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35 People Who Figured Out An Easier Way To Do Something They Were Doing The “Hard Way” For Far Too Long
Human beings are extremely smart. We discovered electricity, figured out how to get people on the moon, cured or eradicated countless diseases and are constantly coming up with even more innovations. However, sometimes, our brains just don’t figure out the easiest ways to do things without getting a little extra help from someone else. Put some scientists in a lab, and you’ll get a vaccine for COVID-19 within a year. Put some regular people in their kitchen, on the other hand, and they might not discover the best way to clean a microwave or blender for decades.
Someone recently asked on Reddit, “What's something you did ‘the hard way’ for the longest time, because you didn't know there was a much easier way?” And thousands of readers responded with their best life hacks. We’ve gathered some of their most helpful answers down below, featuring tips that you might be embarrassed to admit you never knew, but don’t worry: your secret’s safe with us. From keyboard shortcuts to cleaning tips that will save you time and effort, we hope you learn something new from this list of tips.
Be sure to upvote the replies that you find most brilliant, and then let us know in the comments if you have any more life hacks that might spare your fellow pandas from doing things ‘the hard way’. Then if you’re interested in checking out another Bored Panda article featuring products that feel like life hacks in and of themselves, you can find that right here.
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#1
Recently found out that if you deliberately spread your cheeks when you sit down on the toilet, everything goes a whole lot cleaner, and you save on toilet paper. As someone with IBS, kinda a game changer.
Goth Nurse 3 years ago
Here in my country we have bidette showers, no tp needed every time or as much, no a*s friction, more hygiene. I wish that was a standard everywhere.
Jack Handy 3 years ago
When I first read this I was thinking of the wrong cheeks. Makes a lot more sense now…
Eric Schultz Saindon 3 years ago
I'm gonna guess that this post is being attempted in real time by many folks. Bored Panda wad made to her bathroom reading.
Rachel Smith 3 years ago
I already did this, it always just seemed to help me poop easier. Guess I was kinda right lol
DDmaybeandor 3 years ago
Ah! I finally understand why other people complain about wiping being messy or never feeling clean.
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#2
CTRL backspace to delete entire words instead of letter by letter
LuckyL 3 years ago
ohh wow - I hope I still remember this, when I get to the end of this list.
Katy McMouse 3 years ago
May I recommend screen shots? I have a whole album of stuff I'd otherwise forget.
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Da Coconut Nut 3 years ago
For Mac users, option + delete for individual words and command + delete for whole lines
April Caron 3 years ago
Also CTRL + to make your windows larger and CTRL - to make it smaller.
#3
I thought working hard (giving 120%) brought many benefits. Turns out, I still get the same benefits + my sanity by only working 80%.
Donkey boi 3 years ago
Slow the f**k down! You're already at 50% and it Wednesday tomorrow!
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K Y 3 years ago
Working hard at work just gives you more work tasks for no extra compensation.
Beth 3 years ago
Yes! I would love to know who started the whole if you work harder you'll get anything and everything you want. Because that is the biggest lie right behind money doesn't buy happiness. I feel like it's very wealthy people that started that, what do you think?
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pink_panda 3 years ago
I second this so hard! I've really been trying to take my perfectionism down a few notches because very few things actually merit that over the top effort.
Everybody's brain works a little bit differently. Some of us are better at math and science, while others might be more artistic and find it easier to learn how to play an instrument than memorize math formulas. We all have our strengths. But because our brains are all unique, we might not all do things the same way. For example, the way that you clean your apartment might be quite different from how your best friend cleans theirs.
I came to this realization very quickly after moving in with my partner. We both assumed that many things were obvious or implied, but upon having a conversation about where to hang photos on the wall, how to wash the dishes, how to organize the kitchen and countless other things, we realized that our brains are quite different. And aside from the occasional annoyance or miscommunications that this causes, our differences are usually a huge advantage. Two heads are better than one, anyway.
#4
We had a pool when I was a kid, swam at the public pool all winter. So lots of water time. Worst thing was having to get out and go pee, because as a girl you’d have to pull your bathing suit down and sit there cold and naked and then have to pull on a cold, wet suit and it was sticky and icy and awful. I’d hold it until I absolutely had to go.
Occurred to me as an adult you can just pull the crotch part to the side, and it stays put while you pee.
EDIT: Thanks y’all, I am so gratified to learn I was not the only one! If I can help even one person avoid the awkward dance of pulling up cold, wet, twisted suit straps then my work here is done.
ScarletRos 3 years ago
I never did that because I believed the myth that the water would turn bright yellow and everyone would know I peed.
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Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
The only thing more difficult than trying to get a wet swimsuit OFF is trying to put it back ON.
Jenny Fors 3 years ago
I'm 48, and feeling a lot of embarrassment now... How have I survived this long without figuring this out? Absolutely have to go swimming now just because.
Cavern Gill-Vernon 3 years ago
I (49m) got out of the pool to pee, spent a few minutes looking for a hand dryer after washing my hands before realising I was drilling wet and going back into the pool
Yay Pandas! 3 years ago
I love the ones that come with the little boy shorts, those are even easier to pull up.
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girlsrock4ever 3 years ago
Thank you SO MUCH!! I didn't understand at first, but when I did, I was like "Why didn't I think of that?". Thanks again!
#5
My dishwasher is across the kitchen from my utensil drawer. For years, while unloading the dishwasher I would stuff as many utensils as I could in my hands. I’d inevitably drop some, and there are a few knicks in my hardwood floor from dropping forks and spoons.
One day at work, a coworker unloaded the dishwasher and removed the utensil basket and carried it over to the utensil drawer. I never felt so dumb
Liam Walsh 3 years ago
That's why I prefer the basket to the dishwashers that have cutlery drawers/trays.
Colin Timp 3 years ago
Funnily enough, my dad still has one of those old dishwashers that rolls up to the sink and connects to the faucet.
Load More Replies... Pete from Cali. USA 3 years ago
I guess it's also worth mentioning: if you keep dirty utensils in the sink, put them in a mug, cup, or bowl instead of letting them get scatter around or leaving them in the bowl or plate it was used with. The very first things I load into my dishwasher are the utensils. I take the utensil basket and put it on top of my sink and then I transfer utensils out of the mug, cup or bowl. Another reason to use the mug, cup or bowl is because you can easily let them soak in there.
Yay Pandas! 3 years ago
My husband realized this when he watched me take out the basket! However, we both missed the fact that our previous dishwasher had a filter you could actually take out and clean. we kept removing food debris with our hand.
Rider 3 years ago
I'm a talented klutz. I set the full basket on the counter and a fork stabbed me through a finger nail.
Dash Junior 3 years ago
Wow. One of those things that is so obvious it is easy to not take notice….
#6
Existed.
Turns out I had undiagnosed ADHD. Getting a diagnosis and medication, at the ripe old age of 27, was life-changing. It’s like your whole life you’re walking against a current, never knowing any different; then, suddenly, the current is gone.
(Disclaimers: everyone’s ADHD is different; medication isn’t a magic “cure”; medication isn’t the solution for everyone, and that’s okay.)
Charlotte Grace 3 years ago
My friend has finally been diagnosed and started meds at 33! Life changing for them! Happy for them and op :)
AliJanx 3 years ago
I'm an adult and was diagnosed with "probable" ADHD at around 40 or so. By that time, I'd developed enough coping skills that medication didn't really help. For my kids, however, meds have been a game-changer. Knowing I probably have ADHD has answered so many questions for me, which has helped too.
Monday 3 years ago
Yeah same issue. Got diagnosed at 23 and I was already so set in my coping mechanisms that there's nothing more that can be done. At least having the diagnosis helps you understand yourself right?
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Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
I was inadvertently diagnosed at 50yo. My neurologist had prescribed a medication for Excessive Daytime Sleepiness stemming from Chronic Insomnia (which stems from multiple chronic pain disorders). When I reported no side effects—heart palpitations, increased BP, shortness of breath—he concluded I had undiagnosed ADHD, as it was the sole reason for not experiencing those side effects. The diagnosis was confirmed by a second neurologist, literally for the same reason. It explained a LOT about my life.
Svenne O'Lotta 3 years ago
I'm glad you got diagnosed but that's not how it works at all. I get effect from my meds, but I also get a shitload of side effects
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RandomFrog(He/They️️) 3 years ago
Ik I have adhd. Like there’s a very small chance I don’t. But I can’t get screened for anything becuase my parents think it’s just an internet trend. And even if it’s not adhd it’s something so I’d like to get screened for a lot of things. Only a few more years till I can move out
AliJanx 3 years ago
Hang in there. Start reading up on ADHD and coping mechanisms that can be used. There's nothing "weird" about the behavioral guidance...the library will have books on time management and other books that may help you identify ways to help yourself without meds. MS-Outlook in combo with a daily journal has helped me tremendously to stay focused and stay on task. Also, doodling helps too...my hand stays moving so my ears can listen. Then, when able, you can try meds in combo with behavioral therapy.
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Deborah B 3 years ago
It's not just ADHD. ADD, anxiety, depression, there are a lot of things that can be helped with medication, so if you are struggling, talk to your GP about your problems, and ask for help.
Roman Hans 3 years ago
Thank you! My husband started taking Cymbalta for something else but it turned out it also cured his undiagnosed depression. Honestly, it was like turning night into day. He really started to enjoy life. I wish everybody could get checked out!
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Isabelle Lamarque 3 years ago
Now two people who got diagnosed at 36 and 42. Both of their lives changed for the better. I'm getting tested soon because of them 🥰
April Caron 3 years ago
Same! At age 37. I had papers all over my desk. Sticky notes of things to do. Went out on winter break. Started meds… came back and suddenly everything waiting to get done got done. Two weeks later, my assistant looked at me and said, “OK. What’s going on? How are you suddenly so organized?” It was that dramatic of a change!
Celena Camps 3 years ago
I started taking meds for ADhD at 40 and finished my Masters. Could never have done it without the meds.
