Lessons from a Can Opener

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If any of you have something to say about my hair, I'm gonna need you to can it. Unless you like it, then please shower me with compliments!
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@Anhedonis 2 роки тому

Even though it was patented back in the 80’s, it’s still cutting edge technology.

@PublishX 2 роки тому

a 22 minute video about can openers? YES PLEASE

@theletters9623

also on the "someone will have taught you how to use a can opener" assumption, I want you to picture three 20 year olds standing around a kitchen counter trying to figure out how to open a can of tomato paste bc somehow all three of them were never taught how to use a can opener. That is one of my most formative life experiences

@clanpsi

My parents got one similar to this like thirty years ago and it's pretty much all I grew up on. I could never understand why my friends' families didn't also use them, since they're so obviously superior. I even recall cutting myself on a can at a friend's house and yelling something like, "God damn it, tell your family to get a real can opener!!"

@JeffGeerling 2 роки тому

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@martinlebl631 2 роки тому

Now I expect a video on cans. From the hard soldered ones, that could be quite dangerous if done improperly, through the war year ones, to the modern ones with liners that essentially eliminate problems with botulism. And all the rabbit holes to square cans, flat cans, integrated openings, whether key, pop top, etc, to the self heating cans for military, and survival use. Easily another video or two in there.

@Dr.Quarex Рік тому

I love the concept of Toxic Midwesterninty. My mother grew up in a house where her father literally would add new rooms from industrial or construction cast-offs, and impressive though it was, her attitude of "you can literally get by in ljfe using garbage" often was at odds with great outcomes. I appreciate her lessons on making do with literally whatever you have, and I am sure it made me actively more creative. But I am also proud that just last month I stared at the 25-year-old speakers I was once again fiddling with to get sound to come out of both at once, and suddenly said "fuck this" and threw them away and bought new ones. It was like $20 to solve a problem I had at least weekly. It was revelatory.

@027erod

I have a standard can opener but my life changed when I learned you can also cut the lid seam with them like the safety opener does! If you clamp the wheels to the inner and outer sides of the lip, so the handles both are parallel to the lid, it pops the whole top off cleanly! Makes me crazy that I could have been doing that my whole life.. Thank you for shining a light on such over looked and ever faithful kitchen utensils!

@lunarobverse 2 роки тому

"Assume a standard can in a frictionless vacuum." This, this right here is why I love your videos. Thank you!

@ElectroBOOM 2 роки тому

It's funny! I had seen the safety opener a long while back used by somebody. I thought it was a very good product and looked for it and instead got the 2nd type of opener you mentioned which didn't work well at all. For a long time I thought what I had seen was a hallucination until you mentioned it here! I'm going to get it now that I know it is real!

@maiyannah

I'm glad you said that about the canned foods snobbery, I deal with it so often as someone with a, shall we say, not as replete income. I can't afford to pay a twenty for fresh foods outside of harvest time and people treat me like I'm a worse person for it.

@laurenbradley6833

Your bit at about 17 mins in is actually spot on for people with executive dysfunction! It's common in folks with ADHD, anxiety, and depression, and other issues. Not quite where you were going with that but thinking that way has blown my mind and really helped me in my day-to-day life.

@Linkintime1 2 роки тому

When I was a teenager, the lawnmower my parents owned had a self propelling feature which didn't work. This made the lawnmower a heavy push mower. The need for a replacement wasn't very high for my parents despite my complaints. This one worked just fine. When I moved out, however, they promptly bought a riding mover.

@miles11we Рік тому

The opening and the "assume a standard can in a frictionless vacuum" hit me just right and I was howling with laughter

@starlight4649

I love these kind of can openers. Saw an automated one at goodwill for $3 right as i was gearing up to move to college. Tested it out at home. I was so blown away and excited by the fact that i just opened a can, lifted the top straight off, didnt even have a chance of slicing my finger open or getting sauce all over the lid or the can opener itself

@SpeedNintendo

As someone who eats a lot of soup, I bought one of these can openers as soon as I saw this video. And wow, they are an absolute game changer. As you said, everything in the can slides right out! No fighting with sharp edges from the pull tab or a "regular" can opener. Thank you so much, you have saved me from endless (mild) inconvenience.

@Drinkyoghurt 2 роки тому

You know you're getting old when it's Saturday and watching a video about the evolution of can openers is actually one of the better options you have.

@asa_______________commente4195 2 роки тому

“My boy Ardee” got me.

@Henfredemars 21 годину тому

This video has changed my life more than any other UKposts video. This is incredible. I will never go back to opening cans with a traditional can opener because I hurt myself on them all the time.

@ysodora8030

This can opener tip will make your life easier: just stick the blade side of the can opener on the outside of the can. Right underneath the seam. The line will cut straight and the lid will come off much easier without falling in. The edges are still a bit sharp, but that’s less of an issue when you don’t have to reach your fingers into the can.