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[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bonus: extra aluminium waste

[–] pinguinu@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yeah, I never really understood those tall cans. Could it be a marketing thing?

[–] OrnluWolfjarl@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It is. Taller = More for many people. When we are children, we actually think tall and thin = more than short and wide. We lack the logical skill to figure out that 2 glasses of such shapes hold equal volumes of water.

Even though this skill develops later in life, many people are still subconsciously wired to think tall = more. Therefore tall = better.

There's other things at play here, like stacking more cans per shelf, which makes it look like it's squeezing the competition => better.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 7 points 1 day ago

Most people are bad at estimating volume by eye

[–] ComradePupIvy@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 day ago

I personaly prefer them even though they are the same volume