NotSpez@lemm.ee to shitposting@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoI just can’ti.imgur.comimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1410arrow-down17
arrow-up1403arrow-down1imageI just can’ti.imgur.comNotSpez@lemm.ee to shitposting@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoAnd my axe! No seriously. It took 80 years for someone to invent a can opener. Prior to that, cans had to be opened with knives, hammers, or axes.
minus-squarejopepa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoReally put the cart ahead of the horse on that one Napoleon
minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoA can opener is an understated sign of civility. In a time when a weapon or tool was so ubiquitous as to be the obvious answer to using a can, making a tool to do it is a sign of not having a blunt or sharp object available.
minus-squareMigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoAnd just recently you can find a new type of can openers that literally disassemble the upper lid leaving no sharp edges!
And my axe!
No seriously. It took 80 years for someone to invent a can opener. Prior to that, cans had to be opened with knives, hammers, or axes.
Really put the cart ahead of the horse on that one Napoleon
A can opener is an understated sign of civility. In a time when a weapon or tool was so ubiquitous as to be the obvious answer to using a can, making a tool to do it is a sign of not having a blunt or sharp object available.
And just recently you can find a new type of can openers that literally disassemble the upper lid leaving no sharp edges!