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NarrativeNavigator ,

The Kraft Method

Note: this is a shit post. I still swear it is impossible.

imgur.io/gallery/yY59P

MxM111 ,

The post does not say that you will be able to penetrate with the index finger. It just recommends to place the finger that way.

theodewere ,
@theodewere@kbin.social avatar

while you kiss your ass goodbye, and the box of noodles and cheesy flavoring defeats you yet again

NarrativeNavigator ,

I feel the secret might be how the thumb and middle finger squeeze the sides of the box.

I’ll try it out someday, but I probably won’t report back. (Don’t want to get your hopes up).

robdor ,

If you want to be able to penetrate with an index finger, I’m off work in about 2 hours. Wait…what?

FuglyDuck ,
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

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.

AcornCarnage OP ,
@AcornCarnage@lemmy.world avatar

I always go thumb from the top, so pretty much same position as photo 2. Still not happening.

SouthernCanadian ,

Look at the girth of that dude’s index finger. No wonder it works for him.

NarrativeNavigator ,

Hahaha

Angry_Maple ,
@Angry_Maple@sh.itjust.works avatar

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.

over_clox ,

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

IDontHavePantsOn ,

I pay for the box. I eat the box.

MonkderZweite ,

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

delvan ,

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

cheery_coffee ,

How do you tell when it’s done?

over_clox ,

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

jennwiththesea ,
@jennwiththesea@lemmy.world avatar

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.

AcornCarnage OP ,
@AcornCarnage@lemmy.world avatar

I swear to God, in all my life I feel like it’s only worked fewer than 5 times.

Terevos ,
@Terevos@lemm.ee avatar

I think I’ve only got it twice. Maybe I should try harder

Curious_Canid ,
@Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca avatar

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.

Terevos ,
@Terevos@lemm.ee avatar

I tried extending my chi, but it just made my jar of salsa fall on the floor and shatter.

ericisshort ,

I think you’re confusing your chi with your penis.

Chriszz ,

You didn’t expand your ki so you didn’t notice the chili fall. Idiot.

SteveDinn ,
@SteveDinn@lemmy.ca avatar

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 ,
@regular_human@lemmy.world avatar

Me and the boys on thumb day

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

ProvokedGamer ,
@ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca avatar

Where is that from? It seems oddly familiar.

Myr ,
@Myr@lemmy.world avatar

Spy Kids

ProvokedGamer ,
@ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca avatar

Ohh yaaaa

TitanLaGrange ,

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

Pappabosley ,

Do you even lift to open bro?

vlad76 ,
@vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

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

CaptainFortissimo ,

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 ,
@Jamie@jamie.moe avatar

I usually just knuckle-punch them in.

Ganbat ,

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

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!

Nemo ,

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

magnetosphere ,
@magnetosphere@kbin.social avatar

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

shanjezi ,

Edward Scissorhands

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!

Poot ,
@Poot@sh.itjust.works avatar

It’s not just you.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I just rip open the top of the box instead.

That’s right, I’m a rebel.

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