Look at the girth of that dude’s index finger. No wonder it works for him.
Hahaha
I used to just cut the top off of the box using a kitchen knife. I would start just below one of the corners, with the box on it’s side, and I sawed through it.
I got some funny looks for that one when I first did it on autopilot around other people lmao.
You know that the serrated lines on the box aren’t great when cutting the cardboard with a kitchen knife is legitimately easier. The blade wasn’t even serrated.
See… what you’re supposed to do… is… hold it between you’re two hands. Kinda lie you’re praying. jab your two thumbs into the tab, then pull outward and just rip the box in half. Alternatively, if you’re the Hulk or something, you can just grab either end and rip it in half that way.
I always go thumb from the top, so pretty much same position as photo 2. Still not happening.
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I pay for the box. I eat the box.
Most of the nutrients are in the rind, I’m aghast to learn that most people just throw the box away!
If it tastes like it looks on the package, a viable option. Has probably more nutritional value, too.
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The one that kills me is when the glue they use to close the box is stronger than the box itself, so you wind up just ripping it open.
I swear to God, in all my life I feel like it’s only worked fewer than 5 times.
I think I’ve only got it twice. Maybe I should try harder
You’re not extending your chi through your finger when you push. The instructions take that for granted, but they really should be more specific.
I tried extending my chi, but it just made my jar of salsa fall on the floor and shatter.
You didn’t expand your ki so you didn’t notice the chili fall. Idiot.
I think you’re confusing your chi with your penis.
I think you all just have weak thumbs. I’ve always opened them just as the package says to. Never had a problem.
As a kid, I would have thumb wrestling matches with my older brother, and sometimes, on weekends, I’d hitchhike. I used my thumbs a lot. I’ve had to replace 4 space bars on my keyboard.
Never skip thumb day.
Me and the boys on thumb day
I can’t quite put my finger on it, but there’s thumbthing weird about that image.
Where is that from? It seems oddly familiar.
Spy Kids
Ohh yaaaa
Do you even lift to open bro?
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Latest kitty litter I bought actually says “opens inward for easy pouring” 🙄. Worst part of the chore stabbing it with a finger and hooking the tab back through so it doesn’t block all the litter.
I too have been flummoxed by this obnoxious design choice.
It was designed by this guy https://youtu.be/2-p8YpR7rJc?si=tOZoJ0fNdzt68p6s
Use a tool. Handle of butter knife, bottle opener. Anything sturdier than a finger those litter boxes are made out of something that masquerades as cardboard, don’t believe those lies!
I too have been flummoxed by this obnoxious design choice.
90% of the time the whole box collapses before the perforation breaks.
I actually just recently, after years of frustration, figured out a technique that works. You squeeze the box near the opening so that it bulges out. Then you can poke it with your finger and rip the top open. Feels like gutting a fish, which I assume now is what they were going for.
I usually just knuckle-punch them in.
It’s not that your thumbs aren’t strong enough, it’s that they aren’t sharp enough.
It’s not you. The only person that consistently works for is Freddy Krueger.
Edward Scissorhands
Companies do a really bad job at product testing when it comes to opening stuff. The best ones are where you damage the product because it’s so hard to open. It’s like they never thought to actually try using the stupid little pull tab they give us to actually open their own product.
there is nothing more infuriating than buying a jar of salsa from the store, and then trying to open it only to have the jar fly out of your hands and break into tiny pieces that you now have to clean up along with salsa all over your floor.
Why is everyone in this thread absolutely mangling jars of salsa
lmao I’m just trying to get the lid off! I twist, nothing happens, I twist harder - lid comes off and jar goes fucking flying.
If it’s a jar with a metal twist-to-open lid, you can get a butter knife or similar, and dent the edge of the lid with the back of the knife- doesn’t take a lot of force, but it makes opening the jar way easier.
I have done this before and it doesn’t always work. They just get them on there so good and tight. I honestly just always make sure to open them over the counter now.
I find most accidents always happen when you try to give that extra oomph of force only to go too far. That’s how I put my hand through a window once.
Instead of trying to dent the lid, you can relieve the inner pressure of any containers like the salsa with metal lids by taking a spoon and sticking it between the lid and bottle to try to pry the side of the lid away from the bottle to create just enough of a gap to equalize the pressure. You don’t need to apply much pressure, you usually hear the pop of the lid when the pressure is equalized and then it should be much easier to open!
It’s not just you.
I just rip open the top of the box instead.
That’s right, I’m a rebel.
