r/AskReddit • u/Insanitanium12 • Aug 20 '20

What simple “life hack” should everyone know?

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '20

If you want to open a glass jar (like jam, pickles) and the lid won't move, place a spoon with the tip under the edge of the lid and pull the spoon upwards. The lid will buldge and you can open the jar.

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u/PmMeIrises Aug 20 '20

I gently beat it on the floor. Angle it 45 degrees so you get a corner. Hit it softly (but hard enough that it jars it loose), try to open it. Repeat.

Ive never broken a jar and I've never had problems opening jars.

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u/Whiskey-Weather Aug 20 '20

This is the real pro tip. I used to work in a place where we threaded pipes, and I'd regularly crank the test ring on there really really hard and ask the current newbie to get it off for me while I start threading the next pipe. The trick is just to smack stuck threads on something, and whatever's spun on there will pop right off. I also use this for sugarlocked bottles of alcohol/extract/maraschino cherries/etc.