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[–] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (7 children)

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

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 19 points 2 days ago (5 children)

The style is called a Mason jar because John Mason came up with it and made it popular. This is called a Mason jar for this reason.

John Mason was from New Jersey. What does Muncie IL have to do with the Mason jar style?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_jar

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

If you don't have a Ball cookbook, do you really cook?

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