this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2024
2 points (60.0% liked)

Mildly Infuriating

43524 readers
652 users here now

Home to all things "Mildly Infuriating" Not infuriating, not enraging. Mildly Infuriating. All posts should reflect that. Please post actually infuriating posts to !actually_infuriating@lemmy.world

I want my day mildly ruined, not completely ruined. Please remember to refrain from reposting old content. If you post a post from reddit it is good practice to include a link and credit the OP. I'm not about stealing content!

It's just good to get something in this website for casual viewing whilst refreshing original content is added overtime.

Rules:

1. Be Respectful

Refrain from using harmful language pertaining to a protected characteristic: e.g. race, gender, sexuality, disability or religion.

Refrain from being argumentative when responding or commenting to posts/replies. Personal attacks are not welcome here.

...

2. No Illegal Content

Content that violates the law. Any post/comment found to be in breach of common law will be removed and given to the authorities if required.

That means: -No promoting violence/threats against any individuals

-No CSA content or Revenge Porn

-No sharing private/personal information (Doxxing)

...

3. No Spam

Posting the same post, no matter the intent is against the rules.

-If you have posted content, please refrain from re-posting said content within this community.

-Do not spam posts with intent to harass, annoy, bully, advertise, scam or harm this community.

-No posting Scams/Advertisements/Phishing Links/IP Grabbers

-No Bots, Bots will be banned from the community.

...

4. No Porn/ExplicitContent

-Do not post explicit content. Lemmy.World is not the instance for NSFW content.

-Do not post Gore or Shock Content.

...

5. No Enciting Harassment,Brigading, Doxxing or Witch Hunts

-Do not Brigade other Communities

-No calls to action against other communities/users within Lemmy or outside of Lemmy.

-No Witch Hunts against users/communities.

-No content that harasses members within or outside of the community.

...

6. NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.

-Content that is NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.

-Content that might be distressing should be kept behind NSFW tags.

...

7. Content should match the theme of this community.

-Content should be Mildly infuriating. If your post better fits !Actually_Infuriating put it there.

-The Community !actuallyinfuriating has been born so that's where you should post the big stuff.

...

8. Reposting of Reddit content is permitted, try to credit the OC.

-Please consider crediting the OC when reposting content. A name of the user or a link to the original post is sufficient.

...

...

Also check out:

Partnered Communities:

1.Lemmy Review

2.Lemmy Be Wholesome

3.Lemmy Shitpost

4.No Stupid Questions

5.You Should Know

6.Credible Defense

Reach out to LillianVS for inclusion on the sidebar.

All communities included on the sidebar are to be made in compliance with the instance rules.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world
LillianVS@lemmy.world
Tenthrow@lemmy.world
Lasherz12@lemmy.world
2
Tethered Bottle Caps (www.neue-verpackung.de)
submitted 2 years ago by justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Yes I am aware that they're somehow supposed to reduce plastic waste because the cap can't get lost ... unless you cut it off, of course.

Yes I am also aware that there are people with disabilities (shaky hands, weak grip, etc.) who are thankful for these and actually like the design. Good for them, and I mean that in a non-sarcastic way.

But personally, I hate these things with all the "first world problems" rage I can muster and go out of my way to rip / cut / twist them off on every single bottle I buy. I don't like having the bottle cap directly in my face while drinking, or slipping in the way of the flow whenever I just want to pour milk, and on more than one occasion, I've actually cut my finger OR lip on these little sh*ts (not the same type as in the picture, but baldy-made longer "bands" that leave little plastic spikes on the cap and/or band).

No idea whether I should post this in the "unpopular opinion" section instead or if other people think the same, but to me, "mildly infuriating" describes them perfectly.

top 33 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 year ago

So happy we don't have these caps

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just repeating my comment from the same topic a while back.

So okay the bottle ones like this are fine

It is these fuckers I have an issue with

I swear if I ever see the person who designed the new milk cap I will make them choke on a fucking tetrapak.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How come? Does it close while you're pouring?

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It makes you spill the milk everywhere when opening because you don't twist it but pull it upwards.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Normally/averagely abled people - how is any configuration of the cap an issue?

To even think about it takes more energy than any obvious solution (like holding the bonded cap whilst drinking or not ripping it off the seal ring in the non-bonded versions).

Is it just because we are old and any change is annoying af?

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

what i think when people struggle with the cap hitting their face

[–] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Fuck plastic bottles in general, back to glass.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

This is some very short sighted thinking.

Caps attached to the bottles is very important to the recycling industry, so they can be more cheaply and efficiently shipped to China and thrown into the sea.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you tried using a glass?

[–] Numenor@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

Yeah where's your amphora OP?

[–] countstex@feddit.dk 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Perhaps becuase you've only opened it half way, you need to lift it back over again and clip in under the rim.

[–] 6mementomori@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

this is not doable with all caps and even with those designed to do this it doesn't work sometimes :(

[–] countstex@feddit.dk 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe they make them better here in Denmark. Plus we have "Pant" where you pay more for the bottles but get money back when you return them so it's a "belt and braces" approach I guess!

[–] Numenor@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

Without the belt and braces, your pants fall down?

[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can rotate the bottle before taking a sip to position it such that the cap doesn't hit your face. You can also pour liquid out of the bottle without having it run into the cap using the same rotation technique before pouring.

[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can rotate the bottle before taking a sip to position it such that the cap doesn't hit your face.

And gravity will make the cap spin around, hit your face, get in the way of the liquid, and make it splash everywhere but your mouth.

You can also pour liquid out of the bottle without having it run into the cap using the same rotation technique before pouring.

Same issue. As soon as you tip the bottle the cap will spin (apparently whatever genius designed this useless annoyance didn't realise that bottle necks are cylindrical), get in the way of the liquid, and make it spill everywhere but the container you're trying to pour it into.

They're like a Pythagorean cup without the temperance lesson and well thought out design.

The only way to use these without wasting 99% of the liquid and making a mess is to either awkwardly try to hold them up as you pour, or to violently rip them out before pouring in an entirely justified fit of righteous rage.

What an utterly infuriating waste of plastic, time, and money.

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Y'know how you hold the bottle with your hand to lift it? Believe it or not, you can hold it by the neck, and even slightly touching the little plastic ring the cap is tethered to will keep it from spinning.

[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Y'know that physics principle called the lever principle, or principle of moment..?

Thing is, if you grab a bottle by the neck and try to tilt it, you have to deal with the whole momentum / mass of the bottle, which is a significant amount of torque on your wrist, especially if you're awkwardly trying to hold a cap that's clearly not designed to be held this way at the same time.

If you instead violently rip the cap out in an entirely justified fit of righteous rage and grab the bottle by it's center of mass, as normal people do and have done since bottles have existed (well, except for the cap bit; that shit is rather new), you can effortlessly spin it to whatever angle you want, with perfect control all the way.

Of course you can always hold it with two hands, which might be what you meant, but that's a rather stupid waste of a free hand when most bottles are designed to be holdable with one single hand.

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 2 years ago

If you can't hold a small plastic bottle by the neck, you've got bigger problems than tethered caps.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Do people not carry pocket knives anymore? This seems like a non problem to me. I can cut this off in a second or two.

Edit: to the downvoters: could you explain why my question is so bad.

[–] match@pawb.social -1 points 2 years ago

is this why the far right is rising in Europe

[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago

Stop buying single use plastic and get a reusable!

#DeathToPlastic

[–] I_Clean_Here@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

Old man yells at cloud energy

[–] grue@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

baldy-made

What's folks' lack of hair got to do with their bottle cap making skills?

[–] Fisk400@feddit.nu -1 points 2 years ago

The things that annoy us are things we are not used to. There are hundreds of things in your life that are equally annoying but since they have always been that way you don't notice them. That's why babies are the way they are. Everything us new and annoying.

I had the same instinct to tear them off but I told myself to not be a toddler and just got used to it within a week.

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

How to say this in a non aggressive, non condescending way…

You're stupid.

The thing stay open and out of the way. If it's in your face when you drink from the bottle, it means you lack the ability to rotate a loose plastic ring 90° (or even the whole bottle). If it's in the way of your pour, same thing.

They are as unobtrusive as it gets; and you going out of your way (with rage, it seems) to do something tedious like forcibly ripping them off or cutting yourself on smooth plastic instead of looking at it and moving it, effortlessly, in any position that would not hinder you, is the paramount of silliness.

[–] coffinwood@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If everyone had either stopped buying bottled beverages or cleaned up after themselves, this wouldn't be an issue.

Also, y'all sound a little whiny. This isn't even a first world problem.

[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

it's mildly infuriating to OP, and it's something that's mildly infuriating

[–] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

stopped buying bottled beverages

What's the alternative in your opinion? I don't think barrels and glasses are viable in every case. Serious question.

[–] Specal@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Dihydrogen monoxide

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

You could get a reusable water bottle

[–] coffinwood@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 2 years ago

You're coming up with a sarcastic exaggeration (barrels and glasses), followed by "serious question". So which is it now?

Anyway. How about refillable cups, travel mugs, returnable bottles? Stop buying bottled water if your tap water is fine. Get a soda maker if you like sparkling water or Spritzer. Clean up after yourselves, return or throw away bottles with the lid on.

And first and foremost: stop buying packaged and bottled sh*t at every possible occasion. Things like single-use / to-go cups or bottles shouldn't even exist.

We all created the landfills and ocean garbage patches and now we complain about our own stupidity, unable to drink from a bottle with a lid attached to it like we're toddlers.

If you seriously ask me for an alternative: stop creating waste. Stop complaining about your waste. And stop complaining about regulations that try to limit waste that shouldn't even be there. Big part of the problem stems from our own laziness and consumerism. Everyone is part of the problem, nobody wants to be a part of the solution. What did you even expect?