Topaz Line 3 years ago
I had the same issues but instead it was undiagnosed autism that I had. It took me around 17 years to get a diagnosis and suddenly everything in my life made sense. This diagnosis helped me reshape my life and become a better version of who I was.
BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
Learning more and more about adult ADHD symptoms, I'm convinced my husband has it. I probably do as well to a lesser extent. The problem is ADHD is considered a mental illness and mental issues are extremely taboo in our country. Making mental illnesses taboo just hurts society as a whole
The tips on this list are great because they might be opening up your mind to doing things in new ways that you would have never considered. If your parents never showed you that you could lock the trigger when filling your car with gas, you might not have ever realized. It’s amazing how smart we are when we really put our heads to a problem, but when we accept that “that’s just the way things are”, we can so easily turn our brains off and continue doing the same things forever.
Whether we know it or not, we’re all in the business of working smarter not harder. Who wants to waste precious time and energy when they don’t have to? Not me! So when it comes to being more productive, we consulted Belle Cooper’s list on Zapier of tips for being more efficient. First, she recommends to resist the urge to multitask. Our brains are not meant to rapidly switch back and forth between tasks or information, so if we just do one thing at a time, it will give our brains a break and likely allow us to complete each task more accurately and efficiently.
#7
Parchment paper. No more scrubbing off baked- on cheese and sauce. If it goes in the oven, I use parchment paper.
Thorsten Massow 3 years ago (edited)
Silikon. baking mats are even better: easy to clean and reusable,
Madeleine 3 years ago
I used to use them but some things don’t brown well or get the right texture, and I hated cleaning them. Parchment paper is better, for me.
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Trophy Husband 3 years ago
I use aluminum foil and cooking spray. Cheaper if you buy in bulk, and it doesn't slide around.
Toni Ahlgren 3 years ago
Coming from a country where everyone has used nothing but parchment paper since forever, I find this mind boggling.
Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
My family just recently discovered this, too! It makes a HUGE difference now that everything is so easy to clean up!
#8
Cleaning the damn microwave. I struggled to scrub all the dried up bits off then a friend told me to just put a small dish of water in it and turn it on for a couple of minutes. Everything wipes right out. I was such a dumb a*s.
Robert T 3 years ago
If you cover things that are likely to splash, you can save even more time by not having to do it at all. A simple sheet of kitchen roll will suffice.
Babs McGurk 3 years ago
Microwave a wet sponge for 1 minute - it will sanitize the sponge, and you can wipe the softened 'stuff' off the microwave walls and ceiling with it, too.
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
I put lemon slices in a 2 cup container and microwave until it starts to boil, then let it sit for about 5 minutes. Yeah, much simpler & removes any lingering odors.
IceCreamLover 3 years ago
I'll have to try this later. I always pick out the bits then spray the inside with cleaner.. This sounds easier
#9
I've been opening pistachios with my thumbs for 30 years until I saw my wife use half a shell to wrench her next one open and then my mind exploded.
Tessb90 3 years ago
Yet so incredibly offensive after you have spent 5 minutes fighting one, only for it to end up tasting like c**p.
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Ozzzy 3 years ago
Am I the only one to use teeth? I use my bottom teeth in between the shells, and they just open. No damage to my teeth at all.
John Edgar Werner Philips 3 years ago
Was looking for this comment. No, you're not the only one!
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Harley Lee 3 years ago
It’s like the monkey and fire 🔥 lol 😂 I can say that because this was me!
Nancy Marroquin 3 years ago
I’ve always used my teeth. Never could do it with my thumbs or the half-shell.
Belle also suggests taking more breaks, if you want to increase your productivity while working. While this might sound counterintuitive, there are various science-backed ways to take smarter and more helpful breaks. For example, the Pomodoro technique entails working for short sprints of 25 minutes at a time and then taking a short 5 minute break, plus a longer break after every 4 ‘sessions’. Another option that has proved effective is working for 52 minutes at a time, followed by a 17 minute long break. Of course, we can all choose the method that we most resonate with, but the point is that our brains and bodies are not meant to focus for too long without having a short break. We become fatigued, our attention span weakens, and our bodies need to get up and stretch or walk around every hour or so. In the end, you’ll be much more productive after allowing yourself some appropriate breaks.
#10
Keep shaking the shaving gel and struggling to more than a quarter of the can out...till it dawned on me that they are pressurised and every shake causes it to lose pressure therefore makes dispatching it harder...I've now used many and actually got the bottom of every can by simply not shaking them...I'm 40 and also an engineer.
Had a complete and utter brain fart since I started shaving.
Christos Arvanitis 3 years ago
Another way to get more out of the can is to run it under hot water. Gel and propellant will expand and then more will come out. Works a charm.
María Hermida 3 years ago
Can somebody explain why shaking causes loss of pressure? Nothing technical. For dummies. It doesn't seem logical, because the container is closed.
DaveR38 3 years ago
I was thinking the same. To lose pressure surely the gas needs to go somewhere, and it can't from a sealed can?
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Appalachian Panda 3 years ago
I use a non-foamy, non-pressurized shaving cream. Works much better (for me, at least) than gels and foams.
Suutashi 3 years ago (edited)
That wouldn't happen to be Cremo brand, would it? I started using that a couple of years ago and it works great, lasts for months and doesn't leave my skin sticky. I'm never going back to the stuff in the cans if I can help it.
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Dave Hinckley 3 years ago
In 1981 I discovered that not shaving save many many cans of shaving cream.
Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
I switched to a shaving brush and hard shaving soap. I run the brush under hot water before lathering it up so I have nice warm lather for about a tenth of the price.
#11
Clean your blender by making a hot water and dish soap smoothie.
Mohsie Supposie 3 years ago
Make sure to only use ONE DROP of dish soap, otherwise you will have another mess to clean!
Frando Bone 3 years ago
definitely dont put hot water in the blender pictured here. it will blow out and burn you.
phil blanque 3 years ago
This works fine, but every so often it is a good idea to disassemble the blades.
Stephanie A Mutti 3 years ago
If you have kids, have them do the soap smoothie and it's not only done it's FUN for them
Samantha Will 3 years ago
Once i rince out theblender i add hot watwr and a bit more soap and blend it. It makes a lovely soapy mix for me to dip my dish washing brudh in while washing dishes. It is much faster than other ways of getting a soapy brush
Toni Ahlgren 3 years ago
I use salt, water, vinegar & ice cubes, takes only a few seconds and it's easy to rinse.
#12
Dating - when I was a kid I thought you had to have some elaborate scheme or hook to get someone interested in you Later I realized all you gotta do is be honest and up front.
Seedy Vine 3 years ago (edited)
A guy was honest and up front with me once. We've been married 30 years. 💖
François Bouzigues 3 years ago
You forgot the part where you became a much more interesting and attractive person in the meantime.
Sally Barry 3 years ago (edited)
How about treating women (or men) like human beings and not some wily mysterious beast you have to set a trap for in order to bag? Sad to think there are so many out there who think lame rom-coms and frat boy comedies are documentaries. If you think you have to 'have some elaborate scheme or hook' - you are not dateable and should stick to porn.
InvincibleRodent 3 years ago (edited)
I think a lot of people in the comments completely missed the point of this advice. The very reason it's better to be honest and upfront is that what's "interesting" (or who's "good-looking") is different for everyone. The rest of the qualities people often list (like having good hygiene and being kind) are all something you CHOOSE to have, for yourself. The point of this advice is that beyond being a decent person, you shouldn't have to struggle to meet the demands of your partner- if they expect you to be someone you're not, you're with the wrong person.
Scarlett 3 years ago
And be an interesting, funny, and attractive person. Unfortunately, I am neither of those things therefore I haven’t even held hands at 18.
Monday 3 years ago
Eh you're only 18, still plenty of time to find the right person. I had my first real kiss at 19. You just gotta find out what works for you. What do you like, what are you passionate about, which colour best suits your complexion! Attractiveness is kind of a game of finding what works unless you're born with super genetics.
Load More Replies...Another tip Belle recommends for productivity is front-loading your week. If you knock out your biggest or most daunting tasks first, the rest of the week will be smooth sailing, and you can slowly ease into the weekend. It is natural for many of us to put tasks off and procrastinate when we can, but it’s best to fight that impulse. You’ll be much more excited for the weekend if the bulk of your work is finished on Tuesday, rather than having a mountain of stress to get through on Friday and then being left with no energy to enjoy the evening. Plus, we tend to have the most energy at the beginning of the week, assuming we’re refreshed from taking it easy at the end of the previous week or on our days off. Might as well make use of all that energy!
#13
My BlackBerry had the worst predictive text system I'd ever seen. It kept suggesting accented characters, words that didn't exist, and was a total clusterfuck in every way.
After a year or so I was browsing the settings and found that predictive text had been set to "French".
Patricia Sanders 3 years ago
I watched Squid Game in Korean, Lupin in French and several shows others on Netflix with English subtitles. When my dyslexic daughter said she'd watched them I was dumbfounded that she'd been able to enjoy it while having to read the subtitles. She then explained that there was voice over in English on all the shows. *w-h-a-t* !!!! Glad I didn't know as I ended up liking the inflection of the original languages but it was still a silly ah-ha moment lol!
Sue User 3 years ago
I was watching a Korean series (Vincenzo ) and was using subtitles. Visiting my brother , turned it on and was shocked to hear English. But the dubbing was so bad, terrible inflection like an oldtime martial arts movie, that I turned the sound off.
Load More Replies... Trophy Husband 3 years ago
That's hilarious! When I was learning Gaelic, I added it as a second language on the keyboard on my phone. The results are a disaster. Android couldn't figure out that I'm not switching back and forth between two languages mid sentence. So I turned that off and just learned to spell.
Queen Jackson. 3 years ago
Happened to me. I have both English and Spanish keyboard, and Apple pages kept saying I was spelling simple words wrong.
