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46 Everyday Things That People In This Thread Had To Relearn How To Do As They Were Doing Them Wrong
We’re all figuring life out bit by bit, some slower than others. And there’s nothing wrong with that. As the popular saying goes, “It's everyone's first time living life,” which means that nobody has all the answers, and we’re all finding them as we go. Even if we make some mistakes along the way or don’t have the knowledge about something, it's normal—there’s still plenty of room to grow.
People under this popular thread have been sharing similar realizations upon learning that they’ve been doing some common things completely wrong. Scroll down to check them out for yourself, and don’t be shy to upvote those mistakes you’re guilty of making, too.
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#1
Growing up, I was under the impression that I was just one of those people who didn't like steak. Steaks in our family were all cooked the way my mom liked them: beyond dead, beyond well done, so they wouldn't moo. Then, a bf made me a steak medium. I tasted it and suddenly knew why people like steak!
PartyMcDie:
I had that experience with fish. My mother and all my aunts (her sisters) all grew up learning that fish should be cooked properly through. And a little bit more just in case the center was raw somehow. I had a piece of halibut in a restaurant, and it was a delightful revelation because it was so tender! Didn’t feel like sticky gum between my teeth.
LumpyWelder4258:
Same with veggies. They were cooked to mush.
Dave Van Beurden 2 months ago
My mother used the traditional Dutch way of checking if the vegetables were done: if you can smear them on the wall, they're done.
Nicole Weymann 2 months ago
Yupp. Earlier generations liked their veggies far more, erm, tender. I'm German and our word for veggie is "Gemüse". You could translate it as "that which is cooked to mush".
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JayWantsACat 2 months ago
My mom was a really good cook but I didn't realize her scrambled eggs were really bad until I moved out and started cooking for myself. Her eggs were mall curds all cooked to hell but I found out I actually like large curds still slight wet.
Janet Sparrow 2 months ago
We are Italian and my mom was a great cook, but yes, she boiled and roasted everything to death that wasn’t pasta.
Yrral Spavit 2 months ago
One grandmother was a good cook the other, sweet woman but to her thinking the meat was ready when you could hammer a nail in with it.
T'Mar of Vulcan 2 months ago
I became anaemic because my mother cooked the steak under the grill (broiled it, for Americans) and I literally couldn't chew it or get it soft enough to swallow, so I just stopped eating red meat. Once I'd had steak and other meats in restaurants I also suddenly realized why people ate it. Same with veggies. I do have some kind of sensory aversion to the taste, but boiling the veg until 'pap' (limp) made the taste a hundred times worse!
John Dilligaf 2 months ago
most food was like that for me. My mom was a good baker (cookies, cakes, pies, bread, etc) but she wasn't that good of a cook.
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#2
The top of traditional stoves come up like a car hood so you can clean under the burners. My mom always complained I was never cleaning under there well enough but either didn't know or didn't show me that the top comes up.
mycatpartyhouse:
And many oven doors have unlatchable hinges so you can remove the door, clean your oven more comfortably, and replace the door in a stable configuration. Read your instructions for use, people!
OrphanGold:
You can also take the door apart with a couple of screws (usually near the top inside) and clean the glass on the inside. (Things I learned cleaning rental units for my landlord.)
GlitterPanda 2 months ago
Be careful though, not all stoves have this feature...my friend learned this on TikTok and immediately tried to open the top of her stove. That is how she broke her stove.
Anonymouse 2 months ago
I found the stove top thing out when I had to replace a burner, some of the new burners are like car headlights, where they are just modules you unplug and plug the new one in. Thank you, kind stove engineer/designer!
StrangeOne 2 months ago (edited)
Just be careful putting the glass back. I had a hard time getting it closed back up. Your stove should come with a manual, and that manual should be available with the others when you get that suite. If you're really handy, you could probably take apart all panels on a stove and give it a real deep clean. Also, the oven drawer comes out, and some have bottom panels that should get cleaned. If you have pests, or don't know if you have pests, you may learn where else they're getting into. I no longer use oven drawers to store my pans. Even in my pest-free, new home. I can't ...
#3
I was 27 years old when my ex bought crumpets while we were shopping. I didn't understand why she would enjoy them.
When we got home, I learned you're supposed to toast them. They are indeed very good toasted.
27 years eating crumpets raw. G*****n it.
Edit: a very good question was asked, and the answer is for some reason my parents kept them reasonably often available. But I never saw anyone actually eat them. They both worked a lot, and me and my sister would get our own snacks of an afternoon. Sometimes I'd be hungry, and there would be nothing in the house to eat except whatever was being prepped for dinner that night, so I'd rummage around and fund these crumpets and be like, "well, these f*****g suck to eat, but I'm hungry so I guess they're better than nothing" and I'd have one.
I never bought them myself as an adult, because I thought they were terrible. I did, however, occasionally visit my parents and... well, then I'd feel bad about eating their other food, but sometimes I'd see these s****y crumpets in their kitchen and be like, "well nobody else seems to eat these stupid things, and I'm hungry, so I may as well have one so they're not wasted"
Truly, my ex opened my eyes to something wonderful that day.
chmath80:
Ok, it's been 4 hours, and nobody else has addressed the elephant in the room: you clearly, and unsurprisingly, don't like raw crumpets... So why tf would you keep eating them for 27 years?
OP:
Asked and answered my friend. As a kid, lack of choice. As an adult.... I think probably because I'm a dumba*s.
Sally Moen 2 months ago
Same reason alot of people eat cr@ppy meals because they never learned to cook
StrangeOne 2 months ago
I just learned in North America we call crumpets English muffins, because crumpets originate in England but we don't say crumpets.
Min 2 months ago
They look similar, but they're not actually the same. You don't split a crumpet, the holes are already on top.
Load More Replies... Gourdeous 2 months ago
And don't just toast them on normal toast setting either. Toast them properly crusty, butter, then butter again when slightly cooled.
Andrew Keir 2 months ago
This parallels a query I have as a UK type - are all bagels supposed to taste like they're stale? Or have I been unlucky many, many times ? I'm serious - so many people go "Bagels, yum" but so far I'm "yuk". Repeatedly.
ohjojo (you/your's) 2 months ago
slice in half, toast them. Add butter or cream cheese. many love cream cheese and lox. look on line
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Sara Frazer 2 months ago
It was earlier this year my sister told me that crumpets are what we dumb Americans call "English muffins". I always wondered what a crumpet was... turns out I've already been eating them semi-regularly my whole life 😅
HardBoiledBlonde 2 months ago
Crumpets and english muffins are similar but they are not the same. Go get yourself some crumpets and you will understand.
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#4
The bumpy side of the Bobby pin goes against your head, not the flat side. They somehow both stay in better and feel more comfortable now??
buttery_orc:
I found out a few years ago, but when I thought about it, it really made sense. Because those "fancy" ones, the bobby pin with like a cute flower or whatever? the bumpy side is alsways the side that goes against your head, because the flat side is glued to the decoration part.
littleone281:
You can also lock the bobby pins together by sliding two bobby pins bumpy sides together.
#5
Ceiling fans have a switch for summer and winter spins.
thatsaSagittarius:
Counterclockwise in summer and clockwise in winter. It’s usually like a small black sliding button on the fan itself.
