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CthuluSpecialK t1_ja5zjrf wrote

Reply to comment by sqexe in Had to get creative when the tab didn't pop by kwall24

Honestly... it's happened to me countless times before and I just grab something small and hard, like the handle of a butter knife, or a bic lighter, or anything really... and just pop down onto the scored part of the lid with whatever's hard in my hand... easy peasy. Easier than peeling the whole top off the can in any event.

Although, no hate to OP, peeling the top off the can does feel cool... so points for that, but 0 points for efficacy.

OP should have titled the picture, "Got frustrated when the tab didn't pop, and had to teach the can a lesson" would have gotten more upvotes than claiming this as "creative" methinks... still, no hate.

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Psychological-Set125 t1_ja6spee wrote

Just grab a spoon and pry it up enough to get a grip on the tab

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CthuluSpecialK t1_ja6xmvz wrote

Oh, in my cases the tab broke off before the scored part of the lid was pushed down. I might've misunderstood what happened to OP, but in my cases as the tabs broke off (I don't remember the brand of drink) I just knocked the scored part of the lid inward with something hard. Just a little "bop" down holding something hard.

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kwall24 OP t1_ja7iqzi wrote

The rivet didn't hold. The whole tab pulled up, so it doesn't have the leverage to pop the top correctly and just keeps peeling from the middle of the can. You can see it in the picture, though it's easy to miss.

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contrabardus t1_ja9psey wrote

You can just use something to pop it open by pushing down on the area that the tab would normally push down.

A pen, a lighter, a spoon, a key, whatever. Just a quick little jab would do it. You could even do it with the broken tab.

What everyone is saying is that you made an extra effort for no real reason by removing the top like that.

The "problem" was easily solved just by jabbing at the area the tab would normally dislodge with just about anything else.

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