Seedy Vine 3 years ago (edited)
I once accidentally changed my text keyboard language to Chinese. Took me hours to fix. People who texted me were so confused when I tried writing them back. So instead... 不得不打很多电话
#14
A few things. One, put an absorbent-fabric scrunchie on each wrist before washing your face. They stop the water from running up your arms when rinsing and getting the insides of your robe sleeves uncomfortably wet. Two, before leaving on a trip I change my bed linens and towels, so when I get home exhausted my bed is fresh and crisp. Three, if it will require ironing, don't waste my money. I will wear it exactly once.
Sanni Salo 3 years ago (edited)
Wearing something just once is stupid and wasteful. Or do they mean, they just don't buy things that need ironing?.. Btw, I never iron, I just spray clothes with water or leave them hanging in bathroom after shower and they'll be wrinkle free in no time.
Shellv 3 years ago
I had to read that twice, but I’m assuming they don’t waste money on that item because they would only wear it once.
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RandomFrog(He/They️️) 3 years ago
About the ironing, get a steamer. It changed my life. You don’t have to get anything out , you can ever steam your shirt before taking it out of your closet. I am depressed and I have a really hard time with self care and hygiene so by the time I’d Finnaly put my laundry away it would be all wrinkled. Now I just steam it before I put it on and done
Queen Jackson. 3 years ago
Also I heard from college students wrinkle remover spray is alright?
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Christian Maas 3 years ago
Just take off your robe when washing your face...duh! Ironing is a waste of time, there are so many better solutions.
Pizzagirl 91 3 years ago
Or push up your sleeves! Dang it, my less than 2-year-old twins can do that to wash their hands and face, and I'm supposed to unnecessarily use and dry 2 scrunchies?!
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#15
I used to own more than one color and style of sock. F**k that s**t
Dill 3 years ago
I buy deliberate odd socks - United Oddsocks. Colourful and fun and no pairing required.
Isabelle Lamarque 3 years ago
I do not understand why someone down voted this so I upvoted 😄 Love this idea, going to have a look after this 🥰😄
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Alealary 3 years ago
I understand the struggle)) But my preference now is to buy very colorful socks of one brand and never care if they match or not. Why should they match anyway?))))
Isabelle Lamarque 3 years ago
Why did someone downvote this 🤦🏻♀️ Love the idea. upvoted! 😄
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zak 3 years ago
I have like 30 pairs of the same black ankle socks. No need to sort or fold anything, just toss em in a pile and grab 2 when you need em. I'm not wasting literal hours/days of my life (when you do the math) sorting and folding socks.
Whitefox 3 years ago
Did this for my husband but, with all white socks. same brand and style. no matching needed!
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Nurichwersonst 3 years ago
I don't give a ... which colour my socks are. I just care, if they have the same length. 😄 But I agree, that life is too short to search for matching socks every day.
LuckyL 3 years ago
I love colored socks - I got rid of all the black ones. hated trying to match the socks by the shade of black and the way they look
Trophy Husband 3 years ago
Tried to get my wife to do this. One color per size to keep the kids socks sorted. Instead we have 500 pairs of socks and it's impossible to find matches, so we tell the kids to find what they want from the sock pile. My socks, however, come in two colors (30 pairs of each), dress black and hiking grey.
Goth Nurse 3 years ago (edited)
I buy a pack of 5 pairs (or 10 or whatever), different colours, and mix them up. I always use odd colour socks. One time my friend asked me if I'm ok. Why? My socks were the same colour that day.
SirWriteALot 3 years ago
Well ... after a while those "identical" pairs start going unidentical :-) Some lose their shape, some their color and you end up still trying to put together pairs that have identical washed-out-ness or stretchy rubber.
On a similar note, it might be smart to start scheduling tasks based on your energy levels. Aside from trying to do as much as you can in the beginning of the week, it can also be helpful to let your personal habits inform when you get things done. If you’re an early bird, make use of that time in the morning when you’re feeling the most fresh and energized. If you’re a night owl, it might be best to take it slow in the morning and pound out as much work as you can during the evening. In fact, you can actually figure out your chronotype online right here to help you know when you are the most awake and inspired. We all fall into the category of larks, third-birds, or owls, and knowing that information about ourselves can make a huge difference when scheduling tasks.
#16
Hanging pictures. I used to meticulously measure and line up so my nails so they’d match the hardware on the back of the frame. Now I just use a piece of painters tape, lay it on the back of the frame, mark hardware on the frame and then remove the tape and place it on the wall and that gives you the exact placement for your picture hanging hooks and nails.
ZimZamBoom 3 years ago
Wish I woulda seen this before the 17 holes I put in our walls last week. Shhhh....don't worry, you can't see them unless you remove the picture though, so we okay. Don't tell the husband. Haha!
Lily Mae Kitty 3 years ago
I don't bother to measure so much and just eyeball them unless it has to fit exactly in a spot. Our house is like an art gallery. My husband is away and I moved/added a few things. lol He freaks out about putting holes in the plaster. But I say spackle is cheap and easy. We just bought a 4'x5' painting for our dining room...and we need higher ceilings!
Kiryn Silverwing 3 years ago
I just had one that had been on my wall for three years randomly fall off yesterday, because the paint it was attached to decided to peel off the wall.
Load More Replies... Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
Also, use an inverted fork on the nail and slide the picture wire over it then remove it.
The Silly Stellar Jay 3 years ago (edited)
I used to professionally install art. There is an easier trick. Place the picture on the wall where you want it, then mark with a pencil roughly in the middle of the top in a straight line along the frame. Then measure the back of the art pulling the wire up to get the distance between the top and where you need the hanger to go. Then just mark that distance under the line you made and put the hanger there. Easy and exact, no tape required. If the hangers are more complex then also mark the top sides to get a rough map of where you want it to go then you can just measure the back of the hangers and use your lines to get them in the right place. Also a long level is your best friend when marking for large pieces.
#17
If you hold the space bar on your cellphone it's way easier to ~~select words in a text you want to copy~~ move the cursor where you want it to be (sorry, wrote this while tired). Did it the hard way, the way you get angry at your fat fingers for far too long. To clarify: Write some random word in a text message. Hold space bar for a second or two. Slide thumb back and forward on the space bar and the cursor will move. Makes it easy to just remove one letter in a long misspelled word.
Chancey 3 years ago
Learned a few months ago and has been a life changer for me.
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Patricia Sanders 3 years ago
OMG! I just tested this! This is so cool!!!!!! Really a game changer for me. I'm so ocd and typing (correcting) msgs can be very time consuming. Thx!
Trophy Husband 3 years ago
I'm writing this so I'll have something to test it on... And it worked! This will save me thousands of seconds!
Micah 3 years ago
Mine does. I have English and Spanish installed. I swipe the spacebar right or left to change language, but holding it brings up cursor control.
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Alealary 3 years ago
Woah, wanna try it out. *tries* Nope, on Android you just change the language by holding the space bar.
Beck 3 years ago (edited)
No I have an android and it just worked. I used it to correct this sentence.
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Chintan Shah 3 years ago
How is this not number 1!!! This is crazy useful and I don't think many people know about it!
#18
When I was a kid I was bad at nail clippers. I knew to put my nail in the chompy bit at the end, but I didn’t realize that the handle/lever folded out. So I would just squeeze really hard until I broke my nail off in the blades. This went on for an embarrassingly long time before my mom saw me and taught me how to open the lever.
Micah 3 years ago
I'm confused as to why the mom didn't teach them how t use it properly in the first place.
peruchipac 3 years ago
Or why they didn't watch & pay attention when mom cut their nails as a young child.
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Thomas Biorogue 3 years ago
We are doomed as a civilization. People are losing common sense at an alarming rate.
Holly Benedict 3 years ago
How do people live if they won't try to figure something out.... Like did you not wonder about the purpose of the long bit of metal attached to the 'chompy' part? Did they never see their mother do it for them as a kid? ...
Many of us keep running to-do lists throughout the week, month, or our entire lives, but have you ever considered creating one for each day? Blogger Leo Babauta recommends designating your Most Important Tasks (or MITs) each day to ensure that you accomplish at least those 3 things. Of course, it’s always great to do more than 3 items on your to-do list each day. But when you make sure that at least those 3 tasks get completed, you will feel like you’re on a roll of productivity and everything else gets to count as a bonus. You’ll likely be feeling the inertia, and you won’t want to stop most days, even after your MITs are accomplished.
#19
For a while on Google Docs I would copy text from another source and quote it in an essay, but just using CTRL + V would use the same font from the website I’m quoting instead of the font that I want. If you use CTRL + LShift + V it pastes the text in the font that you want
The Idaho Potato 3 years ago
Ctrl+Shift+V, no L (just to ruin the fun by clarifying). Paste without formatting.
Robert T 3 years ago (edited)
Similar applies Excel, but it doesn't seem to have a keyboard shortcut, so select Paste -> Paste Special... -> Text. (In the above LShift means the left-hand shift key).
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Stephanie Paich 3 years ago
A lot of applications have a "merge to formatting" version of paste under the point-and-click paste menu
Daniel Yamada 3 years ago
You can remove all text formatting (including font) by first pasting into a plain text document such as Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (Apple Macintosh). Then copy from that document.
#20
Asking women out. Ignore everything you saw on tv/films/video games, read in books/websites, or heard from people with long list of tips/steps or ideas. Just tell them you find them attractive or like them. From there ask for their number or set up a date and time. We tend to make this way harder than it should be. This also applies to women wanting to ask a guy out.
LuckyL 3 years ago
AND accept if the other person isn't interessted and don't take it personally. (This isn't so much about the creeps out there. I'm thinking about a friend at the moment who thinks he doesn't stand a chance with any woman whenever he's turned down.)
It's Izzy 🇺🇦 (They/Them) 3 years ago
And can I add to that - don't go full on romantic movie and keep on asking them and following them and near stalking them - it's scary.
