# Someone Needs to Invent **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 31, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-needs-to-invent/958689 "2022-01-31T16:20:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 229
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-needs-to-invent/958689/229 "2022-03-01T21:23:50Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > Also, all cans (vegetables, soups, tuna, etc) should come with a ring/pop-top. I notice there are a lot more of these cans lately. But they all should be like this by now.   Some of those are more difficult to open than others. For those of us with ancient arthritic fingers, it can be all the more difficult and unpleasant. Such cans _might_ be openable with a regular can opener, depending on the can and the can opener. A while back, I asked if there is a tool for opening these pop-top cans, and we had a thread about that: > [@Opening pop-top cans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-pop-top-cans/955521): > > A lot of canned foods now come in those pop-top cans – the kind where you pull the entire top off. I have a hard time with some of those, due in part of increasing arthritis or maybe just general old-age decrepitude. Can anybody recommend an alternative way of opening these? Is there some trick using any tools I might have around the kitchen? Are there any kitchen tools out there specifically designed to open lids like this? (Some such cans can be opened with a can opener, but not most that… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-needs-to-invent/958689)._