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[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I had a feeling it'd math out something like that if I opened my fat mouth, lol

I do wonder if thickness of the walls or lid/bottom does have an effect, though, as there must be some reason they make these weird ass cans

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The lid uses more aluminum than the rest of the can, making that smaller will have a bigger impact than the height of the can.

[–] KreekyBonez@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

and both of those cans use the same size lid

[–] 404@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

there must be some reason

Just a marketing trick IIRC, since energy drinks got popular and beer cans got unpopular among gen z.

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

True, look at the seltzer market for instance.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

pretty sure it just lets them fit more cans into the same box for shipping, same logic as how you can pack more sand into a box than you can pebbles

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

a sphere (think bubbles) minimizes area for a given volume