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Rodney Bowie 3 years ago (edited)
Can we please change the social norm from "Can I get your number" to "I can give you my number if you like." That way they retain power in the transaction. If you are really all that and a bag of chips, they will call or text and they will do so when they feel comfortable. If they don't, you can't harass them about it, and you have nothing to worry about because you're all that and a bag of chips, remember? EDIT: I didn't see all the comments before I typed this. Yeah, others have the same idea. When you get the call/text, then that's them giving you their number, at their pace. Maybe it's immediately, maybe it's never. It should be their prerogative.
BasedWang12.3 3 years ago
I'm still hella shy but this is probably true. One night at a club I told the gorgeous bartender, "Im not tryna get a name or number. I know you probably hear this alot but you are one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen in my life and I hope you have a good night" and I started walking away.... maaaaaan she was like "WAIT!!! Whats your name" and my dumbass not planning for anything further started stuttering and stuff lmao
Kerryming Sun 3 years ago
I would suggest give your number in oppose to asking for their. It’s a lot less pressure and it’s respects our agency.
#21
For dusting things like baseboards, windowsills, and picture frames, the best tool is a (clean) paintbrush. I always used to either use a cloth or something made specifically for dusting, but the paintbrush is much faster and easier. I keep a cheap 2-inch paintbrush exclusively for dusting now. Also works great on cobwebs.
Ryhanon 3 years ago
Your preference is the right way to do it. Not only do you not have to bend over - but a vacuum actually removes the dust, whereas a paint brush just pushes it around.
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i use a paint brush to escort spiders in to a cup for window extraction
AliJanx 3 years ago
Wait - you're supposed to dust??? I thought it was there for the aesthetic value, to add character to the home.
Dilly Millandry 3 years ago
Exactly! Besides, how else can you leave messages for your spouse if you can't write in the dust??? 😆
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I leave the dust on my computer screen as an anti-reflection coating.
Do you often feel a slump in your energy levels in the afternoon? You might wonder if it’s smarter to take a power nap or down a cup of coffee, but why not do both? That’s right, you can actually take a ‘coffee nap’ in the afternoon, which, according to Healthline, entails drinking a cup (or even two) of coffee then taking a quick 15-20 minute power nap while waiting for the effects of the caffeine to kick in. Power naps should not be longer than half an hour anyway, to prevent yourself from falling into too deep of a sleep, so the short coffee nap is just perfect. Now, I’m not recommending you go overboard and start drinking 5 cups of coffee a day, but don’t sleep (pun intended) on the suggestion to take an afternoon nap or have an extra cup of coffee. Your body, and likely your productivity levels, will thank you.
#22
I have mixed hair and would always brush from root to end because that's how everyone else did it and how I was taught. Wasn't until I was watching a movie in my late 20s and a character's maid brought up that the character with mixed hair needed to brush out the knots on the end before working up to the roots. I gave it a try and then got confirmation at work from other girls with similar hair that that's how it's supposed to be done when you have a certain type of tight curls...the years I spent crying while having chunks of hair ripped and torn out 😭
Isabelle Lamarque 3 years ago
Everyone should comb from tip to root. It's much more healthy for your hair no matter the hairstyle 🤗 It's the only way you don't make the knots worse ☺️
Bunzilla 3 years ago
I have long super fine hair. It knots if you look at it funny. My mother would always start from the MIDDLE of my hair and work from there. It was agony. I did it that way for years until I figured out I should start from the very tips and work my way up. So much less pain.
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Aboredpanda 3 years ago (edited)
I have straight long hair, but very, very fine individual hairs. If I were to comb my hair from root to end it would end up a frazzled, knotted mess. My hair would be damaged from being torn, it would look horribly damaged with time, and it would hurt. Maybe people with thick straigh hair can comb like that, though?
GirlFriday 3 years ago
I have very curly hair (I keep it short, though) and brushing from tip to root leaves me with a knotted frizzy mess every single time. Big, detangling comb at the root when it is wet, then flip my head over and blow dry.
Load More Replies... Jane Doe 3 years ago
The woman who cut my hair when I was seven told me, “I’m going teach you how to brush your hair. Everyone’s mom starts at the scalp and pulls all the way down. Take a section closer to the bottom. Don’t pull it! and start brushing at the end and work your way up.”
BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
My mom did the same!! My dad figured out the bottom up approach first. Luckily, I've taught my husband the same method and my kids have never cried from getting their hair brushed l
Load More Replies... Svenne O'Lotta 3 years ago
That has nothing to do with hair type. That's just how you brush hair. You really kept ripping at your hair without considering doing anything different?
grotesqueer 3 years ago
Honestly, this one surprised me. It just seems so obvious to me that it never occurred to me someone might not know this. The fact that everyone else did it the wrong other way around (not to mention that OP was taught to do it like that) is what surprises me the most!
Stephanie Paich 3 years ago
What is mixed hair? Anyone with long hair should brush this way. I have a bob and don't need to do this, but if my hair were any longer I definitely wouldn't be able to start at the roots.
Whitefox 3 years ago
I have a spiral perm, and only use a wide tooth shower comb on my wet hair with conditioner in it. I start at the tips and work my way up to the scalp. I also use leave-in conditioner and only shampoo when it really needs it. I have a satin bouffant, but it wont stay on my head while I'm sleeping.
#23
Weightlifting Rest days actually help you build muscle, not the other way around.
BlackestDawn 3 years ago
Not just weightlifting but any kind of training, even mental ones. The body needs to rest and recuperate between training sessions.
iblewsheep 3 years ago
muscle building is actually from the muscle healing itself from the strain so yeah
Yogi's mom 3 years ago
You're actually destroying muscle when you exercise, and the rest day sends your body into "I gotta build this muscle back even MORE!" So OP is absolutely correct! Working out same muscle group each day will actually deprive the body of its ability to repair/build them newer, stronger
Karen Philpott 3 years ago
Even physio can hurt. Hard physio yesterday. Recuperating today. Should be fine tomorrow.
Isabelle Lamarque 3 years ago
Training every day I presume 🤔 even when switching leg day, chest day etc. You still need days where you don't do anything. Some train 6 days out of 7 or 7/7 even and that's not healthy 🤗
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Paweł Duda 3 years ago
Same goes for learning anything before the exam. One to two days mind-rest are MANDATORY, instead of learning to last minute. Believe me, you will remeber MORE, after 24 hours of rest, than learning to last minute. Speaking from experience.
#24
Putting a towel over the sink to catch your hair when you shave. For like 20 years I had to feel like i was trying to do counterforensics to not invite the ire of every woman I've been around. One drunk night with a buddy I was talking about making some kind of electrostatic hair catcher and he's like "Why don't you put a towel down?" Mind= blown! Thanks for nothing, dad.
H.L.Lewis 3 years ago
Or use old newspaper. One way to recycle and not waste money on paper towels.
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CamiCamilion 3 years ago
My dad accidentally used my towel for this for weeks (felt like months)! Getting out of the shower as a tween, only to get covered in the shavings... Yuck! Don't hang that towel back up, y'all.
Emily 3 years ago
I kind of doubt it was an accident if it went on for weeks, unless he has memory issues.
Load More Replies... Robert T 3 years ago
How much hair are you shaving? A 2 month beard? My electric shaver catches it all and I just rinse it down the sink. Even a blade shave only needs you to rinse the sink out after. [NB I am assuming face shaving, due the comment about dad at the end]
Jordi Sharpe 3 years ago
Some of us have thicker facial hair, and it can grow quickly.
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HangryHangryHippo 3 years ago
Hubby had a thing that's like a larger bib with 2 little suction cups to stick it to the mirror. Quite useful! His shavings are like fiberglass, more than once thought I had a wood splinter in my foot that turned out to be one of those mini motereffers 😅
DAN COOK 3 years ago
I use a plastic grocery bag. Using a towel just gets the hair caught up n washing machine
Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
I'm so excited to hear this that I'm literally on my way to tell my husband!
Hobby Hopper 3 years ago
I shave outside. No matter how hard I try, some of that stubble is going to end up on the floor, and my hair is as sharp and stiff as steel wire. It literally stabs through the skin on my feet, and then I get to find the invisible splinter of hair. So, now I just shave outdoors.
Another great way to increase your productivity might be to turn off all notifications. Switch that phone to airplane mode if you have to, and don’t worry about what else is going on in the world. I promise, you can text your friend back or respond to that email in an hour or two. Similarly to how we don’t want to be multitasking very often, our brains should not be occupied with work and whatever is happening on our cell phones at the same time. You will be more focused and more productive by eliminating distractions, like Instagram and Facebook notifications.
#25
The snip tool on Microsoft. I used to click print screen and then crop down everything. Snip tool is a game changer.
Jessica Tolar 3 years ago
I use the snip tool every day at work. It's so useful to just snip what you're looking at then sending in a 2 monitor screenshot
PADNA 2 years ago
try alternative. I've used lots. The most superrios one is ShareX. My mind is constantly blown by little features it offers (f.e. extracting text from an image. Can you imagine snapping alabel and being able to extract it?)
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Polly Hart 3 years ago
I literally learned this last month - game changer!
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Patrick Wilson 3 years ago
I use Opera. Crop and save tool built into the of the browser. (Called Snapshot)
Chicago Rocker 3 years ago
Once you use SnagIt, MS's snipping tool seems like the Windows ME of snipping tool software.
#26
Putting out candles without releasing a bunch of paraffin smoke. Don't blow out the candle or snuff it. If you do that, the wick releases a bunch of smoke and stinks up the place. Use a toothpick or a dental pick or any comparable tool (or even buy a "wick dipper" tool from a candle shop) and dip the candle wick under the molten wax. The wax quenches the flame instantly without any smoke at all. Just be sure to lift the wick out of the molten wax so the wax doesn't solidify over the wick and leave it inaccessible. The other benefit of this is that it leaves the wick coated in wax, ready for the next time you light it.
