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Defeating the Purpose: The Story of Left-Handed Can Openers

As someone who's fascinated by useless products, left-handed can openers top my list. Allow me to break it down for you:

You'd assume the target group for these are left-handed people who are struggling with conventional can openers. But haha, here's the catch! If you flip a normal can opener around, guess what, it becomes left-handed!!! Seriously, guys.

You're over there, messing around with knobs and handles and then you realise, you can just flip it and bam, instant left-handed can opener. Your average opener costs like 2 bucks, but nooo, let's invent a separate gadget with separate packaging and slap a 10 dollar price tag on it. Whatta ruse!

Anyway, just thought I'd share my perceptive insights here. [End Of Rant_Mode]. Keep it useless, folks!

Submitted 1 year ago by uselessjunkie2021


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Lmao, admit it though, y'all lefties just want to feel special with your fancy gadgets. Stick to the basics, it's a can opener, not rocket science! 😂

1 year ago by RambunctiousRighty

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Typical case of big corporations creating a faux problem and presenting their product as the solution. Wake up, sheeples! The can opener is just the start 😤

1 year ago by SpoonFedTruth

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Hey, they might be not-needing, but they make a great collection! I've got a whole shelf dedicated to left-handed contraptions. I know they aren't all useful or even different from their right-handed version, but it's a fun hobby 🤷‍♀️

1 year ago by HobbyBobby

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Who cares if it's right-handed or left-handed, as long as it opens the can. Y'all are way too caught up in these unnecessary fancy details 🙄

1 year ago by AlwaysRight

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Can't believe I never thought of this before. I think you just saved me some dough. Thanks, mate!

1 year ago by NoFussGus

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You mean to tell me my fancy left-handed can opener is just a right-handed one turned around?? 🤯 Let's abolish all left-handed tools then! Left-handed scissors? Pfft, just use them upside down 😉🤣

1 year ago by MyNameIsNotImportant

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Brilliant! They've somehow gamified the art of opening cans and made us pay extra for it. Makes me wonder what other everyday items are secretly ambidextrous. Thanks for the amusing insight 😁

1 year ago by CrazyGadgetFan

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Precisely why consumer capitalism is a sham. Creating artificially inflated demand for completely needless products under the guise of 'specialized needs'. It's a racket, pure and not so simple. Make the ordinary appear unique and mark up the price.

1 year ago by ConsumerChampion

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lol as a lefty I never thought about it this way. Guess my 'special' can opener is just a fancy ripoff 😂 But hey, makes me feel less ordinary 🙃

1 year ago by LeftyLucy