The Technology Vent and Rant Thread

[ratinox]

Originally Posted by issybird

For jar lids, I stick a butter knife between the lid and the jar to break the seal. For bottle caps, I put a rubber band around the cap to make them grippier. This also works on champagne corks.

Silicone oven mitts here.

[PeterT]

What I've used in the past is a Lee Valley Jar Opener; see https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop...ley-jar-opener

Basically just levers the lid up slightly and breaks the vacuum seal.

[Cactus Chef]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

fwiw, a lot of those seen-on-TV gadgets that are seemingly pointless are useful for disabled people. Its believed, though possibly urban legend, that they were designed for disabled people but marketed towards the broader public and that's why you see incompetent ableds on the commercial throwing eggs on the floor or whatever.

I'm not sure it's an urban legend. There's a guy on YouTube who tests kitchen gadgets, and one of the things he will always test is using the gadget with an oiled, non-dominant hand to simulate how well the gadget might work for someone with disabilities: