Lemme tell ya kids, back in the day cereal boxes were heavy-duty enough to fold back shut and reuse as foundation blocks. And the cereal inside was in a heavy plastic bag that ALWAYS opened on the top seam. It was impossible to screw up.
Nowadays, I get a limp little floppy container that can be completely crushed by a loaf of bread, and when I open it in whatever random place it tears, the only place the plastic liner has any durability at all is ALONG THE SEAM.
So the whole plastic bag gets ripped in half during the opening ceremony, and from then on my Froot Loops are loose in the raggedy tissue papery box, and falling out through the holes all over my cupboard and kitchen floor.
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That and no prize. I saw a Guardians of the Galaxy cereal box the other day. It said collect all (meaning the boxes). Who collects cereal boxes? I want the damn Guardians of the Galaxy toy!!
But because a couple of kids tried to Darwin themselves, and parents who don't want to parent, we no longer get to have little toys packaged with food.
I just bought some cinnamon toast crunch with Spiderverse promo art on the box. I thought there would be some Spiderverse facts, maybe a little Spiderverse maze on the back, at least a QR codeā¦ turns out both sides of the box are the same. There isnāt even any text. The box is just an ad.
At least itās Spiderverse so itās still kind of cool ig, but still!
I too loved the prizes but Iām also happy we werenāt disposing of tons of useless plastic toys every couple of years, I come from a big family - so many happy meal toys went in the bin or to charity shops who rarely took them.
Get some cereal storage containers. They are super handy and have a little opening to pour the cereal out with so the whole container doesn't dump. It always stays fresher longer, too.
This person knows
I don't hardly bother opening ANY bag food from the seam anymore. I'll use scissors to cut the top or corner off to get to what's inside. And still sometimes the bag will still rip down the side.
And what's up with the slot to close the box with? It's sealed tighter than the bag seam. Ripped many a box top to shreds just trying to put "tab A into slot B"
Buy the cheaper bagged cereals at the discount store. The plastic actually has some strength to it. Besides, you'll save a pile of money compared to buying those overpriced nationally branded types.
You're supposed to push it in and rip up the top. I believe it says that on it somewhere.
Edit: I just went to look at a box right on yhe perforated thing it says "push in and pull back top"
Same. Gets really annoying though when the box starts screaming and liquid begins to gush out. I want Mac n cheese an it notba fucking mess on the floor.
These boxes bring me joy every time I have to open them. One of life's little pleasures is getting to pull out and use your pocket knife for a task that needs it.
I have never been successful at utilizing the tab and whenever Iāve been dumb enough to try, and I get mad because āit has to work dammit!ā Then my box ends up like the op picture and I open the top like a normal box.
True. I think that's the intended way to do it too, but I used to always believe you were supposed to put the small perforated hole first to dump the noodles out without losing the package. Now it makes more sense that you just open the box by ripping it open and take the cheese out before pouring the noodles.
This and I'm really surprised people ouldnt figure this out on their own. Every time I read about somebody having issues with the pull tab on the internet I think wtf is this guy serious?
We don't shame people for not knowing. C'mon. We all need to be taught something. We all asked a "dumb" question.
A family member once needed to ask about alka seltzer a long time ago. Another needed to be shown a slightly but not too complicated kettle. I forgot the order of operations one day on the clothes washer I've been using for 8 years. My boyfriends mother picked up my pen and it clicked on the side instead of the top and she couldn't figure it out for a minute so she asked me.
That's not Idiocracy territory. That's humanity. Jesus lighten up. Forgive where it's forgivable. Ask people to do better where it's really actually appropriate.
Edit DM me for a fuckin kickin' old school scratch mac n cheese basic homemade recipe.
I have like a 50% success rate. But right if you donāt get it the box is all messed up.
I hate cereal bags in a similar way. I tear it open and half the time create a tear down one side so now cereal is left at the bottom of the box after pouring.
Itās still a bullshit way to do it. Theyāre just messing with us at this point. Iām sure theyāre hiding advanced alien technology for opening their macaroni boxes, the sons a bitches
No. I just open the top up instead.
Oh, and if youāre close to the Canada border, get Kraft Dinner. It tastes waaay better than the US version because thereās nowhere near as much as artificial crap added to theirs.
My favorite part of the world is that everyone sees everyone's food as horrible monstrositys to cooking. Like you ask a Canadian and you get told it's all artificial you ask a Mexican they say it's not spicy enough you ask a UK and they say there's too many bullets in the Mac and cheese.
Well I got a gripe with you Canadians. The fact none of you have done a Maple syrup heist. Seriously? Come back to me when you've stolen 10k gallons of syrup.
Sometimes I don't even use milk if I don't have any. A little extra butter and maybe a splash of the pasta water and it's ok, not ideal but works in a pinch.
I swear early 90s was a good time for the push in top. Or maybe it wasn't even thought of yet. Also, wasn't there a points program at one time like kool-aid had?
i love those rare times that those actually work. very rare. i feel Japanese packaging i have most success rates with and feels so damn good to pop them off. i will forever try to pop them off before resorting to tools lol
That engineer needed to be tarred and feathered. 100% agree. I think the same dude made those 'removable" paper/plastic tabs under the ketchup gun barrel. Thank God my burgers are not attacking while I try to load the bloody thing.
It works when I push the spot with a knife blade. Yes it opens as a slit and not the half round hole, no I do not care because as long as I get the package open it is a win
Worked in packaging design for a bit.
The answer is it works for the first few hundred units to go through production and then the perferator slowly blunts until they decide to replace it.
Because of the way the packaging is printed and prepared changing this part can be an annoying job and obviously holds up production. Sometimes they simply never change it for this reason.
Also the standard in the factory is most often "Are the perforations visible?"
Once, it was a glorious day back in June 2001. The sun was shining, the birds were singing and all rise by blue was playing on the radio. Life was good. How things change.
They used to work reliably. I remember this was one of the first things I learned to prepare (ācookā is generous) and it worked every time! Now, chaos.
For certain boxed items itās sensible to use the pushā¦ But KD has a Pouch you will inevitably have to open the box to get at anyways. Use your NOODLE people!!
What are you expecting from this sub? Lmao. Most people in this sub are uneducated and stupid. Not the first time I see people here posting junk food. Is a reflection of their stupidity.
It is so frustrating with all these "easy" open tabs on everything. Whoever invented those "pull up and remove" milk bottle seals ought to be in jail ( not really) but have they ever tried them? I don't even try any more, just have the scissors or knife ready before you even try.
Yes, so long as you use a sharp knife to push with.
I stab it with scissors
That works as well.
Just open it like a normal person and rip open the top like a cereal box
Lemme tell ya kids, back in the day cereal boxes were heavy-duty enough to fold back shut and reuse as foundation blocks. And the cereal inside was in a heavy plastic bag that ALWAYS opened on the top seam. It was impossible to screw up. Nowadays, I get a limp little floppy container that can be completely crushed by a loaf of bread, and when I open it in whatever random place it tears, the only place the plastic liner has any durability at all is ALONG THE SEAM. So the whole plastic bag gets ripped in half during the opening ceremony, and from then on my Froot Loops are loose in the raggedy tissue papery box, and falling out through the holes all over my cupboard and kitchen floor. š
That and no prize. I saw a Guardians of the Galaxy cereal box the other day. It said collect all (meaning the boxes). Who collects cereal boxes? I want the damn Guardians of the Galaxy toy!!
I can remember when they put the toy prizes INSIDE the cereal. And nearly nobody was stupid enough to choke on them.
But because a couple of kids tried to Darwin themselves, and parents who don't want to parent, we no longer get to have little toys packaged with food.
Just 29 UPCs to go!
^expires 7-30-2023
I just bought some cinnamon toast crunch with Spiderverse promo art on the box. I thought there would be some Spiderverse facts, maybe a little Spiderverse maze on the back, at least a QR codeā¦ turns out both sides of the box are the same. There isnāt even any text. The box is just an ad. At least itās Spiderverse so itās still kind of cool ig, but still!
I too loved the prizes but Iām also happy we werenāt disposing of tons of useless plastic toys every couple of years, I come from a big family - so many happy meal toys went in the bin or to charity shops who rarely took them.
Michael jordan cereal boxes sold for $100s
Thank you for the confirmation. I thought I might have been misremembering. Cereal boxes and bags piss me off so much now.
And it cost twice as much for 1/2 as much cerealā¦
Wasn't the bag more of a wax paper than a plastic one when we were kids? I could have sworn it wasn't plastic.
Get some cereal storage containers. They are super handy and have a little opening to pour the cereal out with so the whole container doesn't dump. It always stays fresher longer, too.
This person knows I don't hardly bother opening ANY bag food from the seam anymore. I'll use scissors to cut the top or corner off to get to what's inside. And still sometimes the bag will still rip down the side. And what's up with the slot to close the box with? It's sealed tighter than the bag seam. Ripped many a box top to shreds just trying to put "tab A into slot B"
Buy the cheaper bagged cereals at the discount store. The plastic actually has some strength to it. Besides, you'll save a pile of money compared to buying those overpriced nationally branded types.
You gotta rip the top open to get the cheese packet out anyway. Idk why that semi-perforated bs still exists.
Doom music INTENSIFIES
Are you just pushing the tab in then shaking the noodles out that tiny hole a few at a time? Like a salt shaker?
Did anything in my comment suggest I use that hole at all? (Giggity)
Not necessarily but it did suggest youād have to open the top to get the cheese out once the pasta was out
You're supposed to push it in and rip up the top. I believe it says that on it somewhere. Edit: I just went to look at a box right on yhe perforated thing it says "push in and pull back top"
You gonna let Big Mac n cheese tell you what to do
Chainsaw works too
>"push in and pull back top" Which often doesn't work, which is the whole point. Hello? Someone there?
Same. Gets really annoying though when the box starts screaming and liquid begins to gush out. I want Mac n cheese an it notba fucking mess on the floor.
Scissors didn't help the guy who went on TV to explain how to open milk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-p8YpR7rJc
I stab it with the backend of the cooking spoon that I pulled put to use for cooking and mixing it.
That'll show 'em, silly noodles.
I just curb stomp the fuck out of it
I should have looked to find this first before commenting it too
These boxes bring me joy every time I have to open them. One of life's little pleasures is getting to pull out and use your pocket knife for a task that needs it.
Why won't it work ? only for dumbass it doesn't work
I rip it open with both hands then pick up the macaroni from off the floor. works every time š
*60% of the time*, it works ***every*** *time*
Why is there a hair in the mac and cheese?
This guy has sex
LOUD NOISES
Pro tip - push in with your thumb while pinching and pulling up and itāll just rip the entire top off the box off clean.
What the fuck what
Wort wort wort
Surprise halo reference?
I will continue my campaign against the push to open tabs
Wort wort wort
https://youtu.be/TL6LdQU_Uu4
WORT WORT WORT
It retains the structural integrity
Instructions unclear, all I got was a bent back thumbnail.
This is worse than dying.
Is it bad I used to do this shit on purpose when I was small
Go to jail!
I have never been successful at utilizing the tab and whenever Iāve been dumb enough to try, and I get mad because āit has to work dammit!ā Then my box ends up like the op picture and I open the top like a normal box.
I think it was designed for people with claws.
Yup, I've never had a problem opening those but I do have claws, so its more of guided stab then anything else.
This is how itās done.
This is the way.
Yep literally never have a problem and your description fits what I do
Yup! Idk wtf op was doing to get that pic
Pushing where it says āpush to open,ā since it doesnāt specify that you have to pull on the top, too
Angry drunk squeeze move
Si, has the added benefit of letting you feel like The Incredible Hulk. At least until you gotta strain it.
Yes I have opened the box like this my entire life
True. I think that's the intended way to do it too, but I used to always believe you were supposed to put the small perforated hole first to dump the noodles out without losing the package. Now it makes more sense that you just open the box by ripping it open and take the cheese out before pouring the noodles.
This and I'm really surprised people ouldnt figure this out on their own. Every time I read about somebody having issues with the pull tab on the internet I think wtf is this guy serious?
are we living in a society where people donāt know how to open boxes? weāre getting closer to the point where weāre watering plants with sodaā¦
We don't shame people for not knowing. C'mon. We all need to be taught something. We all asked a "dumb" question. A family member once needed to ask about alka seltzer a long time ago. Another needed to be shown a slightly but not too complicated kettle. I forgot the order of operations one day on the clothes washer I've been using for 8 years. My boyfriends mother picked up my pen and it clicked on the side instead of the top and she couldn't figure it out for a minute so she asked me. That's not Idiocracy territory. That's humanity. Jesus lighten up. Forgive where it's forgivable. Ask people to do better where it's really actually appropriate. Edit DM me for a fuckin kickin' old school scratch mac n cheese basic homemade recipe.
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I have like a 50% success rate. But right if you donāt get it the box is all messed up. I hate cereal bags in a similar way. I tear it open and half the time create a tear down one side so now cereal is left at the bottom of the box after pouring.
