1 yr. ago • 97%

Do I have incredibly weak thumbs, or does this instruction exist on boxes just to mess with us?

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

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- I pay for the box. I eat the box.
  
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- Most of the nutrients are in the rind, I'm aghast to learn that most people just throw the box away!
  
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- If it tastes like it looks on the package, a viable option. Has probably more nutritional value, too.
  
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  When you can't read the box anymore, obviously..
  
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Note: this is a shit post. I still swear it is impossible.

https://imgur.io/gallery/yY59P

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- 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.
  
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  If you want to be able to penetrate with an index finger, I'm off work in about 2 hours. Wait....what?
  
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  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).
  
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  while you kiss your ass goodbye, and the box of noodles and cheesy flavoring defeats you yet again
  
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- Look at the girth of that dude's index finger. No wonder it works for him.
  
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  Hahaha
  
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- 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.
  
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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.

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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.

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- Me and the boys on thumb day
  
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  I can't quite put my finger on it, but there's thumbthing weird about that image.
  
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  Where is that from? It seems oddly familiar.
  
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- Do you even lift to open bro?
  
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It's possible, but it's a very high Dex roll.

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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.

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- I tried extending my chi, but it just made my jar of salsa fall on the floor and shatter.
  
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  You didn’t expand your ki so you didn’t notice the chili fall. Idiot.
  
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  I think you’re confusing your chi with your penis.
  
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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.

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- I too have been flummoxed by this obnoxious design choice.
  
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  It was designed by this guy https://youtu.be/2-p8YpR7rJc?si=tOZoJ0fNdzt68p6s
  
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- 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!
  
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- I too have been flummoxed by this obnoxious design choice.
  
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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.

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- I usually just knuckle-punch them in.
  
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90% of the time the whole box collapses before the perforation breaks.

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

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

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- Edward Scissorhands
  
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I just rip open the top of the box instead.

That's right, I'm a rebel.

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The Weaklings must be sacrificed to the pit of fire.

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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.

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

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- 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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It's not just you.

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

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- An unsettling yet plausible interpretation
  
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I have pretty strong thumbs and generally just end up tearing off most of the top and being pissed at the stupid design.

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- I thought that's how it was supposed to work?
  
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You're supposed to use your thumb to lift that flap, as instructed, not try to punch a hole in it. Start at the side.

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- As instructed: 'insert thumb'.
  
  I don't think I am the only one thinking inserting on a flat fragile surface means: "punch hole".
  
  If it had some cavity for your thumb to be inserted in it would make more sense.
  
  "Grip corner and lift"?
  
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  Yeah I get it .. but yeah they meant like insert in-between the flaps. That said not sure what wording I would use there.
  
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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

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- No way that's real.
  
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You have to grunt while you’re doing it like in karate.

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- Ahhh. See, I usually couple my attempts with something like "you God damned piece of fucking shit just fucking open why do they even put these stupid fucking things on here." I'll try just grunting though.
  
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  See that’s your problem. Too many syllables. You need one swift grunt to concentrate all your energy.
  
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How is this mac? I've never had it, but I love (and hate) the Kraft stuff.

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- Creamier, I think it has more cheese products and even less cheese. I like it though for something quick and easy.
  
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I just started doing one stab with a knife years ago and never looked back.

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no kidding the last box of mac'n'cheese i opened, that was the TOUGHEST spot on the box, i just ripped the lid off

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

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

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Just punch the top open. It will get the point after a few.

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Por que no les dos?

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Skill issue

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What sort of lift are you inserting?

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It doesn't say 'open with your thumb'. Open it with a knife or some other technique, then insert your thumb & lift.

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I wonder what part of the image OP wants us to look at... I guess we'll never know.

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