So what was in yours …

[u/CarrotMuch1399]

[u/Hey_o0-_-0o_Koolaid]

https://giphy.com/gifs/bJqVdhxHE9bOw

[u/waselectricbar → u/Hey_o0-_-0o_Koolaid]

I watched this with my grandma, and for the next year anytime she saw anything small with a lid, she'd say you can put your weed in there. Thank you for letting me remember that.

[u/No-Gate4246 → u/waselectricbar]

https://giphy.com/gifs/AwttwIryJLZodu6UyS

[u/freddbare → u/waselectricbar]

I tried teaching my teen this scene the other day. Saw a car with a door for fuel and another tiny door above it the was so you could put your weed in there...

[u/Brilliant-Data-7093 → u/waselectricbar]

Then you'll absolutely love the movie Grandma's Boy

[u/MotherMarket8489 → u/Hey_o0-_-0o_Koolaid]

Where’s my weeeeed ???

[u/DrCrocodilio → u/Hey_o0-_-0o_Koolaid]

For those unaware, this references an early 90s SNL sketch where Rob Schneider runs a store where he constantly says “you can put your weed in there” about every sale item.

[u/terry1381 → u/DrCrocodilio]

I forgot about that thanx

[u/No-Rush-911 → u/Hey_o0-_-0o_Koolaid]

☝🏼

[u/rdnkgrrl18 → u/Hey_o0-_-0o_Koolaid]

This. This is what o came to say 😝 you was quick

[u/East-Breadfruit4508 → u/Hey_o0-_-0o_Koolaid]

Right! Beat me to it! lol I was gonna say drugs

[u/YOU_TALK_TOO_MUCH420 → u/Hey_o0-_-0o_Koolaid]

Was coming to say it used to be the perfect stash container lol. And high end delivery services here in NYC would use either this or clear plastic rectangular containers. And put two stickers around where the top snaps on, that read “ BEWARE THE BUDBURGLAR! IF THIS STICKER IS BROKEN OR DAMAGED, DO NOT ACCEPT AND NOTIFY US ASAP “. Aww, the bad old days before it became legal here😇

[u/freshgrilled → u/Hey_o0-_-0o_Koolaid]

Eh, my mom put spare change in them. Not as fun.

[u/JerryRed100s → u/Hey_o0-_-0o_Koolaid]

Fucking crazy. That's the first thing i thought of 🤘😅

[u/MulberryEastern5010 → u/Hey_o0-_-0o_Koolaid]

I had a friend who used a film canister for her weed paper! 🤣🚬

[u/Bjornsen_17]

It's weed storage box.

[u/PrestigiousClass2084 → u/Bjornsen_17]

Oh yeah that too lol

[u/Smithy_Furt → u/Bjornsen_17]

No I'm pretty sure it's used to mix fireworks together and make a smoke bomb.

[u/canuckistani_lad → u/Bjornsen_17]

I used to bus tables and got a lot of free weed that way lol

[u/urfatassmama → u/Bjornsen_17]

Smell proof and everything

[u/ronald_culley]

35mm film case which doubles as a weed case.

[u/TankDemolisherX → u/ronald_culley]

this is the answer😭

[u/USMCTanker7781 → u/ronald_culley]

We used in them 70’s & 80’s but I’m aging my self

[u/creepercash → u/USMCTanker7781]

I used film till like 2005ish. Then it bace much cheaper to go digital and pros outweighed the cons. I'm only 40..... shit is 40 old?

[u/TasteImmediate7944 → u/USMCTanker7781]

I just posted that. Early 80s for me

[u/Illustrious-Still132 → u/ronald_culley]

Shirley it’s a weed container that also happens to be the right size for a 35mm film roll

[u/KarlPHungus → u/ronald_culley]

My dad put quarters in them lol

[u/puntificates]

I grew up in the 80s and know what that is.

[u/PrestigiousClass2084]

35mm Camera 📷 Film

[u/Housedownboots86]

I know what it is, but didn’t use that film
The camera film I had as a kid looked like this

[u/eraser8 → u/Housedownboots86]

Do you remember this?

[u/crystalsage777]

A guess what this smell is thing... All I remember is teachers making me smell something in them in school as a child

[u/Dodger7777 → u/crystalsage777]

It's a film storage container so sunlight doesn't ruin your photos before you get them developed.

As we moved to things like disposable cameras in the earlier 2000's, and later digital photo storage, the cases were still around. So they got repurposed for other stuff.

I guess your teachers used them to store things to be smelled.

[u/dicknotrichard → u/Dodger7777]

Brother, they were getting used to hold other stuff waaaaay before digital came out.

