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People have been cleaning their ears with cotton swabs for years. What other tools are being inadvertently used wrong? (feddit.nl)
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[–] Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today 37 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

The ceiling fan: it changes directions with a switch, clockwise for winter, counterclockwise for everything else. Also opening those glass Doña María mole sauce jars: gotta flip it upside down on a paper towel and pry where the lid indicates, then flip it rightside up and twist

Edit here's a vid that I learned from for the mole sauce. pipedbot do your thing pls

[–] lwuy9v5@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Oh god, please for the love of god use a spoon and not a knife tip, though

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why on earth is it designed this way though?

[–] Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today 1 points 10 months ago

No clue but god it's a pain or at least it was