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[โ€“] thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] Crotaro@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Genuine question because this might be a design difference between your country and Germany, where I'm from: Can you not lift the tab a little bit with the skin of your finger and then just pull on it? Are they welded onto the can?

[โ€“] thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There extremely stiff like a lot. Also requires a lot of strength and dexterity, at least for me. It used to be like soda cans where I can just easily pull the tap like I can with them now but a lot of pull tab cans (that are not soda cans) are just really cheap and are hard to open. I'm in the US.

[โ€“] Crotaro@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago

You're right! I thought of the typical soda can and, as far as I remember, those tabs are lifted a little so you can get underneath even by just shoving your finger skin in. But just yesterday I tried opening a can of tuna and was surprised not only by how naturally I do the little lift with my finger nails but also by how very difficult it is to open when you don't use your fingernails.

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.

[โ€“] LiamMayfair 3 points 1 month ago

Depends on the tab. Some are not soldered onto the can so I can work with that. For the ones that do, spoons it is.

[โ€“] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

With fingernails. Else, it hurts and smth like a fork, knife can be used

[โ€“] doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I use a cutless can opener

Fuck it. I use a rotary can opener. The one with the sharp edges!

[โ€“] m532@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I ask someone else to do it

[โ€“] fin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

I will use my fingers to prepare for the situation where you cannot use spoons

[โ€“] mercano@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I most frequently encounter these when feeding the cat, so in that case I have a spoon out already.

[โ€“] communism@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I use a table knife. If I had long nails I'm sure they would do the trick though; they aren't that strong

I split my finger nails.

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