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No one likes to waste unnecessary amounts of time and energy on things that can be done with a few quick shortcuts. Or find themselves in challenging scenarios and have no idea how to crack the code. Or do things the hard way when... You get it — "work smarter, not harder" is the way to go.

We naturally pick up small pieces of wisdom that allow us to overcome unexpected obstacles and complete demanding missions, but as you’ve definitely noticed, the game of life is often quite difficult. Sometimes, our brains struggle to unlock the secrets and find the little commands and hacks that would help us to move on to the next level. But thankfully, Redditors bacongobbler and Lurial decided to do us all a public service by sharing some very useful "cheat codes" with anyone who strives to make their days a bit easier.

So if you want to finally nail down this game we call life, we've got you covered! Below, our team at Bored Panda has wrapped up some of the best insights from these two threads to share with you all. But as the Redditors warn, remember to put your thinking caps on and do your own research before trying these moves in real life. So continue scrolling, upvote the hacks you didn't know about, and be sure to share your own bits of advice in the comments!

#1

People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones Secretaries, tech support and janitors are the true power in office buildings. Make friends, remember birthdays and you can get anything you need or go anywhere you need.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Plus, they're human beings. You CAN actually be nice to people without any ulterior motive!

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones When commenting on something, whether it be reddit, facebook, etc. finish typing your comment, stop, re-read it twice and then ask yourself what you are trying to accomplish with said comment before posting

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Til that comments have to accomplish something, I have hereby accomplished making a bunch of strangers aware of my musings on above subject.

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones Turn it off, then on again.

Lurial , John Smit Report

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones When you have forgotten someone's name, simply say : "I'm sorry, but what was your name one more time." They may act offended, but when they give you their first name you simply reply "No, I meant your last name." (more socially acceptable to forget).

Bingo. First and last names.

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones Buy things out of season, this can save you money. Unless its food, then buy it in season

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#8

People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones When you're giving a presentation, bring a bottle of water up to the podium. If you find yourself in a spot where you blank, taking a drink will allow you to gather your thoughts. Nobody will be the wiser.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you're speaking to a large group of people and dont know where to look, just look at a point over everyones head out past the back row.

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#9

People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones When you buy something online, you usually get a chance to enter a promo code before you purchase.

Google the promo codes.

They're out there - you can get anything from free shipping to 25% off the purchase.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I almost always check for codes, not once the code I found worked.

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#10

People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones If you have crushing chest pain, call 911 first. Then chew some aspirin. I work in cardiology.

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#11

People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones if you gently rock back and forth while pooping it will take significantly less time and make it easier to pass more "troublesome" movements. Best. Lifehack. Ever

thejesusfinger , 99.films Report

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones For essays with minimum page requirements: If you finish your paper and realize that what you wrote is a shy of the minimum requirement, ctrl F your paper and search for ".". Change the font size of the periods from 12 to 14. They are the exact same size, but it causes the paper to be significantly longer (my 5 page original essay was stretched out to roughly 7 pages).

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When I am in a large shopping centre (mall) I take a photo of the information board on my phone so I can look up how to get to stores without having to go back to the board

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is even more useful in an airport. I saw someone taking photos of the connection gates and gates map and scoff to myself "ppfft that's what the app is for", just to have the app stuck and nearly missing my flight

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones Easy splinter removal: dip the splintered body part in some Elmer's glue, let it dry, remove glue with splinter.

Easy lawn care: Pour "beer" (Bud Light, Coors, etc) on the lawn. Fermented sugars make great fertilizer.

Easy broken glass clean up: Get the tiny pieces up with a piece of bread, the consistency and texture picks up even the smallest shard.

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones Babywipes for the bathroom. Seriously, your life will be +1.

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#16

People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones Never bring anything in to work. That way, when you leave (ie, earlier than usual) it doesn't look like you're leaving for the day.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why do I see so many posts about adults at work who behave like teenagers in highschool? Grow up.

