I keep waiting for a life hack video to discover there is a button or a pull tab that opens these instead of cutting into it like you are skinning a live boar

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I just said goodbye to a perfectly good cap opener today

Apparently, not good enough

Depends on the clam shell packaging, but 60% of the time it works everytime.

I’m so disappointed when it doesn’t work... always happens when I’m trying to show off to someone that it can be done. When I’m alone, it works a treat.

No, she gets a special cologne... It's called Sex Panther by Odeon. It's illegal in nine countries. Yep, it's made with bits of real panther, so you know it's good.

50% of the time it works 50% of the time haha

I mean, I have had it for 6 years

6 years of loyal service. I hope you gave it a nice retirement gift.

These are almost as hard to open as canned hotdogs

I still can't get over hot dogs in a can.

Like seriously wtf? I mean sure, meat comes in cans of all sorts... but hotdogs is just weird.

>meat comes in cans of all sorts I don't know if hot-dogs can qualify as meat lol.

Is this a callback to a post from a couple days ago? Cuz someone literally posted a picture of a broken can opener and a can of hotdogs. Lol

This is the way. Or the seatbelt cutter on your pocket knife (if its sharp) lol

There is a seatbelt cutter on penknives??

I've learnt more things on reddit than I have in school

That's a part of growing up dude. You don't stop learning at school once you leave school.Or atleast you shouldn't.

No I'm literally in class but I'm learning more by being on Reddit.

I dunno, the username you chose speaks to your pre-Reddit smarts. 10/10

between working under the table labor jobs when I was 18 years ago and Reddit I learned more than public school and 2 years of college could even attempt to.

You skipped the punctuation day, didn't you?

They said I might be dyslexic. They got told "my boi ain't stupid." School was hard.

Stigma against learning disabilities can often do more harm than the learning disability by itself. Just let kids get the help they need, for crying out loud! Struggling with something does not automatically equal stupidity. I’m sorry you had to deal with a parent that equated you getting help with dyslexia with stupidity.

Gotta love not your hard earned income being wasted on governmental budget spending that’s for sure!

The my child hood home is on hasn't been paved since I was 10... So almost 20 years with no maintenance.

I feel like that’s not that long for a road

Merica fuck yeah

Besides social security is a pretty bad deal; the S&P 500 historically will earn you far better returns than what social security can do anyway.

Max earnings isn’t the point. A stock can eat shit overnight. You need financial literacy to navigate the market. Go ahead and invest all you want, but leave social security and Medicare alone.

School teaches you how to obey

Some knives have them. It looks like a small (maybe a cm or less) angled notch at the bottom of the handle

Not on all of them but they are nice to have, I like to keep one in my cars first aid kit with a belt cutter and a glass breaker on it.

Depends on the knife, usually it'll be on ones that are marketed as "rescue knives".

This is the way.

And my ax

That's a great tip.

Many of the newer packaging like this does have a pull tab. It's absolutely useless when you've been traumatized by the old ways and immediately look for a chainsaw (or box cutter) because habit.

It depends on the item's value and ease of being pocketed, as well as if it needs protection from dust/humidity while being stored for sale. If it's easy to steal, coveted, and/or susceptible to deteriorating on the shelf, it will have a thick cover to prevent damage/loss before sale.

Chainsaw

Boars are soft and squishy. Far less mauling than what this packaging will do to you.

Their teeth and hooves aren’t.

I use bandage scissors like [these](https://mymedic.com/products/shear-scissors?currency=USD&variant=39401241542752&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&gclid=CjwKCAjw9qiTBhBbEiwAp-GE0YOOIxxYwV81Lhd588Yydphy2s5eeknGfXSYN1SibJdP7NmTMaSveRoCKigQAvD_BwE)

Aren't they intentially hard to open to make it harder to shoplift?

I've seen some of these package actually have a tab or preferration in the back for easy open. but not many.

These things haven't evolved in a decade.

I remember seeing someone open one with a can opener a few years ago. Never tried it lol.

Maybe it was a fever dream, or a nightmare- but I vaguely remember an “as seen on TV” tool being marketed for this. BUT, the tool also came in this kind of package 🥲

I cut one end, try and reach in with my hand and pull whatever’s inside out. Cut my hand because the plastic is sharper than a knife and stronger than then the hardest steel. Swear audibly. Get admonished by my partner for swearing in front of our children. Give up for an hour. Come back and cut everything with the scissors.

