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MonsiuerPatEBrown ,

it aren’t supposed to be your thumb just a thumb.

magnetosphere ,
@magnetosphere@kbin.social avatar

An unsettling yet plausible interpretation

Ganbat ,

90% of the time the whole box collapses before the perforation breaks.

systemglitch ,

I just started doing one stab with a knife years ago and never looked back.

paysrenttobirds ,

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.

Anamnesis ,

I too have been flummoxed by this obnoxious design choice.

SkyezOpen ,

It was designed by this guy youtu.be/2-p8YpR7rJc?si=tOZoJ0fNdzt68p6s

asteriskeverything ,

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!

vlad76 ,
@vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

It’s possible, but it’s a very high Dex roll.

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

I’ve never had a problem with Velveeta, but Kraft put this shit on their boxes as a prank.

The_Helmet_Stays_On ,

Skill issue

ImplyingImplications ,

Here’s the CEO of a company on national television showing off his company’s new packaging design. The instructions are to mess with you. Even CEOs can’t open their own damn products.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-p8YpR7rJc

AcornCarnage OP ,
@AcornCarnage@lemmy.world avatar

No way that’s real.

Dick_Justice ,
@Dick_Justice@lemmy.world avatar

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.

blivet ,

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.

Angry_Maple ,
@Angry_Maple@sh.itjust.works avatar

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.

DontTreadOnBigfoot ,
@DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world avatar

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

Tylerdurdon ,

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.

cubedsteaks ,

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.

Anamnesis ,

Why is everyone in this thread absolutely mangling jars of salsa

cubedsteaks ,

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.

FuglyDuck ,
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

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.

cubedsteaks ,

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.

Asafum ,

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!

hamster ,

It's probably easier to make it from scratch than to open it there. Actually it's pretty much the same amount of work to make it from scratch vs a box.

betterdeadthanreddit ,

Are you trying to break through the side of the box or using your nail to pull the glued tab outward?

AcornCarnage OP ,
@AcornCarnage@lemmy.world avatar

It isn’t a tab until you puncture the box, is it? Maybe I could try peeling it (kind of looks like it on that one), but usually it’s clearly supposed to have some sort of perforation.

betterdeadthanreddit ,

I’m not sure about that. There’s the glued down tab that the text is printed on so my reading of the instructions suggests inserting your thumb underneath and lifting to peel it away like you mention above. This is supported by the lack of perforation.

CaptObvious ,

I keep a knife handy just for the satisfaction of stabbing these annoying boxes. It’s rather cathartic.

AcornCarnage OP ,
@AcornCarnage@lemmy.world avatar

Haha. Now that you mention it, I only reach for a knife when they really piss me off. Usually I just open it like a normal box.

dmention7 ,

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.

Naja_Kaouthia ,
@Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world avatar

I ignore these instructions entirely and just open the flappy bits. I am an agent of chaos.

DontTreadOnBigfoot ,
@DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world avatar

How?!

The glue is usually stronger than the box. I usually just resort to ripping off the top quarter of the box.

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