• Skezlarr@aussie.zone
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      9 months ago

      I think they’re lamps made out of beer bottles (just with no lightbulbs installed yet, they’d sit in the top).

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        9 months ago

        For a minute I thought these were carbonation savers, special caps for fizzy wines that make it so they don’t lose to much bubbles over night.

        Which didn’t catch me as very redneck

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      9 months ago

      Further context for those outside US:

      The bottles are from two of the most common, cheap domestic beers, which can be found everywhere but are strongly associated with low-brow party culture of the suburbs and the holler (tailgating, barbecues, etc). Like, if you order one of these at an upscale place, it’s probably either to signal approachability / lack of pretension or because it’s the cheapest thing on the menu.

      Also making do with what’s at hand, aka “redneck engineering,” is a meme in its own right.

      Edit: not turning my nose up, to be clear. (Though if I’m picking up a case of cheap beer, it’ll be PBR or Schlitz if that’s still around. Maybe non-light Coors.)