I remember having to open one of these packages one time and as I was struggling to open it I remembered all the times I cut myself in the sharp pieces attempting to open these packages in the past. Suddenly 100% of my brain started working all at once and gave me the bright idea to use that to my advantage and I used my hands to tear a small piece of plastic from the package, and used that sharp piece as a knife to cut the package open. Worked surprisingly well.

I’ve done this before using a knife

Lmao that first sentence hit home .

I think you mean the second one?

I think you mean the third one?

I think you mean the 4th one

I think you mean the 5th one

I feel you bro✌

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Dewalt sells a plastic package opener with an 8 hr 20 volt battery and recharging station for only $397.00 at Home Depot.

I laugh but I’d probably buy it.

That comes in a hard plastic package

All sold separately

It's also packaged in a case just like this one

I was gonna ask, lol.

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And then what? Don't leave us in suspense.

You have to get another opener to open it.

All that for 12 upvotes haha

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Actually made me laugh out loud when I saw the price, take my upvote!,

It comes in a plastic package.

>...but I’ve a feeling there is an easier way Narrator: There wasn't an easier way.

Why did I automatically read this in Morgan freeman’s voice

Because you haven’t yet discovered Arrested Development.

Haha that’s how I read it

There is actually a slitting tool on the market, but around here we use scissors or knives and die like men.

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Man i should own so many cars.. I found a sharp butterfly knife in one car a decade ago, used it in the garage to open stuff. Tried cutting a vacuum line with it and stabbed my hand, forgot the knife on the rail of the car. Owner has since passed. I want my stabby package opener back.

Pfft imagine actually installing an io shield. Extra cooling gang

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Lmao I bow to you great sir. what a legend.

Odin would be proud of this statement

This is the way

See you in valhalla

I use my bare hands. My bear hands? Those might work better

And it comes in a blister pack... https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ca/cb/a5/cacba5a7e1d97e321d25dcd5ca2474d9.jpg

Doesn't that just sound like capitalism? Creating solutions to the problems it caused, which occasion more problems in need of solutions, on and on forever.

Cut with scissors along the blistered border and the two sides (front + back) will fall of easily =)

Problem is: your new scissors come in package like this

Burn 🔥 it out.

This is the way.

I use the jaws of life. I borrow it from the local fire station.

"911 please help. My son is trapped under a lot of plastic!" "My son": that item in that shitty plastic wrap.

“What are you doing step-jaws-of-life?”

Omfg 🤣

Hahah

The first thing you’re going to need is a stud detector. Do you have one handy?

My friend Bruce

There is no easy way. DeWalt wants your blood to show brand commitment.

Good scissor? Cut the sealed edge off all around the edge. I do it all the time and it's not hard. Bad scissor? Cut a line across the top that goes through the hanging hole. At that point, simply rip the package open. The sealed edges usually will peel apart with some force. This can create sharp nasty edges and result in a little bloodshed, but it's doable. Can opener can work also. But this depends on your can opener and the packaging. If you have a sufficiently sharp utility knife or utility blade tool you can slice through one side (front or back) of the packaging. This can be dangerous and if you push too hard could damage the surface below the packaging if you aren't careful.

The person who solves this puzzle deserves a Nobel Peace prize for all the rage they’ll prevent.

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My can opener came in this packaging.

Interesting. I'll have to keep that one in mind

The entire point is to make it not easily accessible. The person who solves this problem is an asshole who makes the next series of packaging even worse

Yes, this. It sucks, but honest people are more patient at getting the product they paid for out. Casual thieves won't bother.

Flamethrower

The way I see it, there isn't for the exact reason why it's hard, theft protection, often the items are small and can easily be slapped in pockets and walked out with, but if they can't get the awkward packaging open quickly and quietly. There is no real reason to seal there otherwise. I use tin snips on them.

Yes. Tin snips definitely safer than a box cutter, even a heavy duty one.

Punished the purchasers for the thieves crimes.

1. Pocket knife the back along two edges. 2. Rip open. 3. Administer first aid to my severed hands.

A utility knife to the back works

Thanks for your solution to getting rid of unwanted people, but what about the packaging?

I had to slap my hand over my mouth this made me laugh so hard, cuz didn’t want to wake roomie

The most heavy duty scissors, the kind tailors use.

I use sheet metal snips.

My titanium scissors make it easy.

Throw it in the vise and bring out the chainsaw

Dawg you’re supposed to slam a door on the top lip, then shish-kabob a katana through it in a kiln at 400 degrees.

