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.)
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Winter8593@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y
Will someone explain what I'm not country enough to understand
Skezlarr@aussie.zone · 28 pts · 2y
I think they're lamps made out of beer bottles (just with no lightbulbs installed yet, they'd sit in the top).
Akasazh@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 2y
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
clutch@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Light beer lights.
Septimaeus@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 2y
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.)
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
If you were going to do that, it seems like you should fill the bottom half with cement or something - otherwise they'd be top heavy.
Septimaeus@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 2y
Slap some duct tape on it
NatakuNox@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
I'd go with super glue it to the side table
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev · 6 pts · 2y
"Get it? Light beers! Daryl, come look at these light beers, they finally found a use for em."
Fixbeat@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 2y
JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Floodedwomb@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
We used to make these with liquor bottles and sell them at flea markets.
over_clox@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
Instructions unclear, penis stuck in light socket.