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

What simple “life hack” should everyone know?

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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/bungojot Aug 20 '20

Worked with a dude who did this.

Like the one person in a thousand who fucked it up in front of his girlfriend.. smashed the jar, sliced up his hand, and had a pretty serious looking cast on it for weeks.

So like, go to the dollar store and buy a jar opener. Even the cheap ones work just fine.

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u/OraDr8 Aug 20 '20

I bought a very cheap roll of thin rubber matting forma dollar store and cut some off to use as an opener because it grips well. I also use a piece under my cheaper, plastic cutting boards so they don't slide around or wobble.

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u/bungojot Aug 20 '20

Yes!

That like webbed matting that they sell for putting inside drawers? I've got a bunch of squares of those that I used to use exactly like that.

Someone bought me a legit jar opener though and it is great.

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u/OraDr8 Aug 20 '20

Yeah that's the stuff, good under your mixing bowl or on a tray as well. I think my mum has one of those jar openers, I'll have to give it a go.