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[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

I take offense to this as someone who hasn't even started shopping yet.

[-] Spot@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago

I squirrel away things I find through the year to ease my winter burden. The hard part for me is not giving the things right away so I don't have to go buy something else. My SO especially has a hard time remembering that that gift in June WAS Xmas, so no, we are not spending bunches of money on whatever it is you want now. When we hit the lottery, then we can do both.

[-] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 6 points 2 years ago

shhhh

just get them fuzzy socks that's what they truly want

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Winter supplies, I guess? Something about a big log and not dying in icy conditions.

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago
[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago
[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Love the follow up episode in the cat-people hospital.

[-] jayandp@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

Until it stops randomly and tears at a 90° angle from the direction you were going.....

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

as a clutz it feels good until I check out the angle I cut across

[-] runjun@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Reminded me of the weirdest Batman villian, Onomatopoeia.

[-] porthos@startrek.website 6 points 2 years ago

It’s called going to warp, impulse is when you have to manually chop.

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 5 points 2 years ago

i gotta admit.. i thought this was going to be a play on astro glide. ..hmmmmmmmmm

Are there any good left-handed scissors?

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

They might have some here:

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I have several great ones. Got them at Walmart.

[-] Spot@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

I found a decent pair on Amazon and I think it has helped with the regularity I am hitting that sweet spot.

[-] poppy@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

These or something similar are perfect, as a lefty.

Edit: but for the love of god don’t pay that much. I think they’re like $5-7 in store.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago

With all the political talk on social media I was so confused what being a lefty had to do with cutting wrapping paper lol

Doh!

[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Okay for those of you who don’t have an electric clipper—> open the blades all the way and rock the paper along the blade a moment, you’ll eventually find a spot that lets you glide through the paper.

[-] orbitz@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

I'm a lefty so this may be incorrect but I think you also want to keep good tension on the paper while you do it. If that's not a thing, then oops. Sometimes the glide works, the other 80% it bunches up about halfway through so I tend to try a few times then just give up. Also I assume it works opened more because the scissors tend to be sharper closer to the handle where they're less used, in case that helps anyone figure out the sweet spot. So just do what usual leftys do, make the contact between scissor blades pull together with a good grip, have a nice tension on the paper and push it through slowly. Then get annoyed when it rips after it working once.

[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah you want to hold the corner or place a bar weight if you can. If you have an empty paper tube it’s useful

[-] Spot@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

This is what I do if I can a lot of the time, helps so much

[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm in my mid 20s and still can't use normal scissors due to how left handed I am lmao. Left handed, left footed, left eye dominant. Even the left side of my face is more handsome 💀

[-] porthos@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

Have you ever tried just using the scissors in a mirror? That should flip them around so that they work

[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Most scissors have a smaller top handle for your thumb, so when you flip it around, that small handle becomes the one the rest of your fingers are supposed to fit in, which makes it very difficult to use.

[-] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Like when the turbo kicks in

[-] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 2 years ago

it's barely December. Who even thinks of wrapping presents now?

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