Sven Bokhorst 3 years ago
As a child, I was taught by our school teacher to just wet your fingers and squeeze the wick XD
Deutschland Mädchen 3 years ago
I was told that you just put the lid on (unless it's birthday candles or something)
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Buren 3 years ago
Wait, what about the opportunity to practice martial art and see if I can blow it off with my kicking? (spoiler, I can't)
Rachel Smith 3 years ago
Also make sure to trim your wick when you buy a new candle. If the wick is to long your candle will melt lopsided
CrazyCatLady 3 years ago
I honestly love the smell of the smoke from the candle when I blow it out so this is a no for me😅
#27
Windows Key + V opens a list of your last 10 copies.
I think the option is turned off by default also so pressing Windows Key + V enables it initially.
Trophy Husband 3 years ago
Win+V can have things pinned. I keep a couple of replies that I use a lot pinned so I can get them quickly.
Rosemary Booth 3 years ago
In most email programs you can save your common replies right in the email program by creating a Template. Create a new email, click More Options (3 vertical dots) > click Templates > click Save Draft as Template. To use: Create a new email, click More Options > click Insert Template.
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LuckyL 3 years ago
I don't know if I don't get this, but nothing happened. (pressed it, copied a few things, pressed it - still nothing)
Unique 3 years ago
You have to activate this feature: Win Start -> Settings -> System -> Clipboard
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Nicki 3 years ago
I use a bunch of different signatures in Outlook. In my job I have to type a lot the same things over and over (like: Hi team, can you please review the attached and advise if it is approved). So I make a signature with that wording so I don't have to type it out in emails several times a day.
Are some of the tips on this list blowing your mind? I hope you're not suddenly regretting all of the hours you wasted doing these things the hard way, but remember that it's never too late to change your ways. You can start implementing these tips today! Keep upvoting the life hacks that you find most useful, and then feel free to share any of your own in the comments down below. And if you're interested in finding out even more ways to make your life easier, be sure to check out this Bored Panda article next.
#28
After taking a shower, you can dry yourself off (after turning the water off, of course) while still in the shower stall to prevent the bathroom floor from being wet
Mona Stevenson 3 years ago
Nah. Why get it soggy for nothing? Dry off in the shower or bath. No more wet, mouldy bath mat.
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Anne Kanters-Eerden 3 years ago
Plus if you dry in the shower and keep the glass door/shower curtains closed, it's much warmer than stepping out of the shower
Ali H M Salehuddin 3 years ago
Yeaa. I'm am amazed that this qualifies as a tip! This is so plain obvious.
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Natalie H 3 years ago
I’ve been telling my husband this for YEARS, to no avail. He somehow soaks the whole frikkin bathroom like a little kid. But he does put up with one of my cats who likes to pee in his shoes, so it’s a fair trade 😂😂
A Jones 3 years ago
I've been raised on this. Always dry yourself in the tub. Helps keep the water inside the tub and not make a mess. Also always turn on the fan, it helps reduce mildew.
Paddling Panda 3 years ago
It's also warmer in the shower stall than it us in the bathroom.
Load More Replies... Trophy Husband 3 years ago
Isn't that what everyone does? Except my kids, of course, they purposely drop as much water out of the shower as possible. Then they put the towel around them, but don't rub, so they drip more as they walk to their rooms.
TheElderNom 3 years ago
Using your hand to wipe of excess water before towelling is also very helpful, especially if you have plenty of body hair.
JL 3 years ago
I always hand squeegee. It's a no brainer and the towel has to do a lot less work.
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Audra Sisler 3 years ago
I dry off in the shower. Its toasty warm! Why would i want to step out soaking wet and get cold?
#29
When looking at something in the sky through binoculars, look at the object and then put the binoculars in front of your face.
LinkTheHylian 3 years ago
Isn't this the same for whatever you're looking at, assuming it's moving? Spot it, then get the close-up, or there's a chance you could miss it. Doesn't really matter if the object is stationary.
Walter Brameld 3 years ago
If it's really faint, don't look directly at it. Your peripheral vision is actually more light-sensitive.
#30
Cleaning things off of glass. I used to spend a long time with unpleasant solvents and/or abrasive scrubby sponges to get soap scum and bird c**p and other such residues off of glass. Now, I use a razor scraper and shave the stuff off the glass. Often, I don't even need to use a cleaning solvent or water. Razor scrapers are amazing. And they're mis-named. You don't use them to scrape anything. You shave or plane the junk off of glass and other hard surfaces with the blade. Even paint comes off of glass super easily with a razor scraper.
Staysafewarmdry 3 years ago (edited)
I use a car window ice scraper with a BRASS blade to clean the hard to remove remains in my glass baking dishes. Soaking them before scraping helps. The handle is easy to grip. The blade is less dangerous than using a razor for the coarser work.
Lily Mae Kitty 3 years ago
get yourself some Dawn Powerwash. I scrape nothing, ever. Baked on lasagna? no problem, it comes right off with a no scratch scrubby sponge.
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Trophy Husband 3 years ago
Works for glass stove tops too! Took me some time to trust this, I thought the razor blade would scratch the glass, but it doesn't!
Bobby Sammons 3 years ago
But please be careful. I know from a hard-learned, and expensive lesson, that a razor blade can put scratches on the glass.
Colin Timp 3 years ago (edited)
One of the mistakes people make is using solvents or cleaners to clean stains and other residue. If the stain is from a water-soluble substance, you need to use water. The razor scraper helps to get the bulk.
#31
Pumping gas. For years I held the handle the entire time. Life changing when I realized I could lock the trigger in place
ADHORTATOR 3 years ago
It depends where you take gas...in Germany you can lock, but not in France :-)
Jan Rosier 3 years ago
and in Belgium sometimes you can, sometimes you cannot...
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Grant Barke 3 years ago
In Oregon you aren't allowed to pump your own gas, so it doesn't really matter.
Queen Jackson. 3 years ago
I remember I was in jersey and saw a random dude, in the middle of my night come up to my car in a bright yellow vest. It’s honestly kind of intimidating.
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loty moty 3 years ago
In US half of the times the little triggers are broken off. No idea why.
Ali H M Salehuddin 3 years ago
I am a Malaysian and I do this all the time. I'm wondering why do you guys say it is not safe? The little latch will trip back once it is full. Or was it different over there? I've encountered many cases where the lock won't latch but not a single case where once it latches it can't unlatch itself.
Bryan W. 3 years ago
In rare cases it doesn't. So a lot of places lately would rather inconvenience the customer than assume liability for the device failing to stop the pump and cause a spill (fines) or fire.
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Collin Blatt 3 years ago
Maybe some states/countries have stricter inspections because I've come across maybe 1 broken trigger lock in the hundreds of gas stations I've been to in Michigan.
#32
As a kid, whenever my bicycle wheels got warped (I crashed into stuff a lot), I would fix them by smashing the rims with a hammer. It mostly worked.
Eventually I learned that you can just tighten and loosen the spokes to straighten warped wheels. So much easier, and much less destructive.
Robert T 3 years ago (edited)
Not sure that would work as a murder defence, but it is worth a try!
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Daniel Yamada 3 years ago
This is known as “truing” a wheel. It is even easier if you make a truing stand. Search it on the internet.
Jerry Mathers 3 years ago
While we are on bikes, adjusting your derailer is much easier than you think. You simply put it on you top gear and adjust. The how to the lowest gear and adjust and you are done.
Christos Arvanitis 3 years ago
I think that the key life hack here would be to learn to stop crashing into stuff, no?
#33
Putting the colander inside the pot on top of the food and using like a lid to drain.
Instead offpouring the food into the colander and then putting it back in the original pot
Karl Baxter 3 years ago
I use my collander as a steamer - no need for a separate appliance taking up space in the kitchen.
Rachel Smith 3 years ago
I just us the lid to drain, I hate washing colanders...I don't have a dishwasher.
Emily 3 years ago
Have a firm grip on the handle in one hand and the pot in the other and make sure you are holding them together not loosely
Load More Replies... Christian Maas 3 years ago
Heating up more metal is just another chance that you will be burned after everything falls apart and explodes in your face. Just put the colander or strainer in the sink where it belongs.
Lledorin 3 years ago
Honestly don't see the point. Rarely do I want to put cooked food like pasta into a still screaming-hot pot that now doesn't even have water in it. I don't serve the food in the cooking pot so this wouldn't save any steps anyway. Seems more like a thing you do only because you want to seem clever.
Trophy Husband 3 years ago
I have a silicone strainer that could l clips on to the pot... Works wonders!
#34
Not me but a friend of a friend hated having baths. She said it was uncomfortable lying back against the taps because they would dig into her back.
It never occurred to her to lie at the other end!
SPQRBob 3 years ago
That's "screen door on a submarine" level stupidity right there!
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Carneirinha87 3 years ago
My best friend thought she had to remove her tampon every time she had to pee so she didn't use them 🙈 I love her still
#35
When you learn that *scissors* -
cut your pizza, it's *legit*!
Pizza cutter? Leave it, brother.
Piece of utter *s**t*…
Liam Walsh 3 years ago
Sorry, I prefer my nice sharp pizza wheel. Cuts perfectly all the time and just seconds to whizz it across the pizza. But then I find using scissors more awkward due to arthritis.
Fat Harry 3 years ago
Who cuts a pizza?! Just roll it up into a big tube and eat it from one end :D
Trophy Husband 3 years ago
Did you say scissors? For pizza? I'm sorry, I can't talk to you anymore!
Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 3 years ago
They may likely mean kitchen shears. ... either way, I prefer my pizza cutter or a good knife
Load More Replies... zak 3 years ago
Keep your scissors away from my pizza. If you're using scissors then you're also putting your hands all over it, which is NOT cool with me.
Irish woman abroad 3 years ago
I've been cutting pizzas with scissors for years , and I can assure you there's no need to paw the whole pizza!
Load More Replies... Rachel Smith 3 years ago
Pizza cutter rocker is the best pizza cutter ever!! Ditch the wheel. If you want nice straight lines and evenly cut pizza get a "pizza cutter rocker" it's seriously the best.
