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Muncie, Indiana is 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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somethingsnappy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
If you don’t have a Ball cookbook, do you really cook?

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Routhinator@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 judt ambiguously “Ball” jars? Or is there a specific design that is referred to as a Ball jar?

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- ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.
  
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