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“How many times did I say it, Harold? How many times? ‘Make sure that bomb shelter’s got a can opener—ain’t much good without a can opener,’ I said.”

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  • TheDoozer@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Are we talking the crank-style can opener, or even the hook-type knife that some multi-tools have? Because the hook-type knife seems like a no-brainer that should have been figured out months after tin cans, not decades.

    • bus_factor@lemmy.world
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      21 hours ago

      Probably wouldn’t even have worked on those early cans. They were pretty thick, and heavier than the food they contained. The instructions usually stated to open them with a hammer and chisel.

      But also, a lot of things seem obvious in hindsight.