Iranian Pepsi can opens the opposite way
by Whole-Sushka
Iranian Pepsi can opens the opposite way
by Whole-Sushka
38 Comments
Opens to the left?
I feel so old. Much like the design of these cans. All cans were like this in the ’80s.
Tell me you’re under the age of 30 without telling me you’re under the age of 30.
That’s how ALL ring pulls used to work.
A clue in the name that you PULL on them, for example.
It’s only in recent times that they’ve pierced down, mostly so that they can have a hinge that stays attached to the can so you can recycle it in one piece.
All cans were like this up until late 80s/early 90s
In the Jimmy Buffet song Margaritaville, he mentions he “stepped on a pop top” which is the torn off piece of one of these cans. Lots of people cut themselves stepping on these. The US(and I’m sure most other places) moved away from this style of can for a reason.
This style of can was standard when I was a kid. They switched to the current style in the late 80s where I lived. Now it’s quite rare and I only see it on cans of stuff from the middle east. I occasionally buy cans of vimto from middle eastern markets that have this old school style and they are produced in Saudi Arabia.
Reminds me of the old sardine doses.
We used to use those for fishing. It was used in place of the metal spinny bit that some lures have. You could easily tie them to any bait.
Anyone remember in the 90s when they experimented with two buttons instead? One to release the pressure and one to open?
Cheaper to produce, but produces wayyyy more (sharp metal) litter in practice
Just makes the most sense for a country with very little regulation and environmental&consumer protection/rights
You’re supposed to drop that into the can then drink. At least that’s what they did back in the day.
They probably have the old production filling equipment from Europe repurposed – probably a Pepsi filler from 1980s still running well.
Opposite? From what?
Maybe “Differently” or “Old Style”?
old school opening! I miss those.
Different way to say you aren’t old.
Not opposite. Old dangerous way. Those rings used to be thrown every where.
I thought we were over this horrible design like 30 years ago.
Imagine seeing how soda bottles use to require a bottle opener…
That’s how all cans use to open
I tried Afgan pepsi once, it was a normal shape can but smaller size (300 ml, I think)
These exist in three pieces of pop culture in my mind:
A) in the song Margaritaville, where the singer blew out a flop-flop, stepped on a pop top, cut his heel and had to cruise on back home….
2) in the show Emergency!, where a dude dropped it in his beer can and almost immediately choked on it.
d) in the movie War Games, where Matthew Broderick uses one he finds in the street to hack a pay phone.
These days, they’ve gone the way of the dodo.
….back in my day we had to pull all our tabs…youngins now don;t know how good they have it
Beer was like this too
/the opposite way
The old way.
What do you mean? That’s a pull tab. It was common until the 80s when it began being phased out for the type that does not create a loose, sharp metal bit that gets discarded.
I mean this in no mean way at all, but I am guessing you’re much younger than me. If you want to have some fun (admittedly only a little fun) go look at some of the designs that didn’t make the cut. I remember dad’s Coors cans went through a phase where there was a top with no ring at all. There was a large circle to drink from and a small vent circle. You used a Coors tool to push them in. Clearly needing a separate tool to open your can was a step back toward the church-key and not a step forward.
I didn’t realize pull tabs were still in use, so thank you very much for this trip back to my childhood when these things were linked into chains.
I’m fkn old. This was normal for me growing up. The ‘new’ design is the current design
I’m old enough to remember people making beaded curtains from these.
Looks like their canning tech is stuck in 1979
Opposite to what? Cans used to always open like this.
Oh, my sweet summer child…
Now break off the pull part, hold onto the curved bit at the thin end and fire the ring across the room with the other end like a horizontal catapult.
The original way
Stepped on a pop top
This was how ALL cans opened not even 30 years ago kid. They’re just very very very very far behind.
The amount of shit gen alpha doesn’t know keeps boggling my mind.
It’s just a regular can the way they all used to be before they changed the design to prevent litter of pull tabs