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Default Self-aligning screw thread?

On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 18:17:17 -0000, WWS TEXAS wrote:

On Sunday, February 17, 2019 at 4:38:36 PM UTC-6, Commander Kinsey wrote:
In the 21st century, has someone not invented a screw thread which always aligns perfectly? Even a simple bottle top never goes on straight, you have to turn the bloody thing backwards to make it jump into place.


Just hammer it back on, no problem.


Try that with a pop bottle. With today's treehugger regulations, everything's so ****ing flimsy it falls apart if you look at it the wrong way.