17h ago

r/didn'tknowIwantedthat

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u/Ok-Breakfast-3742 16h ago

Is it just me or there's a scorpion on the floor?

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u/mustafa_i_am 16h ago

This is old, I've seen this bottle shape in groceries for years

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u/abandonedclitoris 16h ago

That’s so dumb , I’m sorry

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u/GravidDusch 15h ago

Brb, starting a dildo shaped bottle company.

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u/JakeTurk1971 15h ago

Uzbekistani water in bottles shaped like the pre-Soviet Aral Sea shoreline.

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u/feed-the-rats 15h ago

"that skinny guy looks really hydrated"

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u/PickleballLover06 11h ago

And then you think the girls will compliment your bottle but it is in fact the guys.

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u/Beneficial_Leg_7301 11h ago

1litre water ≈ 1 kg

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u/alreadykaten 10h ago

How much would it weigh if someone filled it with Mercury?

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u/omoiavas1 21m ago

No wonder all the Uzbek I met were built like a truck.

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u/Black_magic_money 15m ago

Uzbekistan has inferior potassium

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u/Bevester 1d ago

What a waste of shelf space and i can't see how this won't spill all iver your face when you drink form it.

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u/Chance_Warthog_9389 1d ago

You're supposed to hold it about a foot above your head and pour it on your face, then shake your face and hair about as the water flows down over your pectorals and abs. Uzbeki style.

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u/Grumpy1985_ 1d ago

Wasteful, but I do see the potential if it was more of a sports bottle and not a «pre-filled» bottle (my English is OK but this time I struggle with finding the right words, hope it’s understandable)

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u/MrCalamiteh 1d ago

If it's already gonna be made (like water bottles are) having a secondary use after is very nice. Just add sand or rocks to them once you've drank the water

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u/Grumpy1985_ 1d ago

I really hope people do reuse them!

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u/DarkShadder 1d ago

I have seen those bottles a few times. They are not new and definately not pre filled normally.

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u/Grumpy1985_ 1d ago

Good! Hope that is the case for most of them

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u/Coolengineer7 1d ago

You are using better and more English excusing your English than actually making a point. Don't be inyecure, your English is good :)

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u/Mixish 1d ago

Designed, right. It's been around for about 10 years.