Tin can pull tabs: Do you shred your fingers to open them or do you use a spoon like a sensible person?
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I'm not a total pussy so I jam my buck teeth in there and pry it open with that.
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I use these all the time, no issues.
You pry the tab up to a 45 degree angle. Then insert a finger. While firmly holding the can with one hand, pull back with the other hand on the tab, the can should open smoothly. At the very end there is a chance the lid will spring off the can, so you should use less pressure when the lid is almost totally detached.
If you have trouble getting under the tab (like you just cut your fingernails), use any flat thing to give you leverage, a spoon, toothpick, screwdriver, etc
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I most frequently encounter these when feeding the cat, so in that case I have a spoon out already.
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Wish more people here understood people's bodies are different including hands, I have trouble with these things too. Fucking hate them. I don't use a spoon though, just whatever that works. Like wtf do they have to have them so tight and no room to actually get under them and when you do open then they have extremely sharp edges to slice you up. Make it more accessible ffs
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One attempt with fingers, then butter knife.
spoon seems too wide
I came to say the same because the spoon sounds like a bigger problem than using fingers.
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Fingernails? When young, I sliced my finger with the lid itself and have the scar to prove it.
Side cutting openers are a must in a home with children.
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I'm not sure I understand how you'd shred your fingers on them. I put my nail under the tab and lift until my finger can get under it
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Wish more people here understood people's bodies are different including hands, I have trouble with these things too. Fucking hate them. I don't use a spoon though, just whatever that works. Like wtf do they have to have them so tight and no room to actually get under them and when you do open then they have extremely sharp edges to slice you up. Make it more accessible ffs
I think a lot of the comments about my fingers are in jest. Even if they're not it's all water of this ducks back.
Your experience is the same as mine. Perhaps when tabs came into fashion they were just flimsier but these days they're all so tight.
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I put my foreskin in the tab and pull on that.
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I came to say the same because the spoon sounds like a bigger problem than using fingers.
Spoon has a built in fulcrum.
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I'm not a total pussy so I jam my buck teeth in there and pry it open with that.
Teeth? What you too good to slide the flat side of your dick under there and think of england like the rest of us?
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Seems like it's been a while since pull tabs in Australia didn't want to rip off your fingernails when you try to use them to open a can.
I'm scared to ask... what... are you using your fingernails for here?
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Spoon has a built in fulcrum.
True, but the tip of a knife can also be a fulcrum
class 1 vs class 2 leverage
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I'm scared to ask... what... are you using your fingernails for here?
How do you pry these open? The tab in the picture is really tight against the lid of the can. Is there are trick to loosening these without picking at them with my nails?
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I put my foreskin in the tab and pull on that.
This is why circumcision was invented. To keep us from becoming too powerful.
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How do you pry these open? The tab in the picture is really tight against the lid of the can. Is there are trick to loosening these without picking at them with my nails?
it shouldnt be that tight but if it is you can use a butter knife to lift up the first 19 degrees and then use your finger.
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I came to say the same because the spoon sounds like a bigger problem than using fingers.
you can use the spoon handle
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How do you pry these open? The tab in the picture is really tight against the lid of the can. Is there are trick to loosening these without picking at them with my nails?
Push down on the short side of the tab and just behind the two lumps on the lid, it should go "kathuck" and the top comes up off the lid so you can pull it free.
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Side cutting openers are a must in a home with children.
What is a side cutting opener? If it really does cut the side of the can, won’t it still be sharp just like the lid
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I use a cutless can opener
