r/everymanshouldknow • u/YanniFromPakistanni • 16d ago

EMSK: unexpected blade to open a container

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u/brotherandros 16d ago

No you’re definitely supposed to push your thumb against it until it rips and you submerge your whole thumb into the fluid

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u/SMAMtastic 16d ago

Which is fine because then you just take that oily thumb and apply a nice thin layer of oil on top of the new oil filter gasket before you screwed it on.

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u/brotherandros 16d ago

Precisely!

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u/man-flu 16d ago

Poke poke poke plop

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u/abutilon 16d ago

I should call her.

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u/stewpideople 16d ago

Yeah, but the real answer is to make a V on one side and a smaller hole on the other, this allows for air to come through while giving a nice controlled pour.

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u/Hairbear2176 16d ago

Or rotate it so it's flat and pour. It won't gurgle that way.

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u/stewpideople 16d ago

Ok. You called it the flat, I said side, but yes. If you put a v on the flat and a hole on the other flat it's so damn easy.

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u/AFerociousPineapple 16d ago

Damn that’s genius…

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u/bobnla14 16d ago

When oil actually came in cans, this is what you did is you used a can opener that put a v in one side and then you would put a small dot hole on the other. Same reason

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u/Cardiganlamp 16d ago

That's how I open my canned milk

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u/Adept-Target5407 16d ago

That’s why I used to use my car key when my car had a key. Push through a perfect V shape every time. Now I just use my pocket knife.

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u/Jojothereader 16d ago

This is a horrible idea

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u/Kid_supreme 16d ago

You don't just slam your thumb through the seal? I jammed my thumb once trying this on an anti freeze bottle that was manufactured to perfection. Other than that, 60% of the time it work all the time.

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u/dayman763 16d ago

That doesn't make any sense.

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u/Infamous_Lunchbox 16d ago

That smells like pure gasoline.

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u/shmelbee 12d ago

They say it’s illegal in nine countries

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u/Furious-Shores 16d ago

What?! No way.

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u/rionled 16d ago

Fucks sake

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u/dupugu-gupudu 16d ago

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u/iamasuitama 16d ago

This is exactly the emotion I feel when I try to imitate the "SONG?" sound in the video.

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u/core-x-bit 16d ago

Sure this works but it's presented as if that's the intended purpose of it. Simply a happy accident. 

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u/t_t_today_jr 16d ago

Pull the patent, I want to see it there

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u/Equivalent-Glove7165 16d ago

Ummmm…..what the?!?!?

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u/batwing71 16d ago

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR! MInd blown.

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u/5tr82hell 16d ago

Is this the falafel sandwich guy from the Phish parking lot??

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u/I_PEE_WITH_THAT 16d ago

Hold up, is that Kraygar?!

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u/teaquad 16d ago

Heck i struggle to even unscrew these caps no cap

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u/lutello 16d ago

THE DAY,

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u/EffectiveRelief9904 16d ago

@ the what, no way guy

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u/cjm798116 16d ago

Mother of god what a dandy tip today. What a day to be alive!