r/whatisit • u/Natural_Ad_6882 • 10h ago
New, what is it? I found this handy dandy, purple plastic tube.
What practical purpose could this have? What should/can I do with it?
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u/Hairy-Protection-429 10h ago
This is a container for the drink "ZipFizz" it is a powdered energy drink with a bunch of vitamins in it that you can purchase at Costco. It is meant to be a single use canister. It appears that this is the canister for grape flavor.
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u/KYSMaddyy 10h ago
the canadian in me genuinely thought it was the packaging for a blunt.
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u/TheUndertows 10h ago
the american in me genuinely thought it was the packaging for a blunt.
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u/ugavini 9h ago
The South African in me genuinely thought it was the packaging for a pre-rolled joint.
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u/Darinchilla 9h ago
The stoner in me was sad that the joint was gone from this container.
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u/I_am_the_darkness_99 9h ago
I'm American and we get prerolls in these. I don't think a blunt would even fit in it.
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u/dumbseeyouintea 9h ago
American-now-living-in-The-Netherlands me thought this was DEFINITELY from a joint
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u/Slight-Selection4298 9h ago
I'm a blunt with an American living inside me, confirm, will not fit. Joints only
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u/dickloversworldwide 8h ago
The Alaskan in me checked his back pocket to make sure he didnt loose his blunt.
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u/GlassBoxGoose 10h ago
Im in the US and thought it was for some sort of pre-roll as well, even though most of our tubes are transparent. Lol
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u/cassthesassmaster 10h ago
Seattleite here and I thought it was pre-rolls 😂
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u/TheGordo-San 10h ago
Coloradan here, and I had also just assumed that this is a vessel that once housed a store-bought joint.
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u/unolemon 10h ago
I wish I wasn’t that person, but that packaging seems so wasteful for a single use powder.
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u/livingdeadrider 10h ago
It's this. I take them all the time. Typically purple, red or orange.
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u/Significant-Royal-37 10h ago
the cylinder must remain unharmed
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u/dragonfett 10h ago
I came for this
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u/Carbuyrator 10h ago
95% of this sub ends with "it's drugs" or "it's used for drugs"
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u/Plane-Education4750 10h ago
The cylinder must remain unharmed
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u/Sean_theLeprachaun 9h ago
And thats the other 5%
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u/ThatNentendoGamer 8h ago
Wrong. It's the real 95%
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u/theaviationhistorian 6h ago
I came to this thread to see if the cylinder was already harmed.
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u/Traaveler 10h ago
Or it being something that got inserted into a body part
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u/asicarii 10h ago
In fairness, lots of things can be used for drugs. This included.
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u/YetAnotherBee 10h ago
Nah the second I saw a plastic tube I knew half the comments would be cylinder related
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u/InactiveMedusa 10h ago
Don't, just... don't
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u/Commercial-Trade-117 10h ago
The cylinder must remain unharmed
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u/Immediate-Mall-5162 10h ago
It’s imperative.
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u/BungaloBilly69 10h ago
I hate that I understand what’s going on here.
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u/Shivvermebits 10h ago
Do you hate knowing the lore, or do you hate being reminded that the cylinder was threatened?
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u/CyberMonkey314 10h ago
Not to be morbid but...do we actually know the fate of the cylinder in that incident?
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u/themarkslack 10h ago
Eventually he just posted ‘Hospital’ in the thread, so there was probably a happy ending. Or the doctors helped him, one or the other.
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u/hughmungisjerk 10h ago
For the love of everything you hold dear... DON'T!
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u/ImpluseThrowAway 10h ago
It's going to happen. You knew it was going to happen as soon as you saw the dimensions of the cylinder
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u/barknoll 10h ago
It’s this
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u/Flipflopsfordays 10h ago
Why are they putting electrolytes in the joint holders
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u/IamHydrogenMike 10h ago
They also make great joint holders after you use them...I hate buying this because of the plastic tube, but my work sometimes has them; I just reuse them to hold joints or weed.
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u/barknoll 10h ago
yeah. I appreciate all the "doob tube" comments but I'm 95% certain it's just one of these with the label ripped off. great to repurpose as a doob tube, but it was initially a container for energy drink powder.
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u/Meowrista_arabica 10h ago
I am 99% sure it is a pre roll joint case, smell it to confirm. If you are from the US, and your state made cannabis legal, it definitely is a joint case.
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u/DickRiculous 10h ago
We used to call these Doob tubes because you’d store your half smoked jays or jays for concerts in them to keep them from getting crushed or reeking too bad of burnt pot. But our dumb asses probably didn’t realize we still reeked and were just smell blind to it. At least we were able to protect our jays from getting crushed or pulverized in our pockets lol.
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u/tswpoker1 10h ago
Lol I just found one of these in my desk drawer and was pumped thought it had a full joint in it. Opened it and it had like 1/3rd of one where I had smoked it earlier and saved this. No idea how long it was in there but fired it up and chiefed away!
