Should I be torqued more at the shoplifters whose depredations provoke manufacturers into sealing merchandise (particularly electronics) into hard-case plastic that is nearly impossible to open even with scissors? Or with those manufacturers for burdening all honest consumers with said packaging?<\/p>\n
All I know is, I wanna hit someone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Should I be torqued more at the shoplifters whose depredations provoke manufacturers into sealing merchandise (particularly electronics) into hard-case plastic that is nearly impossible to open even with scissors? 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