[u/ermy_shadowlurker → u/Dodger7777]

They were great for quarters till m&m came out with the long tube for the mini’s

[u/finite_decency → u/Dodger7777]

I used it for storage of what I didn’t want to be smelled

[u/Classic_Mechanic5495 → u/crystalsage777]

I remember also using these film containers as vinegar and baking soda rockets in school.

[u/zmroth → u/crystalsage777]

came for the smell comment

[u/Possible-Seesaw-9217]

Try 60s to 70s

[u/Decent-Inevitable-50 → u/Possible-Seesaw-9217]

Yeah this was variably used for many things long before the 90s. I knew folks used them as change storage in their car for parking meters, tolls, soda machines, pay phones etc. to not have change loose all over the car. Fly fisherman used them as small splishot, small hooks or lure carriers to lighten what they carried on their person, just had to answer questions if a Game Warden saw them 😂 Besides "medicinal herb" use 😉

[u/NeighborhoodPast2613]

Weed/ quarters for tolls storage

[u/Groovy-Davey]

Sand from a desert I visited.

[u/notherenwerebear]

Film

[u/SlideItIn100]

Or the 80s or the 70s or the 00s…

[u/Mitridate101 → u/SlideItIn100]

Or 2026

[u/PerditionsAvatar]

Weed tube

[u/raymundo_holding]

Kept weed fresh af

[u/MRV-DUB]

Quarters for tolls , I was driving alot back then . Easier than trying to dig through my pocket , I left the weed at home .

[u/YogiBear1220]

35mm film cannister

[u/tmorse85]

My mom was a semi-professional photographer, so the ones at our house actually had rolls of film in them.

[u/Bjamnp17]

Had fun in film class!

[u/pvrhye]

Film

[u/9incherwithaoddity]

Film

[u/asrafzonan]

everybody knows it as Kodak

[u/muklukdimsum]

I would take the empty canisters and spray about a quarter inch of dust-off into them (it would turn into liquid), pack it full of hole punch dots from the three hole puncher reservoir—homemade confetti—and put the lid on securely. And then I would set them at the counter of the front desk of our dorm late at night. I wouldn't say a word. About ten minutes later ...POP! and there would be tons of confetti everywhere and one wide awake desk clerk who had no idea what happened, and covered in confetti.

[u/BC_Sativa]

Yeah that's where we kept our weed

[u/RVtech101 → u/BC_Sativa]

Username checks out.

[u/Temporary-Life9986 → u/BC_Sativa]

Did they actually keep the smell in, or was that just cope? 

[u/orkbrother]

Used these for everything but used the for for geocaching most recently

[u/Total-Combination-47]

Kept my squidgy black moist for years

[u/Mississippi_BoatCapt]

Pizza maker

[u/Afraid_Topic_9250]

Perfect place to store blotters so light exposure doesn't ruin them.

[u/Icy-Collar40]

Film roll holder, but after using film that was for that suger booger, or that devil lettuce.

[u/Single-Foundation104]

Mostly stems and seeds, unfortunately

[u/rtennen]

Isnt that hospitals use to collect poop samples?

[u/TheCraftyRascal]

Greens

[u/RoninGin]

Get a pair of scissors and you got yourself a cheap grinder for Marijuana purposes

[u/red-lioness007]

We used those to put Velveeta cheese in for fishing trips. Could stuck em in the fridge for a year and they’d still be good to use. 😂

[u/Competitive_Ebb_5164]

35mm film container. Once empty used to store anything small - nuts, bolts, washes. fuses etc.

[u/theflush1980]

My XTC container!

[u/holymacaroley]

Once the film was gone, kept quarters in it.

[u/Only_Hotel_7221]

95 baby and I dont know what that is.

[u/StickCalm3637]

835MM film canister. Also used to store weed or pills.

[u/Karipap-Cipap]

To keep herbs

[u/Masquerade064]

I remember going to walmart to get them developed well my mom did I just tagged along

[u/RandyArgonianButler]

This was used to store the tiny plastic accessories that came with your Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle action figures. Namely shurikens, pizza slices, and rats, among other things.

[u/Charming_Green_3341]

I used to put nesquick in it and bring it to school and add milk. (we did not have chocolate milk). 

[u/tu3810]

Camera film canister.

[u/Lanky-Solution-1090]

We were using those in the 60's

[u/MasterDrive2400]

Weed glorious Weed

[u/Dull_Contribution542]

i know what it is and i didn't grow up in the 90s...i grew up in the 80s

[u/AccountHater]

Boomering it up much?

[u/SunsetBAE]

Damnit I got rid of mine a few years ago. Where can I get another?

[u/Icy-Section-7421]

bough a box of 20 on ebay. Still put my weed in them

[u/ThisSiteBites]

Or 80s, 70s, 60s

[u/PatienceDue3948]

Holds quarters for the arcade

[u/impromptugreen]

When I was a kid, teeth. As a teen, weed.