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u/InsubordinateX 10h ago
That's what they're still supposed to be used for. "I used to do drugs. I still do. But I used to too"
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u/Alternative_Cry_8219 10h ago
Yep. That or a tube for a 510 cart
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u/Meowrista_arabica 10h ago
Oh okay. I would store some quick use coffe beans in it tho. Looks like it would hold an aeropress dose perfectly😅
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u/Itsjustkit15 10h ago
Lolol not unless you want hella weak coffee, this container holds nowhere near enough grounds for an aeropress.
Source: I smoke weed and own an aeropress. Am a connoisseur of both cannabis and coffee 🫡.
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u/Correct-Meringue-610 10h ago
Might be a joint holder
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u/Deathwish-Dena 10h ago
Weed or mini m&ms
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u/Mira_DFalco 10h ago
Well now I feel ancient. That looks like just the right size for a sewing needle case.
For the interested, you can go to reenactment supply sites to get these. Some of them are quite nice. Way back in the day, they were made for attaching to a belt or keyring.
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u/Primary-Ad6273 10h ago
I make sewing/repair kits from them and toss them into go bag type bags and edc bags. Can never have too much ability to repair 💪🤙
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u/sleeping_at_work 10h ago
Zipfizz energy drink mix. This is the black cherry. I assume that was a grape.
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u/TheSlowEight6 10h ago
A tube that holds precisely one reefer cigarette. The devil's lettuce, if you will.
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u/Hash_Tooth 10h ago
Itll hold two
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u/No_Guarantee7663 10h ago
Right! 2 cone style j's will fit. One mouth pice down and the other flipped.
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u/Healthy_Scale_5333 10h ago
Isn’t there a candy container for m&m’s or something that uses these tubes? I agree it’s probably a doob tube or vape cart container now. Either way the label is off so no telling what it was originally used for.
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u/Due_Preparation9567 10h ago
lol everybody out here saying it’s for weed and my first thought was “looks like a needle case for embroidery needles!” 😂
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u/Accomplished-Loss243 10h ago
While it could be for a joint it could also be a Zipfizz container
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u/6Sleepy_Sheep9 10h ago
It is imperative that the cylinder remain unharmed
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u/eatmyhogfish 10h ago
I see this more and more and more and I wish I didn’t understand the reference
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u/dorky_dragon_muppet 10h ago
idk what it is tbh but you just found yourself a nifty joint holder😮💨👌🏻
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u/cohesiveenigma 10h ago edited 10h ago
Looks like an M&Ms mini tube with the wrapper removed.
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u/himboz 10h ago
keep the measurements of this handy for when a small cylinder gets stuck in it 🙏
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u/isaiah152022 10h ago edited 10h ago
SOLVED! Handy dandy and some would say even LARGE 4in tube. More than enough for whatever it’s for…
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u/UniversityNearby649 10h ago
This was a zipfizz tube specifically the grape flavor and the label has since been removed
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u/Additional-Gap1287 10h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/HSUvpPzY6bEeQ
Hold the doobies….for your van…down by the river
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u/Responsible_Rock_717 10h ago
They did sell energy drink powder in these at one point also. Fizz…something.
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u/sleeping_at_work 10h ago edited 10h ago
I had this sitting on my desk. I FINALLY HELPED!!! Lol.
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u/ElectromaticBear1216 10h ago
Here I am thinking I can bring some info and y'all beat me to it 😭
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u/Chizels 10h ago
ZippFizz sold at Costco. Smaller than a doob tube
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u/WhoskeyTangoFoxtrot 10h ago
But are you still able to put your weed in there..?
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u/Regular-Effort-451 10h ago
That’s a powdered drink container like pop fizz or others.
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u/Button-Down-Shoes 10h ago
It held a powdered (energy/electrolyte?) drink mix. Most are sold in Mylar packages now.
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u/Boing26 10h ago
Theres an energy powder you can pour into water called zipfizz that uses tubes just like this.
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u/Radical_Warren 10h ago
Don't you do it! You'll end up in the hospital and famous on reddit.
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u/CitySeekerTron 10h ago
Someone heard you liked your cylinider, so we put a small tube inside an M&M tube, so you can get your cylinder stuck inside a cylinider stuck inside a cyliinder.
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u/Guideon72 10h ago
It's a container for these low-quality "energy drink" powders that I can't remember the name of, with the label removed. "Something" Fizz, I think. Just drank WAYYYY too many of 'em as a kid but they had purple, red and yellow ones.
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u/Darksidedrive 10h ago
Here’s the broad answer OP. You can put a bunch of different types of food in it. If you thinks it’s for weed, smell it
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u/-DoctorEngineer- 10h ago edited 10h ago
Zip fizz container, it’s an energy drink with a shit ton of B12 in it, loved trying to find uses for these stupid tubes as a kid
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u/Lizinite 10h ago
I used to use mini m&m tubes to store jewelers saw blades. My coworker uses it for storing Advil in her work desk.
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u/Away-Extreme-2928 10h ago edited 10h ago
Roll a doobie, place in toobie, when ready smoketh doobie.
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u/Delicious_CoughSyrup 10h ago
store toothpicks or one Q-tip (yes I know what the ENT docs say but damnit if the outer ear tickles you get at it with a cotton swab)
or a joint or many small pills. It is practical.
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