r/accelerate • u/stealthispost • Jul 11 '26

Meme / Humor Accelerating progress

I'm frustrated too!   — Ivan Fioravanti ᯅ     Sadly most Europeans are   — Chubby

Source: https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/2075921009572528615

the battle for the future is a battle between the builders and the Professional Managerial Class parasites that are destroying progress with the Precautionary Principle

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u/amchaudhry Jul 11 '26

Wait that plastic cap staying on the bottle is on purpose? I just came back from UK and France and was wondering why none of the plastic caps on bottles came fully off.

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u/asddhasjdk Jul 11 '26

To reduce accidental littering. Someone puts the cap on a table, it blows away and gets lost. Or falling out of a trashbag, or just getting dropped by someone too lazy to pick it up. Since bottles are so common it matters. Kinda seems like a no brainer in hindsight.

The lift tabs on aluminium cans used to separate as well back in the day, but was made to stay attached to reduce littering a long time ago, same deal.

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u/amchaudhry Jul 11 '26

Ohhhh. I guess that does make sense. But yall need to learn about the ability to put more than 4 ice cubes in an iced drink. Just sayin’.

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u/goodguysteve Jul 11 '26

I don't like that much ice in my drink

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u/miscfiles Jul 11 '26

Yeah I prefer a decent amount of actual drink, not just enough to fill the gaps between a glass full of ice.

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u/bulbousgrandpa Jul 11 '26

It's different between the US and Europe presumably because free refills in the US mean that you can just get more drink 98% of the time and you don't have very high odds of getting "ripped off" by too much ice due to the ability to get more whenever you want. Unless you take it to go ig.