I figured out how to open a bottle cap using my cell phone case, I was proud of myself. What is the best way, portable, or creative, you have found to open bottles?

  • IMALlama@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Rings. I’m married and have a tungsten ring, so it’s basically always on my hand. Some bottles don’t give you much room to get under the cap, but I can get most anything open pretty quickly.

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    During my fraternity days, I would often say, “the world is my bottle opener” just before using some random object to open a beer.

    All that really matters is if its sturdy and small enough to catch over your knuckle and under the rim. Literally any object like that will work.

  • El Barto@lzrprt.sbs
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    1 year ago

    Best/portable: Bottle opener keychain, most alcohol shops will give you one, there’s usually a beer doing a promo with them, just ask them because they probably have a box they keep forgetting to give out.

    Creative: probably lawnmower.

  • Ibis@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Cap against edge of concrete ledge. My friends and I bought a bottle of cider at a 7/11 and realized we didn’t have a bottle opener. Cue that moment of brilliance from my mate.

  • BitSound@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Angle just the cap onto the edge of a table and pound it with your fist. Results not guaranteed

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      1 year ago

      I’ve done this before and left very angry scratches

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        1 year ago

        The trick is to do it on a table you don’t care about, like your crappy roommates’ table that’s definitely not an antique, Greg.

  • Case@unilem.org
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    1 year ago

    Learn from my mistake.

    Don’t use a knife as the lever.

    Doubly so if you’re already intoxicated.

    Just because its theoretically possible does not make it a good idea.

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        1 year ago

        Not so much at the time. Just messy in a biohazardous way.

        Now the next day, sans booze… Yeah. Basically butterflied my finger a bit.

        I’m not sure I could identify every type of pain, but that was certainly one of them.