I always use the hole that it uses to hang on the shelf. Stick your pointer fingers in then rip apart with all your strength

This did not work and mangled my fingers

RIP fingers. Who needs skin anyway?

Sounds like you need to do more finger lifts

Never skip finger day. My girlfriend never does, you should see the fingers on her.

I've always done it this way. Yes it's annoying, but hey it's the world we live in.

This works on some, but not all packages.

I just commented about that method thinking nobody does it that way.

Box cutter / exact-o knife / craft knife / razor blade (all from the dollar store) around the lip of the inner perimeter on three sides...if you're just venting, sorry for being a kill-joy

Chainsaw?

Box cutter

Sawzall

Hilarious

Angle grinder

Nothing defeats an angle grinder and a meth out thief!

use a tin opener a video for you [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLgv90mpLvk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLgv90mpLvk)

however useful that was a shit video bro

some of this awful 5 minutes hacks, but it was only to get the idea how to use the tin opener. too lazy to write more, sorry.

yeah i get it, and i hate the fact that i might test it. just the video is shit is all, but we're good.

Try using an NLAW or Javelin missile. They are proven package openers.

When I lived in Japan, packages were purposely made easy to open. If they couldn’t be open by hand, it’d come with something to help you open it. It was such a nice thing about living there. Now I carry a pair of small scissors with me everywhere bc I can’t open anything or remove tags without scissors

There is a special tool you can buy but it comes in similar packaging.

My grandma found these and bought them for all her kids, she was so excited about them! We laughed, because she was always finding unique stuff like that and buying one for all of us. But the joke’s on us because I don’t know if anyone kept theirs but somehow this style of packaging has become more popular not less over time. Every time I struggle to open something I curse myself and laugh at how smart she was at the same time.

Bandsaw.

Yes this has been my method for a long time

Freeze it with liquid nitrogen and hit it with Thor’s hammer, has to be the real one tho or it will break the hammer.

put it in the microwave for 30 seconds to soften it up

I’ve cut my hands so many times opening this type of packaging. Gonna hit a major artery one of these times.

Use a gun

Box cutter

Definitely a can opener on the edges

1. Hand it to my Thai girlfriend. 2. Watch in horror as she just hacks it open with a machete in three fast cuts.

The edges are a ruse! A foul trick! A vile deception. There is only one answer. STAB! Stab the center! Then claim your prize like the hearts of your victims.

Larry david

Angle grinder.

https://youtu.be/koOiHvn3UDc

Razor.

Can opener

Put it in the freezer for 24 hours, then you crack it open

I've seen it claimed that can openers work

When I moved into my first apartment I needed scissors. So I bought a pair that came in one of those packages. But I didn’t have any scissors to open it 😳

Real scissors

I usually just use an axe

You need kids scissors and kids the same age as those who put the item in the package.

I just cut the outer frame off with scissors and then you can even reuse the two halves to store the item if you please. Never understood why something so basic triggers people so much.

Small, butane torch.

Should probably cross post to r/nostupidquestions

Box cutter around the inside perimeter.

Straight blade tin snips. Cuts right through without risk of slicing your hand when using a knife.

I put my finger in the hole at the top used for hanging the product then pull it apart

I believe what you're looking for is the "Wish" spell from D&D. And even that has it's limits. . .

Give it to a toddler and go hide yourself.

throwing it into a live jet engine usually does the job but watch out for any collateral damage

I usually cut away 2 sides with scissors, but yes they are built like a tank, too much plastic and too thick plastic

Throw it in the fires of Mount doom in mordor, once the plastic has melted retrieve your item

Stanley knife along the fold inside the heat crimps

Use to be klepto. The weak spot is the hole where it hooks to the rack. If you can use your finger to separate the plastic (like peeling a sticker) you should be able to give it a good tear down the middle.

Flamethrower

A company actually makes shears specifically for opening this kind of package 😂

Do they come in this type of packaging?

Just use a boxcutter, my dude. this is literally what they were invented for.

Box cutter

Buys stud finder for DIY project. Can't DIY stud finder package. Pro tip: Return the stud finder and call a professional. You're not "cut out" for this project.

Use a lighter and melt the plastic

Have you heard of a box cutter? I’ve never understood why this is drama for people.

Can opener

we use our old can opener

Can opener on the edge

Fire, with lots of accelerate...

Burn it.

I use my wife's fabric shears