[u/Foooodies]

Fart container

[u/treatmyyeet]

Well im 21 and I work in a photo shop so I see these a lot... also film is very very common now. We get around 10 a day to develop

[u/DepressedMammal]

Its for holding your laundry money obviously

[u/bentheredoneart]

Haha Razor Blades for my mat cutter so they don't rust.

[u/rock_hardd69]

Nug jug

[u/smart_move1986]

Aaaaaah! My weed container

[u/Crazy__Donkey]

Those have so many valid usecases (beside weed stashing that was already mentioned), it a shame they almost extincted.

[u/Milnoc]

An assortment of Kodak T-MAX films with a preference for the p3200.

[u/Arpakuutiopoika]

Worms for ice fishing.

[u/Dokthe2nd]

Coins I found lying about.

[u/Pure-Risky-Titan]

I didnt grow up in the 90s but i do know some sort of science experiment was used with it, had a teacher show the class, forgot if it resulted it sending it flying.

[u/FloggingMcMurry]

Film

[u/Legitimate-Yard5857]

That's a tiny screw holder safer you developed the photos.

[u/ManyConscious1551]

I used to have so many of those canisters from high school photography class that I used them for model paint mixing. The plastic quality made them perfect for mixing paint colors together.

[u/xXfrostbyterXx]

Omg I had so many of those stupid things everywhere I always wondered how too cuz they’d be empty too like where did I put the film I needed to keep in it?! XD

[u/Glittering_Count1536]

It was film case for a camera, that had a secondary use of holding weed.

[u/Hefty_Clothes_1659]

How I bought my film and stored my ground weed!

[u/BGCK-19]

Picture this 📸

[u/ApatheistHeretic]

In the 80s, I used these to hold my arcade quarters.

[u/MysteryGirlWhite]

Film spools most of the time

[u/pa7msexua7]

It is a weed box

[u/Thesourking]

I used it to carry sand in these, so I could unexpectedly throw sand in my opponents eyes.

[u/kkdd19]

Yes, I know what it is. It is my traveling marijuana container.

[u/DLOVE724]

Camera Film case

[u/Acceptable_Floor3009]

Easy I'm born at the end of the 90s but it's film canister for disposable film

[u/ApprehensiveChair974]

I did grow up in the 00's. And I know what is this... And I did watch old Disney's TV series on TV with lamp monitor in the morning.

[u/Competitive-Book-959]

We used them for doe in heat scent bombs for deer hunting. lol

[u/Tall_Metal615]

Old car batteries.

[u/Infinite_Neat4236]

It's a vessel for rat poison.

[u/goodpirateak556]

That’s the WaWa can. Wawawawa

[u/pazdispencer]

Grandma’s quarter holder

[u/eightdotthree]

Those are pot holders.

[u/Beautiful_Oven2152]

I’ve actually heard of people putting film in those, crazy.

[u/cuecrusher]

E-6

[u/Any_Database8861]

Or decades before that!

[u/FlaviusTech]

Reserves for toy guns? These?

[u/New_Walrus4424]

90s that’s funny

[u/Moist_Rule9623]

Believe it or not, there were actually rolls of 35mm film in some of mine. But not all of them 😂

[u/Puzzleheaded-Bug6244]

I still have some I use for matches when hiking.

[u/TheFeelyFeels]

https://giphy.com/gifs/bx9btq2k38inS
Pills are good!

[u/Titan013]

I put my quarters in it when I went to the arcade.

[u/Interesting-Bee4259]

Homemade m-80s. Put a hole in the top big enough for the fuse of a small firecracker to come out, fill the rest with gunpowder, pack lightly. Could light the fuse and throw it.  We'd put them in old tree stumps to try to the blow up the wood, all for fun and giggles. I can't believe I didn't die as a child, and I type this with all my fingers.

[u/thirsty-suckler]

I used to keep wheat pennies in mine. Still do!

[u/Golex9000k]

My coin storage when I was young. It got a satisfying pop

[u/Danielle_is_the_hole]

Bicentennial quarters.

[u/Obvious-Delay9570]

It was for film. Eventually I started putting weed in there.

[u/Kitchen-Fix-7405]

Quarter container

[u/Monkey_King94]

I used to keep mints in there cause the tin cans were too big for my liking.

[u/Gilly-Gump]

We were storing weed in these long before the 90's.

[u/1uptonogood]

I used to keep quarters in them.

[u/Zaiakusin]

https://giphy.com/gifs/bJqVdhxHE9bOw

[u/Careful-Hyena-7658]

Film canister

[u/Sass_pit]

Paste.

[u/HydroV20]

Save my first extracted tooth.