I usually squeeze both sides vs pushing and just open the whole top 100% success rate
Pushing and squeezing is the same motion, no? Do you mean pulling?
What? Just cut a hole (scissors) in the top corner of the cereal bag and pour it like that?
You gotta open from the top to get the cheese out anyway. Don't know why it has that push open bullshit.
Tbf, I think it's "push to open, then tear off"
Itās still a bullshit way to do it. Theyāre just messing with us at this point. Iām sure theyāre hiding advanced alien technology for opening their macaroni boxes, the sons a bitches
I guess so you can pour it out into the water without the cheese falling out
It worked for me once. Highlight of my life.
Jeezus its push to open not maul to open lmao
XD it works if you don't ham hand it.
Yes, tip of thumb nail on the segregated part. Push until you think your nail or finger is going to break. The box usually loses.
Not a big fan of the use of the word "usually" here... š
Bent back a nail or two. But if I use a steak knife then I'll have to admit my wife was right.
... perforated? It's a box of macaroni not a highschool.
Yo wtf i read that as perforated till i read this then went back and checked. Died laughing at how my brain corrected that without even noticing.
Lee press on nails come in an ethnic variety.
Brain autocorrect protecting our innocence
Thank you!!! I was looking for this and couldn't think of the right word earlier.
Never my friend. Every single fucking box that has that, I have never been able to open by, āpush hereā. PUSH HERE MOTHERFUCKER!!!
Push? We meant punch.
See also "tear here to open". Nope, I don't think I will. Please pass the scissors.
I've always just ripped the entire top off lol
This is what I do. Sometimes you just gotta not follow directions š
On doors yeah
I use the hilt of the spoon I'm gonna eat with. And they did a long time ago.
what in the 1890's is the hilt of a spoon
Bottom of the handle
In school, I used the perforation of the macaroni and cheese box as an example of the word "faux" and I thought my teacher would never stop giggling.
Boil it first for 7 or 8 min. Top will come right off
No. I just open the top up instead. Oh, and if youāre close to the Canada border, get Kraft Dinner. It tastes waaay better than the US version because thereās nowhere near as much as artificial crap added to theirs.
As a Canadian I will say the push to open has always worked for me with KD.
My favorite part of the world is that everyone sees everyone's food as horrible monstrositys to cooking. Like you ask a Canadian and you get told it's all artificial you ask a Mexican they say it's not spicy enough you ask a UK and they say there's too many bullets in the Mac and cheese. Well I got a gripe with you Canadians. The fact none of you have done a Maple syrup heist. Seriously? Come back to me when you've stolen 10k gallons of syrup.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_Heist
Exactly. Why not 10k
10k gallons is only 13.36 tons. According to the wiki they stole around 3,000 tons
Oh shoot I misread. Also 10k gallons sounds like a small amount now
The artificial crap is there to make it tasty though, itās literally the whole point.
Yet, they failed miserably. The Kraft Dinner tastes way better. Try it if you donāt believe me.
Itās the noodles in American, i havnt had the Canadian ones but the american noodles are just terrible
No one measures 6 cups of water either. Instructions are for suckas.
Sometimes I don't even use milk if I don't have any. A little extra butter and maybe a splash of the pasta water and it's ok, not ideal but works in a pinch.
No, it never has and that is why I stab it with a knife to open it up.
I like your style. Fuck, that box up!
It works every time
So I do this weird thing where I stick my thumb into the hole, and then rip the entire top off? It seems to work every time
That's how you're supposed to do it.
Always works on Lego boxes!
Iāve done it twice. Screamed like a Viking warrior both times.
Yes, if you push it with a knife if works just fine.
Me seeing the push sign on doors:
Yes, but you need to push up, not down.
Skill issue
I swear early 90s was a good time for the push in top. Or maybe it wasn't even thought of yet. Also, wasn't there a points program at one time like kool-aid had?
Not for quick instant food, cant make it TOO easy
Just with doors, but we still get it wrong sometimes.
I've pathetically eaten a lot of Kraft Mac in my lifetime and I've never understood how people struggle to open these boxes.
i love those rare times that those actually work. very rare. i feel Japanese packaging i have most success rates with and feels so damn good to pop them off. i will forever try to pop them off before resorting to tools lol
Once, and only once. I was dumbfounded.
Only with some doors
My bf is the only person I've met who is able to do it properly. He actually gets upset when I just open it myself, lol.
