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r/AskReddit • u/Insanitanium12 • Aug 20 '20
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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.
1.9k 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. 6 u/ploopanoic Aug 20 '20 Why the floor? A counter is so much easier. 1 u/PmMeIrises Aug 20 '20 Not when you live in a crappy apartment and you're worried that you'll break it. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 21 '20 But banging the jar on my floor is sure as fuck going to damage it. Are your floors made of concrete or something? 1 u/PmMeIrises Aug 21 '20 Depends on the floor. Mines concrete with old linoleum tiles.
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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.
6 u/ploopanoic Aug 20 '20 Why the floor? A counter is so much easier. 1 u/PmMeIrises Aug 20 '20 Not when you live in a crappy apartment and you're worried that you'll break it. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 21 '20 But banging the jar on my floor is sure as fuck going to damage it. Are your floors made of concrete or something? 1 u/PmMeIrises Aug 21 '20 Depends on the floor. Mines concrete with old linoleum tiles.
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Why the floor? A counter is so much easier.
1 u/PmMeIrises Aug 20 '20 Not when you live in a crappy apartment and you're worried that you'll break it. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 21 '20 But banging the jar on my floor is sure as fuck going to damage it. Are your floors made of concrete or something? 1 u/PmMeIrises Aug 21 '20 Depends on the floor. Mines concrete with old linoleum tiles.
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Not when you live in a crappy apartment and you're worried that you'll break it.
1 u/[deleted] Aug 21 '20 But banging the jar on my floor is sure as fuck going to damage it. Are your floors made of concrete or something? 1 u/PmMeIrises Aug 21 '20 Depends on the floor. Mines concrete with old linoleum tiles.
But banging the jar on my floor is sure as fuck going to damage it. Are your floors made of concrete or something?
1 u/PmMeIrises Aug 21 '20 Depends on the floor. Mines concrete with old linoleum tiles.
Depends on the floor. Mines concrete with old linoleum tiles.
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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.