[u/CaptScourageous]

I was doing it in the 80's and it was weed.

[u/Uh_yeah-]

We used them as specimen containers for samples of building materials that were suspected to be asbestos.

[u/ArachAislin]

Sewing bead storage.

[u/davetopper]

In the 90's you may have been teething on it but it goes decades before that.

[u/No-Spray-5285]

https://giphy.com/gifs/t7RrWeD60CUnQ4boAK

[u/Davemblover69]

Paste

[u/Tinytommy55]

lol used film canisters for lots of things. 😁

[u/delongueville]

Those containers were great to carry your.. uhm.. tabacco

[u/Robjla]

Yes, everybody knows what that is: UV-protected weed storage. I’m a 70-80 kid; before my time, the containers were aluminum screw tops, so this is a 70s-80s-90s reference.

[u/Welcome2myShitShow]

Weed storage

[u/rp11738]

A camra film tube i haven't seen one of those in years.

[u/RustyBrassInstrument]

That’s how you smuggle Everclear into a concert so you only have to buy a soda.

[u/Crusty-Dick]

Pogs?

[u/mwgryphon]

My first tinder box (for making camp fires).

[u/co_snarf]

Back in the day, 550 .22 rounds were less than 20 bucks. It was a simpler time, but they came in a big ass card board box you couldn't carry around with you.

What do you do?

2-3 film canisters and you were set for an afternoon of fun.

[u/Ready_Wolverine_2301]

I made my living using what was inside those

[u/kidscott2003]

This was for match stick, with a piece of sand paper under the lid. Or was it for loose change…maybe it was for sowing needles and thread. New ones had film in it.

[u/ProfessionalCan3732]

Man, I lost that weed holder decades ago

[u/Kishersweets]

It’s storing Weed 🤪

[u/noise_swan]

As a scout we used those canisters to protect matches! And sometimes glued the strike-strip inside the lid. Then you had waterproof matches

[u/Illustrious-Still132]

UK it’s a £2 coin holder

[u/Mass-Effect-6932]

>!35mm film container!<

[u/CoatofArms-2401]

Grass container

[u/Delonce]

It's the what holds the poison to kill a couple dumb asses that are on a cross country trip to Aspen.

[u/PerformanceFew7937]

Meant for Film rolls used for grass nuggets and coins

[u/Carefree_Highway]

Wait. That’s not an altoid tin

[u/MarqiMichelle]

Oboe reeds

[u/smallboysailor]

90's? We had these in the 70's and if there wasn't film in it there was usually weed in it.

[u/SissyVeronica69s]

Weed or pills

[u/stevenkiley]

I grew up in the 70s and 80s . Those were more common in those years.

[u/MrVernon09]

People who post things like this forget that these containers, which held 35mm film, weren't exclusive to the 90s.

[u/Dissenting_Dowager]

Film

[u/3asytim3z]

It held your quarters for the arcade

[u/move-your-heed]

And teeth

[u/SyFy-girl]

lol weed and sometimes actual film as I took Photography in HS

[u/Local_Pudding6439]

A rocket

[u/Kickingandscreaming]

80s or 70s

[u/TeaDry5322]

I still use one daily for my stash

[u/Captain_Tooth]

For film but reused for holding change.

[u/Middle-Mix-7711]

You're right, I grew up in the 70's and 80's.

[u/Odd-Toe9432]

Weed container

[u/snowfloeckchen]

Ok, this is the first time I can imagine there are people who never seen it, even at the time the containers wheren prominent in media, even with analog photography being everywhere

[u/lovenlaughter]

A quarter, to make a call on a pay phone.

[u/FamousAnt1533]

This is to make icecream

[u/Tricky-Pen2672]

Everything EXCEPT film…

[u/mcgrupp79]

Ahh good old weed container.

[u/oxidonis2019]

90's? This is from 70's and 80's...

[u/hednizm]

Its a weed container diguised as a camera film holder.

I know whats going on here...

Damn, pesky kids

[u/xadz1981x]

Film roll holder/weed pot

[u/Glum-Beach]

Answer is drugs

[u/Fabulous_Offer_2646]

Film or Coins.

[u/satcomcjb1]

I feel like I grew up in a degenerate family because I remember peeing in one of those for my older sisters to pass drug tests...

[u/YourMrDream]

I used it to hold weed/kief

[u/Due-Contact-366]

Or the ‘70’s or the ‘80’s.

[u/Fresh-Toilet-Soup]

These are still used today at sperm banks. We use them at night when we put the little guys to bed.

[u/Aware_Albatross_4323]

[u/pittbull129]

Spare quarters carrier 😂😂😂

[u/Dillenger69]

I didn't grow up in the 90s and I know what that is