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There are life hacks that can save you a lot of time, money, and headaches. Whether it's keeping the squirrels away from the bird feeder or hiding your spare key, human ingenuity has found plenty of clever ways how to improve our everyday routine.
However, the term "life hacks" has become an internet cash cow. And everyone from click-hungry websites to clout-craving teenagers wants a piece of it. Over time, this has given rise to plenty of absurd listicles, featuring useless nonsense disguised as smart solutions.
Making fun of these ridiculous "tricks", Twitter users have begun inventing life hacks of their own. Although you probably already know them or would never use them, the irony is what makes them great.
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Dariusz M. D. 4 years ago
They are rarely drunk in Target. In a bar they are and their standards are lower.
Rebecca Pfeiffer 4 years ago
My 8yo once told single me I should wear a lil makeup & dress nicer when I go to Home Depot 🤣🤣
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Vicky Z 4 years ago
Honestly when i do that I'm always thinking "if my mum could see me she wouldn't approve for sure!"
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Vicky Z 4 years ago
My granny is doing that!!! Not stuffed but well folded into the matching pillow case!
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M O'Connell 4 years ago
Or only own one set of sheets, just wash them and put them back on the bed, then you never need to fold anything. It works for me.
Vicky Z 4 years ago
You like to live on the edge don't you? What if an accident happens and sheet hasn't dried?
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StrawberryParfait 4 years ago (edited)
What, like it's hard? It isn't. Lay sheet down, elastic side up. On both bottom and top , fold over, just enough to make a tidy edge. Do the same on both long sides. Now you have a neat rectangle. Fold as usual.
Dark Pearl 4 years ago
We could do that, OR we could simply do what this lady said because that's way easier...
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M O'Connell 4 years ago
Wouldn't you lose money on that deal though, since Uber gets a cut of the delivery cost that you have to pay?
Lambert Sheepley 4 years ago
No. The delivery fee you get as a driver is more than the fee you pay to order. But once you factor in the increased foos price and service fee, you would probably break even. Not to mention the biggest flaw. You don't get to choose which driver delivers your food. The order would most likely be assigned to someone else.
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The internet culture archive Know Your Meme states that the term "life hack" was coined by tech journalist Danny O'Brien on October 23rd, 2003 on his blog Oblomovka where he described his research for an upcoming talk on the subject, which took place during February 2004's Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego, California.
Interestingly, O'Brien directed people to a message board seeking suggestions about their personal shortcuts, as well as the names of people he could interview about these hacks, and one of the first people mentioned in the conversation was the late Aaron Swartz, who kept a detailed log of his online activity.
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BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 4 years ago (edited)
So many people need to see this. Any ideas on how to spread it across the internet?
I love the 80’s 4 years ago
Any ideas on how to spread it to idiots who use speakerphone in public?
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Jaybird3939 4 years ago
It was a long, hard lesson to learn, but when I did, it became a powerful tool when dealing with higher ups.
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Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
I swear you can almost smell the recirculated air and hear screaming kids
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Kookamunga 4 years ago
"Guys, I'm eating junk and watching rubbish! You better come out and stop me!"
Bob Eckert 4 years ago
If you do this, the captain can recommend you be charged with a serious crime. Don't do it.
In September 2004, Gawker Media registered the domain name Lifehacker.com and in 2005 the website was launched with Gina Trapani as the lead editor. The first hack that the site offered was a "word stemmer" tool that worked with the social bookmarking site Del.ici.ous to clean up similar tags and remove duplicates within a user's account.
Now, "life hack" can mean virtually everything. The term is tossed around mercilessly and as you can see from this list, this has also led to it becoming a meme. But at least it's a pretty good one!
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Michelle M 4 years ago (edited)
'Now how do you think we can make a penguin the world leader in Mars?'. Me: 'It's just about finding that balance'. Everyone: 👏👏👏
sylvantic 4 years ago
'Now how do you think we can warp all mosquitos to the Hubble Space Telescope and/or the Marianas Trench?' It's just about finding that balance.
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Polar_bear_lover 3 years ago
"Now, how do we make the best balance beam?" "it's just about finding that balance"
MrOwlAteMyMetalWorm. 4 years ago
Bob-This year's sales are looking low. You- It's all about finding that balance. Bob- -_-
Randy Klefbeck 4 years ago
This would also work to state this after you read your fortune cookie post meal at a Chinese restaurant.
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Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Then go on holiday, forget to have someone come round to water you, and die a tragic death
Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago
you know, this one almost sounds useful.....until you read the comments....
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Thomas Sweda 4 years ago
If you had added obnoxious, we would have had our previous President.
BetweenTheCracks 4 years ago
I can think of many other adjectives as well, most of which BP would censor.
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M O'Connell 4 years ago
"Send lawyers, guns and money. Dad, get me outta this, ha!" ~Warren Zevon
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Jackie Nettleton 4 years ago
What I did was let them sing part of the song and then blow out the candle that way they won’t want to start singing again
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Phica Afton 4 years ago
Ya see what I do is I start singing with them, when they ask why I'm singing for my own birthday, I say "it's not my birthday?"
Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
Or they'll just sing it anyway and then start clapping, making things ever more awkward :D happened to a friend of mine
Cydney Golden 4 years ago
I think blowing on a cake that everyone is going to eat needs to be another thing retired...like shaking hands.
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
Or just say "don't sing. I hate that. Everybody hates that. So let's just eat that cake."
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Night Owl 4 years ago (edited)
It looks like it's something many bored pandas (including me) don't have *shrug*
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Marnie 4 years ago
Oh, man. My poor Dad. I know this has happened to nearly every old person, but his favorite brother died, then a bunch of other siblings, then friends, a couple of neighbors he'd lived near for decades. Then his my Mom, his favorite little Shirley died, and then he was like that guy in Up. Yeah, now that I think about it, I want to be the first one to go. Well, can't be the first. I've already had two friends die and a bunch of other people.