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones I've got one. If you feel uncomfortable looking into someone's eyes when they're talking to you, look at their nose instead. They cannot tell the difference.

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones When you eat hard shell taco's, do it over your nachos. That way when they disintegrate, you can eat the bits you lost with your nachos

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones Avoid forgetting something in the morning by placing it in your shoes. (works best if you wear the same pair every day.)

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Try to use your non-dominant hand for more things, try to maintain an equal balance in your body. If you have paper and a writing utensil in front of you, try scribbling circles with your non-dominant hand. Stir things with it, open doors with it. Use your dominant hand for things that you'd usually use your non-dominant for.


Be conscious of how your body moves. Pick up your feet when you walk, pay attention to your posture, try not to lean to one side if you're standing for a long period of time. *Stretch.* Stretching is important in maintaining strength, balance and coordination. Try doing routine things in different ways, it'll help your body with the aging process and keep you in better shape.


If you want to develop certain traits as a person, live your life as if you've always been that way/had said traits. Eventually after a bit it will become so second nature that you won't even have to think about it.


Don't pretend to know something if you don't. You look ignorant if you're called out on it, and you force yourself to lose the opportunity to learn something new. If you're mocked for not knowing something and needing to ask, you're around the wrong people.


**tl;dr** Be conscious of how your body moves; try to stay balanced. Sometimes pretending to have certain traits will actually help you develop them. Be open to learning new things.

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones On flights, if you are fighting for an arm rest with a stranger. bring your arm (the one thats on the same side the arm rest you want) up to your mouth and sneeze/cough. Then place it by the armrest. The other person will move their arm. Has had 100% success rate

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones Learn to cook. You will save money, eat better and feel better. If you are terrible at cooking, there is only one way to get better...cook. Think of cooking not as a chore, but as something that is fun and that brings joy to other people and to yourself. If you live alone, invest in some nice pyrex containers, put a few portions in the freezer, a few in the fridge.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you don't like cooking it doesn't matter how much you think of it as fun, it will stay a chore. If simply thinking "This is a fun thing" worked we would all love our jobs.

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones If you get brain freeze from eating something cold too quickly, press your tongue against the roof of your mouth as hard as you can. Voila, instant brainfreeze relief.

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If you're at home/work/party or GOD forbid your girlfriend's house and the toilet starts to overflow, take the lid off the back reservoir part and lift the long handle as far up as it will go. The water will stop rising and then you can quietly mutter curses at it till it goes back down (which it does, more often than not...)

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#25

Always walk like you know where you are and what you're doing. Most people will just let you go on through/by/away. Works on most rent-a-cops and campus police.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Go anywhere at all with a high vis jacket, a stepladder and a small toolbox, can add a hard hat for extra effect, even easier to carry a bag with some light bulbs, incase anyone asks. You can literally get in anywhere

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones Give yourself half an hour of downtime in the morning, between being ready to leave and leaving, and your day won't feel so rushed

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where do you get that extra hour? I am happy if I can fit a 45min walk in instead of 15min.

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones To get through tech support quickly with an ISP, choose the option for becoming a new customer. Then when you get there ask to transfer to tech support. Usually they won't put you on hold because they see the number coming from the new customer line.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In somehotlines it helps to talk gibberish to the machine. Others kick you out for it.

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If you drive stick and the battery s dead, get some friends, put the key to the on position, put the car in 2nd and push the clutch down. have your friends push your car. when you get a decent speed going let the clutch up. (this is called "Popping the clutch." your car with start and you can drive around for a while to recharge your battery(provided nothing is wrong with the battery or the alternator)

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones If you are quitting something e.g. smoking, drinking etc. Everytime you feel the urge to do said addiction : Go for a run, do 20 sit ups, 20 push ups etc. This way you can start to associate exercise with quitting and you get fitter the more you quit which can make you feel better

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or I associate quitting with exercise and don't want to quit anymore.

