I don't know how, but my mom could open jars better than me when I was a foot taller and much stronger than her. She'd make me move furniture around, and I'd hand her pickle jars.
I find that it's easier to do left-handed, so that all of the torque runs through the fat part of the thumb, rather than trying to grip with that instead.
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Wrench@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 2y
I don't know how, but my mom could open jars better than me when I was a foot taller and much stronger than her. She'd make me move furniture around, and I'd hand her pickle jars.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 2y
That’s actually really cute.
“Move this couch, please.” “Sure thing, mom.”
“Open these olives, please.” “Of course, sweety.”
IonAddis@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Maalus@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y
Or just stick a teaspoons other end under the lid, prefferably where the thread begins, lever it up a little and it'll pop.
dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
Yep, I use the end of a butter knife. You're fighting the pressure that built up rather than how tight the lid is screwed.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Engineer solution. The rest are hearsay and folk tales
mdd@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
I usually bang the edge of the lid with some blunt flatware. Dull side of a butter knife is my preferred flatware.
Helped my manager open something a few weeks ago by using some random piece of office equipment. She was very happy to pickled jalapenos as a side.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 2y
I have a sheet of that rubber no slip shelf liner stuff I use for difficult jar lids. It works great.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I find that it's easier to do left-handed, so that all of the torque runs through the fat part of the thumb, rather than trying to grip with that instead.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 38 pts · 2y
Luckily, my teenager is shorter than me by a good bit, so I can freely call them a noob when they ask something that simple.
Then again, calling them noob is pretty much always an option, as is telling them I'll bang their mum when they lose a game.
1337 parenting ftw!
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 2y
"daaaaad this maths homework is nonsensical!"
- "skill issue, git gud"
starts sobbing
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml · 23 pts · 2y
Adult body with a children head, known issue.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 2y
so annoying when peter dinklage asks me to explain basic things, the guy's rich as fuck surely he can buy his own house and an encyclopedia?
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y
I just know I’m going to be minding my own business and my to-be teenaged son will suddenly ask me what a VCR is.
numberfour002@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
That's the thing with teenagers. Some days, mostly at random, they simply wake up and choose violence.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 2y
https://lmwtfy.joe.gl/?q=vcr