Why does a bottle have a long neck?
This life hack is very good to use during the summer: you should hold bottles by the neck. This shape is there for a reason: cold drinks won’t warm up because your palm is hot. Despite this being an actual life hack, it’s not very comfortable to hold bottles like this.
The airplane seat’s ears don’t work as intended.
Beer Bottles designed to be held in one hand, and drunk out of directly, have their shape constrained by human anatomy. The lower part of the bottle needs to have a diameter that can be grasped securely. The bottle mouth needs to fit into the human mouth, and have a shape that won't produce leakage when you drink from it.
When was the last time anyone got a French fry container from McDonald's like that?
They stopped using those in the late 90's.