Sharonsboytoy:
FYI, some of us with pets and light colored ceilings never use the winter mode, as the fan will push dirt and dust toward the ceiling, leaving a circular mark. We have several pets, and have learned the hard way.
zatrisha 2 months ago
Warm air rises to the top – this is a basic physical principle. In winter mode, the fan rotates clockwise and ensures that the warm air from the ceiling is evenly distributed throughout the room. In summer mode, the fan turns counterclockwise. This creates a directly noticeable air flow that has a cooling effect on the skin - similar to a light breeze.
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#6
I learned I've been shampooing wrong my whole life until a couple weeks ago.
I used to get a pump of shampoo and put it on top of my head and massage around.
Now I get the pump of shampoo, lather it in my hands, and then lift sections of my hair and massage the roots. Hair feels cleaner and less tangly because I don't do a lather ball from the top.
mcdonaldsfrenchfri:
I actually get a better lather the second time! I feel like the first shampoo is to get any product out and top layer of oils then the second wash is really cleaning. My first wash never lathers well I think because of the product and oils.
Uncle Panda 2 months ago
If I do two shampoos, I have Einstein-Larry Stooge hair all day.
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Laserleader 2 months ago
Shampoo was invented to clean the SCALP not the hair, and its supposed to be rubbed into all sides to remove debris. Conditioner was invented to repair the damage to the HAIR by adding lipids and oil back that was washed out by the shampoo. Both should be used ONLY as needed and NOT everyday, and not by every hair type.
camomooey 2 months ago
Oh, for Pete's sake, just lather once and be done with it. How clean does your hair need to be?
Nicole Weymann 2 months ago
I have long, very thick hair. The water doesn't even reach all of my scalp and hair with the first try. I put a little bit of shampoo on my hands and go through my hair, then rinse. Only then with the second wash, does the water even get everywhere, instead of "glueing" strands together. Don't know if it's due to saponin, surfactant, or whatever 🤷
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Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
True, but it beats accidentally not using enough while trying to make sure you minimize lather, and it serves as an effective tell that you've used enough. Plus a little shampoo can create a lot of lather, so there's room to use it as a tell without going completely overboard on waste.
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Gavin Johnson 2 months ago
I shave my head and use shower gel. It gets my skin clean, no hair issues at all.
Aileen Grist 2 months ago
I don't use shampoo - haven't for 5+ years. You have to work harder at scrubbing your scalp - I use one of those little silicone massagers. I have very fine - and at one time greasy - hair, but without shampoo, it's shiny and bouncy and quite fluffy
Janine Randall 1 month ago
I have really short hair (not a buzz cut though) and always lather twice. As someone said, the first time feels like it's getting the hair product, hair spray and daily gunk out, and the second one is cleaning my scalp and hair. I don't know if it really makes a difference, but it sure feels good.
Philly Bob 2 months ago
Why do shampoo bottles have to say 'Lather, Rinse, Repeat' on them? My blonde girlfriend has been in the shower for 3 days now.
#7
The numbers on the toaster are for minutes. My whole life I thought they were different levels of toastiness.
Day Andie 2 months ago
Well, actually, the longer you leave it in there (more minutes) the darker it gets, so yah.
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Ilan Elron 1 month ago
big gran of salt from me: wouldn't trust most brands to actually do even remotely accurate minutes
MushroomHead22 2 months ago
it technically is though; yes its minutes but the end result is the toastedness of the toast. so while the numbers correlate to minutes, it also determines the shade of the toast.
The Majestic Opossum 2 months ago
That's not how they work on either of my last few toasters. We tested it out with a timer and were way off
#8
Washing towels without fabric softener. Fabric softener ruins the absorbency of the towels and can’t soak up all the water. Leaving a light water film that’s annoying until it air dries.
No-Secret-9073:
Wash your towels with a cup of vinegar instead of fabric softener.
SueG 2 months ago
Adding wool balls to the dryer with your towels helps them dry faster (by opening up the lengths of fabric so the warm can reach more places) and loftier.
StrangeOne 2 months ago (edited)
No fabric softener. No scented detergent. Just unscented, hypoallergenic biodegradable detergent. No dryer sheets. Game changer. No itching and feeling crawly, tickly feelings on my skin. Fabrics feel softer and cleaner. Not artificially, filmy soft. Real, actual softness. No weird residue feeling. They dry better. Colours are looking less faded. Less lint. Static is less of a problem, except on dry air days outside, like in Winter. But that also happened with dryer sheets, too. People really don't need perfumes on everything, all the time. If your towels feel rough, your clothes are pilly and coarse, and there's a scent left on them, it's probably the detergent that's left on your fabrics. There are detergents that do completely rinse out, leaving no residue, and will wash away old detergents, like Eco Max. Nature's Clean strips was pretty good, too, but expensive. I think they have a liquid detergent, though. Tru Earth sucked at cleaning. Tide, Gain, Purex, Arm & Hammer, store brands all gave me irritation. Same with Nellie's, the more I used it. Of course, to each their own. Use what works for you. For others with fussy skin and allergies, it's trial and error before finding the Holy Grail of laundry detergents.
quentariel 2 months ago
Fabric softener seems to be getting lot of hate nowadays. I'm not sure if they differ in other parts of the world, but I've never had any problems using it, as long as I don't put too much. No absorbency lost and smells so good.
Stannous Flouride 2 months ago
Always use the "Heavy" setting for the washer. All it does is make the spin cycle longer so more water gets forced out of the fabric.
camomooey 2 months ago
I haven't used liquid fabric softener or dryer sheets in years, except for some blankets. I use the hard dryer balls on my towels, and the wool ones on my clothes. No buildup, and the balls stop the static. I have a couple of blankets that get very staticky, that I have to use liquid with. The balls don't work on them.
Janine Randall 2 months ago
I actually like a little bit of scratchiness in my towels. Feels good when I dry my back. Never do fabric softener
Snow 2 months ago
I cannot disagree more. For years, I didn't use fabric softener for my towels based on recommendations like these. And for years, I had very hard, very uncomfortable towels. Nothing fluffy about them. So I tried vinegar. And I tried baking soda. No change. Finally, I gave into the fabric softener. My towels were significantly better after the first wash. And have only gotten softer and fluffier since then. So, cannot agree with this life advice based on my own evidence.
#9
God, this isn't me doing something wrong, exactly, but a misunderstanding I had no thought to challenge. It never came up in conversation in my entire life (I'm 45). And apparently, I have been wrong my entire life about the stupidest thing: water polo.
I learned literally today, 8/15/25, that water polo is not played with the players on horseback, playing actual polo but in water up to, like, the bottom edge of the horse's thighs, to make it harder for everyone, including for some reason, the horse.
My son and my partner were both just aghast at my insane idea, and when they explained it to me that there were no horses involved in water polo, I absolutely lost my mind.
I reminded them that I grew up poor, and was also a crazy person, and that made everything make sense somehow.
Paul C. 2 months ago
Yeah great game water polo, just a shame so many horses drown at each game! 😂🤪😖
Andi 2 months ago
... the organisers were all found guilty at the Badminton Horse Trials ..... I'll get my coat!
Load More Replies... Gavin Johnson 2 months ago
I used to play canoe polo, you should see how hard it is to get a horse into a boat and when it’s eventually in there it’s really difficult for them to hold the paddle correctly.
