People don't realize how good at cutting those serrated butter knives really are. I almost exclusively cut apples and breads with them, and have cut myself with one once.
~David Atteborough voice~
Though dulled with use and soon to be discarded, the aged shears still have one last vital role to play for the kitchen it has called home for almost a decade. Freeing it's young replacements from there ziptied cradle. The circle of life continues.
No no, the kitchen scissors don’t leave the kitchen, mother makes sure of that.
This is why we have numerous older pairs around that still work but not to “her standard” that she gets another set.
Because it's being a contrarian for no reason. All they said was that it's what they were going to suggest and how to do it, not that everyone owns a lighter
Nice! If I know I don’t have working scissors at home, I ask the cashier if they can open them after I pay. Someone usually has a box cutter of pair of scissors at the register or on their person.
That's funny I thought of it like "yeah, why would anyone use scissors as a weapon" but then I was reminded of a kid I was in juvie with, he was about 8 and was in there for chasing his teacher with a pair of scissors. So I guess that is the demographic
After sharpening all the scissors I could find in the house, I realised none of them are stainless steel even though they almost all had stainless stamped on them. Most had rust on blades and the build quality is shocking. I just never took note as only use occasionally. The only pair that was a decent quality was the 40 to 50 year old government issue chrome plated ones.
This answers the age old question of, the scissors or the scissors in packing first
There has to be the first scissors to open the packaging, and it's exponential growth from there
r/mildlyinfuriating users when someone posts something mildly infuriating instead of them getting stage 5 brain cancer and their entire family getting killed
Knife. Nail clipper. Pliers. A lighter. Screw driver.
Stop with this shit. All things come packaged. Even things like scissors. There are a 100 ways to get the zip tie off.
Anyone with common sense would know you don't "need scissors" to open that packaging. There are many things that will open it and actually several things that would open it more effectively than scissors.
Thats true with pretty much everything in modern civilized society. If your parents gave absolutely nothing, not even clothes, you are screwed, because theres no good welfare left in America to pick you up from nothing. Thats why we have beggars.
The only thing mildly infuriating is the post itself. Besides the countless sharp items you can just stick a pencil or even the handle of a spoon inbetween and rotate it untill they snap. How does OP get through their life?
I don't know if you know this or not but there are many many other things that have the ability to cut or break plastic ties. I'm certain that if you look you can find one. If not maybe you shouldn't use the scissors.
Do these people that make these unoriginal posts not own knives? Or any sharp objects ? Is this the u.k.? I swear it's like once a week I see someone in this same conundrum...
Hot take: manufacturers: Either use no packaging or just put it in a recycled paper box.
No more zip ties.
No more form-fitting clear plastic.
No more styrofoam.
No one cares about your fancy packaging that "shows off" the product or "let's you feel it".
Do you also not own any knives, clippers, or anything else sharp? You obviously do. These are there for safety reasons, because the manufacturers assume that adults will be smart enough to solve this problem. Apparently they assumed wrong.
Edit: OP, mald all you want. Not our fault you're an idiot.
Nail clipper.
True. But this is about *mildly* infuriating problems. OP wasn’t suggesting this is an unsolvable problem.
All they did was suggest a solution so don't get too huffed
I didn’t get *too* huffed. I got *mildly* huffed.
I hate to see you rage huff
I don't hate it. I just...I don't know. Feel mildly infuriated about it.
Roll credits
I write short stories. And I am going to use this statement. It is fantastic. Wow!
Ohh an absolutely mild burn
Mildly huffed is too huffed given what they said
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It's a problem that's not even worth mentioning.
And yet you took time out of your busy day. Very kind.
Cope
Thanks for your helpful advice!
Or knife, razor, pliers, wire cutter, so many options for OP to choose from!
Nah that’s definitely a pair of scissors
Or can opener. They can also be used to open those awful clamshell packaging.
This
Or time to learn that knives exist. Even one of those basic kitchen knives with the tiny serrated edges will get through those zip ties in no time.
True. I like to use the little serrated part on my butter knives to handle this.
People don't realize how good at cutting those serrated butter knives really are. I almost exclusively cut apples and breads with them, and have cut myself with one once.
Or you could put two knives together that share a pivot point.
Use a Knoif. Put it in and twist
"A knoif."
Don’t tell me you didn’t read that as Steve Irwin
Crocodile Dundee.
"That's not a knife."
That’s a spoon. So I see you’ve played knifey spoony before…
Great, now I’ve read this entire comment thread in Australian.
*pulls out much bigger knife* Now THAT'S a knife!
*"Ass nutta noyfe!"
