Coincidentally enough, I saw another user make a post about cookies. Reminded me of a Reddit post I made 4 years ago that’d be fitting to share!

  • tdgoodman@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 years ago

    As an old man, I fully endorse opening cookie packages the old fashioned way, as shown here. Anyone who thinks otherwise needs to get off my lawn.

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      2 years ago

      I am also old fashioned… And trained to learn most biscuit/tissue packets with easy open tab are not designed to be easily opened

    • Kalissy
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      2 years ago

      Someone like me lol Where I grew up any packaging always had only a basic opening, and old habits die hard. If I am opening anything without paying attention I am usually doing it wrong 😂

  • MadWorks
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    2 years ago

    The tab is for people who don’t plan on eating the whole thing all at once.

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      2 years ago

      My memory might be hazy, but I think that was sitting around our kitchen for a few days before we finally finished it lmao

      Only reason I remember was because I took the rest of the box on a 4-hour drive across the state

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        2 years ago

        There’s been a couple of times that I’ve opened up the side like that and ate a cookie or two and then saw the tab and was like 🤦. 😂🤣

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          2 years ago

          I never realized there’s a tab. Wasn’t that way when I grew up.

  • Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    I may be alone in thinking this, but every pack, box and bag with some sort of “easy open” system is always a pain in the butt to open.

    • Elelith
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      2 years ago

      Or it opens but it’s impossible to close properly so your product stayes fresh. (looking at you baby wipes! goddamnit)

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    2 years ago

    Love the milk jug in the background. That is a man with a plan.

    • XYZinfernoOP
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      I wish it was milk xD

      When taking that route through the state (had to take it around 5-6 times a year), I passed by a natural water spring, where my family and I filled up containers of spring water to bring back home. For this, we just collected and washed plastic milk gallon containers, and filled those up!

      So in that picture, I believe it’s filled with spring water, or empty if my eyes deceive me

  • Aninjanameddaryll@sopuli.xyz
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    2 years ago

    Well, if the person isn’t an absolute heathen, you can close the end more securely than the top sheet. But whoever did this ia a toe-jam licking troglodyte that hates the world and wants everyone to eat stale cookies.

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    2 years ago

    Sometimes I think a common response response is “Haha, I’m not about to let documentation tell me what to do! I’ll show them!”

    …I’m paid to write a lot of documentation. Generally, I’m the only one who uses it. So at least it saves my time, so I can focus on writing more documentation.

    • XYZinfernoOP
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      I do software development myself, and I can’t express how much of a difference good documentation makes when using a new/unfamiliar library.

      So at the very least, I and many others in my line of work appreciate the effort that’s put in to write clear and readable documentation, because without it, I’d be floundering around like a fish out of water lol

  • Izzgo@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    As an old person with arthritic hands I gotta say, some of those pull tabs to open are danged difficult.