Nadine Debard 2 months ago
Imagine when horses need to have a "body function", in the pool, with players... Yuck
Load More Replies... GalPalAl 2 months ago
In defense of the poster, water polo isn't something that is prevalent anywhere and as a kid, I had the same thought. It seems like this and synchronized swimming have gone out of favor where they used to be more popular decades ago. They may both have been part of the olympics at some point.
Anonymouse 2 months ago
PLUS - the water is really deep, no one stands on the bottom of the pool! Those players are able to tread water/get their upper bodies out of the water with their legs! Too many childhood games in a shallow pool, never realized the difficulty of REAL water polo...
Geoffrey Scott 2 months ago
No wonder I always passed on pool maintenance jobs at the "Y"! "Oh you do Water Polo?, Nah I'll pass".
#10
That hard-boiled eggs are easy peasy to peel if you crack them under a running tap or in a bowl of water and let some of the water inside.
All my life I've done this without water, with chunks of egg white always coming apart with the shell.
Luneowl:
I put them in a mason jar with a little water, screw on a lid and give the jar a few good shakes. That mostly peels the eggs.
SouthernGal 2 months ago
The easiest way is to put the eggs in an ice bath immediately after boiling. I don’t know what magical spell the ice casts, but it works like a charm! Makes the shells slide off with ease.
Andi 2 months ago
it detaches the inner membrane from the egg at attaches it to the shell so it comes off easier.
Load More Replies... camomooey 2 months ago (edited)
Also, don't boil your eggs very long. Put them in the pan, fill with cold water, put on the burner with the lid on, and turn it on high. When it starts to boil, turn the heat off without taking the lid off, and let it sit on the burner at least half an hour. (I usually just leave it there longer because I get distracted doing other things, but it still works. Sometimes they are completely cooled when I get around to peeling them.) If they are still hot, pour off the hot water and fill with cold. I almost never have trouble getting the shells off when I do this. It also tends to stop the shells from breaking while they are cooking.
Eric Weatherbee 2 months ago
Honestly, just add like a teaspoon of baking soda to the water before starting to make them easy peel. I usually then run under cold water and drop the egg in to crack the shell but i dont think that part is needed. Surprises me so few people are aware of this.
Eric Weatherbee 2 months ago
I meant cold water after they are done boiling of course
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BookFanatic 2 months ago
In theory, boiling them in well-salted water also works. In practice, I've tried everything and still have trouble.
Janine Randall 1 month ago
Remember the things they sold on tv for like $20 bucks and it was just a piece of silicone that you wrapped around the egg and shook! What a rip off!
Jay Straley 2 months ago
Use an push pin to make a hole in one end. Crack and shell slides off.
Anonymouse 2 months ago
I found that just dropping the RAW egg, big side down, from a few inches above the counter BEFORE cooking, cracks the egg SLIGHTLY, and after cooking the egg peels amazingly. Weirdly enough, the crack is in the air pocket and no egg white leaks out while cooking (if done correctly) but the egg peels easily afterwards.
Verena 2 months ago
In Europe we have a tool for that, you put the egg in, push in down gently and it punches a neat tiny hole in the air pocket, which is always on the round end. Prevents the egg from burstingbopen while cooking. Google "Eierpiekser". The needle is very sharp, hence the casing.
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Not really doing it wrong, but I’m 36 and I just found out 2-3 years ago that I will not get severe stomach cramps and die of drowning if I swim directly after eating.
Kitchen-Bad5234:
I used to believe as a kid (that played instruments in school) I had to wait 30 minutes after eating to practice trumpet. I think I might’ve made it up to tell my parents and then convinced myself 🤣
Duane Ringlein 2 months ago
Growing up in the 50s and 60s and would go to my Grandfathers lake house every summer, was told had to wait an hour before we could go swim after eating.
Lee Gilliland 2 months ago
That entire thing started inan English Boy Scout camp where the cook wasn't cooking the food correctly and the kids got cramps after eating an undercooked lunch on a regular basis. In 1910.
Andrew Keir 2 months ago
Medical understanding improves over the years, it's called 'research'. Be prepared to learn better ;-)
Toothless Feline 2 months ago
As a trumpet player myself, I can tell you there’s a very good reason to not practice right after eating: you don’t want food residue in your horn. 30 minutes might be excessive, but you want to at least rinse your mouth out between eating and playing. This applies to all wind instruments, but brass get the worst of it.
Nicole Weymann 2 months ago
When I learned to swim back in the 1980s we had to recite the "Baderegeln" (bathing/swimming rules), basically health and safety procedures. "Don't go swimming on a full stomach" was one of them. It was supposed to result in cramps and stomach aches.
Marianne 2 months ago
The thing is, if you're really full, you might get nausea, because the pressure from the water will tighten your stomach. Or, if you go swimming in the ocean right after eating, you will tire sooner, because your body needs energy to digest, so it might get more dangerous if you end up in a torrent or something.
Peeka_Mimi 2 months ago
I ate and went swimming and got cramps. Then again I have a bad stomach.
#12
There’s a filter on your washing machine and it needs to be cleaned every so often. I knew about dryer lint, but nobody told me that the washer has a filter as well.
Wonderful-Ad-6830:
Same with the dishwasher. My MIL was talking about cleaning the filter in the dishwasher recently and I was like "whutttt?". Checked for mine when I got home and cleaned it out. It's pretty gross.
Day Andie 2 months ago
Check and clean if your machine has one, but not all washing machines do. You can put your make and model into google and find the manual for any kind of machine on the net. The manual will tell you if your machine has one and if so, how to clean it.
David 2 months ago
also all the companies have videos on youtube on how to clean the model you have, so you find the model number and follow the video
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Blue Bunny of Happiness 2 months ago
And you can guarantee you’ll find at least one coin and some random item that you swear you’ve never seen before in there.
Ace 2 months ago
The dishwasher one should be obvious, it's right there on the inside where you can see the top of it and it has an opening mechanism, usually marked as such. Washing machines are not as obvious, but if you have children (or tenants like mine sharing a machine) it's where you'll need to retrieve the bobby pins, coins and scrunchies they've left in pockets, which will otherwise stop your machine from draining properly.
#13
I just learned when you double knot your shoelaces you can pull the long lace ends really hard and they come untied. I’d been trying to awkwardly pick the knots apart with my fingernails for years.
lumihand:
I started running and had to learn how to tie my shoes so the knot doesn’t come undone so easily. Apparently I never learned how to tie my shoes properly for over 30 years. how to tie your shoes
Ace 2 months ago
I remember being proud when I learned to tie my own shoelaces. I was about four or five years old at the time. Every time I see grown adults posting abut only just having learned the correct way, or the fact that tutorial videos actually exist, my mind is blown.
Papa 2 months ago
I taught my sister (who is 18 months younger than I am) how to tie her shoes when she was about that old. Of course I showed her how by tying them while I was facing her, so here we are, well over 50 years later, and the way she ties her shoes is still a mirror of how I tie mine.
Load More Replies... Uncle Panda 2 months ago
The double knot used for shoes is really just a crippled square knot. If you double-double knot (make two passes with the second string, you get a true 'double square knot' that stays in place and unties easily when you want to. It also stays neat looking instead of curling up like a crippled square knot.
Paulina 2 months ago
Unless "double knot" means something completely different than I think, this one is just bonkers! How can you go your whole life without knowing how to tie your shoes???
