It works for me, but it took time to develop the proper technique.
The Weaklings must be sacrificed to the pit of fire.
I just started doing one stab with a knife years ago and never looked back.
Do you bite or trim your nails pretty far down?
Is the latter weird? Cause I don’t care for those white bits at the end.
Yeah they taste funny
This is honestly my favorite comment in the thread. I keep laughing about it.
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no kidding the last box of mac’n’cheese i opened, that was the TOUGHEST spot on the box, i just ripped the lid off
I keep a knife handy just for the satisfaction of stabbing these annoying boxes. It’s rather cathartic.
Haha. Now that you mention it, I only reach for a knife when they really piss me off. Usually I just open it like a normal box.
Good God, the number of products where someone spent the time and effort to design in “systems” for opening/using the package, which are utterly ineffectual is mind boggling.
Did a flimsy cardboard box ever need some special tear tab to begin with?? Hell no, just glue the flap shut and we will open it like every other food box on the planet.
Shit that is infuriating.
The post does not say that you will be able to penetrate with the index finger. It just recommends to place the finger that way.
while you kiss your ass goodbye, and the box of noodles and cheesy flavoring defeats you yet again
If you want to be able to penetrate with an index finger, I’m off work in about 2 hours. Wait…what?
I feel the secret might be how the thumb and middle finger squeeze the sides of the box.
I’ll try it out someday, but I probably won’t report back. (Don’t want to get your hopes up).
See… what you’re supposed to do… is… hold it between you’re two hands. Kinda lie you’re praying. jab your two thumbs into the tab, then pull outward and just rip the box in half. Alternatively, if you’re the Hulk or something, you can just grab either end and rip it in half that way.
I used to just cut the top off of the box using a kitchen knife. I would start just below one of the corners, with the box on it’s side, and I sawed through it.
I got some funny looks for that one when I first did it on autopilot around other people lmao.
You know that the serrated lines on the box aren’t great when cutting the cardboard with a kitchen knife is legitimately easier. The blade wasn’t even serrated.
Look at the girth of that dude’s index finger. No wonder it works for him.
Hahaha
I always go thumb from the top, so pretty much same position as photo 2. Still not happening.
How is this mac? I’ve never had it, but I love (and hate) the Kraft stuff.
Creamier, I think it has more cheese products and even less cheese. I like it though for something quick and easy.
Used to love kraft dinner. Til the big change. The one where their advertising campaign was that no one even noticed… Can’t stand it any more. Probably for the best, we used to eat a certainly unhealthy amount before. Like 3-4 meals a week, whether lunch or part of supper.
It just tastes like burnt cheddar now. Looked all over for a replacement, saw so many people claiming other products or recipes that taste “just like” the old KD. There are none. Those people are wrong. Either they are unwittingly non-tasters and thus unable to factor that into their endorsements, or they are aware they are wrong but are hoping to sell a product anyway.
There is no substitute, it will never be what it was, we have to accept it will never be again. And hopefully with it out of our lives, it will eventually find it’s way out of our minds. Can only console myself knowing that it was basically a drug that I probably am better off without… but man was it ever a good drug. Just a box full of comfort, with no immediate downside. I would probably invite it right back if I ever did exist again…
Lol I relate to your love of a comfort garbage Mac and cheese AND unhealthy consumption of it.
Curious how long ago it was and if you ever tried the kraft thick and creamy? I don’t really eat much of it anymore but we always have that on hand for in case we want a frozen chicken strips + side kinda lazy night.
I don’t remember exactly how long ago it was now, somewhere in the 5-10 years ago range. There are some varieties that don’t taste as bad, but there are none that taste as good as it used to.
Ah okay thank you! I haven’t noticed a change but I think I had a gap between childhood and adulthood where I didn’t have it when it changed. And when I started eating it again it was only the thick and creamy cuz the regular was so runny.
I got a different brand of Mac and cheese once and it opened right up using the same instructions.
I feel like the name brand is just messing with people.
The one that kills me is when the glue they use to close the box is stronger than the box itself, so you wind up just ripping it open.
You know, I was just thinking earlier this week that of all the technologies we have, it’s weird how much we struggle with perforation.
This sort of package used to be much easier to open when I was growing up back in the 60s and 70s. I don’t know why, but packaging has gotten significantly worse since then.
One of the bigger factors is that in order to cut costs, they’re using thinner and thinner material for the box. So they used to be strong enough to withstand the force other than at the perforation. Now the same perforation is stronger than the boxes’ crush strength
If those companies are like the one I worked for, they likely outsource their packaging production. The company that makes boxes for tampons might also make boxes for pizza restaurants, certain cleaning tools, cookies, baby food, etc.
The vendors that my previous company purchased from were cheeky buggers. One of our products that was only sold to retailers included a display shelf. These things used to be pretty sturdy. Now, they collapse under less than half of the weight that they used to have. The vendor denied it vehemently, and I think they are still lying about it to this day.
This particular vendor has a HUGE monopoly on cardboard, so it would be difficult for them to find another process suddenly. I hope they do, but who knows. They might hypothetically have a contract that they can’t break for another number of years. Yay.
I’m not saying any of this to say that it’s ok or good, but a lot of people can’t see what’s happening inside these manufacturing facilities. A lot of this is hush hush.
You’re supposed to use your thumb to lift that flap, as instructed, not try to punch a hole in it. Start at the side.
As instructed: ‘insert thumb’.
I don’t think I am the only one thinking inserting on a flat fragile surface means: “punch hole”.
If it had some cavity for your thumb to be inserted in it would make more sense.
“Grip corner and lift”?
Yeah I get it … but yeah they meant like insert in-between the flaps. That said not sure what wording I would use there.
It’s not that your thumbs aren’t strong enough, it’s that they aren’t sharp enough.
I swear to God, in all my life I feel like it’s only worked fewer than 5 times.
I think I’ve only got it twice. Maybe I should try harder
