Yes I am aware that theyâre somehow supposed to reduce plastic waste because the cap canât get lost ⊠unless you cut it off, of course.
Yes I am also aware that there are people with disabilities (shaky hands, weak grip, etc.) who are thankful for these and actually like the design. Good for them, and I mean that in a non-sarcastic way.
But personally, I hate these things with all the âfirst world problemsâ rage I can muster and go out of my way to rip / cut / twist them off on every single bottle I buy. I donât like having the bottle cap directly in my face while drinking, or slipping in the way of the flow whenever I just want to pour milk, and on more than one occasion, Iâve actually cut my finger OR lip on these little sh*ts (not the same type as in the picture, but baldy-made longer âbandsâ that leave little plastic spikes on the cap and/or band).
No idea whether I should post this in the âunpopular opinionâ section instead or if other people think the same, but to me, âmildly infuriatingâ describes them perfectly.
How to say this in a non aggressive, non condescending wayâŠ
Youâre stupid.
The thing stay open and out of the way. If itâs in your face when you drink from the bottle, it means you lack the ability to rotate a loose plastic ring 90° (or even the whole bottle). If itâs in the way of your pour, same thing.
They are as unobtrusive as it gets; and you going out of your way (with rage, it seems) to do something tedious like forcibly ripping them off or cutting yourself on smooth plastic instead of looking at it and moving it, effortlessly, in any position that would not hinder you, is the paramount of silliness.
what i think when people struggle with the cap hitting their face
Pretty much. Whenever I see these type of posts I can only think of some cavemen failing to figure out the most simple contraption. Those caps are literally not a problem at all, assuming youâre not a complete moron.
Its often the little things like this that make it clear for me who is indeed a moron.
Like oh, omg, that explains so much about that person.
That poor thing.
Now, I def need to not equate that with âcapabilitiesâ of someone, even morons can brute-force achieve things I could never. They do it despite the handicap and I respect that.
Dont want to discuss problems or brainstorm when them but respect nonetheless (them and their work).
Most of us are in fact not what itâs commonly considered neurotypical (I beehive they are a smol but just the most vocal group). And just like with folk on introverts/depressed/ADHD/autism/etc spectrum itâs best to recognise, acknowledge, respect, and adapt to that (ie work and communicate a bit differently with each one of us, it doesnât take all that much, and the learning curve is just so unbelievably good at the start).
I burn one (1) tire for every one (1) of these I have to deal with
Stop buying single use plastic and get a reusable!
#DeathToPlastic
There literally is no option for it. I can only buy my milk in cartons with this cap on
Plant milk is pure sugar which is worse than cow milk that is half sugar. Better to just avoid consuming lots of it.
You can go to your local farmer. They usually donât bother selling you some milk. Bring your own bottle for them to fill it up. Also, its usually much cheaper than everything you can buy elsewhere. If you want to be sure you donât get sick you can cook the milk(but this causes a loss in taste), but you can also drink it without cooling it. You might get sick the first (few) times, but you will get used to it and wonât get sick from drinking raw milk.
I have two alternative options in my immediate neighbourhood in a big city in capitalist-shithole-central and I didnât even have to try looking.
The best is to drink tap water(assuming you live in a region where its safe to drink).
Do people not carry pocket knives anymore? This seems like a non problem to me. I can cut this off in a second or two.
Edit: to the downvoters: could you explain why my question is so bad.
AFAIK, these tethered caps are mostly an EU thing (and at the very least are not widely used in my area of the US) and a lot of European countries are less knife-friendly than the US.
You should remember that the gun death rate in the US is only three times lower than in Ukraine during an active war. US is a fucking war zone!
less knife friendly
Most places are advanced enough to not require their citizens to carry weaponry.
needing to always be armed is a uniquely american problem
A lot of us donât think of our knives as weapons, theyâre tools.
Itâs rare that I donât carry a knife, and using it in self defense is the furthest thing from my mind every day when I put it in my pocket. I use it for things like opening packages, cutting string, sharpening pencils, use various other tools on the knife like screwdrivers, pliers, awls, I have a lot of outdoor hobbies like camping, hiking, fishing, and knives are kind of indispensable for those pursuits.
If Iâm ever in a situation where I absolutely need to defend myself, and I donât really foresee that ever being necessary, Iâm probably not even going to think of using my knife in self defense, I donât think of it as a weapon anymore than I think of my wallet being a weapon, itâs just something that lives in my pocket that I frequently need to use.
And knives make a shitty weapon, if youâre close enough to stab someone, youâre close enough to get punched in the face, or for your assailant to wrestle it out of your hands and stab you with it. Youâd be better swinging around pretty much any larger object within arms reach to create some space. They say about knife fights that the loser dies in the street, the winner dies in the ambulance.
The knives I tend to carry especially arenât good weapons, most need 2 hands to open, arenât really designed ergonomically as fighting knives, most are fairly small so Iâd have to get really lucky to hit anything vital and would probably just piss them off more and not stop the attack quickly, some of them donât even have a pointy blade so not good for stabbing (I actually make it a point to choose less threatening looking knives for my EDC needs) some of them donât lock open so theyâd just as like close on my fingers as cause any harm to my assailant, and some of them actually lock in the closed position so definitely not good for a weapon.
Iâm not saying that everyone who carries a knife has the same mindset. Lots of people do carry them as weapons, those people are idiots. And not everyone puts the same thought into the knives they carry and just get something that looks cool whether or not itâs functional for their needs.
I also donât carry anything for self defense regularly and donât own a gun (not opposed to gun ownership in general, but my thoughts on that are part whole 'nother debate,) in general if I feel like I need to be prepared to defend myself if I go somewhere, I just donât go there. Thereâs a bit of privilege to that, since I live in a safe area and can make that call, not everyone is lucky enough to live somewhere they can feel safe. The only exception is the pepper spray I keep with my dogs leash, since my wife or I often end up walking her alone at night, and thatâs more of a precaution against loose dogs, coyotes, etc. than against people.
Thereâs a lot to say about Americansâ love of violence and weapons and the sort of mindset we have about self defense, and overall I tend to think that a lot of my country is absolutely insane when it comes to those matters. That said, I also think people who look at the little swiss army type knives, or Leatherman multitools I tend to carry and see a terrifying deadly weapon have their own issues to work out too.
I think thatâs mostly UK and France. As in: I have an Opinel lying around here, perfectly legal to carry in any situation as long as itâs not a protest or such, itâs a French knife, lots of tradition behind it⊠and itâs illegal in France.
Rules in Germany are quite simple: If the blade is longer than IIRC 14cm (palm of your hand), or it is a locking blade thatâs designed to be opened with one hand, you need a good reason to carry it. Like, walking on the street towards the forest with an axe over your shoulder is fine because you have a proper reason, into a mall, not so much. Butterflies and some other one-handed opening mechanisms popular with notorious people are outlawed. Fixed blades with certain features, say, guards or more than one edge, are rightly classed as bladed weapons which you generally need to keep at home. Everything else is a tool you can EDC, and the only thing you need to buy a sword is your ID to show that youâre 18.
