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Doesn’t help you now I’m sure, but I’ve found gently banging around the rim or lid of a jar on the concrete outside usually loosens the seal enough to open the jar.

(Outside on concrete because I don’t want to dent anything inside.)

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Or just stick a teaspoons other end under the lid, prefferably where the thread begins, lever it up a little and it’ll pop.

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Yep, I use the end of a butter knife. You’re fighting the pressure that built up rather than how tight the lid is screwed.

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Engineer solution. The rest are hearsay and folk tales

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I usually bang the edge of the lid with some blunt flatware. Dull side of a butter knife is my preferred flatware.

Helped my manager open something a few weeks ago by using some random piece of office equipment. She was very happy to pickled jalapenos as a side.

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I have a sheet of that rubber no slip shelf liner stuff I use for difficult jar lids. It works great.

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