Right. I have gotten some complaints about this from the report feature so I’ll just say a couple of things.
Firstly, everyone. If you think OP is being a little silly then I urge to perhaps try telling them nicely with calling them an idiot. We won’t to promote an atompsphere where people are encouraged to talk about their problems without being ridiculed. This isn’t the first time something like this happened.
Secondly, OP. You also need to engage more constructively with these people as well. The way you are getting defensive and immediately bringing up your education does not help you. Also you post complaining about here has been removed. We don’t really want this instance to be a place where people complain about other parts of lemmy. That just leads to drama down the road.
I don’t need to engage with them at all.
Striker didn’t say that you have to engage, he said that when you do it should be more constructive. C’mon.
- Goes out of their way to post in a public forum.
- Insists they have no need for a public forum.
84 upvotes from others who have experienced this problem, and Hefty now makes bags called “grippers”, which contain elastic to combat this problem. I thought it was funny. I didn’t realize other readers were going to attack me over how I put a 13 gallon bag into a 13 gallon garbage can. Everyone can post here. No one is obligated to interact with the commenters. Sorry you feel differently.
I love that you came here and I think everything you said is fair.
I love OP’s response though, this whole thread is hilarious.
U r dum dum
Yeah, sure. Tell that to my degrees and my ASVAB score.
So smart you joined the military.
I can say that because I was a 99 ASVAB and a dumb grunt.
Getting a 99 just means you’re smart enough to get fucked by the green weenie in any of the available jobs. It’s also the first step everyone does, if you’re going for something like nuke school they give you harder tests. OP is pretty amusing with this though.
Right? It’s the basic test. I have come to terms that I’m really basically smart, but when things get more detailed I’m pretty regular.
I was so smart I became an 11 though, instead of perhaps a job with life skills, for a life other than LEO. No regrets though, made some lifelong friends, got stupid tattoos, visited some cool places, and I get $170 a month for tinnitus.
Really? Do you have pictures of the non-official report form they give you, after taking the exam?
I took my ASVAB in 2009, so unless it’s in my SRB somewhere, you’ll have to take my word for it.
I did upload a picture of my garbage though, that should be proof enough.
You shouldn’t have to overpay for bags that are too large for the garbage can, just to avoid having the bags slip.
I will commiserate with you. I think the shape of that can is ultimately your issue. In fact, I know it is, I’ve seen that can and anytime I’ve seen it, the bag looks like yours. So you’re not alone.
As an aside, if you intend on joining the military, especially if you enlist, nobody cares about your ASVAB score, and if you wield it like a weapon, others will use it against you. I knew ASVAB waivers who had quick wit. I served with dudes who paraded around their conventional intelligence and had a tough time making friends, and only when they dropped the whole smart guy act did they fit in better.
Your post tickled my funny bone tonight. I wish you well and I hope you can “adapt and overcome” as it relates to this issue.
We have the same trash bins! That makes us bin buddies!
Do you have recycle and trash? It’s the way to go. I bag the trash but I dump the recycling into the large can outside and then reuse that dirty bag for garbage. I’m essentially saving the world.
Nice to know there are others out there! Great bins, unlike poor OP.
Wil u b mi gf?1
YouTube university and online practice exams don’t mean anything bud
No, I graduated from a CSU and took the exam in at a recruiting office in Fresno, California. They have video of me taking the test, since the facility had cameras.
you’re so full of shit that those bags can’t hold all of it. you must be on the spectrum if not
Think you nailed it. But then we can’t make jokes about this post anymore.
this post is so damn annoying but I can’t help but read it in pure shock of this moron that keeps spouting about a STEM degree but can’t figure out what size trashbag to buy. they should’ve been swallowed honestly
Seriously, who asked though? You still are dumb
The previous commenter implied that I needed to provide proof of my education. Who are you to judge intelligence? You’re commenting on Lemmy. You didn’t write the codes to create it. What are you, a rat in their maze, funding the world’s millionaires and billionaires? What’s your claim to intellectual fame?
Nope, they didn’t. They posted a meme and you started out with bragging about your scores.
Oh buddy. Take that stick out your arse or go to a therapist if you’re like this all the time. It’s obvious you have problems to talk about.
How stupid are you to not know to use the drawstring they included? Op is fucking dumb lol
No. I’m really not. The drawstrings have no elasticity.
You just called a woman with a master’s degree in a STEM field, dumb. You’re misinformed and rude. I can’t fix the fact that you’re rude, but I can report you.
Shame you didn’t learn some basic life skills along with your vaunted education.
My life skills included manners. I don’t believe yours did.
You just called a woman
Gender doesnt matter right now. You could be an alien for what I care.
with a master’s degree in a STEM field, dumb.