Patricia Sanders 3 years ago
MEAT! We have several pairs of scissors specifically for the kitchen that the kids (and parents) use for just about all foods. It is so much faster than cutting each child's food with a knife and then they use them. Safer and just easier! I then set them open in water or cleaner and put in the top rack dishwasher.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
I really hate using a pizza cutter, specially if the plate is not perfectly flat. But for some reason it anoys the c**p out of my SO if i cut the pizza with scissors...
Dill 3 years ago
I serve my pizza from a chopping board. That way it is flat and the pizza cutter goes through it like butter. It may depend on how good the pizza cutter is I suppose. Though if you find it easier with scissors I don't know why anyone would mind really!! I have hand issues so don't find scissors easier but that's me.
Load More Replies... Daniel Yamada 3 years ago
I just roll the pizza up like a burrito. Then I pick up the whole thing and eat it.
#36
Knitting. I grew up using the "English method". This involves holding the yarn in one's right hand. To make a stitch, one has to let go of the right needle and sort of "throw" the yarn over the needle tip. It is a pretty dramatic looking movement. Then I discovered the "Continental method". Here one holds the yarn in one's left hand. To make a stitch, one sort of picks up the yarn with the tip of the needle. It requires very little hand movement. So it is a lot easier on the hands, and theoretically faster. I say theoretically as I am so used to the Englush method that I can easily do that quickly whilst watching TV. But I still need to look what I am doing with the new method. But it is getting quicker. I have been knitting for nearly 50 years, and only doing the new method for 3 or 4 of those. And now I can knit for longer without hand cramps and pains.
Goth Nurse 3 years ago
Yeah I have never understood why people on US tv shows knit like they have to throw the yarn somehow, I have never seen anyne doing it here. And I have lots of relatives who knit all the time.
HangryHangryHippo 3 years ago (edited)
I learnt that method quite recently too, I was trying to remember what my late grandma taught me, like 20 years prior... I found a nice pattern, and the girl in the video knit really explaining each small movement (great tutorial!) But smething of the video seemed out of place, my hands felt weird, couldn't put the finger on what it was... and my "memory muscle" kicked in, my grandma used the "English method" and the woman was using the "Continental one" (BTW, thank you, didn't know they were called like that). Took me a while but I finally got the movement right. Made a beautiful infinity scarf and a beanie matching set 🧶
#37
Mental illness. Should’ve been in therapy at eight years old but I chose to raw dog it and now I’m unpacking that.
ohjojo (you/your's) 3 years ago (edited)
raw dog - Urban Dictionary sexual intercourse without a rubber. I do not understand how a person needing therapy uses the expression raw dogging it to mean going through life without the guidance of a professional. What does one have to do with the other?
#38
As a digital artist, I started out coloring inside my lines with my stylus, meticulously not missing any blank pixels inside the lines. Then on a new layer, add the shading, doing the same thing but being careful to make it look like a shadow on the figure.
Three years later I learned there’s a toggle on the magic wand tool so when you select a space, it selects only that contiguous space and not jump across lines so select the same color (or lack of color) space on a layer. I could basically fill an entire drawing and then go back and just fill in the details where the lines touched so the selected area didn’t reach those crevices.
Four years after that I learned about increasing or decreasing your selected area by N pixels.
Somewhere in there I also learned about layer clipping for shading (only colors on the occupied space of the layer it’s clipped to) and layer masking.
Tl;dr: basic coloring and shading in photoshop went from 4 hours to 4 seconds.
#39
I'm 47. Since the age of (approximately) 21 have been picking and peeling the plastic wrappers off the top of wine bottles. Using my fingernails or knives sometimes. Often coming off in several pieces bit by bit. Can take a few minutes depending on how strong the plastic is and how much wine I've already consumed. Then, this year, I watched a friend just make a fist on it and it slides right off. Comes off in a split-second. Mind blown.
Lama 3 years ago
Pro tip: turn drinking wine into exercise by pulling the cork *through* the plastic!
FabulousMari 3 years ago
Perhaps I'm drinking the wrong type of wine but all my wine bottles come with a foil wrapper over the cork. I don't know of any plastic anywhere. Even box wine has a foil seal. I am very confused.
Lily Mae Kitty 3 years ago
There's usually a little tab you pull and the plastic comes off. My husband taught me the grab and squeeze off method. I don't drink wine so it's not important but I do open his wine if I make the drinks.
#40
Dishes. Just clean them as soon as you’re done with them and put them away. Stacking them up makes a bigger chore.
Robert T 3 years ago
Not sure why you are being downvoted. Perfectly sensible suggestion. Changed my life for the better as washing dishes really hurts my back.
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Thomas Biorogue 3 years ago
I cannot get my wife and kids to understand the concept of, clean as you go. Or clean as you finish.
#41
There are a bunch of Italian pastas which are some sort of oil-based emulsion with pasta water. The most famous of these is Spaghetti aglio e olio. The hard way, which everyone seems to do, is to cook the spaghetti in a separate pot, then prepare the garlic and oil, then put the spaghetti into the pan and attempt to make an emulsion with the pasta water. The easy way uses 50% fewer pans and results in a better sauce. Do it all in one pan. Cook the garlic, pepper flakes, and olive oil in a 12" pan, (I always add a little squirt of anchovy paste as well) then put the dry spaghetti straight into the pan. Barely cover it with water (use less than you think you need, and reserve a cup of water on the side to add water if it boils down to fast), add only as much salt as you intend to eat in that dish (I use umami salt), then bring that water to a boil. Let the water boil, and when the spaghetti soft enough, use tongs to arrange it into a circle in the pan so it cooks more evenly, while all of it is just under the water level. Poke and jiggle it just enough to keep the pasta from sticking to each other. When there's 2-3 minutes until it is al-dente, turn it and stir it and begin to emulsify the oil into the starchy water. Most of the water should absorb into the spaghetti and the rest will boil down and leave you with just enough to make the emulsion for the sauce. Because you're doing it all in one pan, all of the starch released into the water by the pasta gets rather concentrated, and this makes the emulsion that much creamier. And you only have one pan to clean rather than two.
Lizzy Crit 3 years ago
Yes. Blenderized salty fish n a tube. A little goes a long way
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Francesca Annoni 3 years ago
Search for "pasta risottata".. it's a way lf cooking pasta as a risotto..you keep all the starch with the pasta and it became more creamy...it doesn't work with all the recipe and it isn't the usual way but it's good!!!
#42
Copy pasting on a computer by meticulously highlighting, right clicking, then selecting the copy option. Didn’t know about CTRL+C/V for way too long
Rachel Smith 3 years ago
It doesn't take much more time to just right click. Honestly it takes like a second more? It's not really meticulous. I actually find keyboard short cuts more meticulous because memorizing that stuff doesn't sound fun
Robert T 3 years ago
If you type with both hands, you have to move your hand away from the keyboard to use the mouse. You can highlight text using the cursor keys, so you don't even need leave the keyboard to select stuff. (I spend an awful lot of time in front of a keyboard!).
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If you hold down the “0” (zero) button on an iphone it will bring up the “°” degree symbol.
LinkTheHylian 3 years ago
Not on mine it doesn't. It brings up a smaller 0, as if you're writing to the 0 power. The degrees symbol has it's own icon. If anyone's thinking I have an old phone, it's a Pixel 6. And if anyone else is thinking "it doesn't matter, it's a small circle", I will end you, and make it look like a bloody accident.
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Frauke Knothe 3 years ago
Doesn't work on mine, nothing happens, I don't even get a smaller "0" ... 🙁
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#44
I’m sure all my fellow programmers can relate to the feeling of: “Wait, the library has a function for that?! I’ve been coding it myself this entire time!” Repeat ad infinitum.
Sue User 3 years ago
Took a class in R ( programming language ). In structor explained we would be building a comment review system, where we would rate comments as good or bad ( hand made star rating ). So I mentally preparing for a complicated parsing, pattern matching program and low and behold there is a function in the library.
#45
Frying bacon. I now bake @ 375 for 27 minutes on a cookie sheet covered with crinkled up aluminum foil. No mess perfect bacon every time
It's Izzy 🇺🇦 (They/Them) 3 years ago
375°f = 190°c for anyone not from the US, Liberia or Myanmar
Fat Harry 3 years ago
Fried bacon tastes better. Also, 27 minutes?!? Even if I do put bacon in the oven, it doesn't take 27 minutes. Perhaps my oven is hotter? I have no idea because the OP has posted in some archaic units that most of the planet has moved on from.
Monday 3 years ago
Agreed. Fried bacon is unhealthy but damn is it delicious.
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TheEndIsNigh🇨🇦and🇬🇧in🇺🇲 3 years ago
I just learned how to make bacon 🥓 in the airfryer. I had been doing it the sheet pan way, but felt silly when it was just me trying to make 2 pieces of bacon for a sandwich. I was watching some show the other day, and saw someone doing it, and had a serious "duh" moment. We all have those "dullest crayon in the box" days.
Peter Trudell Jr 3 years ago
There's a reason it's pronounced 'bake'-on, instead of 'fry'-on. Now coat that bacon with some brown sugar and black pepper
#46
Up until the end of high school, every time I'd take a shower, I would turn on the water while standing in front of the shower head, and brunt the cold. I was later informed by a friend that he turns the shower on first, then steps in once [it's a good] temperature. I truly made his day when I told him I was dumbfounded at that advice
Weasel Wise 3 years ago
We're just fancied-up monkeys and this proves me right.
Load More Replies... Goth Nurse 3 years ago
Is this the same person who didn't have the brains to use parchment paper or turn the other way around in the bath tub? I could swear..
Thomas Biorogue 3 years ago
This person is walking around, as well as the individual who couldn't figure out to lay the other way in the bathtub. Sometimes I wonder how we made it out of the dark ages.
#47
There's a scene in some teen movie where the girl was trying to convince her brainwashed boyfriend that he was brainwashed, that she wasn't the enemy, yadda yadda.
One of the things she said to him to convince him that she knew him intimately was "you always double knot your shoelaces."
