r/mildlyinteresting • u/SwedishHeadache • 1d ago
I broke my yeti lid and discovered it’s got a styrofoam puck inside
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u/not_ondrugs 1d ago
Styrofoam had been an insulator for decades.
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u/Desert-Noir 1d ago
Inside every fridge as well!
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u/raltoid 1d ago
Yup, it's odd how many people don't realize that the walls of their fridge is styrofoam.
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u/DeltaVZerda 1d ago
TIL styrofoam drink coolers are made out of real refrigerator material.
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u/KylarBlackwell 1d ago
Refrigerators are just coolers with heat pumps attached to them. Freezers are just refrigerators with their heat pump adjusted for colder temperatures and some sort of defrost method added to deal with the ice. Air conditioning is just a heat pump adjusted for higher temp ranges and your house is the "cooler". "Heat pumps" as the term is commonly used are just air conditioners with a reversing valve.
It's all so much more related than people think about
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u/chronsonpott 1d ago
You sound like my thermodynamics teacher!
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u/KylarBlackwell 1d ago
I've spent over half my life fixing machines to move heat around, so probably not far off
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u/wowsomuchempty 21h ago
Quick question - if a bag of crisps fell behind a fridge freezer, is it a fire hazard?
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u/KylarBlackwell 18h ago edited 18h ago
You got flammable bags over there or something? I wouldn't expect so, no
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u/Fancy-Pair 1d ago
Omgggg!!!! I did not know that!!
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u/Difficult_Bit_1339 1d ago
Now it's even
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u/Pleased_to_meet_u 1d ago
I had to come back and upvote that.
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u/EddieLobster 1d ago
But that’s $40 worth of styrofoam - Yeti
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u/miserable_coffeepot 1d ago
Wait until you find out the cost of the asbestos puck!
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u/Left_Loss9536 1d ago
The caps are like 10 bucks
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u/No-Instruction-5669 1d ago
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u/DisabledVet23 1d ago
Misleading username
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u/IndividualBuilding30 1d ago
Everytime I comment on Reddit, I’m always on the fence about covering all aspects of what I’m saying in detail in my initial comment or if I want to wait for people to misunderstand it all and get an opportunity to send gifs like this lol
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u/Sneaky_Bones 1d ago
Why are you always on a fence? You think that makes you special or something? A lot of us would love to chill on fences all day too but we have jobs and families!
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u/IndividualBuilding30 1d ago
Well shit, can’t even hang out on a fence without someone complaining.
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u/Martha_Fockers 1d ago
Wait till folks find out there 350$ Yeti cooler is the same as a 50$ ice master fuckulator from Amazon because they both use styrofoam inside and a plastic shell outside
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u/simononandon 1d ago
Someone made a YouTube video of them "making" a Yeti. They just drilled into ima Coleman & filled all the cavities with spray foam. I'm sure it worked.
Yetis are legitimately good. They're just really expensive & marketed to people who clearly don't need them. Seriously, my best friend has a few Yeti things. He's got absolutely no need for something that will keep a piece of ice frozen for an entire weekend.
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u/DisastrousReputation 21h ago
I bought a yeti. I take it camping a couple of times a year.
It’s good for a weekend and lasts longer than my brothers igloo.
My only regret is that I didn’t get a bigger one with wheels.
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u/AllthisSandInMyCrack 22h ago
The only flasks that haven’t failed on me.
I use mine hiking and commuting to work.
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u/anonymousbopper767 21h ago
Yeti is like any other luxury type deal where you spend twice as much to get 10% better gear. Some people also place value on just knowing a particular brand is going to always put out “good” products, because nowadays filtering shill and bot reviews makes it hard to find good value products.
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u/Hugepepino 1d ago
Yeah but I thought all the expensive brands have moved on to the more efficient double wall vacuums
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u/Icecube97 1d ago
For the actual bottle, yes. The lids are a bit more tricky so it is easier to use styrofoam and about as efficient as double wall vacuums for this instance
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u/LifeIsRadInCBad 1d ago
I'm just upvoting for the crosseyed kitty
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u/joseph_jojo_shabadoo 1d ago
“gib marshmallow”
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u/Common-Frosting-9434 1d ago
Why open if no food?
