ElBarto,
@ElBarto@sh.itjust.works avatar

All you do is put the top between the palms of your hands and rub them together like you’ve just come up with an evil plan and they pop open.

LemmyKnowsBest,

bonus points if you actually come up with an evil plan while you’re doing it

NaoPb,

I had filled one bag. Then tried to fill the othet with air to open it up, when the filled one broke and everything went out the bottom.

starman2112,
@starman2112@sh.itjust.works avatar

Highlight of my life was shortly after I broke my arm, someone saw me struggling with one of these one-handed and opened it for me like the damn lockpicking lawyer. I’ve considered taking my sling with me shopping ever since, in case I need another good Samaritan to open one of these godforsaken bags again

Imgonnatrythis,

It takes three times longer to open a dog poop bag when you are out in the cold and can’t even feel your damn finger tips.

variants,

I make my dog help since he’s a habitual licker

JizzmasterD,

Just lick your fingers first! The grocery store sells food products, it and its patrons have to be hygienic …

/s

Kase,

As a person with eternally sweaty palms, this right here is my superpower. (⁠⌐⁠■⁠-⁠■⁠)

Jeanschyso,

Those bags are almost useless, just throw the vegetables directly in your grocery bag at checkout. It’s nice to take one to isolate chicken from the rest, or to put on your bike seat for rainy days, but definitely not useful for veggies.

Manifish_Destiny,

I don’t want my veggies touching the cart. Some dude who fingers his butthole while wiping used it before me.

He didn’t wash his hands.

bramblepatchmystery,

Do you not wash your vegetables before cooking them?

Jeanschyso,

Sure, but you’re washing your vegetables anyway right?

Llewellyn,

But the dude also caressed your rutabaga with those fingers.

Valmond,

Put the opening “line” between your big hands and rub it; both hands goes along the “opening line”, one hand moves one way, the other hand the other way for say some centimetres or an inch or two, change direction, repeat.

SocialMediaRefugee,

Sometimes works, sometimes I’m rubbing away like a boy scout trying to get his fire starter merit badge

fossphi,

Man, this stuff is so embarrassing. There have been so many times, I’ve skipped on buying fruits just because I couldn’t open the bag and my anxiety engaged into overdrive

Rumblebean,

I find its easy to open up the bag while its still attached to the roll its like having more hands. I’ll definitely try crumpling the bag next time.

AlwaysNowNeverNotMe,
@AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social avatar

You just rub both ends at the same time.

Llewellyn,

Sign me on

SocialMediaRefugee,

That’s what I tell her…

Kolanaki, (edited )
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

I just tap the tips of my finger and thumb to my tongue for a bit of moisture and then they open right up.

0x4E4F, (edited )
@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works avatar

Yep, works like a charm 👍. Not really hygenic, especially of you’re doing the shopping right after work, but hey, if it works, I’ll take it 🤷.

Kolanaki, (edited )
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

Should probably mention I pick up the fruits and veggies with the bag like picking up dog doo, so I’m not licking my fingers and then touching food on the shelf. It shouldn’t be an issue of licking dirty hands after work; you can wash them in a bathroom either coming into the store or before leaving your jobsite.

0x4E4F, (edited )
@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works avatar

Meeh, doesn’t really matter IMO, they get peeled anyway. Not one of those “oh, I’m not touching that” kind of people. They’re gonna get peeled, you’re not gonna use them as sex toys… or are you 🤔.

Llewellyn,

Do you peel your tomatoes?

runswithjedi,

If you’re in the produce isle, touch one of the vegetables that are wet. You’re going to pick it up anyway and no need to lick your fingers.

Valmond,

Or just ask anybody to lick your fingers.

klemptor,

This is what I always did before covid but now I don’t anymore.

shalafi,

Me too! Back when we thought COVID could spread easily from surface contact, I found myself at the grocery trying to decide WTF I was going to do.

“Uh, dare I stick my fingers under the mask, or, what?”

Monument,

But at that point I’ve already wandered the whole store and have touched any number of things that could have been manhandled by all the other finger-licking, unmasked hand-sneezing, butt-scratching, non-hand-washing straw men in the grocery store. One of those dudes is a septic tank cleaner, and he doesn’t wear gloves because he says he’s allergic! And soap burns when it gets into all the oozing sores on his hands.

There’s no way I’m licking my fingers until I’ve washed them or at least forgotten about my pus-leaking, poop-handed caricature!

shalafi,

Do you really think that way or are you just making a joke? Seems we humans went from making fun of Semmelweis to absolute germaphobes. Does no one get biology education anymore? Or is it more a failure to examine risk realistically? Freaks me out how fearful people are now days.

Always washed my hands regularly. Even as a toddler, I remember getting sticky ice cream on my hands and hating it. But I’m not manic about it, don’t give a shit worrying about bacteria/viruses/fungi/prions/whatever. (Unless I’ve been into something obviously rotten. Ask me about the fungus I found at camp today. Not touching that with a 10’ frog.)