Bored Seagull 2 months ago
Tying a shoe knot is easy, but not completely trivial. The direction of the first half-knot may seem to be irrelevant, but actually determines the stability of the resulting knot: the left lace first passing the right lace from behind (the side closer to the leg) results in a stable reef knot, if it passes from the front (the side closer to the toes), it results in an instable granny knot. Both half-knots seem to be similar, but the latter results in a knot that is prone to undoing itself. Quite a lot of adults don't know this.
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Last week on Reddit I learned that people wash their produce. I fully just spray it off with my sprayer before eating it or cooking it. I don’t even dry it off or scrub it at all just run water over it. I had no idea fruit was dirty and yes I realize how deeply stupid I am now.
Spare_Objective9697:
If you’re buying produce from any big box store you will NEED to wash it. I installed some safety equipment in the distribution centers for a large chain. The floors are disgustingly dirty and all the dirt debris gets kicked up into the produce. Also, people (order pickers) are driving around hocking loogies and boogers and lord knows what else, while they are driving around picking orders. Please always wash your produce. I use Theives Vegetable wash.
orangelemonman:
I dunk it in water either a little vinegar. Vinegar is really good at k***ing mold so it helps my produce last way longer.
Sally Moen 2 months ago
That photo shows a food-grade wax that stores put on apples and some other produce to protect them. Do wash that off
KatWitch57 2 months ago
Thee and me both. What happened to giving it a quick rub on your sleeve?
Load More Replies... Skara Brae 2 months ago
Not just produce. I used to work at a grocery store. I always, always wash the tops of cans with soap before opening them(soft drink cans and cans that require can openers). Little critters of all kinds run around in store rooms, sometime leaving deposits. I've seen dried secretions and what might have been little footprints on top of a coca cola can.
Geoffrey Scott 2 months ago
Had a lady at work seem surprised that I rinse my Spinach for my work lunch salads. "Well, they triple wash it before it's bagged".."Yes Mary Ann, they do. And you trust they do a good job?"
Janine Randall 1 month ago
Any tips on what's best for k*****g fruit flies before they multiply by the thousands?
Vincent Bevort 2 months ago
If anything has mould on it, throw it away. The mould is everywhere in the item. Vinegar does not help! Washing everything? Do you also wash your minced meat? Mostly washing is not needed. Did not do that on most of my food. I am 70 and still very healthy.
#15
Not something I did but something i didn’t know. I learned that Washington is completely seperate from Washington DC. I knew DC wasn’t above me but I don’t think i realized Washington was even where it is. And ofc I hear Washington DC, so I think Washington state. I'm a stupid californian who believes that nothing else is real but California, Nevada, and New York, pretty much. Maybe Florida.
I've always been s**t when it comes to geography.
ZeGermansAreHere:
Wait until you hear about New Mexico...
Nils Skirnir 2 months ago
I just think OP never paid attention, to be charitable.
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Cathleen Cummings 2 months ago
Don't blame California! The rest of us know where the states and DC are!
Cydney Golden 2 months ago
So under the impression the federal government is in the north west??
Eliza Osenbaugh-Stewart 2 months ago
For years I thought Delaware didn't exist anymore. I only ever heard it mentioned in school when learning about the original colonies, and it's so small you don't really see it on most maps of the US. Somehow I got the idea that it was eventually absorbed into one of the neighboring states. I am a Seattlite and had no experience with the Eastern Seaboard except for a childhood trip, which didn't include Delaware.
Lady Eowyn 2 months ago
I find that hard to believe. They start teaching geography - basic US states, at least - in elementary school.
#16
Not recently, but it was well into my adulthood before I finally realized I had been wearing my d**n pants wrong all my life. I had been wearing them on my hips, rather than my waist. I always had issues with them falling down and my buttcrack being perpetually visible. I needed to fasten my belt ridiculously tight.
One day I got sick of it and just hiked them way up, and instantly it felt right. Suddenly pants finally made sense to me.
mcdonaldsfrenchfri:
I mean low-rise was extremely popular in the late 90s early 2000s haha.
Dan 2 months ago
We can't bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville? I needed a new heel for m'shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now where were we? Oh, yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have any white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...
Rainbow_Skittle_Who_Diddles 2 months ago
I remember when we had to get the reds ones because the whippersnapper war scientists found out yella onions made better tear gas and ordered out the whole supply
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Auntriarch 2 months ago
Today I have my trousers on my hips, because I pulled a muscle at waist level in my back yesterday whilst ironing (see I told you it was dangerous) and it's driving me mad.
Nicole Weymann 2 months ago
I ignored fashion at the time (still do, for that mazter), so I never learned to NOT wear my trousers at waist level 😆
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I do this, but my pants still fall down. You have to have hips wider than your waist in order to not have to tighten a belt so tight.
ohjojo (you/your's) 2 months ago
I think a generation of men may have this problem having grown up seeing their peers and their older friends and relatives doing this. the whole, wearing your pants to lose that we're seeing of your underwear, look. yes, that was never a fashion style. except in certain neighborhoods. I was always so it originated because belts weren't allowed in certain facilities.
Uncle Panda 2 months ago
Be wary that the end result doesn't have your belt right under your chin.
#17
I recently discovered that when blowing your nose you shouldn't squeeze it, just hold the tissue lightly around your nose and then blow. I was squeezing my nose, so not a lot would come out and would often have to use up to 10 tissues to get a sensation that my nose is finally clear. It somehow never occurred to me that squeezing your nose would make it harder for stuff to come out of it. I'm 22 btw, learned it last year. Better late than never, I guess.
UnluckyLuke87:
You should squeeze one nostril at a time to increase the air pressure on the remaining one, and alternate blowing either.
OP:
Yeah, I was mindblown when I figured it out, life changing experience for me tbh
megabeth 2 months ago
Or a farmer sneeze! I work outside a lot, am a pro.
Load More Replies... Nadine Debard 2 months ago (edited)
I crackéd my eardrums multiple times by squeezing my nostrils, even once at a time. otorhinolaryngologist says that it's rather frequent and to be careful with that. If you can't blow your nose properly, rinse it with saline solution.
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
A CLEAN saline solution. I mean like, prepackaged solution. I feel the need to emphasize that putting a solution using tap water up your nose is generally a bad plan. Brain-eating amoebas and other bad bacteria can survive in tap water. Distance of nose to brain is apparently short enough for the little bastards to do some heavy damage.
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 2 months ago
A nurse warned me not to plug one nostril and blow. It can rupture a blood vessel and cause a nosebleed, especially if you're already finding blood in your snot.
#18
I was I think 37 when I realized I’ve always spelled “hundred” on checks as “houndred”. I’ve literally paid houndreds of dollars that way. The bad part is I knew how to spell it correctly but for some reason when writing a check I would write it wrong.
SouthernGal 2 months ago
I did something similar with “fourty” when I was younger and first writing checks.
Uncle Panda 2 months ago (edited)
There's a local business with the sign "Enterance on the side." I always want to stop and tell them but past experience says, 'No, they won't be glad.'
StrangeOne 2 months ago
USA citizen spell it check. Canadians, Brits, and other countries that use British English, will spell it as cheque. Both spellings are acceptable.
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One of my closest friends’ car broke down when it had around 100,000 miles on it. The mechanic told him the engine was ruined and showed him the oil, which was a thick, black sludge. The mechanic asked how long it had been since he’d changed it, and my friend said, “wait—you have to change the oil?”.
