Why soda bottles have gaps in their threads (2000)

Re:Why soda bottles have gaps in their threads (2000) by animal531 on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @05:40AM (#28916392)

I figured this out once myself. I had dropped my Coke plastic cap, so to replace it I took a metal cap from a non-carbonated drink (maybe water) that was of the same size.

When I eventually opened the bottle it basically shot my hand off with some speed and shock.

I was quite surprised and then investigated and found the gaps, it's a neat little addition to the design (and makes one wonder how many other little details like this there are in daily life products that we'll never even know about).

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Re:Why soda bottles have gaps in their threads (2000) by rightbyte on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @05:46AM (#28916428)

> makes one wonder how many other little details like this there are in daily life products that we'll never even know about

You notice the hard way when you try to build things yourself. All the small things that make mechanics go together ... like just getting the jiggle just right to make things not seize or be too loose.

The amount of institutional knowledge around is insane, and I fear that the quality drop in things in recent years is just not due to cheap imports, but also that employee employer loyalty is punished by the employers nowadays and they are losing experienced engineers. Like the "I'll be designing cupboard hatches here till I retire"-generation is retiring and the new engineers are job-hoping?

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Re:Why soda bottles have gaps in their threads (2000) by neur4lnet on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @05:45AM (#28916419)

>>> (and makes one wonder how many other little details like this there are in daily life products that we'll never even know about).

That's what I find most interesting about things like that. They are everywhere and its a joy to find them.

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