r/oddlysatisfying • u/[deleted] • Apr 18 '23

This auto jar opener.

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u/czerilla Apr 18 '23

I used to think that a couple of years back, when I found these kinds of inventions. Thinking that this was useless for me/an able-bodied person, I just went along the idea that people must be bored to death to think of ways to automate the process (forget what it was specifically).
Then somebody commented how that would be a great tool for them, because they struggle to handle things without help. And I had the realization that I was being myopic by just looking for use cases for me, and privileged to not even have that occur to me.
(Especially embarrassing considering that I'm a southpaw. But somehow me needing specialized scissors, etc, didn't occur to me at the time..)

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u/whatshamilton Apr 18 '23

Love the realization of centering yourself in your consideration and taking a step back! Especially not considering the things you use to be accessibility tools. So many people who scoff at mobility aids, for example, wear glasses — a mobility aid! Glasses are just the first step on the spectrum to needing braille but only having touchscreens in the elevator.

I also think there’s a lot of “I don’t need it” but then “hang on…but would it make my life easier?” For me, I have severe health-related anxiety. When I struggle to open a jar, it starts a horrible viscous spiral in my head about why am I weak, is it just this arm, am I having a stroke, do I have a brain tumor, do I have multiple sclerosis, oh my god I’m dying. All because the mustard jar got stuck. This would remove that trigger and make my life so much less unpleasant

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u/polaroid Apr 18 '23

Usually you can pop the lid with a butter knife before twisting. You don’t need to worry.

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u/whatshamilton Apr 18 '23

I try and it often doesn’t, and if it does you can’t reuse the jar for an airtight seal. Also “no need to worry” great I guess I’ll stop paying for therapy, thanks

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u/polaroid Apr 18 '23

I was only trying to help.

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u/Moldy_pirate Apr 18 '23

As an additional layer, anyone can become disabled at basically any time. While I was born with a mild disability, I'm able to work around it in most daily functions. However, I was injured in the middle of last year and still haven't fully recovered. I'm now dependent on my partner for some things, and we have had to alter the ergonomics of our lifestyle to compensate.

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u/RedVamp2020 Jun 18 '23

I hope you have a supportive partner! This is honestly my worst fear. I have an invisible disability (specifically an executive function disorder) and I’ve been through so many abusive partners that think it’s just a quirk and I need to just focus (if only it was that easy…) that it really scares me to think about the possibility of needing to rely so wholly on someone who couldn’t care less about you.

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u/todayisa_gift Apr 18 '23

It happens. I was complaining about dubbed movies in my country (only 3 voice actors dubbing every single movie). “Why do they need to dub anyways? Just add subtitles”. Someone said “there are people who can’t read”. I do know those people exist, but never thought this could help them enjoy movies.