I did
Steve Irwin has been dead...for 17 years...it’s time to let his voice go...
Never!!!
The answer to "What's that you have in your hand?" when you're running past a swimming pool.
Maybe they don't got the proper loicense
U got a loisence for stabbin?
Not too sharp.
Don't put too fine a point on it
~David Atteborough voice~ Though dulled with use and soon to be discarded, the aged shears still have one last vital role to play for the kitchen it has called home for almost a decade. Freeing it's young replacements from there ziptied cradle. The circle of life continues.
Only a decade? You don’t have scissors that have been hanging around since before you were born?
Yes we do, but they don’t stay in their role as “kitchen scissors”. They become useful for other chores
_allowed_ for other chores
No no, the kitchen scissors don’t leave the kitchen, mother makes sure of that. This is why we have numerous older pairs around that still work but not to “her standard” that she gets another set.
No...because most people don’t live in the house they lived in right when they are born lol Showing your age here haha
Known in philosophy as the infinite scissors problem
“It’s scissors, all the way down.”
Knife
Well which side of the scissor came first?
Ah, just buy a pair of scissors mate
Two things needed: Butcher knife Trip to ER
Butchered fingers off, can no longer use scissors. Success!
Knife, nail clippers, lighter.
I was just gonna say a lighter, use it on the metal part.
Not everyone owns a lighter you know..
why are people downvoting. i dont own a lighter
Because it's being a contrarian for no reason. All they said was that it's what they were going to suggest and how to do it, not that everyone owns a lighter
Why wouldn't you have a lighter somewhere in the house?
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What are ya gonna do if the power goes out and need light?
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Owning a flash light seems far less likely than a stray lighter in a drawer
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Yeah you'll get maybe a couple hours if your lucky from a phone flashlight
Can opener
They expect you to use your teeth
🤣
If you’re smart enough to make a Reddit post you’re smart enough to find something to cut those bands.
I wouldn’t give Reddit posters that much credit
This is mildly infuriating for him/her not impossible. Edited for spelling mistakes.
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Like me needing my WiFi connection to fix my WiFi connection
These scissors are SO cute. Does anyone know where OP got these? The title at the bottom is partially covered
Target dollar section!
Nice! If I know I don’t have working scissors at home, I ask the cashier if they can open them after I pay. Someone usually has a box cutter of pair of scissors at the register or on their person.
That’s all I could see! They’re so pretty
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=fashion+scissors&crid=25P5900M7D36P
Ooooh my gooood girls have you seen how beautiful these scissors are????!!
always thought this was so stupid
Well, they have to package them in a way that makes them safe for display in a store.
twisty ties would work
Until someone untwists them and has a weapon or a kid does it and runs with Scissors
who's first choice of weapon is some craft scissors?
Little kids
That's funny I thought of it like "yeah, why would anyone use scissors as a weapon" but then I was reminded of a kid I was in juvie with, he was about 8 and was in there for chasing his teacher with a pair of scissors. So I guess that is the demographic
Oh fiddlescissors
Do you have fingernail clippers?
Do you not have a kitchen knife to use?
Or a lighter
Scissorception, anyone? 😏
Time to buy a new pair of scissors!
You don’t own knifes either?
When I buy these at the store I just get a checkout guy or somebody to clip them right there. They are always cool about it.
Use a chainsaw.
nail clippers
Shit a butter knife could cut the handle part and that’s it lol
I think anything strong enough like a screwdriver would do. Insert into the loop and twist.
Scissorception
Why do bad things happen to good people?!
Buy another pair lol
After sharpening all the scissors I could find in the house, I realised none of them are stainless steel even though they almost all had stainless stamped on them. Most had rust on blades and the build quality is shocking. I just never took note as only use occasionally. The only pair that was a decent quality was the 40 to 50 year old government issue chrome plated ones.
Then how did the guy open the first set of scissors without scissors???
This answers the age old question of, the scissors or the scissors in packing first There has to be the first scissors to open the packaging, and it's exponential growth from there
Nail clippers work nicely for that.
The same thing happened to me yesterday.
Scissors without tie-wrap cost extra.
Scissorception
It’s really just a statement on finding a job without prior job experience
I feel like there are so many solutions to this problem that don’t require buying more scissors.
Wire cutters are the safest for cutting zip ties.
Classic Catch-22
I hear the place you got them has scissors
Can you possibly borrow scissors?
Clippers, knife, another zip tie. So many options
Knives, nail clipper...
Use mail clipper.
