{"id":509,"date":"2020-02-05T06:37:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T12:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodjobsucking.com\/?p=509"},"modified":"2020-02-05T06:37:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T12:37:32","slug":"the-wonderful-lunacy-of-cut-resistant-gloves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodjobsucking.com\/?p=509","title":{"rendered":"The Wonderful Lunacy of Cut-Resistant Gloves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I ran across these gloves<\/a>, and the first thing I noticed was that the picture depicted somebody apparently trying to cut off their own finger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Don’t try this at home<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At first glance, it doesn’t say “these are cut resistant gloves” so much as “you’re going to need a new pair of gloves. Once you get back from the emergency room.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most sellers appear to make their point with the common, “you want to perform black magic? Not with these gloves” style of palm-cutting demonstration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Imaginary blood brothers<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sure, that gets the point across, but what if you want to demonstrate that your gloves are really very<\/em> cut-resistant? Then you attack your gloved hand with Paul Hogan ferocity:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You call that a knife?<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These things are kind of awesome. But what if I want to artfully cut finger and wrist holes in a metal can, and jam my whole hand through it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Metal can is not part of glove; if you’re creating a post-apocalyptic film, you’ll have to cut your own cans<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At least it’s better than depicting that you might need a pair if you have trouble distinguishing one end of a knife from the other:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hand me that knife, would you?<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Just what exactly were you trying to do, here?<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It makes me appreciate those sellers of safety gloves who get the point across — that these will help you avoid blade-and-hand related tragedies — by also illustrating that if you’re going to test the limits of your safety equipment, maybe not stake your fingers on the result of a successful experiment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Okay, you can probably try this at home<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Though it seems that something that might be as effective as all of these, is the graphic depiction of somebody who still has both their thumbs<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Delightfully labeled so you’re well aware there are two<\/strong> thumbs<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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