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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.

      • 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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      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.

      You know that the serrated lines aren’t great when cutting the cardboard with a kitchen knife is legitimately easier. The blade wasn’t serrated, either.

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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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    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 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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    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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    Companies do a really bad job at product testing when it comes to opening stuff. The best ones are where you damage the product because it’s so hard to open. It’s like they never thought to actually try using the stupid little pull tab they give us to actually open their own product.

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      there is nothing more infuriating than buying a jar of salsa from the store, and then trying to open it only to have the jar fly out of your hands and break into tiny pieces that you now have to clean up along with salsa all over your floor.

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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.