I remember watching it thinking "well, yeah. Doesn't everyone? If you don't double knot your shoelaces, they'll come untied!"
It was enough of a weird moment that it made me wonder if there was something I was missing about the way people tied their shoes. And lo and behold, after some furious googling it turned out that I didn't know the difference between a square knot and a "granny knot", and I had been tying my shoes wrong for my entire life.
Lama 3 years ago
Did you know that if you double knot the right way, you can still undo the entire knot by pulling one of the laces?
April Caron 3 years ago
I have found my tribe! And if you don’t understand… it’s because YOU ARE TYING YOUR SHOES WRONG! I swear 99% of people tie their shoes wrong. You do NOT tie your bunny ears and then tie them again… no! Instead, you loop your bunny ears twice and then pull taut. And they do not come untied until you pull them untied. I teach Kinder. I tie a LOT of shoes. I know what I’m talking about!
Beck 3 years ago
What? I always put tiny knots at the end of each lace so I can pull it tight and it stays.
Beck 3 years ago
Ok fieggen.com just showed a good example. I have been doing it right I have just been adding extra knots at the end. Granny tying has the laces be toe to heel not side to side. I went down a rabbit hole.
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I took the kids to and from school daily for years. They ride the bus now and I swear I feel like I got a quarter or my day back. Plus, they like it.
It's Izzy 🇺🇦 (They/Them) 3 years ago
I wasn't allowed to catch the bus as a teenager because of the other kids were very dodgy. Also couldn't have anyways with having to get to school early for music.
LinkTheHylian 3 years ago
I had to catch the bus with the dodgy kids. One of them once tried to get me to blow up a black condom by telling me it was a balloon. I refused their offer, not because I knew it was a condom, but because at the age of 6 I didn't believe balloons were available in black. I only realised as a teenager how close I was to being made to look like a fool.
Load More Replies... Thomas Biorogue 3 years ago
As a bus rider growing up, I vowed to not have to have my kids ride the bus. A lot of antics go on on the bus. From bullying and light petting / making out to full on sex. Those buses are just rolling zoos. We were fortunate that my wife was able to take them to school every day and I was able to pick them up after school every day.
Firefly 3 years ago
Exactly! I remember being bullied on the bus, so I always took my kids to and from school. When I would chaperone field trips and ride the bus with the kids, it just reinforced my decision (and that was elementary age children). Not everyone can take their kids, and not all places are the same, but I'm glad I was able to.
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Bryn 3 years ago
This is really dependent on where you live. In my hometown, the yellow busses were for people who lived a mile or more from the school they were attending. Because of where I lived, I either had to walk, ride my bike (hills no thank you!), or have my parents take me because we lived under a mile from both the elementary and middle school.
Grant Barke 3 years ago
Just walk that extra bit till you reach a mile and wait for the bus.
Load More Replies... Karl Baxter 3 years ago
I walked to school on my own from when I was 6 years old. I was told how to cross the road safely (Tufty Club anyone?) and not to talk to strangers (Charley Says..) so perfectly safe.
#49
That you turn the deodorant to lift the hard plastic off. Learned this about 5 years ago. I'm 36 years old. I struggled needlessly for so long trying to pry that damn thing off.
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
I don't get this. What are they talking about? I have never had problem with deodorants. Can someone explain please.
Seedy Vine 3 years ago
Some deodorants come with a protective plastic thing on the top, under the cap. It looks like this and can hurt like crazy if you forget to remove it! KTM1OSX.jpg 
#50
Ooh I have one: How to avoid getting steam-burned when using a double boiler! I used to set the full double-boiler--bottom pot+top pot+lid--to boil on the stove, then I would gingerly place what I wanted to boil into the steaming top pot, trying hard to avoid getting steam-burned; which almost always resulted in me getting burned anyway. Then one day my partner witnessed me attempting to place eggs into the steaming upper pot while trying not to drop the eggs in too hard, steam-burning myself as I went, & he said, "in the future leave the top pot off while you wait for the water to boil in the bottom pot, & you can take your time placing the items you want to steam safely into the room-temp top pot. Then when the water comes to a boil, place the top pot with the items inside onto the boiling bottom pot, & you won't have to worry about getting burned." My jaw dropped & I stared at him for a full 30 seconds like he had solved the mystery of life. Now, whenever I go to steam something, I think of my partner & it makes me grateful that we don't all think alike.
Funhog 3 years ago
It’s the reverse of another tip here re: unloading the utensils from the dishwasher by carrying the utensil basket over to the utensil drawer.
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#51
Shredding chicken. Using two forks or whatever is for suckers. Bust out the hand mixer and use that on your cooked chicken. 3 chicken breasts shredded in 1 minute. Try it. It's basically magic.
Jessica Tolar 3 years ago
And be careful bc it will throw bits of cooked chicken all over your kitchen
FabulousMari 3 years ago
DEFINITELY do this on a cooked chicken, not one that's raw or clucking or you will have a BAD time! (or so I heard..)
#52
Press the middle mouse button on a website tab instead of pressing the small x. Works also to open a new windows explorer window if you middle mouse button press on a windows explorer window on the taskbar (sounds more complicated than it is).
XenoMurph 3 years ago (edited)
works also with chrome, just tried it. wait... "Windows Explorer", are you stuck in the 1990s?
HotDog Water 3 years ago
you might be confused with internet explorer. windows exporer is for finding/navigating to your files on your pc.
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#53
I drove for years without realizing the rearview mirror could easily flip down to prevent glare at night without actually adjusting the position. I was manually adjusting it every time I drove at night and then adjusting it back for years until I noticed someone else do it the easy way.
Bryn 3 years ago
New cars aren't like this. And I hate it. My car (2016) has an automatic feature that supposed to change it from day to night driving to prevent that glare but it's awful and doesn't stay. I'd rather have the little lever to flip back and forth
JMil 3 years ago
Mine work well... HOWEVER, in my last car I got the really really near blackout tint in the back windows and it confused the sensor or something because it was always on night mode and very difficult to see. Worked fine before the super dark tint. Word to the wise.
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Apatheist 62 3 years ago
Had the same thing - until I hit it accidentally. I also didn't know that my first car had a full beam headlight until I accidentally pushed it and this blue light appeared on the dashboard - I thought it was such a basic car (Vauxhall Chevette) that it didn't have one.
#54
I've been loom knitting socks for years and going from top to bottom, and casting off with a seamless method of grafting the toes together. If you mess up, it takes forever to fix. Then I learned how to knit socks toes up with a super easy seamless cast on called the Kitchener cast on. It saves me like 2 hours per sock and looks amazing.
Renee Temple 3 years ago
I've never tried to loom knit socks, but nice to know there are fellow loom knitters out there. I tend to make a lot of hats and on the rare occasion that I have a lot of time I'll make a scarf
#55
Most modern laptop touchpads allow you to scroll if you move 2 fingers up and down the touch pad
Monday 3 years ago (edited)
Alternatively. Place one finger on the touch pad and scroll with the other if you want it to scroll more slowly.
Load More Replies... Frauke Knothe 3 years ago
On my old laptop I had use the right and bottom edge to scroll and that was so much better! Now I have to use the two finger technique and every time I accidentally lift one finger just a split second I click on someting - that is so annoying!!!
#56
CTRL+F to find exactly what I’m looking for In a long a*s article, online book, or essay. Saved me many many many times.
#57
I didn't know what cruise control was in my car until my bf turned it on for me one day. Life changing on long trips
Staysafewarmdry 3 years ago
As long as you are not extremely tired or it is precipitating. Those make for potentially deadly situations.
ArodTheHorrible 3 years ago
That remains true with or without cruise control
Load More Replies... Audra Sisler 3 years ago
I don't like using it. Stupid I know but feels kind i have no control. Does that even make sense??🤔🤔🤔
Lily Mae Kitty 3 years ago
sheesh, how are people this dumb not to know about a basic car function that's been around since the 1970s??
#58
As a kid, I wore a uniform to school. It was a jumper and then eventually as I got older it was a skirt. I definitely did not realize I could KEEP IT ON and just LIFT THE HEM. My honor roll brain but very dumbass self had me completely taking off my dress or skirt every time I went to pee. On the bright side, I’m very good at zipping up my own dress from the back
Edward Monks 3 years ago
lots of stuff in this list has me wonderin the same
Load More Replies... LinkTheHylian 3 years ago
At least you had cubicles, and didn't have to walk in on that one boy who dropped his trousers and underwear while stood at the urinal.
#59
If you're picking citrus from a tree, there's an easy way. Citrus seldom grow straight down from the stem. Get your thumb underneath the side where the stem makes an acute angle, then nudge the stem away. When the fruit is ripe it comes right off. No twist-twist-twist needed. No pruning shears needed.
#60
I always ignored "soup vegetables", thinking it was an old people's thing and that I wouldn't cook soup stock myself. Until I decided to try them, about two years ago. What it really means is, you get a small portion of different vegetables. Carrots, leek, celery and parsley. All bundled up nicely, and for an affordable price. There's no-one telling you to use ALL the stuff together. Just think of it as getting a little bit of each without annoying the cashier. :-)
#61
Alt+Tab to navigate through open windows. I didn’t know this was a thing until college and it changed my life.
ArodTheHorrible 3 years ago
And Ctrl+Tab to navigate through open tabs or documents within a single application
#62
Work related thing. I used to create letters which used the same template for the bodies, but had certain things like names and titles different with each letter. I used to do them all manually before learning about the mail merge feature of Microsoft Excel. This fantastic tool changed my life, the task length went from multiple hours to less than an hour.
Al Jameson 3 years ago
You don't even need Excel for this, you can do it all in Word. Google Docs can do it too.
