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Shotgun a Beer with Just Your Thumb

Step 2The bubble

The bubble
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Reach out with the stronger of your two arms and tilt the top of the can down towards the ground at a slight angle.

The theory of the tilt is to allow the small bubble of air that's in the can to rise to the precise position that your thumb is pressing down on.  This should hopefully make it a bit easier to pierce through the can with your thumb and also keep less of the beer from splashing out when your finger breaches through the can wall.

I don't know too much about can fluid dynamics, and I'm skeptical that it's actually any easier to punch your finger through a can into air than it is to punch it through into a liquid, but hey, we're using finger tips to bust through aluminum here, so it's good to be a believer in anything that might help. 

While you're at it, toss some salt over your shoulder.

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