Having really dry skin does not help with grip.
That’s true.
That’s not true
That’s true!
Less slip with dry skin though. Put moisturizer on and try to open a tight jar and you’ll need to squeeze harder to prevent your hand from slipping
Wait, so is this tweet about someone putting moisturizer on right before they try to open a jar? Because that’s just silly.
Otherwise, it shouldn’t be a big difference. If anything it might help with grip vs super dry hands.
There’s definitely a sweet spot for moisture, the skin is most grippy when well hydrated. But when you have a fresh application of lotion it’s acting more as a lubricant between your hand and the lid.
I think you could compare your skin to cloth, dry it’ll skid across the floor easily, wet it and it’ll cling to the floor and move no further than precisely as far as you push it.
I read somewhere that for some reason grip strength is one of the only muscle groups where the Bell curves of male strength vs. female strength has essentially zero overlap. It was something like “the weakest 2% of men have stronger grip strength than 98% of women,” or maybe even more extreme. IDK, I can’t remember the source and I can’t be bothered to look for it on a Saturday morning, but I thought I’d throw it out there anyway. ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯
I hand my rock climber sister in law jars to open all the time lol
You’re both in your respective 1%
Here’s a source for that claim. I didn’t realize the difference was so huge! https://www.gnxp.com/WordPress/2017/05/04/in-grip-strength-a-woman-in-the-90th-percentile-would-be-at-the-10th-percentile-for-men/
Well crap. Now I want to train my grip strength.
I looked it up. It’s pretty interesting! I suggest others Google it as well.
No links? ☹️
I was way too lazy for that when I did it, but I can tell you that I googled “grip strength men and women” and found some interesting facts. Not exactly what the original comment said but very fascinating nonetheless.
Edit: here’s one of the results which I cannot speak to the legitimacy of.
If women had the same grip strength as men, there’d be a lot more penile injuries in the world.
Imagine if they could control it.
It’s because we’re always grabbing things. Our own dingalings, boobies, booties. Werkin that grip.
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Remember ladies, Jars are similar to tars, so simple xvf would be enough
Instructions unclear; rolled the jar into a jarball.
Jars are actually zips, so a simple as an unzip *.zip
Unzip sounds like harassment
It’s all about that grippy texture. Just put on some rubber dishwashing gloves.
If you have oven mitts with rubber on them, those work too. Mousepads also work in a pinch (do people use mousepads anymore?)
What’s a mouse, grampa?
Get off my lawn.
Quit flying that drone over my lawn.
Quad Copter Kids ruining my lawn
It’s a thing real computers that can actually be used to create things (as opposed to tablets and phones which can only be used to consoom) still have and will always have.
What is a “computer”? I only know my iPad and fruit ninja
Desk mat gang represent
Rubber bands are my go to.
Rubber bands are well known to the photography crowd to take filters off, but they do work to unscrew all kinds of things.
Even as a guy i do that. Why work harder when grippy rubber makes it easy? I used to use rubber bands but some kids lids are too big, so dishwashing gloves are the best
I usually just take some cloth. If it doesn’t work, I use a knife to let some air through and that does the trick.
i cover all my jars in lotion. keeps things challenging and it means i never forget to lotion up
Also eases insertion.
bonk me daddy
Might also have something to do with having, on average, twice the grip strength… but who knows.
I put a 1/4" layer of moisturizer on my hands before bed and then put gloves on. I can still open jars because of the testosterone.
I put the gloves on first
That… that’s not how it works!
That is exactly how it works.
You wear gloves when you sleep?
Yeah, when my hands are really dry during the winter. They’re just cotton gloves made specifically for use with moisturizer.
I could never do that. I aborre the feeling of moist skin touching cloth. Lotion on feet with socks is my nightmare.
I resorted to extreme measures when my hands were deeply cracked in a dozen places and getting blood all over my sheets.
Fair enough. I would probably suck it up and do it if it was that bad.
Interesting. Thank you
well, I’ll have you know that the palms of my hands are very moist
So apparently if you smack it all around the sides of the lid with a spoon or something, you can loosen the vacuum seal.