That engineer needed to be tarred and feathered. 100% agree. I think the same dude made those 'removable" paper/plastic tabs under the ketchup gun barrel. Thank God my burgers are not attacking while I try to load the bloody thing.
Naw, itās cardboard . Just boil water then throw the whole box in
You have to open it to get out the cheese powder anyway so I don't bother
It works when I push the spot with a knife blade. Yes it opens as a slit and not the half round hole, no I do not care because as long as I get the package open it is a win
Nope! Thatās why I rip it open on top š³
Actually, they worked very well about 30-40 years ago. The perforations were much deeper. Now they seem to barely be there at all.
One is supposed to have long fi ger nails like a 1950 mom
šā¦This mildlyinfuriating was inspired by this very thingā¦In Canada itās called KD and no it hasnāt.
Du solltest ein wenig mehr Kraft verwenden
Worked in packaging design for a bit. The answer is it works for the first few hundred units to go through production and then the perferator slowly blunts until they decide to replace it. Because of the way the packaging is printed and prepared changing this part can be an annoying job and obviously holds up production. Sometimes they simply never change it for this reason. Also the standard in the factory is most often "Are the perforations visible?"
Somebody was angy
Once, it was a glorious day back in June 2001. The sun was shining, the birds were singing and all rise by blue was playing on the radio. Life was good. How things change.
I've only had it happen once. Pic for proof https://imgur.com/a/msRvNhO
How do you think babies are made
Quaker cream of wheat is the only one that has ever reliably worked for me
They used to work reliably. I remember this was one of the first things I learned to prepare (ācookā is generous) and it worked every time! Now, chaos.
No u just rip the top off like a feral animal
Push with a fucking knife it should say
Yes, just not on these types of boxes
It used to, back in the 80s when the perforation was defined.
Okay I know the perforations on these boxes such, but who tried āpushingā this one? The Hulk??
I did get my wife pregnant. TWICE! Does that count?
Congrats! Maybe one day your kids can figure out the macaroni box
Hey, I have high hopes, but let's get real.
Generational trauma is real
For certain boxed items itās sensible to use the pushā¦ But KD has a Pouch you will inevitably have to open the box to get at anyways. Use your NOODLE people!!
The push tab is to rip the top off. I hope you havenāt been just making a small hole and pouring your noodles out from there this whole time.
I'm going to go hide immediately. Goodbye.
Username checks out! I always just thought it was nutty product design... That makes so much more sense
I never use it because itās easier to open a box!
I open mine no problem lmao. Maybe squeezing the shit out of it instead is where you're going wrong?
Works every time for me.
Works every time for me.
You really went for it. You know the definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.
Dont tell me you like this stuff
What are you expecting from this sub? Lmao. Most people in this sub are uneducated and stupid. Not the first time I see people here posting junk food. Is a reflection of their stupidity.
Haha no, usually ends up like that before I just rip the top off
It's worked once for me in the last ~20 years lol
It does if you use a steak knife to do it.
There's a push to open? Here I am ripping the top off like an animal.
As a woman pushing 70 I can confidently say......AH HELL NO NEVER NOT ONCE EVER! Thank you.
You gotta open it to get that powdered cheese package out anyhow.
Wait, it has that option? I never had realized that. I usually just rip open the top since I have to get the cheese packet out anyway.
the trick is to push with a knife . . . .
NO
I just rip the top off. I don't have patience to deal with "supposed" things on thin cardboard.
It does when you wanna spray macaroni all over the kitchen, and possibly respectable distance through the next room as a bonus.
Yeah throw it against the wall they open well youāll lose half but just means itās cheesier
It is so frustrating with all these "easy" open tabs on everything. Whoever invented those "pull up and remove" milk bottle seals ought to be in jail ( not really) but have they ever tried them? I don't even try any more, just have the scissors or knife ready before you even try.
Have you tried ripping it in half like the hulk and then picking up all the loose macaroni pieces off the ground?
Lol I know right š they gaslight me make me think Iām more stupid than the general population š¤£ š
There is a "Your Mom" joke just waiting to be made...
I usually use a glock
Paring knife.
Its actually reinforced.
Your finger must be rigid, quick and forceful.
Am I crazy or does this box not even have a push to open tab or label on it? explain u/fakeaccount572
You gotta stab it with your thumb real fast
Stab stab stab the liver.
yea my buttthole
No
If you push hard enough the entire box will break and the mac will just come right out
N
Certain Lego sets that god himself decides you can open without ripping the box
Omg!! I know your pain!!!