In that case you are a professional educated type of dumb ;)
In Germany we have the saying “Fachidiot”. Doesnt really apply here but the term is funny.masters degree but can’t buy the right size trashbag. what a waste of a degree
My complaint is they make the trash bags the wrong fit for the circumference. The volume of the bag and the height of the bag are fine.
You are buying the wrong sized bags for your can.
Nope. They are the right size. I checked.
We can all see that they are not. A properly sized trash bag goes OVER the trash can, even after bottoming out.
It isn’t pulled tight in this picture. It was originally placed over the edge. Under the weight of trash, it slipped and became lodged in the can. The bottom of the bag was already touching the can when placed into the can. I think trash bag manufacturers should have an elastic band within the top of the bag that can prevent this.
You still continue to ignore advice & explanation. Trash bags DO NOT NEED TO BE PULLED TIGHT AROUND THE CAN! In fact, many bags don’t even have anything to pull tight in the first place! A fitting bag can reach not just the bottom, completely, but also still have several centimeters of excess material to fold over the top of the can. I’m talking about 2-3 times the amount of material compared to what is visible on the right side of your photo, which very clearly shows that this bag is not the right size for your can. On my can the bag goes about 1/4 down the outside of the can, because I paid attention to the size of my can and the bags I buy. It has no strings to pull either, it just hangs there, weighted down only by the plastic lid.
Is the problem that the bags aren’t long enough? Fill the bottom of the can with something the bag can rest on.
No, the bags reach the bottom of the can the edges of the bag don’t cling to the edges of the can.
In my house we have slightly oversized trashbags, have the bag oriented the other way (so when you pull the bag out it does not get stuck), make sure the drawstring is over the lip, and this depends on the design of your trash-can but just see the picture. Image link for non-Kbin.
Yeah, I probably just need to accept that I have to buy bigger bags that are actually too big for the can.
I don’t understand what’s happening in this picture. Why is the blue draw string not being used? Is the bag too short for the bin? Is that a laundry hamper? How would the groves for the lid work if a bag is in place?
If it’s anything like the drawstring bags I have tried, it’s flimsy and mostly for show - it barely even tightens the bag when you’re ready to tie it up and throw it out.
He’s buying too small bags for his can. You can see this by the fact that when the bag reaches the bottom properly, it barely even reaches to the top. But fitting bags would be able to wrap around it, prevent the bag from falling inside. He’s just being stupid.
The blue drawstrings don’t stretch, so I can’t tie a knot in them to make the bag stay in place. It’s just a frustrating design.
Has nothing to do with design. Buy the right sized bag and problem solved. Work an extra shift if you can’t afford the right sized bag.
Those blue spots are part of the inner plastic ring that you can tie up yourself.
I pulled on them to tie a knot, but they aren’t stretchy like the material used to make the bag.
Try tying it before you put the bag in. It takes trial and error to know how much slack to leave, but it’ll allow you to get a tight fit once you get the length right.
I did, but the blue handles don’t stretch. They are just plastic, with no elasticity.
I’ve been a janitor for a good chunk of my working life; the easiest solution is to just tie the thing into a knot so it doesn’t come loose from the bin until you untie it. The tie ribbon they give you in some brands of bags make this easier than ones that would require tying excess bag to the bin.
in college I worked for the college in custodial services. (yeah. it’s as bad as you imagine it.)
we’d make the bunny ears just by poking a hole and ripping (or a knife if one’s handy.)
Can issue
Yeah, it might be a problem with the can, but I remember trash bags that had more elastic ties/handles in the early 2000’s. These bag handles don’t seem to be made of that material, so I can’t tie knots in the handles to secure the bags to the can.
Just get bigger bags or a smaller bin.
True, but the bigger bags cost more and then you don’t really get to use the extra capacity of them, because the excess bag hangs over the edge of the can.
because the excess bag hangs over the edge of the can.
My guy. This is by design, to prevent the exact issue you are complaining about and to give you enough leeway to actually close the bag properly too. You’re literally making a problem out of nothing just to be outraged over it.
There’s no elasticity in the drawstrings to pull them tight around the can. It’s a flaw in the design. Also, I’m not a man. Keep your “my guy” comment to yourself.
“my guy” is used as a general reference regardless of the gender of the target, especially if on the internet, when discussing someone who can’t use a fucking garbage bag, but if you wish we can refer to you as “shit for brains” because you certainly don’t have anything useful up there.
When you take the ASVAB and outscore my 97th percentile, or earn a graduate degree in a STEM field, I might take your insult to heart. As of now, you don’t strike me as very intelligent, or very polite.