#63
Up until just the last 6 months or so, if I wanted to do a Google search I'd always type www.google.com into the address bar and to the actual Google front page before doing the search, even though we've been able to just type searches directly into the URL bar for quite a long time now. One of those old, ingrained habits I guess. Though if it helps redeem me slightly, I didn't actually type the full www. and .com, because of a trick a friend showed me in ~2005 where you can just type a word into the address bar and press Ctrl + Enter so it automatically puts them there for you - so I'd type google and press Ctrl + Enter. I remember thinking that was wizardry when my friend showed me haha, even if it's mostly redundant now.
#64
Tying a tie from scratch every time. Barring having to wash it, tie it into a windsor knot and leave it like that for easy use every single time.
#65
Mine was Carl+Alt+Del to lock my computer, then one fateful day a coworker showed me that windows key + L does the same thing faster.
Dumpster Fire 3 years ago
Yeah, it's more than that. Ctrl+Alt+Del brings up a menu that you would have to choose "lock" from. Windows Key + L just locks the computer immediately. So you're actually saving one button click and one menu selection.
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I always used a sive to get coffee grains out, until i learned of a coffee filter. 🧍♀️
digitalin 3 years ago
A reusable coffee filter is ideal, although a paper towel works if you're desperate. Now I use a French press and haven't looked back.
Sue User 3 years ago
The reusable filter i bought didnt fit my cheap coffee maker.
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Rolls of foil have tabs on the packaging to prevent the foil roll from coming out. For a long time as a kid I didn’t know this.
LuckyL 3 years ago
But not all of them - when I first heard about this, I was really disappointed to not find the tabs.
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While playing Skyrim, I didn't know that you could fast travel to places you've already been so I would just run for miles and miles.
Dumpster Fire 3 years ago
To be fair, a lot of people (myself included) play without fast travel for the immersion now.
#69
cooking without a doubt, well I always cooked on high heat mostly because I always saw my mother doing it but it turns out that I cooked on high heat because the food we usually cook like that is cooked that way, later when I discovered that everything burned I discovered that I could lower the heat.
#70
I used an app to scan QR codes that would send me to a random scam site first and then to the actual url of the QR. A guy selling street food told me to use my camera app to read his QR. Uninstalled the other app immediately.
#71
I have a shelf that I got as a kid. My dad's office was getting rid of old stuff so he grabbed it for me. The damn thing is heavy AF. We're talking probably 150-200lbs, 6ft tall, 3ft wide, 1.5ft deep, with removable/adjustable shelves. Half a dozen moves with friends, up/down multiple floors of stairs. One of my buddies notices small recessed screws. The f*****g thing comes apart like an Ikea piece of furniture! The individual slabs are still 40-50 pounds on their own but it no longer requires a crew of 5 to move anywhere! I'm so tempted to get rid of it, but it's a good piece of furniture. Far sturdier than Ikea stuff, but not as aesthetically pleasing.
Cindy M 3 years ago
It's a very specific example, but disassembling furniture for a move is a good tip. Removing shelves, doors, table legs, drawers makes for more pieces, but for a smaller crew, things aren't as heavy and can be packed more easily in some cases.
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#72
I was in medical school before I learned that you can pull the ends of the shoestrings to untie your shoes. I had always pulled on the loops and then I had to untie the knot that was leftover…
Rosie Hamilton 3 years ago
Might not be, only says they were in medical school🤷
Load More Replies... Lily Mae Kitty 3 years ago
please tell us your name and where you practice so we can NOT go to you.
#73
Buy and use vacuum bags… only once I moved out, I was able to find out that there is little to no disadvantage to using a vacuum that doesn’t need bags.
#74
Peeling garlic. I'm still getting better at the knife whack method, but already saving a bunch of time.
Marcellium 3 years ago
I just use the heel of my palm to squish it! Just as easy and it's fun :-)
#75
Peeling bananas by pulling on the stem, instead of pinching the end.
Karl Baxter 3 years ago
Pinching the end is the way monkeys do it - by far the best way (& they should know after all 🙂)
#76
This is pretty funny but I didnt realise that taking paracetamol could make you feel better during a cold/flu until my early 20s, I just used to stubbornly suffer
(Anti)Social Penguin 3 years ago
Here, people take it like it’s candy. They fill a bit off, sore throat, running nose, a bit of headache, was caught in the rain, you name it, they take a paracetamol, not realizing it’s harmful (like every other pill in high doses and without medical advice).
#77
My credit union is fairly far away. When I learned the concept of shared branches I was able to shorten my trip considerably by choosing among three other credit unions that are closer. Thanks for asking. This is a very good question.
#78
Some really specific s**t at work; batch plotting in CAD. Printing a project with 100-200 dwgs, I was importing everything, then deleting all the as-built and other work orders, leaving just the WO I wanted to print, before plotting to pdf. Hunting through the layout list took forever and was prone to accidentally deleting one row too many. Then I realized I could just plot *everything* to pdf, and use file explorer's search feature to separate everything in one automated step; search for my WO, move them to their final destination, delete everything that's left.
#79
Literally every single thing I’ve ever learned to do in Excel stems from a situation like this.
#80
When I was in architecture school, I used this software called Rhino for 3D modeling. Still do professionally. Any designers will know what this is, but a lot of it involves meticulously drafting lines of various complex dimensions and forms. There is a command called curveboolean that reads the inside and outside of a closed poly line, and without it you’d be spending a very long time doing essentially manual labor on your computer to make the right shapes. I lasted until my second year of grad school before knowing this command exists. I know this is a little esoteric but anyone who has used it before will know how painful that is.
iseefractals 3 years ago
Of all the 3D modeling/animation apps around Rhino was always my least favorite. Cinema 4d/3d studio were always my preference and I prided myself on being able to model everything from scratch using vertex points, math but on the occasion i was feeling lazy or pressed for time, i would create editable mesh shapes/primitives, arrange them how i needed and either merge the shapes (rarely) or ctrl+shift to select the needed vertex points from each shape so i could copy/paste to scale for multi layers. Doing that lets you fine tune the shape if needed and once you have it how you want you can weld the vertices to points to make an actual shape. From there you can extrude layers which you can tune as you see fit, or you can batch process layers with predefined rotation/tilt settings. Building with Boolean primitives was the first thing i learned in Bryce 3D when i was 12, using positive/negative settings to make complex shapes. Moving to more technical CAD apps was eye opening.
#81
Math, back when I believed "you won't always have a calculator on you"
Siddharth Karia 3 years ago
I'm still glad I learnt my mental maths and don't have to pull out a calculator to add 4 numbers together.
Bella10 3 years ago
Absolutely. I find it much faster to do paper calculations rather than grab my phone, turn it on, open up the calculator, input numbers. I’m so glad I learnt this skill.
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Boreddd🇺🇦 3 years ago
That's one of the stupidest things people say. I think they forgot phones exist
Lizzy Crit 3 years ago
This is from the Before Times when smartphones didn't exist
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#82
cleaning water off the shower floor. my shower is a room and I used to use a mop to try and clean up the water. pain in the a*s. window squeegee is the way to go.
Goth Nurse 3 years ago
There are actual floor spatulas/trowels for this purpose.. They are also good in other cleaning too.
James016 3 years ago
My wife bought a window squeegee recently to wipe our shower screen. I was using a towel
DuchessDegu 3 years ago
I was going to say using a towel was a bit silly, but at least you tried
Load More Replies... Goth Nurse 3 years ago
It's good to dry the floor, that can prevent problems from excess moisture. And avoid slipping.
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I used a broom and dust pan to clean hardwood floors. The wife pointed out that I could just use a vacuum cleaner and it changed my life.
What do you think ?
BasedWang12.3 3 years ago
seriously. especially the second half of this post was painful as s**t
Load More Replies... Monday 3 years ago
Not exactly a lifehack but if you type "do a barrel roll" into your google search the page will do so and it's mildly entertaining.
Anony Mouse 3 years ago
Google "cat" and hit the orange button with the paw print on the right side of the page.
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Lily Mae Kitty 3 years ago
These articles make me realize most people really are of very average intelligence and that's isn't all that smart. We're mostly pretty dang average in many ways. Good thing we have so much company.
Kiryn Silverwing 3 years ago
Half the people of the world are below average intelligence, because that's what makes it the average.
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dab 3 years ago
i stopped myself from questioning some of these miraculous ideas, and i'm no rocket surgeon. it was easier to scroll done here...
An Unpopular Opinion. 3 years ago
The picture for this post looked like someone melting cheese or smth in a microwave, and then they realized if they put it in a bowl it doesn't get anywhere! Apparently it was a sponge and a bowl of water tho. So not as stupid as I had assumed
Den Ver 3 years ago
to do: ... type "do a barrel roll" into your google ... Google "cat" and hit the orange button with the paw print on the right side of the page ... Lizard ... Dog
grotesqueer 3 years ago
What is the lizard supposed to do? Nothing happened.
Load More Replies... BasedWang12.3 3 years ago
seriously. especially the second half of this post was painful as s**t
Load More Replies... Monday 3 years ago
Not exactly a lifehack but if you type "do a barrel roll" into your google search the page will do so and it's mildly entertaining.
Anony Mouse 3 years ago
Google "cat" and hit the orange button with the paw print on the right side of the page.
Load More Replies... Lily Mae Kitty 3 years ago
These articles make me realize most people really are of very average intelligence and that's isn't all that smart. We're mostly pretty dang average in many ways. Good thing we have so much company.
Kiryn Silverwing 3 years ago
Half the people of the world are below average intelligence, because that's what makes it the average.
Load More Replies... dab 3 years ago
i stopped myself from questioning some of these miraculous ideas, and i'm no rocket surgeon. it was easier to scroll done here...
An Unpopular Opinion. 3 years ago
The picture for this post looked like someone melting cheese or smth in a microwave, and then they realized if they put it in a bowl it doesn't get anywhere! Apparently it was a sponge and a bowl of water tho. So not as stupid as I had assumed
Den Ver 3 years ago
to do: ... type "do a barrel roll" into your google ... Google "cat" and hit the orange button with the paw print on the right side of the page ... Lizard ... Dog
grotesqueer 3 years ago
What is the lizard supposed to do? Nothing happened.
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