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones If you are driving an unfamiliar car and you don't know which side the gas tank is on, just look at the little pump icon next to the gas gauge on the dashboard. The pump handle on the icon will be on the side of the tank

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also lmao, if you drive an electric vehicle, don't try to fill its tank at the gás station... ( Google Tesla woman gás station, and be amazed )

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones When you go to a restaurant where they bring you your drink in a cup/glass, ask for no ice or for ice on the side. Often what they do is load your drink with ice so that it seems as if there's more in there, especially at bars

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most bars have a set amount of alcohol they serve you. If you ask for no ice you get a half-filled glass. At least that's how it works here.

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones Try to put yourself in as many socially awkward situations as possible. You will be desensitized to it which makes you more outgoing.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just seem to improve my ability of finding new ways to be even more socially awkward.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This might just be your own perception of yourself. I've found over the years that when I say something about myself to my close friends, they're usually surprised I feel that way and have more positive opinions than my own. Kind of nice to think about.

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ben woskje
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

.... or you will self-traumatise even more and then refuse to go out even more..... surely this was written by an extravert that doesn't "get it" ?

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think this is bad advice. The assumption here is that you'd want to be more outgoing... I don't and being outgoing is not a requirement to be happy in life. If anyone does want to become outgoing, I think a better strategy would be to work on confidence. That means giving yourself challenges but ones where there's reasonable chance of success. Finding a hobby which you do with others is far more likely to help than deliberately putting yourself in socially awkward situations.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yes! I became wayyy more outgoing when I found my love for acting and theatre... oddly enough it might've made me more self conscious but I also started ignoring the thoughts in my head about that stuff. (honestly the self consciousness might've been from some of the kids in my class.. bro girls are mean lol)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Repeatedly smash your face with a board. That way if you ever get into a fight, you'll already be half dead

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Birgit M
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is one of the best comments I‘ve ever read, and the first time I‘ll use this emoji! 😂

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Huh? Lol worst advice ever. Do what you want to do and work on your socializing skills. You don't need to suffer.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or don't put yourself in uncomfortable situations because your life is not a project that you need to excel at. It's not a bad thing to be comfortable and settled.

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There are a huge number of lonely senior citizens who thought exactly like that. Now they're stuck on their own in houses they can't afford to heat with nobody to speak to, or alternatively have to go in to a care home where they are forced to have contact with people many times a day but can't cope with normal social behavior.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

no no no no this doesn't work for neurodivergents, it just means you're exposed to *painful* situations more often. desensitizing doesn't work for everyone.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dumbest advice ever.....WTF?.... If only it was that damn easy.....

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well that's a bit harsh. I don't necessarily agree with the OP either, but I get that sometimes people try to be helpful without any forethought that their reality isn't the same as everyone else's reality. I'm too lazy to investigate the OP, but do we really need to be d***s to each other for something so trivial? Maybe the OP was constantly being told what they said was "dumb." Now they seek social validation to feel good about themselves. Just "bless their heart," and go about your day.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Putting myself in socially awkward positions on purpose is just gonna make me hate social interaction more

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or you just pile the anxiety so high you become a full blown agoraphobic

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Bob D. Lin Quint
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just walk into traffic and get hit by smaller cars until you're immune to larger ones

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Heidrance
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

nice suggestion, but follow-up question: are you paying for my hospital stay after i have a mental breakdown from anxiety?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Be careful about this, you don’t want to create a pattern of failure.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Try to put yourself in as many socially awkward situations as possible." -> not need to try. They come :D

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Kate
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You'd think so, wouldn't you? Unfortunately, no -- it does the opposite.

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TheAquarius1978
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have frikking Asperger syndrome, welcome to my frikking life.....