It sounds fake but it worked the other night on a jar of salsa I was legitimately considering just breaking, and I’m still kinda mad that I never knew that til now.
Hot water on the lid expands it a bit too.
I usually BONK the side of the lid against the table.
I just insert something long and thin (usually a knife) between the lid and the glass rim, then gently lift just until the pressure is released. Probably doesn’t cause the lid to mis-shape as much as from bashing it 😅
I had to learn this trick to open those goddamned Talenti pints that are vacuum sealed for no damn reason and no, I’m not still salty about it, why do you ask?!
Guess you need a bit of Talenti to open those…
I don’t, even though it’s a good idea, because it requires an extra tool. BONK just requires raw power!
That is also a fair point lol
If I lose the first round to a jar, I use a bottle opener for that. (Almost) No risk of stressing the glass.
Insert the end of a cutlery knife between the rim of the glass jar and lid from below. Give it a tiny wiggle, and the jar will pop open. At least if it’s stuck because of a vacuum.
If that didn’t work, poke a tiny hole in the lid with a sharp object to break the vacuum, but please be careful if using a kitchen knife for this! A nail or a screw is probably a safer choice.
You might think that the knife frees the vacuum and that that’s what opens the jar. Lies. You must inflict fear upon the jar with the knife.
Both me (compulsively forgets to moisturize), and my wife (moisturized several times a day with hand, body, face lotions) handle most jars with ease.
What gets both of us is little jars. Extracts, or vanilla. Especially alcohol free vanilla! It’s sticky and sticks to the threads of the lid/jar. Even with wiping it down, it’s a problem.
My solution was to wrap the lids in 2242 Electrical tape. Which really helps with getting a grip on it.
Don’t even get me started on old honey bottles
Get started on old honey bottles
You know what? I’m doing it!
You’re never able to get the freaking honey to pour out correctly, so it INEVITABLY gets on and under the lid
Fast forward 3 years to when my forgetful ass remembers I want honey. I go to the pantry and the bit that leaked out has now willed itself into concrete because I’m just standing there, red-faced, in front of my wife, watching her realize how weak of a person I truly am
The madman did it!!!
Wipe the rim with a damp paper towel before closing it
You like damp paper?
Hot water for honey, softens the crystalized honey in the lid.
Bovril lids catch me out. Especially if you spilt some over the edge last time you used it. Damn thing is practically superglued shut. Even I have to break out the marigolds for that.
I had to search out two separate words in your post. 🇱🇷
(I’m not Liberian, but if I’m going to admit to the “dumb american” trope, I might as well embrace the full caricature - that U.S. citizens keep picking the Liberian flag emoji instead of their own.)
For others: Bovril is like marmite/vegemite, except it’s based on beef. I’m assuming it’s similar to concentrated beef stock paste. Marigolds is a manufacturer of kitchen gloves.
Yes we do. Only when you’re not watching.
Some promotion for !skincareaddiction@sh.itjust.works, not very active but hopefully that will change
Men also do something else with their grip, and I’ve heard quite a few use lotion when doing it.
QED checkmate.
Yeah? And how many removed the lid that way?
I used to tuck the jar between my legs to grip then use my both my hands on the lid to open, gets thru the toughest jars. Now i just use a dishwashing glove for better grip.
Kinda makes sense. I work with a lot of things that really dry out your hands throughout the day, so our office has to buy a lot of lotion. We have to buy an expensive silicon based one because the others just leave oily residue on all the tools making everything slippery.
What’s the brand of lotion you use?
Sorry had to look it up, couldn’t remember the supplier we buy it from.
It’s from a medical supply company called Medline, we get the Phytoplex Hydraguard Silicone Cream.
Think they only run like 5-7 bucks each , but they are tiny and we go through them like crazy.
Silicon? Or did you mean silicone? Honestly, neither make sense to me since one’s used for PCBs and the other for caulking/sealant.
Why is this downvoted? They’re similar words and could be mixed up. Apparently it’s silicone.
Nah
