Opening a can by scratching it on pavement - GIF

[nova_robotics]

I have just lost 21 minutes of my life, what a verbose lot of twaddle about nothing. I have had one of these “new” side cutting openers for at least 40 years, so not “new” at all, and to make matters worse I don’t even like it. Please don’t post such irritating links that are not at all close to the original.

You either didn't watch or didn't comprehend it because it isn't about a side cutting can opener. Are you obligated to click on everything you see on the internet? That video was released 4 days ago and has 850,000 views. Just because you don't find something entertaining doesn't mean other people are in the same boat.

[Moby Duck]

Side cutting was my description, perhaps it was a bad one. I did watch it to the end and it showed me more about other types of can openers than the one he was featuring. At 850,000 views he is possibly smarter than me, but the clip is obviously designed to suck people in and hold them there for as long as possible, to get some form of monetary reward. No I am not obligated to click on everything I see on the internet, but when the link comes from HMT I expected something much better, something pre-vetted by a member, something that the member thought worthwhile watching. We obviously think very differently about this POS video clip. I seriously hope that any other HMT member that bothers to watch it enjoys it better than I did.

[WmRMeyers]

Side cutting was my description, perhaps it was a bad one. I did watch it to the end and it showed me more about other types of can openers than the one he was featuring. At 850,000 views he is possibly smarter than me, but the clip is obviously designed to suck people in and hold them there for as long as possible, to get some form of monetary reward. No I am not obligated to click on everything I see on the internet, but when the link comes from HMT I expected something much better, something pre-vetted by a member, something that the member thought worthwhile watching. We obviously think very differently about this POS video clip. I seriously hope that any other HMT member that bothers to watch it enjoys it better than I did.

Hate to say it, but you made the choice to watch it through. I am pretty sure that is on you, not the poster. I watch what I'm interested in, and nothing else. I may miss something good that way, but I don't gripe about others not posting good stuff for me. I go look for my own. If I think it particularly good for some reason, I'll post it to share. I also don't gripe about folks who weren't interested in it. I have peculiar tastes, and that's on me. It's not your fault I look at weird stuff.

Bill

[WmRMeyers]

You either didn't watch or didn't comprehend it because it isn't about a side cutting can opener. Are you obligated to click on everything you see on the internet? That video was released 4 days ago and has 850,000 views. Just because you don't find something entertaining doesn't mean other people are in the same boat.

I've watched about the first 10 seconds of the video. I love his Commodore C-64 T-shirt!

I had experience of a top-removing can opener in the 80's, and wasn't impressed. Partially, that was because I was raised in a workshop where tin cans were frequently used to store small parts and hardware. The can opener in question actually removed the whole top, including the seam. This left a LOT of sharp area on the can. Had advantages, but the safety aspect was totally ignored by the manufacturer. I don't use such cans so much these days for workshop storage, but there are probably a few legacy cans left out there somewhere. This new opener solves that problem, and makes the can re-closable, at least to a certain extent. Might be easier to operate, but we don't use as much canned food as once we did, either. Oh well. The video was not a total waste of time, and there were interesting aspects of the development of can openers. I have found that an idea that works in one area of life can often be used elsewhere as well.

[Toolmaker51]

I've watched about the first 10 seconds of the video. I love his Commodore C-64 T-shirt!

Yes, still in perfect condition!
After all, isn't Grandma doing his laundry?

[WmRMeyers]

Yes, still in perfect condition!
After all, isn't Grandma doing his laundry?

I don't know. I do know that my grandma's means of doing laundry would not have preserved such a shirt. I have been a collector and wearer of T-shirts for most of the past 50 years. Not one of my original collector t-shirts has lasted this long, because I also insist on wearing them. I do miss my F-4 T-shirt. I stared wearing it in the early 70's, after I was trained to work on F-4's. Had a nose-on picture of an F-4, and the words "F-4 Phantom. World's largest distributor or MiG parts" around the edges of the medallion.

Bill