Ah yes the military famous for their bright minds, or was it crayon eating? I can never remember since all I did was take computer science, physics, and math courses in university.
Coming from the person who can’t fit the right trash bag for their trash can that gets immediately upset from someone saying “my guy” and possibly being seen as a man. Grow up.
The trash can is the correct size for the bags. You act like you own stock in the companies that make them. I’m simply pointing out a design issue that could be improved.
Why don’t you be mature, and take your own advice. Find a better use of your time as an adult than attacking others online.
My 99 outscores your 97. Shit for brains is gender neutral and seems to apply to someone who has difficulty operating a trash can. Also the ASVAB is an entry test for everyone, go take the NFQT then come brag about your score on the interwebs.
If you had scored within the 99th percentile, I don’t think you would call your score a “99”. You didn’t score 99. You scored within the 99th percentile, if what you say is true. Also, if you scored within the 99th percentile you would have a career within the military that would most likely deny you the privilege of a civilian social media account, even if it were semi-anonymous. I do t think your commanding officers would be happy with your wasted time spent arguing on the internet. I also think they would see your use of profanity as a liability.
The drawstrings aren’t to tie the bag to the can, they’re to help you close the bag afterwards. I don’t care about your gender and you getting so upset about it is just making you look even more unhinged.
Responding and having an opinion doesn’t make a person unhinged. I hope one day you have the opportunity to experience an interaction with a person who is actually unhinged. Maybe it will be you since you see yourself fit to seem others as unhinged. You must have first hand experience.
No, what makes you unhinged is seeing some sort of personal attack in everything, including all the advice that people give you and creating completely made up issues for yourself, such as the trash can or the alleged attacks against people who failed to study your birth certificate and social media profiles first.
You don’t have my maiden name to look up my birth certificate. You shouldn’t be trying to look up my birth certificate, or my personal social media accounts, either. That is the equivalent of doxing a person. I reported your comment for insinuating that you have doxed me.
Also, it’s just a funny post about a common problem. You took it personally. One trash bag manufacturer actually does make a set of garbage bags that grip the can. It’s Hefty, and the bags are called “grippers” because this problem is more common than people realize. You don’t need to attack me, as is evident in your multiple comments that make degrading personal remarks against me.
Facepalm.
You buy bags that are too small. Then you complain on the internet that the bags that are too small don’t fit. Then you start complaining that the bags that DO fit are too expensive.
Then you have the audacity to accuse the bag companies of poor design.
Fuck man. Life is hard for you I bet.
Just be a common degenerate like we all are and pile your garbage up. Then it will be the exacts correct size.
😆
UPDATE:
My trash can is 13 gallons and so are the bags. Here is proof.
I’d like an apology from those who called me dumb for “using the wrong size trash bags”, or “not knowing what size garbage can” I have. I have the correct size trash can and liners. I think the makers of trash bags should fix the design flaw and make the edge of the bag contain an elastic band. I don’t believe I should be verbally attacked for posting something that seems to be a common issue for many Lemmy readers. My post isn’t in the negatives here. Some others must be experiencing this same problem.
Bro, I think you need a break. You won’t be vindicated here. A mod already came in and made every point to be made.
I don’t listen to people who use bro to address people.
Yikes, what a cunty thing to say.
Not really. Every time someone has used “bro” in my presence to address someone, they’re usually speaking down to them.
There are big rubber bands specifically meant to go on your trash bin to hold the bag in place, I bought mine from Walmart or Target I believe.
Really? Do they work on tapered trash cans?
You could also get yourself a pack of bungee cords. Bungee the bag the same way you’d use one of those bands.
It’s the kludgy option, but you’ll probably get a bunch of spare bungee cords out of it and those are always useful.
This is what I did
It should as its only holding a trash bag in place provided the bag is tall enough to touch the bottom of the can.
Thank you. I’m going to look for those. I was using clips on the sides for a while, but when the trash can becomes full, the clips pop off of the sides.
I recommend some clips. The kind used to hang laundry. I believe that trashcan comes with a swiveling lid not pictured here and if the bag is installed properly the lid will hold it in place. But if you don’t have the lid (they’re not made of a particularly durable material or to a durable design spec), the clips do work.
I did try using plastic clips that are meant to be used for hanging items on the fridge. They lost traction with the side of the can as soon as the can became half full of trash. I’ll try some laundry clips, if I can find any around the house. Thank you for your suggestion.
I spent about seven years buying Dollar Tree bags, while trying to pay off debt (which I still have). I feel like this recent decision made no forward progress here.
buy smaller trashcan. use grocery bags. profit until the world breaks.
I do this for the garbage can in the bathroom. It saves a lot of money!