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

what if you don't want to be more outgoing and would honestly prefer being a bog witch

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For all you fellow neurodiverse wackos: DO NOT LISTEN TO TIPS LIKE THESE. It caused me 6 burn-outs in ten years time, because I thought "being outgoing" was gonna máke me outgoing. Instead, it made me a (finally diagnosed) autistic with a major panic disorder, PTSD and a solid alcohol addiction.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I tried that. They called the cops. I mean, what's wrong with entering your neighbor's house at midnight and staring at them while they sleep? Very backward people!

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Susan Reid Smith
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't want or need to be more outgoing. I am an introvert. Let me be.

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Cassi Lyris
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This did not work out for me. I just wound up with phony "friends" and a case of impostor syndrome...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This does not work. Before COVID this is how I lived. Forcing myself to go to more and more social events in the hope that I’d be less of an introvert. I was miserable. COVID showed me how happy I am in my own company so now I only go to those events that I really want to go to

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you are a kind person then it's ok to be socially awkward. Everyone is different and kind people are remembered for their kindness. In my opinion it's the people that are mean or rude that make people feal awkward because they are the ones that make it awkward for everyone else and they don't even realize how ridiculous they look.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The why have I become more and more introverted, and have more social anxiety with each passing year?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or just don’t give a s**t and enjoy your solitude in peace without pressure. It’s legal.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

F**k that! Avoid as many social situations as possible and you will be a much happier person inside

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El Dee
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And it works in reverse too. You more you avoid the more you NEED to avoid. You have to keep pushing in order to maintain..

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Markus Holstein
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Try and eat as many spiders as you can! You will be desensitized to your fear of spiders!

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This advice only works if someone wants to be more outgoing. Why do people think that being an introvert is something that needs fixing or a cure? I don't like being in big groups of people and I hate crowds, so I therefore avoid them if possible. Simple. I quite like my introvert personality and I don't feel I need to force myself into situations I'm not comfortable with to be more outgoing to please others. I get drained very quickly in groups of people and I need to spend time alone to recharge. The amount of times people think it's OK to tell me 'I need to come out of my shell' is unbelievable. I've never heard an extrovert be told that they need to stop talking so much. A full day at work is my fill of others most of the time and then I have to spend the rest of the evening in peace to get my energy back. I'm training to be a nurse so I'm perfectly confident and assertive thank you very much. Being socially awkward doesn't mean you're a doormat.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've realized a lot of my social awkwardness comes from me having no actual interest in the other people. They're boring. I'm boring. Most of us are boring and trying to pretend we're not.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This was the best advice anyone ever gave me. I used to be painfully shy.

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Mintii Bunnii
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i dont want to be "more outgoing" this just seems like it's slandering introversion nothing wrong with being asocial!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or if you’re me, you’ll get a reputation for being a socially awkward weirdo

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As many socially awkward positions as possible. You must mean life, work, existing.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All of my social situations are awkward. Since birth. I am not more outgoing.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Online dating has significantly improved my ability to appear like I'm extroverted and outgoing when I am, in fact, introverted and shy.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just be careful. Unless you consider jail to be an awkward situation.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've got a motto "it's only awkward if you think it is"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Any situation I'm in is almost guaranteed to be socially awkward

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones If you spill any liquid that will stain on your carpet (red wine, juice, etc), pour some salt on it. Work it into the carpet - just rub it in with your hands. Leave it there for a few hours (for serious stains, up to a day) and vacuum it out. Voila, stain gone.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's not what a stain is....if it's a fresh spill it's not a stain. So this method won't remove stains, just prevent them.

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When you're talking to someone and can't tell if they are interested in the subject/their mind is elsewhere, cross your arms. If they cross theirs as well, they are truly listening

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Except if they have social anxiety and are very attentive to body language in which case crossing their arms is something they'll never do since it could also show disinterest or disagreement.

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People Are Sharing "Cheat Codes" They've Found That Work In Real Life, Here Are 35 Of The Most Useful Ones Talk to everyone like you would your best mate, and smile.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the American way. In many countries this will make you come off as pushy and weird.

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