Do I have incredibly weak thumbs, or does this instruction exist on boxes just to mess with us?

Coreidan , 10 months ago

You have to grunt while you’re doing it like in karate.

AcornCarnage OP , 10 months ago

Ahhh. See, I usually couple my attempts with something like “you God damned piece of fucking shit just fucking open why do they even put these stupid fucking things on here.” I’ll try just grunting though.

Coreidan , 10 months ago

See that’s your problem. Too many syllables. You need one swift grunt to concentrate all your energy.

ElBarto , 10 months ago

Just punch the top open. It will get the point after a few.

FlyingSquid , 10 months ago

I just rip open the top of the box instead.

That’s right, I’m a rebel.

Diabolo96 , 10 months ago

The Weaklings must be sacrificed to the pit of fire.

moosetwin , 10 months ago

I wonder what part of the image OP wants us to look at… I guess we’ll never know.

ryven , 10 months ago

You’re supposed to use your thumb to lift that flap, as instructed, not try to punch a hole in it. Start at the side.

Scribbd , 10 months ago

As instructed: ‘insert thumb’.

I don’t think I am the only one thinking inserting on a flat fragile surface means: “punch hole”.

If it had some cavity for your thumb to be inserted in it would make more sense.

“Grip corner and lift”?

XTornado , 10 months ago

Yeah I get it … but yeah they meant like insert in-between the flaps. That said not sure what wording I would use there.

TitanLaGrange , 10 months ago

It doesn’t say ‘open with your thumb’. Open it with a knife or some other technique, then insert your thumb & lift.

poopsmith , 10 months ago

How is this mac? I’ve never had it, but I love (and hate) the Kraft stuff.

Death2lois , 10 months ago

Creamier, I think it has more cheese products and even less cheese. I like it though for something quick and easy.

Tarquinn2049 , 10 months ago

Used to love kraft dinner. Til the big change. The one where their advertising campaign was that no one even noticed… Can’t stand it any more. Probably for the best, we used to eat a certainly unhealthy amount before. Like 3-4 meals a week, whether lunch or part of supper.

It just tastes like burnt cheddar now. Looked all over for a replacement, saw so many people claiming other products or recipes that taste “just like” the old KD. There are none. Those people are wrong. Either they are unwittingly non-tasters and thus unable to factor that into their endorsements, or they are aware they are wrong but are hoping to sell a product anyway.

There is no substitute, it will never be what it was, we have to accept it will never be again. And hopefully with it out of our lives, it will eventually find it’s way out of our minds. Can only console myself knowing that it was basically a drug that I probably am better off without… but man was it ever a good drug. Just a box full of comfort, with no immediate downside. I would probably invite it right back if I ever did exist again…

asteriskeverything , 10 months ago

Lol I relate to your love of a comfort garbage Mac and cheese AND unhealthy consumption of it.

Curious how long ago it was and if you ever tried the kraft thick and creamy? I don’t really eat much of it anymore but we always have that on hand for in case we want a frozen chicken strips + side kinda lazy night.

Tarquinn2049 , 10 months ago

I don’t remember exactly how long ago it was now, somewhere in the 5-10 years ago range. There are some varieties that don’t taste as bad, but there are none that taste as good as it used to.

asteriskeverything , 10 months ago

Ah okay thank you! I haven’t noticed a change but I think I had a gap between childhood and adulthood where I didn’t have it when it changed. And when I started eating it again it was only the thick and creamy cuz the regular was so runny.

CaptainFortissimo , 10 months ago

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.

Jamie , 10 months ago

I usually just knuckle-punch them in.

Ambiorickx , 10 months ago

Por que no les dos?

over_clox , 10 months ago

I just boil and eat the entire box like any normal person.

IDontHavePantsOn , 10 months ago

I pay for the box. I eat the box.

MonkderZweite , 10 months ago

If it tastes like it looks on the package, a viable option. Has probably more nutritional value, too.

delvan , 10 months ago

Most of the nutrients are in the rind, I’m aghast to learn that most people just throw the box away!

cheery_coffee , 10 months ago

How do you tell when it’s done?

over_clox , 10 months ago

When you can’t read the box anymore, obviously…

Nemo , 10 months ago

It’s not that your thumbs aren’t strong enough, it’s that they aren’t sharp enough.

jennwiththesea , 10 months ago

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.

SteveDinn , 10 months ago

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.

regular_human , 10 months ago

Me and the boys on thumb day

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2f2f96f1-02f5-43f0-8b62-4d0c10c15c22.png

ProvokedGamer , 10 months ago

Where is that from? It seems oddly familiar.

Myr , 10 months ago

Spy Kids

ProvokedGamer , 10 months ago

Ohh yaaaa

TitanLaGrange , 10 months ago

I can’t quite put my finger on it, but there’s thumbthing weird about that image.

Pappabosley , 10 months ago

Do you even lift to open bro?

magnetosphere , 10 months ago

It’s not you. The only person that consistently works for is Freddy Krueger.

shanjezi , 10 months ago

Edward Scissorhands