Tangy_Fetus_1958:
I just started changing my own oil again after years and of going to one of those “5-minute” places where it never takes five minutes, it always ends up way more expensive than you expect, and they always try to upsell you air filters and wiper blades. The new Mobil 1 oil I used says you can go 20,000 miles between changes (dang!), though I’m not gonna do anywhere near that.
Geoffrey Scott 2 months ago
And if you do your own oil service? Be doubly sure the gasket from the old oil filter comes off along with the filter. Wasted a couple quarts of oil once. Glad I glanced at the vehicle to check for leaks. There was a big one.
Ace 2 months ago
Every car I've ever owned has come with a service schedule (booklet), used to be around 5000 miles between them, nowadays much longer. Oil changes are a part of this standard maintenance, but not the only part. Who are these people that have been driving their cars around for years without even getting them serviced?
John Dilligaf 2 months ago
the newer cars will tell you when the oil needs changing. The owners manual for my car doesn't even have a service schedule, it simply says change the oil when the car's computer tells you to.
Laserleader 2 months ago
Ummm. 20,000 would be sludge too. The black is carbon from oil burning when gas explodes in the pistons. It builds up, and honestly in my 2022 car it says every 5000, but the oil was still getting black, so we changed it to 3000 and was still dumping black for a while before it sayed clear longer. Why because it is cheap to do ($30 for fluids and 10 min to climb under the car and drain), so why not?
#20
Brushing my hair. As a kid I only had short hair because that's what my mom wanted me to have, and when I grew it out as a teen, I didn't know how to brush it so I'd brush straight down from my scalp to ends in one go, and you can guess what happens. Split ends and pulled out hair. I just thought it was what you had to deal with when you had long hair. I was 28?when my mom saw me brush my hair after going swimming and she stopped me and asked what the heck I was doing. I was never taught how to brush my hair correctly. Now I try to do it the right way, but often catch my self ripping that brush through my hair.
Sally Moen 2 months ago
Drives me crazy all the lessons I was never taught. Now YouTube teaches me
Partypants 2 months ago
Or the lessons you were taught! My mom used to tell me to wash my face in the hottest water I can stand and I did that all through my childhood thinking it would only be clean if I did that.
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Lupita Nyong'heaux 2 months ago
woulda been nice if they had actually explained what "the right way" is. ijs...
Nicole Weymann 2 months ago (edited)
I have long hair. When mine is tangled I start by brushing the bottom third or quarter. Once that is untangled my starting point moves up, maybe halfway, and so on. If you do it OP's old way you'll push the bristles into the knots, actually pulling them tight. I also don't blowdry my hair (wash in the evening) and *never* try to brush it when it's still wet. Moist at most.
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Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
I learned this at a certain point where the pain of ripping out hair became untenable. I would have appreciated learn it through a more hands-off approach.
Jon Lee 2 months ago
I am a man with long hair, this is a very recent development as I had short/very short hair for the best part of 50 years. I also used to start at the top and brush all the way down until I saw an article which explained the correct way. I also now have detangling brushes which does make it easier.
#21
Not me, but a friend (we were both in our 20's) thought that aspartame was pronounced As-SPARTA-may.
plants_n_cats:
Not me saying epitome “epi-tome”.
ScienceJamie76:
And me... bi-opic.
Sally Moen 2 months ago
The simple mistakes of the reader who doesn't hear the words pronounced.
Otto Katz 2 months ago
7 year old me "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go read my National George graphic"
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Steven Ricketts 2 months ago
I'm sorry but biopic used to be pronounced bi-opic. It's only recently people have started to say bio-pic. This is a hill I would die on.
Judes 2 months ago
It makes no sense to say bi-opic because 'bi' means 'two' and what does 'two' have to do with a biopic? It's bio-pic because it's a biography picture (or movie).
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scteach87161921 2 months ago
I 100% said bi-opic for sooo long because I’d never heard it said aloud, I’d only read it. I still automatically read it that way and then correct myself.
#22
Brushing my teeth. I learned a couple years ago you're not supposed to rinse after brushing the toothpaste on ~ it washes off the polish ~ my teeth became so much more healthy after this.
Also identifying my feelings and needs, setting boundaries, properly knowing myself, and communicating emotions properly. Still workin on all that.
Oh and about ten years ago, I learned to make sure to close the top lid of the toilet before flushing so that the debris doesn't micro splash out all over the bathroom.
mycatpartyhouse:
Yep. All those years ago, the instructions should have read brush, wait 30 minutes, rinse. It takes time for fluoride to soak in.
Jan Rosier 2 months ago
Not rinsing after brushing your teeth is nonsense. You clean your teeth, and the foam or residue contains all the dirt and sugar you are trying to remove. Why let that sit for another half hour? Just rinse after brushing, Fluoride has done it's part by then.
Howl's sleeping castle 2 months ago (edited)
Yeah. I mean how are you supposed to go around doing other work with dry toothpaste foam in your mouth. I am the only one in my family with cavities but that's because I am addicted to sugar. No one in my family keeps toothpaste residue for 30 mins. They all have good teeth.
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StrangeOne 2 months ago
I always flush the toilet with the lid closed. I'm very much bothered when public toilets have no lid and automatically flush, spray nasty water and c**p all over the seat and walls, and likely all over me. But trying to get guests to close the lid when they're over is a bit awkward. It's the rules of my house, usually ignored. So I don't invite people over often.
Ace 2 months ago
Sounds like you've developed something of an obsession about this. As nasty as you may find it, the risks here are very, very low. You'd need a chain of events that starts with your friends actually having some infectious disease, which in any case you'd be much more likely to catch from skin contact or airborne particles from breathing, and continues down a route that includes you failing to wash your hands after touching surfaces close to the toilet. Simple answer then, just wash your hands when leaving the bathroom. Job done.
Load More Replies... Bartlet for world domination 2 months ago
I fell for that one twenty years ago. Result: three cavities.
Laserleader 2 months ago
Wrong. It only takes one minute for fluoride to soak in, and even when you rinse all the debris and polishing agent out the fluoride remains. (Just remember mouthwash is supposed to be used BEFORE brushing to disinfect and remove excess debris)
ohjojo (you/your's) 2 months ago
polish? you think toothpaste has polish? it's the act of brushing that polishes.
#23
I learned a while back, but those little toggles on cords for hoods or bags. I used to just drag them along the cord really hard.
Then I noticed the little button you could press to make the hole bigger so they could easily slide along. Then I noticed the button was on *all* of them!
#24
Which side of the grater to use for lemon zest.
Pushfastr:
Microplane.
Lady Eowyn 2 months ago
Not everyone has a separate microplane, some of us make do with what we have.
Auntriarch 2 months ago
My brother bought me one a few months ago, I have to say it is impressive.
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#25
Earlier this year I learned that american cheese is not a type of cheese like swiss, cheddar. It’s a cheese product 😩.
Anony Mouse 2 months ago
I truly don’t understand the “petroleum” comments. I get that people like to dunk on the USA, but why tell such an easily disprovable lie? So sad that you get some sort of joy out of that.
Steve Kadner 2 months ago
It may not be cheese but it does make the best grilled cheese sandwiches
JL 2 months ago
This one needs to be more descriptive. If they are talking about the stuff that come individually wrapped, that's a completely different animal than a good American cheese like Cooper Sharp.
