this post was submitted on 30 Nov 2023
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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 6 points 1 year ago

shhhh

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

[–] Spot@startrek.website 5 points 1 year 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.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

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

[–] jayandp@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

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

[–] runjun@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Reminded me of the weirdest Batman villian, Onomatopoeia.

[–] porthos@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

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

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

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Are there any good left-handed scissors?

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

They might have some here:

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I have several great ones. Got them at Walmart.

[–] Spot@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year 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!

[–] poppy@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 year ago

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

[–] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Like when the turbo kicks in

[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] DragonTypeWyvern 1 points 1 year ago