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[-] Winter8593@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

Will someone explain what I'm not country enough to understand

[-] Skezlarr@aussie.zone 27 points 7 months ago

I think they're lamps made out of beer bottles (just with no lightbulbs installed yet, they'd sit in the top).

[-] clutch@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Light beer lights.

[-] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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 points 7 months ago

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 points 7 months ago
[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I'd go with super glue it to the side table

"Get it? Light beers! Daryl, come look at these light beers, they finally found a use for em."

[-] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

When the labels are still on the bottles.

[-] Floodedwomb@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

We used to make these with liquor bottles and sell them at flea markets.

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