Philly Bob 2 months ago
Cooper is amazing! And the New Yorker American is really good. Those pre-wrapped slices are terrible though.
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Trophy Husband 2 months ago
Technically, the single slices of Kraft don't meet the legal definition of cheese in most countries. But there are other brands that make a real cheese by the same name and with a similar flavor. I think those are better anyway and they aren't much more money.
Nikki Sevven 2 months ago
Real American cheese contains only cultured milk, cream, sodium phosphate, salt, and rennet. The only ingredient different from other cheeses is the sodium phosphate. It emulsifies the salts, preventing the fat and water from separating, resulting in better melting.
#26
Paper festival wristbands go off easily when you pull on the loose flap on the inside of the wristband.
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
Rewording needed. I can get them off just as easy with one solid yank, but it hurts less to find another method.
#27
Walking down the stairs....I used to be unbalanced walking down the stairs with many near-trips. Six months ago my dad told me to step down heel first and now I'm much more steady. I feel so embarrassed just writing this lol...
Steven Ricketts 2 months ago
So you were going down on tiptoes? I think you may have a touch of the tism, sir or madam.
Lukas (he/him, it/its) 2 months ago
Toe walking is not just an autism thing, nor does everyone with autism do it. I have diagnosed autism, and I've never done it. It can just be a sign of a muscle or ligament in your leg being too tight/short, or it just became a habit at some point in their life.
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That you don’t need to dig avocado pits out like you’re removing a stone from concrete and risk hurting yourself.
You just need to squeeze it gently twice.
Squeeze it once along the long side on either side of the pit, and once again on the narrow side on either side of the pit. The it just pops right out. You don’t even need a spoon.
Ace 2 months ago
But you've squashed the flesh by doing so. Fine if you're making guacamole, but no good then for slicing. I've always used the "hit gently with a knife blade and twist" method with no problems.
BookFanatic 2 months ago
My BF tried that once. He was a little too enthusiastic with the "hit gently" part and smashed that sucker all over the counter.
Load More Replies... Vincent Bevort 2 months ago
If you need to dig it out, the fruit is not ripe. Goes for most stone fruits
Nikki Sevven 2 months ago
I quarter the avocado from pole to pole. The pit is easy to remove, and the peel is MUCH easier to remove.
Eliza Osenbaugh-Stewart 2 months ago
I never understood why people bother removing them. I just scoop out the flesh and spread/eat/add to bowl. At some point the pit just comes out because there isn't any flesh on the side of it to support it, then I go for the flesh that was under it.
MushroomHead22 2 months ago
i just take the knife and whack the blade into the pit. lift and the pit is out. yes its dangerous, but i like to add a little fun when cooking.
StrangeOne 2 months ago
For some reason, the pit wigs me out. Just the analogy that it "pops right out" makes it more freaky. I don't know what it is exactly. I'm the same way with stone fruit when I learned the stone is not a seed. The seeds are inside the stone.
#29
Last year I learned to put the potatoes in the pot and bring them to a boil vs boiling the water first. In my 40s.
V 2 months ago
There are exceptions, but as a general rule if it grows above the ground cook it in already boiling water, if it grows below the ground start with room temperature water and bring it to the boil.
Khavrinen 2 months ago
Yes, this is why you add pasta to already boiling water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8scpGwbvxvI
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Laserleader 2 months ago (edited)
When I make soup I learned through experimentation (because no one ever taught me) that harder or tougher vegetation goes in first and as water heats add softer and more delicate is added last. So potato and carrots first then broccoli stems when water is heating, but the flower buds go in 5 minutes before it's done to keep their flavor and brightness. Same for cabbage, it goes in last.
Aleem Munir 2 months ago
Anything that grows under the soil (Tubers, onion, garlic etc) always go in the cold water/oil
#30
When I was like 28 I learned while installing barb wire fence that you hold u-nails with pliers and not your fingers prior to hammering the nails. This generally applies to regular nails as well.
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
In this instance, there's only one and it is semantically correct to use it as it's being used to indicate vagueness. One of the few instances of use where the meaning of the sentence would change if you removed it.
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#31
At 29 years old, I just learned that Ctrl + X aka “cut” actually copies the word before it deletes it. This whole time I have copied, highlighted, then backspaced every single time.
Alfred Wessex 2 months ago
“Cut and paste” is from back in the day when people physically cut things and then used actual glue to paste them. The phrase now is “copy and paste,” speaking of getting a clue.
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Sarah Suelzle 2 months ago
Ctrl + X is CUT and paste. It will delete the word from it original space and then you can Ctrl + V to paste the cut word to a new place. However, Ctrl + C will COPY the word, leaving the original space intact, and then again you can Ctrl + V to paste it to a new place.
#32
My brother and I never knew we had to cut the seams in pockets of our clothing until his wife informed us.
Anonymouse 2 months ago
BUT (and it is a big but!) do NOT cut the bottom seams in your pockets! The statement was not really clear about meaning pockets that were sewn shut from the manufacturer.
Lee Gilliland 2 months ago
This was because the Prince of Wales (later the Duke of Windsor) thought anything in the pockets ruined the lines of the suits he wore. In 1936.
MushroomHead22 2 months ago
well screw him, i like having stuff in my pockets, like pepperoni pizza.
Load More Replies... BookFanatic 2 months ago
I usually forget until I'm wearing my new pants and go to put something in them. Have torn through a lot of seams with my thumbs in my day.
Sally Moen 2 months ago
In many suit jackets, the front pockets are basted shut. Same with the back flap
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Chopping onions. Dont cut the stalk end off, so you have something to hold. Also,once youve halved it, Don't chop all the way through on your first round of slices (that make the half moon shaped pieces) , so that it all hold together, and you're not subsequently chasing pieces all over the board.
Similarly, for garlic, lightly crush the cloves with the flat of a blade before you peel, so the skin no longer grips the clove and it's much easier to peel.
In fact, while we're at it, GARLIC DOES NOT GO IN AT THE SAME TIME AS ONION. despite pretty much every recipe you find saying to do it. Garlic burns in like a minute in oil.
All things my wife taught me. I am exceedingly lucky.
K Barnes 2 months ago
There is no right or wrong way to cut an onion. If you're comfortable cutting it and it ends up cut you've done it the right way. If not, try another method. I would never cut an onion the way this person likes to but it works for them, so great.
MushroomHead22 2 months ago
there may not be a right way to cut an onion, but i am pretty certain there is a wrong way.
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Joran Quinten 2 months ago
There's only one answer to this: https://pudding.cool/2025/08/onions/
Nikki Sevven 2 months ago
If you slice off the root end of the garlic, then lightly crush it, you can pick the clove up by the stem end and lightly squeeze it out of the skin.
Laserleader 2 months ago (edited)
I have tested dozens of onion cutting methods and leaving the end on is my LEAST favorite. I usually dice onions by cutting tip to release the peel a bit, then the roots get a cut but left to the skin so it can be easily pulled off with the piece. Then halved and sliced at angles that cut to the center pole, then turned and cross cut. The angled to center cuts keeps it together and you can slide a broad knife under to scoop it into the pan, where it falls apart.
#34
Being able to feel emotions without identifying with them nor escaping from them. By simply accepting them and not creating an internal rift within.