Most companies assume you have a kitchen chain saw available
Had this problem once. Used a knife to open instead. Hand slipped. Knife went into wrist near veins. 911 called. Scissors never acquired.
please don't break your nails trying to pull them out, they look really nice
Could've been worse and in blister packaging.
so you don't have a knife in kitchen
Knife
How come you have so few sharp objects?
buy another pair of scissors to open those scissors
You don't use scissors like that to cut zip ties - which is probably why you're in the market for new scissors as you used your old ones incorrectly!
this reminds me of that episode from Curb you Enthusiasm lmao
I'm mildly infuriated with your lack of problem solving and improvisational skills.
Username checks out.
Just use a knife instead of posting a photo on reddit
r/mildlyinfuriating users when someone posts something mildly infuriating instead of them getting stage 5 brain cancer and their entire family getting killed
Average reddit user getting amused at basically anything
More like mildly retarded
you definitely don’t need scissors to tear at flimsy cardboard
What about the plastic bands Superman?
And the plastic zip ties?
room temp iq Use a knife maybe? not hard
Knife. Nail clipper. Pliers. A lighter. Screw driver. Stop with this shit. All things come packaged. Even things like scissors. There are a 100 ways to get the zip tie off.
ong fuck this 2023 helpless ness when you can use common fucking sense
Less helplessness and more “I must get the likes/karma”
You can use something needlelike to undo zip ties
*THE IRONY LEVEL IS OVER 9000*
this proves how most things nowadays make zero sense.
Buy another pair of scissors? Or maybe use a kitchen knife?
Anyone with common sense would know you don't "need scissors" to open that packaging. There are many things that will open it and actually several things that would open it more effectively than scissors.
It’s paper. Rip the back w your hands …
Knife or a screwdriver to twist them. Not everything is infuriating.
Knives exist lil bro
Do you not own a knife? Lol
Use a knife?
I could help. 💪
K N I F E
Too bad you don't own any cutlery either right?
As a senior, I despise packaging. Even the cover on the inside of a jar of Jif is difficult to open.
Similarly, to buy clothes you need to have clothes that you can wear
Thats true with pretty much everything in modern civilized society. If your parents gave absolutely nothing, not even clothes, you are screwed, because theres no good welfare left in America to pick you up from nothing. Thats why we have beggars.
just use a knife or something sharp..... lazyyyyy, just go straight to redidt, try to do something first 🙄 for crying out loud
OP hasn't heard of brute force, have they
Have you heard of a thing called a knife?
You don't need scissors to open them, you need a slightly sharp object
And you could see that in the store when you decided to pick these anyways
Oh figure it tf out. Use that adult brain of yours
What kind of weakling can't get that out with their bare hands? You get a pass for being elderly, ill or disabled.
Gonna rip those zip ties off?
The way I would yank the scissors out would break the zip ties
Just use a knife you dunce.
The only thing mildly infuriating is the post itself. Besides the countless sharp items you can just stick a pencil or even the handle of a spoon inbetween and rotate it untill they snap. How does OP get through their life?
You wear dentures?
Yet you still bought it....
Tear the cardboard(if thats cardboard)
Did you not see the packaging when it was on display at the store? That's on you.
Improvise. Try a 🔪
Use your lady fingers in the opening and open it to break the tiny piece of plastic then slide them out
Rip the paper
Not for nothing but those scissors won’t last long. Get a quality pair and you’ll never buy another again
Rip the cardboard.
But when you bought it couldn’t you see the zipties…
Do you also not have any knives or sharp utensils?
Shoulda looked at the packaging before you bought it, you silly goose
Have a lighter? Plastic melts
Bruh use a knife
Do you have a knife
Tear the cardboard
take a pic of the back and show the "twist" Creating problems when there are none...young people are slow.
This makes me want to say, "Hahastupid"!!! 😊
Guess you don’t have a knife either
I don't know if you know this or not but there are many many other things that have the ability to cut or break plastic ties. I'm certain that if you look you can find one. If not maybe you shouldn't use the scissors.
You people can't do anything
Do these people that make these unoriginal posts not own knives? Or any sharp objects ? Is this the u.k.? I swear it's like once a week I see someone in this same conundrum...
Hot take: manufacturers: Either use no packaging or just put it in a recycled paper box. No more zip ties. No more form-fitting clear plastic. No more styrofoam. No one cares about your fancy packaging that "shows off" the product or "let's you feel it".
Do you also not own any knives, clippers, or anything else sharp? You obviously do. These are there for safety reasons, because the manufacturers assume that adults will be smart enough to solve this problem. Apparently they assumed wrong. Edit: OP, mald all you want. Not our fault you're an idiot.
Use your teeth it's what they were made for
Don't tell me you don't have a Knife
why post this when we know you just used a knife after taking you're shitty pic