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[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 6 points 2 days ago

I don't have space for empty jar storage. Or full jar storage. I wish I did though. I barely have room for dishes. Jars are cool.

[–] janNatan@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Just look at all these pens and ink! I could write so many things: poetry, history, my deepest secrets, a book that changes the world!"

"So, what are you currently writing?"

"Well, nothing..."

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[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 4 points 1 day ago
[–] ValiantDust@feddit.org 8 points 2 days ago

No, I need more empty jars! What else should I put in all those neat empty boxes I collected?

[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Most of those jars are perfect containers for weed.

I grow a bunch of weed for personal use and one year I grew so much I ran out of jars. I have probably ~50 or so 16oz mason jars as a result.

That was a good year!

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

They would also make for incredible piss jars though, and they would be excellent for preserving strange animals / body parts. You have to consider all the angles!

[–] Redditsux@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Oh god so true. My mother has this disease. Half of the shelves in her kitchen are filled with these empty bottles. And she's stacking up filled jars on the counters! Grrrrrrrrr

[–] Sawblade02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

There's some Albertson's trail mix that I sort of tolerate, but buy lots of because I really like the containers it comes in for storing screws and stuff in the garage.

I think my dad did similar with Yuban coffee because he's got custom built shelves in his shop to hold over a hundred of those old steel cans.

[–] neatobuilds@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)
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[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Just like the Taoism concept of 'Pu', or the un-carved block, being a symbol of pure potential, an empty bottle is also pure potential

[–] dragnucs@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

They have potential. They always endup being used. Sometimes, to make better use of space I might swap bigger jars with smaller ones depending on the content. In the storage cabinet, bigger jars can contain smaller ones.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 2 days ago

Some bulk food stores let you bring your own. You put a sticker on them with the bulk item # and also the dry weight, so it's a little more work, but then you can put your jars to use!

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

I'm now using clean peanut butter jars as mini green houses for pots, to help seeds sprout. See! I need to save every single one!

[–] rothaine@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago

I blame Ocarina of Time, wherein glass jars are extraordinarily useful and difficult to acquire. Oh, there's also only four of them in existence. Cleaned-out peanut butter jars are basically Blue Eyes White Dragons.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Jars make cute pots for small plants.

[–] TGTX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Walking into The Container Store always makes me feel good about my glass jar collection when I see them charge like $8 to $10 for a single glass jar. Their “luxury acrylic” jars are about half the cost of that… I know that the store only exists to separate rich people from their money.

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

Start growing/foraging plants and drying them. When you do that, you can never have enough jars.

Hey keep your hands off my wife

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago

Oof. I also have a couple of really good bottles ... I sometimes use them for premade cocktails or when I buy a bottle of spirit or wine that really needs a better container.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago

A jar offers peak utility when empty - so much efficiency!

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

I'm gonna start throwing some away once I start running out of space! I swear!

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I thought this was Autism memes for a second

My wife is the culprit in our house. Should I get her screened...?

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I remember before I stopped drinking I loved collecting the extravagant liquor bottles. I must have had a dozen of the old kahlua ones that were all dimpled and ridged, and the cool but terrible tasting tequila skulls.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Weirdly, I do the opposite - I collect bottles that are simple, lightweight and a practical shape (i.e. cylindrical instead of bulbous, not to too tall, not too squat) and there's a decent chance that I'll decant liquor that comes in an extravagant bottle (though the bottles I'm most likely to decant are those that are too tall for my shelves or contain 1l - that's just a lot of weight when you want to pour exactly 20 ml).

[–] DarkSpectrum@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

Very cute and relatable

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