Sad_Confection5902:
Whatever you feel, however you feel, just focus on the sensations in your body and describe it to yourself. “My heart is beating faster”, “the back of my neck is tingly”, “I feel scared”.
This process keeps our attention in our bodies and allows us to feel and process what our body is telling us. The important thing is to allow it to happen, don’t run from it, just feel it. Invite it in and allow it to pass through you. You won’t immediately feel better, but you will find that it dissipates faster. You are allowing it to run its course.
What you don’t want to do is tell yourself a story about why you’re feeling this way. For example “I feel terrible because I let everyone down”, “I’m freaking out because I’m going to lose my job”, etc. This is the trap we fall into and it’s what keeps us in our heads fixed on the story and tricks us into building up anxiety about feeling the feeling in the first place. It tricks us into avoiding the feeling and that’s what prevents us from processing our emotions..
The truth is the story is usually wrong, and the feelings we’re feeling are rooted in something else much deeper down. The story is what paralyses us. Just focus on the body and stay out of your head. Let it pass.
This will take practice but it is genuinely helpful. You will start to feel more comfortable having the feelings in the first place and will feel less anxious when they show up. It’s part of being human, they are not who you are.
Ace 2 months ago
Does anyone actually understand the first bit? "Being able to feel emotions without identifying with them nor escaping from them." I have absolutely no idea what this is supposed to be telling me.
RomanceRadish 2 months ago
To acknowledge the feeling but not try to escape it.
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#35
Seam rippers are used with the little red ball down, under the seam. Just learned this last week.
Ronja Oksanen 2 months ago
Those things are evil! Well not really, I'm just clumsy for always stabbing myself with those 😅
Ace 2 months ago
This would be the funny little picky pointy thing that sits in the back of my sewing drawer, would it? Never heard it called that name before, only ever used it to unpick the odd wrong stitch or two.
Epona 2 months ago
Seam rippers are also known as stitch rippers, unpickers, or stitch pullers. The names are interchangeable, reflecting the tool's function of removing stitches from fabric.
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Cleaning the toilet. People assume you’re good to go if you just clean the lid.
Gotta scrub out the back of the tank occasionally to prevent mold and mildew buildup. It also helps with preventing buildups that could potentially be corrosive to parts of the tank. Found this out about a year ago. .
Vincent Bevort 2 months ago
What kind of water do you have that you get mould in a closed water tank?
StrangeOne 2 months ago
The tank is usually flat up against the wall. There is no way to get to the behind in the back of the tank.
Ace 2 months ago
I think (well I hope) that they mean _inside_ the cistern, not behind it. Then again, why only the 'back'? Depends on the local water, but in one house I do periodically clean them, not for mould or mildew, but for limescale which can interfere with the flush mechanism.
Load More Replies... Trophy Husband 2 months ago
If you have stains that won't come out, get an acid based cleaner. My grocery store doesn't carry them, but home Depot and Amazon both do.
Janine Randall 1 month ago
Dump some bleach in the tank. When you flush, you also get bleach in the bowl.
MushroomHead22 2 months ago
this just in! clean the entire thing and not just 1 part of it, to get it completely clean.
Geoffrey Scott 2 months ago
Yeah, our well water generally makes the tank water pretty gross. Dumb as it sounds, shut off water supply, drain tank as much as you can, then Ty-D-Bowl it.
#37
Using a broom... I used to sweep on about a 45 degree angle. It turns out that you get way better results straight up at 90 degrees.
Toothless Feline 2 months ago
Because BP uses trained muskrats to select images for articles.
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Also sweep with the brushes almost flat on the side, keeping it in this position, do a zigzag motion, pivoting with your wrists. You'll get a dirt collected and less debris getting shot up all over the place.
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
Also helps avoid leaving a dust trail if you're sweeping up a work area. It's solid advice.
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I turn 40 later this year, and for some reason i thought Wyoming was pronounced “why o me” and only just found out that it’s “why o ming”. I swear an elementary school teacher told me the g was silent.
Stephanie Did It 2 months ago
Even if the g was silent, it would still be pronounced "why oh min"
Nils Skirnir 2 months ago
Yeah. Don’t get this, although certain US accents tend to drop the last g in words
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#39
I'd say relationships. Not putting your happiness in someone else's hands especially if they are selfish, unkind or a narc. I used to do that in my past relationships and always wound up miserable.Since I stopped that life is more peaceful and I cut off people sooner when they behave badly.
Nils Skirnir 2 months ago
I’ve learned that one can’t make others happy and that my happiness is my responsibility
StrangeOne 2 months ago (edited)
One thing I've found that helps take back power is reminding myself that one cannot force another person to think and feel differently. One cannot control how another will react to you. It's okay to walk away from them. It's okay to feel scared by their reactions and negative words. You feel that way because you know it's not something you should accept, nor tolerate. It's more important to protect and advocate for yourself. No one else is going to do it for you. Let the other holler, shout, curse, be nasty. They're making themselves miserable. That is not your fault. Not your problem. Feels quite freeing.
#40
Wearing my watch on my right wrist. I’ve worn it that way for 35 years. But people on Apple Watch subreddit were like “why is on that wrist?” Asked my pop, and he confirmed that it was on the wrong arm. Too late to change, so I just stuck with it.🤷🏻♀️
DarthNerdious805:
I wear my watch on the right because about 5 years ago I had to have surgery on my left wrist and couldn't wear my watch on that wrist for a while while I was recovering... So for ~6-8 weeks I wore it on my right wrist just because I didn't want not wear it at all... And when I tried to switch back my brain could not compute so... Here I am 5 years later continuing to wear it on the right.
T Barth 2 months ago
I was taught that you wear the watch on the arm of the hand that doesn't write. Right handed? Watch goes on left wrist. Left handed? Watch goes on right wrist. Which is where mine is, I'm a lefty. Nowadays, we press buttons on a device to communicate as opposed to putting pen to paper.
Lost Panda 2 months ago
That is exactly hoew it is supposed to be. The watch goes on your non-dominate side.
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Mrs Snow_Balls 2 months ago
I'm right handed, wear my watch on my right wrist. I've never been able to wear my watch on the left
T'Mar of Vulcan 2 months ago
I'm left-handed and have always worn my watch on my left wrist. Who cares? As long as the person is comfortable. It's not set in stone.
Ace 2 months ago
The reason for wearing it on the left wrist is that the winder placement means you (or most people at least) can grip it with the fingers of your dominant right hand. Some of us remember when most watches actually needed manually winding every day or so, and wearing it on the right wrist would mean you needed to remove it to wind it every time.
Herringbone 2 months ago
When I started to wear a watch, they had to be wound, and were built to be worn on the left wrist, and wound by a right-handed person. I am left-handed, but had no problem doing this, so I've always worn watches on my left wrist - never heard the 'non-dominant' rule. I recently saw a crime drama where the left-handedness of the villain was inferred from a photo showing where he wore his watch, which was the opposite from me.
BookFanatic 2 months ago
I'm left handed. Been wearing my watch on my right wrist for 40+ years.
#41
I crack my eggs on an edge bc it’s less messy. F**k that.
quentariel 2 months ago
I use knife to crack my eggs. There's really no point of telling how it's supposed to be done, just do what works best for you.
Ilan Elron 1 month ago
true, but you want raw egg on as few surfaces as possible
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Why do we tap the egg on the side of the bowl (or whatever) before we break it? I tried consciously not to do it and I still did!
