• BlackVenom@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Homies out here calling a Ball jar a Mason jar… Smh. Practically spitting on the abandoned ruins of Muncie, IN.

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        7 hours ago

        Muncie, Indiana is was the home of the Ball Corporation, which is the company referenced in this meme. Also of Ball State University, founded by his endowment. Like “Mason jar” before it, “Ball jar” has become a genericized trademark for the object itself, especially in the Midwest.

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          16 hours ago

          But what style is a Ball Jar?

          If Ball makes a Mason jar, its still a Mason jar, so are all other jars made by Ball just ambiguously “Ball” jars? Or is there a specific design that is referred to as a Ball jar?

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            7 hours ago

            Well, currently Ball doesn’t make any jars, as I understand it. And I don’t think it’s in Muncie anymore either. So the term is just a holdover.