What are these blue spots on the bottom of these sprite cans
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  • 67 points wortinger

    It’s ink. Like a signature for the printing machines so that the quality control people can identify which machine printed the can.

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  • 14 points Same_North_1750

    Can maker here.

    We used those spray dots to identify which gun applied the inside spray that is used to act as a barrier between the beverage and the aluminum can. Without the spray, the raw metal can affect the taste of the beverage and the soft drink can actually corrode the metal.

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    4 points ReadRightRed99

    Ahh, the good old days when you got 6 years worth of US daily value of iron from a single can of Donald Duck orange juice. “Pull the tab and taste the ferrous-ity,” they would say.

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    1 points BigChairBK

    The plastic/epoxy liner.

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  • 32 points [deleted]

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    8 points Digital_Soul_Naga

    its fent indicator

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    9 points N-Phenyl-Acetamide

    1 dot is meth

    2 dots is fetty

    Unfortunately, Sprite no longer exists. Its all just drugs now

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    0 points Just_Lean_On

    You’re thinking of pressies, or what young folks are calling percs now. They’re a more light blue with a capital M in a box on one side and a line down the middle on the other side, meant to resemble the oh so precious roxy 30s that were discontinued some years ago. Some that are pressed will be a darker blue, though not as blue as the blue on these cans, but in my experience those don’t get you there like the light blues do. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

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    1 points GivesYouGrief

    Can't wait til we can 3d print our own drugs

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  • 15 points Hypotenuse27

    OP you have been marked for execution by the Sprite Company... your days are numbered

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    1 points bbudda87

    This is what I get for being obedient to my thirst?!

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  • 5 points hondamaticRib

    My aluminum disposable cups also have these

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  • 6 points Aggressive_Homework9

    im goin to go with paint

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  • 2 points HknVers_isCycOfTraum

    it lets you know which one is positive

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  • 3 points Just_Lean_On

    1 blue spot. 2 blue spots. It’s a Dr. Seuss thing.

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    3 points StevieG-2021

    😂😂😂 One spot , two spot, red spot, blue spot

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  • 3 points omizkato

    THESE COMMENTS!!!!…..DID NOT DISPPOINT

    https://preview.redd.it/soxrh7ibzv5g1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a6cbea410ed23099d5f9f9f63225595ac247e28

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  • 1 points StruckOut4One

    It’s sometimes just a marker used by a grocery store to indicate that these cans were stock that were sold out of the supermarket’s drink fridge and not part of a multipack of cans, or from another store.

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  • 1 points JMFA_88

    Turn your crack blue.

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  • 1 points Topwaterblitz47

    Move along nothing to see here

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  • 1 points Topwaterblitz47

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  • 1 points br3nt3h

    Ink, the ink used for an expiration date.. must have been faulty at the place and time of the print, somewhere on the conveyor line.. just a guess with some factory experience..

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  • 1 points BlackMapleWizard

    That's how I mark the ones I put boogers in at the factory. 2 dots = a booger + a fart. 1 dot is just a booger

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  • 1 points Axl2aider

    Tear concentrate. Each dot is equal to 10,000,000 years from the animals that die from landfills. Remember to recycle.

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  • 1 points lilcramer

    They do the same with beer cans. The dots locate the weakest part of the can, so you know where to stab it when shotgunning said drink.

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  • 1 points Embarrassed-Tea6853

    https://preview.redd.it/9r3cg4x5yh6g1.jpeg?width=652&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=da7940c940fa477181186738b919bfc95819afc4

    THE BLUE SPOT

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  • 1 points iv_hush

    Crips marking their territory

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    1 points DaFrickinPOOPman

    *marccing

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    -2 points omizkato

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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  • 1 points MotoMinded_247

    Probably paint.

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  • 1 points Attitude850

    Looks like some leftover paint from the production line!

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  • 1 points LowEmergencyCaptain

    Indicator marking

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  • 1 points Nitrofox2

    They're to mark the poisoned ones. Sorry.

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  • 0 points Skwerl_Master

    probably put there by a human with a paint marker on the assembly line to indicate some check has been performed. exactly what they checked? I have no idea
    could be something as trivial as confirming the can is facing the correct direction before next step. or confirming the correct label is printed on the can

    the top can it looks like the paint pen wasn't fully primed, causing the smaller dot. (these pens have a spring loaded tip that "pumps" the paint into the felt tip) that's why on the bottom can you see 2 dots. the worker was accustomed to pressing a couple times before it would leave a mark. suddenly the pen finally started flowing real good and you can see the unexpected splatters over an inch away from the 2nd dot

    https://preview.redd.it/lvrtdh82a36g1.png?width=608&format=png&auto=webp&s=2700a893baf2c77bf5452c37987dfd4ddc1e8eef

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    2 points Toothless-In-Wapping

    All the dots have splatters consistent with air applied paint, not touch applied.

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    0 points Skwerl_Master

    like paintballs for ants?

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    2 points Toothless-In-Wapping

    No balls. It’s like an inkjet printer.

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  • 0 points Spock1138_

    They are Antifa messages

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