#42
Judging people.
I thought judging is a bad think.
Ultimately if u don't judge u won't proceed in life.
Judge and keep to ur self.
Dont tell ur judgement to everybody.
And determine if ur judgement was accurate.
Helps in life.
Mimi M 2 months ago
Lord help me, I judge when people say 'ur' and even worse, 'n'. I don't judge the people (heaven forfend), but I judge the action.
Partypants 2 months ago
Me too, along with all the likes,literally, and cringe words.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 months ago
The difference between judging people and merely forming an opinion of them depends on how you reached your conclusion and what you do about it.
StrangeOne 2 months ago
This makes no sense. Learn from other's mistakes, yes. Have your preferences, yes. But holding harsh opinions of others, especially if it has no impact on your life, you're filling up your mind with c**p, when instead you could be focusing on something that fulfills you.
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
Discrepancy between the severity of judging, I think. The post isn't inaccurate when the term 'judge' is used in its more vague form in the sense of 'making a judgement call'. You do have to make judgements regarding people. Who you associate with and who you don't, that kind of thing. It's not really something you can avoid... but it's also mundane concept that the poster is repackaging as deep wisdom. It would help if the poster hadn't used 'u' and 'ur' on the packaging.
Load More Replies... Philly Bob 2 months ago
Judges who judge judgmental judging are often judged judgmentally the way they judged. Judging other judgmental judges only brings greater judgment. Judgmental judging as you can easily judge is harsh judgment. Therefore Judge not lest ye be judged!
Vincent Bevort 2 months ago
Judging is different that forming an opinion. When you judge, you make a decision on somebody. If you made an opinion, you still can change .
#43
My mom recently told me I've been putting toothpaste on my toothbrush wrong. I wet the brush and then put the toothpaste on. She said you're supposed to put the toothpaste on first and then wet it. I didn't know this was anything to ever think about. Im 42.
V 2 months ago
I don't think it matters if you do it first or second. Apparently you are not meant to put water on the toothbrush at all because it dilutes the toothpaste.
Geoffrey Scott 2 months ago (edited)
Never had that happen. I ALWAYS dampen my brush prior to use. Just like with hand soap, wet your hands THEN squirt soap on them.
Load More Replies... camomooey 2 months ago
I used to do this too, until I realized it was a waste of time and water, lol.
Load More Replies... Uncle Panda 2 months ago
I can't believe it matters but I would start reexamining other things Mom told me.
MushroomHead22 2 months ago
this is one of those things that really doesnt matter. like at all. to anyone contemplating whether or not this is right, its not right nor wrong. just brush your d**n teeth.
Vanessa Steis 2 months ago
Had it happen a few times when I tried to wet the toothpaste on the brush, I turned the water up to hard and the toothpaste was down the dran =D I switched it and works for me. And if I don't wet it a little, I feel like it doesn't foam properly at all.
#44
Drinking water during meals. Always thought it was normal and helped with digestion.
Turns out it actually dilutes your stomach acid and makes digestion harder. Now I drink water 30 minutes before eating or wait until after I'm done.
My bloating after meals basically disappeared. Wish someone had told me this years ago.
JustineB 2 months ago
Wrong. https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/digestion/faq-20058348
Mimi M 2 months ago
Absolutely upsets my stomach if I drink right before or during (or even right after) a meal. Definitely interferes with my digestion and can even give me stomach cramps. I make sure to drink enough before that the liquid has left my stomach before eating, or several hours after eating while food is being digested. This does not happen with nutritive liquids like milk or soup, but definitely with clear liquids like water and other clear drinks.
Load More Replies... Lady Eowyn 2 months ago
My doctor and occupational therapist both told me to take sips of water between bites, and more if I felt like it.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 2 months ago
I get thirsty during my meals, so I’m going to have a glass of water with my meals.
Shark Lady 2 months ago
When I was pregnant I was told to try not having a drink whilst eating, wait until I finished as it can help prevent heartburn. Tried it and it was like magic and continued that way even after pregnancy.
Vincent Bevort 2 months ago
No need to digest gallons of water during a meal, One glass is no problem. And with one glass, I mean one normal (EU size) glass. not those buckets you use in the USA.
Steve Kadner 2 months ago
You're confusing our water glasses, which are small, with our soft drink glasses, which are not!
Load More Replies... #45
Opening a can of food. Rotate the can/tool 90 degrees. Open the side instead of the top. I was baffled why someone could design a Leatherman so badly.
MushroomHead22 2 months ago (edited)
its really hard to explain without a photo; but the way most people open a can with a can opener is to hold it with the turn dial facing out; what this person is saying is to rotate it 90 degrees to have the turn dial on the top. imagine your left hand is the can opener and the top of your hand is the turn dial and your palm is the part on the can. this is how they are saying to open the can. if you rotate your had to the left until the top of your hand faces outwards, that is the way most people use the can opener (the way this person is saying is "wrong"). i hope that helps explain it.
Load More Replies... Vincent Bevort 2 months ago
What's the difference? Now you have the sharp side on top instead of the inside of the can!
MushroomHead22 2 months ago
the lid actually holds on the can opener so it 1. doesnt fall or get stuck in the can. 2. you can safely remove it and toss it.
Load More Replies... Nikki Sevven 2 months ago
I'm fine with the lid being sharp on its edges. I'd cut myself a LOT if the rim of the can was sharp instead.
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
So I have one of those electric handheld ones that was given to me. And to use it, picture it's kinda (Vaguely) shaped like a foot or peanut with the can opening portion on one end. To use it it hooks on the outside of can, but it the length of the 'foot' lies across the top of the can extending over the opposite side. HIt the button and it starts working its way around the can. When I first got it I had a HELL of a time figuring out how it want on, because I was figuring it cut the top of the can, but the way it gripped was wrong (because I don't need no book manuals to learn me how to use sum tools, ok?). It indeed does cut around the edge of the can, which is why I couldn't figure it out. It's just so. much. easier. to remove the can top like that.
#46
Using toilet paper. Turns out it's really just a huge scam, so now I shower after each p*o. I feel much cleaner and save money on the TP.
StrangeOne 2 months ago (edited)
Okay... I guess this person manages to only poop at home, or never leaves their home. Still have to mop up the pee run off, though.
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
The best part about entries like this is going through the comments and trying to pick out which commenters think that this is a legitimate entry and which commenters don't but are jokingly pretending that they don't.
Vincent Bevort 2 months ago
So you just spill gallons of water instead of wiping a few times. Saving money? No
Lady Eowyn 2 months ago
What kind of life do you have that you can shower after every time you poop? Toilet paper was designed to clean yourself after using the toilet.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 2 months ago
You still have a wet butt, so you’ll still need to dry yourself.
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Stardust she/her 2 months ago
I realised a few days ago that I’ve been writing wrong my whole life. I have to bend my elbow all the way and then twist my wrist in a weird way to write. It causes a lot of smudging and makes it harder to write in cramped spaces. My mom saw me writing and told me I was doing it wrong and that the reason was because I was probably neglected at school when they were teaching us how to write
T'Mar of Vulcan 2 months ago
Are you right-handed? I have to do that as a lefty or my hand smears what I'm writing.
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Are you right-handed? I have to do that as a lefty or my hand smears what I'm writing.
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