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.
I always go thumb from the top, so pretty much same position as photo 2. Still not happening.
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 just boil and eat the entire box like any normal person.
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.
How do you tell when it’s done?
When you can’t read the box anymore, obviously…
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.
It’s possible, but it’s a very high Dex roll.
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 just you.
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!
I just rip open the top of the box instead.
That’s right, I’m a rebel.
You know, I was just thinking earlier this week that of all the technologies we have, it’s weird how much we struggle with perforation.
This sort of package used to be much easier to open when I was growing up back in the 60s and 70s. I don’t know why, but packaging has gotten significantly worse since then.
If those companies are like the one I worked for, they likely outsource their packaging production. The company that makes boxes for tampons might also make boxes for pizza restaurants, certain cleaning tools, cookies, baby food, etc.
The vendors that my previous company purchased from were cheeky buggers. One of our products that was only sold to retailers included a display shelf. These things used to be pretty sturdy. Now, they collapse under less than half of the weight that they used to have. The vendor denied it vehemently, and I think they are still lying about it to this day.
This particular vendor has a HUGE monopoly on cardboard, so it would be difficult for them to find another process suddenly. I hope they do, but who knows. They might hypothetically have a contract that they can’t break for another number of years. Yay.
I’m not saying any of this to say that it’s ok or good, but a lot of people can’t see what’s happening inside these manufacturing facilities. A lot of this is hush hush.
One of the bigger factors is that in order to cut costs, they’re using thinner and thinner material for the box. So they used to be strong enough to withstand the force other than at the perforation. Now the same perforation is stronger than the boxes’ crush strength
Good God, the number of products where someone spent the time and effort to design in “systems” for opening/using the package, which are utterly ineffectual is mind boggling.
Did a flimsy cardboard box ever need some special tear tab to begin with?? Hell no, just glue the flap shut and we will open it like every other food box on the planet.
Shit that is infuriating.
