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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 months ago

What life hack is so simple yet so effective, you're shocked more people don't know about it?

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What life hack is so simple yet so effective, you're shocked more people don't know about it?

return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 months ago
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    So many injuries doing that:

    • https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/avocado-hand-injury-knife-surgeons-b2571757.html
    • https://torontosun.com/health/diet-fitness/spike-in-avocado-cutting-injuries-linked-to-fruits-increased-popularity-study
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      10 months ago

      ¯\_(ツ)_/

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      10 months ago

      However, people also tend to stab themselves in the hand as they attempt to use the knife tip to remove the avocado pit.

      They’re not doing it right. You don’t stab the pit with the point of the blade, it’s more like a chop.

      https://youtu.be/eGd6GfHG77I

      Of course, you could just use a spoon to remove the pit. Or I saw another variant where you push it out from the “back” of the side its stuck in once cut in half, no tool needed beyond the initial halving

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        Read the lines before that – or at least read the “also” to notice stabbing is a secondary injury.

        Mostly: just put the avocado down! ERs feel the need to warn about how common an accident this is, so why tempt fate?

        People lose their grip on the avocado and accidentally slice their palms or fingers, doctors have warned. When this happens, there’s a high likelihood of people accidentally severing their nerves or tendons. However, people also tend to stab themselves in the hand as they attempt to use the knife tip to remove the avocado pit.

        From the Sun:

        Wolfe recommended holding an avocado down on a cutting board and slicing into it with the dominant hand, cutting around the fruit at the equator, then rolling it halfway over and cutting again, according to CBS New York.

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