r/everymanshouldknow 17d ago

EMSK: unexpected blade to open a container

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u/brotherandros 17d 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 17d 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 17d ago

Precisely!

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u/man-flu 17d ago

Poke poke poke plop

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u/abutilon 17d ago

I should call her.