Post #2743983

2026-05-21 18:45 UTC

A LWer of the female persuasion makes the entirely reasonable point that most screw-top openings are probably constructed by looking at median male grip strength, not female. But the real fun is in the comments, where people who can post comments on a blog are seemingly unfamiliar with opening jam jars. Women should be able to open things

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@Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 2026-05-21 21:47

But anyways - why is there a vacuum in the jar? To preserve the jam? Isn’t jam a preserve? Like, I thought the whole raison d’etre of jam was as a way to make fruit keep, unrefrigerated, through the winter? Why must we preserve the preserve? Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? what is going on with these people i’m so annoyed i’m about to cry Why do so many containers require women asking a man for help in order to open them? (Or carrying around an opening tool or living in a kitchen?) how often do you open jam jars outside the kitchen?? it’s not that hard! you don’t actually have to force them open through grip strength like an idiot man!!

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@sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems 2026-05-22 09:04

I use grip gloves for opening jars and love them so much. Same ideas as plastic jar grips, but even easier. I find I usually have enough strength but that my skin is too sensitive to fully apply it without grip gloves. Maybe women just aren’t that into designing programming languages? James Damore flashbacks ohno

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