Tin can pull tabs: Do you shred your fingers to open them or do you use a spoon like a sensible person?
Tin can pull tabs: Do you shred your fingers to open them or do you use a spoon like a sensible person?
The hell are you doing that shreds your fingers
Seems like it's been a while since pull tabs in Australia didn't want to rip off your fingernails when you try to use them to open a can.
Don't know about you but my fingers are not made of paper.
So far, even my nailbiting-fingernails always were more than enough to get these open
I use my fingers but have never had any sort of "shred" occur
I'm not sure I understand how you'd shred your fingers on them. I put my nail under the tab and lift until my finger can get under it
I play the banjo and not the guitar, so I finger pick these open instead of shred.
Since OP uses spoons, you only need to find warshboard and jug players to round out your quartet!
I just slip my finger under it and pull it back. Easy.
I'm not a total pussy so I jam my buck teeth in there and pry it open with that.
Teeth? What you too good to slide the flat side of your dick under there and think of england like the rest of us?
Can opener every time. It sounds strange but it doesn’t leave a lip for things to get caught on when you empty the can
I ignore the tab and use an edgeless can opener, in case it gets lost in transit to the recycling plant and a critter finds it.
Finally a normal asklemmy question
After watching Technology Connections' video on YT about those weird can openers that cut under the rolled lip and don't leave any sharp edges on top, I bought one and use that on every can even if it has a pull tab.
I'm on team OP with this one. My nails are too short and 50% of the time I get a can that doesn't play nice.
Either way I use a non-electric can opener since it's quiet. My cat recognizes the sound of these things.
Finger shred.
I never ever seen anyone use anything else than their finger to open them. It hurts a little bit I guess but at least for me, it's more convenient than getting a spoon first
Neither.
I use a knife.
I'm just going to leave this here.. Best most mundane purchase I've ever made! Regular openers can eat a dick after using this type! https://youtu.be/i_mLxyIXpSY
I often shape and paint my nails and these things chip polish like nothing, so I'll use the teaspoon I have lying out from the last time I made tea, probably.
I'm a surgeon, I always use my fingers to open. Been eating canned tuna & sardines for so long, never injured my fingers.
im not a surgeon and i have also never shredded my hands on these. who is injuring themselves on pull tabs???
I'm always careful opening those. Better safe than sorry.
Some people have the manual dexterity of a trex trying to put on a condom
Oh wow. I haven't met those people.
Depends on the can, if I can press the top in to get the tab to pop up a little, then I will just to that. If that doesn't work, then a spoon or knife it is.
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.
With fingernails. Else, it hurts and smth like a fork, knife can be used
Wait, is the spoon and the shredding before or after the can is opened?
I think I misunderstood your question earlier. It's before the can is opened. The can in that picture has a tab that sits very firmly against the can lid. It's hard to get a grip on it without using your fingernails and the tab also has little sharp bits so its very easy for the tab to cut the sensitive fleshy tissue under your fingernails as you pull the tab up. So I switch to using a spoon to jimmy it up before switching to using fingers to finish the job.
The finger shredding would happen as an result of opening the can and remain shredded after until healed so during and after. Dunno about the spoon.
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
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?
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.
I most frequently encounter these when feeding the cat, so in that case I have a spoon out already.
I will use my fingers to prepare for the situation where you cannot use spoons
I use a cutless can opener
I use a table knife. If I had long nails I'm sure they would do the trick though; they aren't that strong
Fuck it. I use a rotary can opener. The one with the sharp edges!