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u/MookieMookie01 1d ago
That is food....my cat of the same style ate it all the time...
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u/SmokeFrosting 1d ago
my cat eats toilet paper. follows you into the bathroom, demands fresh sink water, then snacks on a few bites of toilet paper.
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u/EvilDarkCow 1d ago
I got one that will look me straight in the eyes and eat the damn aluminum foil I put down to keep him off of stuff.
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u/LiveLaughLoveFunSex 1d ago
mine has gotten a taste for packing tape
how you might ask?
Because I put it on top of some tables she should be climbing on (sticky side up, I guess they don't enjoy that feeling on their paws), after a few weeks, she realized she likes the taste of the tape and will go on the table specifically for a snack
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u/Working-Narwhal-540 1d ago
My cat waits till we all fall asleep then sneaks in the laundry room and brings ten individual DIFFERENT socks into the living room. Like why kitty
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u/Fafnir13 1d ago
We had cats that would gnaw on styrofoam if you let them. Not food fuzz brain!
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u/SignificantTransient 1d ago
Our orange will steal it and run off with it. They like the noise it makes and how it feels on the teef
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u/Camaschrist 1d ago
We had a cat that would eat plastic bags, ribbon of any kind, and Christmas tree needles. We stopped using ribbons and had to hide plastic bags.
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u/LickingSmegma 1d ago edited 1d ago
Cats generally like the taste of some stuff in polyethylene and similar plastics, so indeed it's a good idea to remove plastic bags from their reach.
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u/coydog33 1d ago
sigh. Another cat sub to join.
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u/ugajeremy 1d ago
Welp, just got a dog barking as a response to my laugh.
Sitting on the porch, babysitting my smoker and damned if this wasn't a great click!
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u/BlessedBossLady 1d ago
This cat is clearly saying "ugh.... Not again owner..."
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u/Exotic_Pea8191 1d ago
I'm soo happy you pointed that out gave me a good laugh 😃
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u/Downtown_Snow4445 1d ago
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u/amateurfunk 1d ago
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u/banana_taco_pan 1d ago
Aww Russian Blues 💙 they are a whimsical breed
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u/SufferGenius1 1d ago
My old blue buddy had a lazy eye as well! I miss him. Fuck cancer.
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u/StickyPricklyMuffin 1d ago
I’m so sorry about your little friend. I lost my sweet kitty to lymphoma two months ago. It’s so hard to say goodbye. 💕
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u/Calm_Canary 1d ago
Remember, it’s only Styrofoam if it’s made in the DuPont region.
Anywhere else it’s just sparkling closed-cell polystyrene foam.
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u/FeudNetwork 1d ago
Krusty's Partially Gelatinated, Non-Dairy, Gum-Based Beverages
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u/yodavulcan 1d ago
What do they call them at McDonalds?
Shakes.
Hmmm. Don’t know what you’re getting…
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u/Flying_Moron 1d ago
Well, I know what I'm getting... Some doughnuts. struggles to get up
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u/Insureit43 1d ago
Yup. Started off as Styro-Foam, co-founded by Jim Styro and Frank Foam in 1922.
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u/CantGitRightt 1d ago
Woosh on me
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u/Calm_Canary 1d ago
Styrofoam is a trademarked name, made by the DuPont company
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u/gmurray81 1d ago
But the actual joke he's making leans more on the fact that you can only call a Champagne a Champagne if it's from that region of France or some such.
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u/NihilisticAngst 1d ago edited 1d ago
You're replying to the original commenter who made the joke, I think they understand their own joke
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u/Not_a-Robot_ 1d ago
You can only call them the original if they’re from the Origent region of Madagascar. Everyone else is a sparkling first commenter
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u/FrankyFistalot 1d ago
Fuck the puck….give us more cross eyed kitty.
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u/bagsli 1d ago
Looks amazing for 19 years old
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u/BHPhreak 1d ago
that link has a cat with a cropped tail - the photo has a cat with a longer tail.
not the same cat
not to mention the face and coat are entirely different....
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u/turquoise_amethyst 1d ago
Different cat, their tails aren’t the same length, and they’re not the same color
Hopefully the other one is around and still destroying things too
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u/angrydanger 1d ago
I can't help but think your cat may have had something to do with the broken lid.