Only time I really think about what I’m doing is after shooting or gunsmithing. Lots of nasty shit, above and beyond lead, you don’t want to ingest. Because heavy metals are for life. Bacteria? I’ll quote the retards from the pandemic, “i HaVe aN IMMunE sYsteM!”

LOVE your writing BTW! I should trawl your comments. (NM, just did. You’re smart and express yourself perfectly. We should be friends. Your damned skin cancer post got me thinking about the tiny spot under my pec. Not sure it’s healing, but at least it’s smaller and not blackish any longer.)

Monument,

I am, in the parlance of our time, a silly goose. Sometimes I just like to take the opportunity to throw words together in novel ways.

It is true that the finger lick thing is not my preferred approach, but my actual reasoning is boring - I don’t like physical sensation of licking my fingers.

FireRetardant,

Just buy reusable mesh bags and stop wasting plastic to protect your produce for a 20 minute car ride.

Swedneck,
@Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

in sweden we have paper bags that are then used for food waste recycling at home.

ObviouslyNotBanana,
@ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world avatar

There’s no way I’m getting to my car when opening a bag is this hard

Valmond,

“Joke about the inability to open a car because the inability to open a little bag”

;-)

ObviouslyNotBanana,
@ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world avatar

The joke is the same as in the picture. As in: since I’m having so much trouble opening this bag I will never get to my car because I’ll be stuck here trying to open this bag. Hope that helps!

0x4E4F,
@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works avatar

We still reuse the plastic bags around here… so, not a total waste I guess.

SocialMediaRefugee,

Best part is I can carry 2-3 fully loaded reusable bags vs 12 flimsy plastic ones that split and overflow.

SiegeRhino,

“just put the fruit in the cart” gang represent

brlemworld,

Right? Just gonna wash it anyway

Awkwardparticle,

You’re a savage, go back to the forest.

Dicska,

Just dump all the loose blueberries into it.

Death_Equity,

I put them in my pockets and hope I don’t bump into anyone.

halcyoncmdr,
@halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world avatar

Not all of those bags are the same.

The produce bag rolls at most stores around me are compostable now. They are also breathable and will keep the produce fresh longer when left in the bag.

Empricorn,

Compostable means they can be recycled, which isn’t as good as reusing, which isn’t as good as reducing.

Reduce>Reuse>Recycle

chicken, (edited )

The “waste” is negligible; doing some napkin math, a 20 minute car ride accounts for 300 times higher carbon footprint than a plastic produce bag (can elaborate if you want). A reused mesh bag is going to be less hygienic and less convenient, and factoring in the higher footprint of production and distribution (produce bags come in packs of thousands) you would need to get a lot of reuse out of it to even be worth it. Considering impact of disposal, as long as you live somewhere that has sane waste disposal and doesn’t empty their trash into the ocean it’s not going to be significant either.

tdawg,

everything that helps helps

brlemworld,

It’s less about the carbon and more about the fact that it doesn’t degrade. It’s plastic pollution.

starman2112, (edited )
@starman2112@sh.itjust.works avatar

People need to get some perspective on plastic waste. I’ve seen no end of complaints about how my 3d printing hobby is responsible for climate change… In my country, we produce >200 kg of plastic per capita. My 1kg spool of vegetable-derived plastic is not to blame for passing 3°.

chicken,

I think it’s just since it is a visible thing, and because alternatives are products you can buy and be seen using, it becomes a prime target for scolding and virtue signalling.

ImFresh3x,

It’s like complaining about a phone charger being left in the socket when the windows are open with the AC on.

Those produce bags weigh like 1/4 of a gram. Those produce reusable bags weigh like 30 grams. Most people lose or break, or toss the reusable produce bags before using them 120 times. It’s feel good bullshit for high consuming Whole Foods shoppers. And it’s a distraction.

To be clear, I’m all for reusable grocery bags, and generally against single use items. But the produce bags are so thin and light, they’re probably the least problematic.

explodicle,

I just wave it around frantically until the wind opens it.

0x4E4F,
@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works avatar

This doesn’t usually work 😂. Tried it a few times 😂.

MrJameGumb,
@MrJameGumb@lemmy.world avatar

If you listen closely you can hear him whisper words of wisdom such as: “I’ve tried both ends five times now!”, “I think this one must be defective!”, or my personal favorite “I don’t think these are the same brand they had out last week!”

0x4E4F,
@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works avatar

Damn… I thought I was the only one that noticed they switched the plastic bag brand.

MrJameGumb,
@MrJameGumb@lemmy.world avatar

They usually have the good green ones, but then sometimes they have the clear ones that are harder to open

0x4E4F,
@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works avatar

All of them are clear ones here, you just notice these new ones are harder to open, and then you start reading the fine print at the lower end of the bag… yep, not the same ones as last week 😂.

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