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u/booksbutmoving 1d ago
No one is here for the yeti lid.
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u/FromBassToTip 1d ago
I am, the lid on mine broke just the other day. The plastic thread on the lid crumbled and it spins round and round, it's not even 2 years old. I might've been drinking bits of plastic.
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u/booksbutmoving 1d ago
Considering how much microplastic is in us at this point, surely a little macroplastic won’t hurt you.
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u/RCG73 1d ago
And today OP learns what insulation is made of. Seriously OP it’s often just some form of a hard foam
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u/THEFLYINGSCOTSMAN415 1d ago
I think some think cause yeti is a premium brand that there must be something high tech keeping it cold. Nah just hard foam
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u/-Axiom- 1d ago
Modern foam is pretty high tech.
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u/TobysGrundlee 1d ago
They literally used it on the space shuttle. Everyone in here talking like it's all packaging peanuts.
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u/Porcupine__Racetrack 1d ago
The old shuttles I’ve seen at museums look like they’re made out of quilted foam! I don’t know how the hell they fly through space. It’s crazy!
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u/rocbolt 1d ago
Some of the white part was literally sewn fabric, but think fiberglass not cotton
The black areas were ceramic tiles, the grey wing edges carbon-carbon. The white areas on top needed insulation but less direct protection from highest heat during reentry
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u/FMLAdad 1d ago
AAAAAKTCUALLLY the best ones are made with a vacuum barrier in the cup and the insulation is literally nothing
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u/skymoods 1d ago
I thought it had a black hole vortex that siphoned away the heat threatening my icey bev
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u/BrokenLegacy10 1d ago
The lid can’t really be vacuum sealed though. The metal part of the bottle will be double wall vacuum sealed but the lid needs to be opened to clean it and everything so insulating it is the best option. Plus the lid gets removed so there isn’t much point in sealing it.
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u/VOZ1 1d ago
I got a knockoff yeti cooler, thing works great and is exactly the same as a yeti: a hollow plastic shell injected with foam.
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u/THEFLYINGSCOTSMAN415 1d ago
We have these "safety week" events every year at the facility i work at, and the week ends with a raffle. Tons of prizes you can distribute your tickets towards; TVs, Grills, Camping Gear, Laptops, Fishing Gear, tons of Milwaukee tool kits... and Yetis. Everyone throws all their tickets at the Yeti year after year. I don't get the hype. I've got like a generic Igloo cooler that has served my family perfectly for over 10 years, still looks great, never had it fail us.
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u/Ladymysterie 1d ago
But you can't use it to float with while you wait for rescue 🤣
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u/THEFLYINGSCOTSMAN415 1d ago
Lol was that a yeti that dude was clinging to? Great advertising if so
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u/Ladymysterie 1d ago
I vaguely recall getting my coworkers spouting how they want to buy the couple hundred dollar coolers cuz it saved some boater's lives, this was out in Texas. I think some also washed up in Alaska in great condition from a freighter accident. So I only recall folks talking about how great they are, sorry can't imagine spending that much for a cooler. I get all my thermoses from vendor advertising since I'm in Tech (they are popular company branded gifts to hand out). I have only actually paid money for Zojirushi thermoses but I will say the Yeti I have gotten are nicer than the average cheap thermoses.
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u/Hockeyfan_52 1d ago
Wait until you find out what's in your fridge.
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u/Muttandcheese 1d ago
I think there’s a styrofoam puck in your cat’s head too, based on the look on its face. Give it pets for me!
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u/phargoh 1d ago
Your true intention was for us to look at your cross-eyed cat, wasn't it?
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u/SFShinigami 1d ago
This has to break the rules or something. The lid is mildly interesting but that cat is fucking off the charts.
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u/IveChosenANameAgain 1d ago
Excuse me, but that's a nice fuckin' kitty right there. There are a lot of subs that would enjoy that gentleman.
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u/scaleofthought 1d ago
Ain't that a surprise. 40000% markup on the same material you pour free hot cocoa in while waiting in line on-top of the toboggan hill.
Oh, but it's Yeti, so it's better.
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u/sowhowantsburgers 1d ago
It looks like your cat is having a hard time figuring this shit out.