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Donkey boi 4 years ago
Don't eat bagels! There is a hole in the middle! You're being ripped off! Where is the rest of it?
BasedWang 4 years ago
unless you can go to the Great American Bagel.... They have holeless ones
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Dark Pearl 4 years ago
My mum likes bagels with smoked salmon and cream cheese, but I only like smoked salmon. Can I just eat a whole packet of smoked salmon instead? Can't stand bagels. Also B A G G L E S
Agfox 4 years ago
My wife & I stayed in an apartment hotel in South Korea that had a microwave with a slot in the front labelled 'Bagel Hole". Hadn't seen a microwave like it before & haven't see one since
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Stephanie A Mutti 4 years ago
TRUTH! Part 2, change your sheets/make the bed before you leave. It's like coming HOME to vacation
Soraya Imperial 4 years ago
True. I always take an extra day of holidays than I'll be out of town, so that I can rest a day from all the other resting days. It's like going to have dinner out and not go to bed right after coming home, because you need a halfway between being out and being asleep.
Sue Hazlewood 4 years ago
Have done that a couple of times. Missed the boat, car broke down etc
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Paul Beebe 4 years ago
I've always said: "What's better than owning a boat? A friend who has a boat"....
M O'Connell 4 years ago
You don't even need to go that far! This works great for any boat, swimming pool or trampoline. You never want to own those things, but know someone who does.
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago (edited)
Owning them is more convenient. You don't have to ask, nor to wait for when it is available. Also, penthouses suck. Mansions are both cheaper and better.
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She_woman 4 years ago
so true. i had the saddest dream that my crush had his arm around my arch nemesis and i cried
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Krows Solitude 4 years ago
Having spent 3 1/2 years with recurring dreams of my husband who padded suddenly and unexpectedly and waking crying with anxiety attacks, I can say this is absolutely false.
HammerzToe 4 years ago
Another version of that is "You don't know you're in pain when you're sleeping!"
Caroline Driver 4 years ago
I dunno, I woke up the other morning teeth clenchingly furious due to the dream I'd just had
Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago
liar! i dream about my deceased husband, and wake up wet with tears....
Evelyn Haskins 4 years ago
Oh yes I can!!!!! I believe you cannot be sad if you are dead, but I haven't yet tried it..
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K Witmer 4 years ago
Idk why you guys got downvoted sometimes ghosting is the safest way to go. And Ryan you're right you do not have to talk to your family ever if they treat you badly
Terry Tobias 4 years ago
I had to do that with my father who still tried to goad me every time I visited. But I had learned alot and became stronger in my 30 years and wasn't that little girl who would cry when she got picked on anymore. I stood up for myself and decided that life was too short to be around negative people who tried to bring you down, even if it was my father.
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Paul Tyler 4 years ago
For two years the most amazing relationship. Three days before I'm going to propose I catch her red handed having sex with a friend. She doesn't know I know so the followingr day I ask her. She looks me straight in the eyes and says "nothing.. happened". The only thing I could do was walk away with her words ringing in my ears. I blocked her on all social media, and blocked her phone. She came round to my house several times, the first time she demanded to know what the hell was going on. So I told her. Now she's distraught and "so so sorry". I just don't answer the door anymore (I have a video doorbell). She's not giving up and I'm not giving in. How long does this game go on for??
Judy Stembridge 3 years ago
Slap a band aide on your broken heart and consider yourself lucky to have found out sooner rather than later. She lied and cheated and can’t be trusted.
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Abigail Coty 3 years ago
Personally I think it all depends on the situation. Sometimes ghosting is the best option.
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denzoren 4 years ago
I left for Uni but was forced back due to the pandemic. Now I feel like crap every time someone asks me, "So you're still at home?"
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
The best life hack. You can get rid of all the horrible people and things that trigger your traumas.
BetweenTheCracks 4 years ago
That's true to an extent... There are horrible people everywhere, and even though they've likely never met, they tend to behave the same. Speaking from personal experience.
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Valerie G. 4 years ago
I left at 19. High School had our 50th anniversary last year. Nope. I didn't like you guys in 1969, I'm sure time has not healed any of that.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I was 17. Never looked back. No regrets. Lots of people don't get why, but... it didn't even have a town. So.... yeah... Not much there if I wasn't gonna farm.
K Witmer 4 years ago
Me too left at 18 only go back once in a while to visit family but not often bc of the commute. That's what I tell them anyway.
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Stephen Leifer 4 years ago
But, wherever you move becomes your new hometown... just become nomadic
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Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
Or, like Bezos, tRump, and Gates, have your parents pave the sidewalk with startup loans and then boast about being a "self-made man."
Murder hornet 4 years ago
HEADLINE: This 19 year old boy has over 16 million in his bank account. Read this article on how you can be as successful as him! Article: He is a white only child who has parents that are super wealthy and like to spoil him and he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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Evelyn McInroy 4 years ago
Lol when I make quesadillas I make a bagillion pieces out of one slice. I can eat as many of those pieces and go back for seconds without being guilty
Evelyn Haskins 4 years ago
I did this with my kids. when I gave them a piece of cheese each, They both bleated that they want two pieces, so I cut the pieces of cheese in half. Lesson learned! :-)
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Seabeast 4 years ago
"In case of a water landing, your wine bag will act as a flotation device. Drink it quickly, then inflate it by blowing into the spout."
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Josiane Roy 4 years ago
We did that as kids. The adults would drink the wine and we kids had the bags as pillows in our camping fort. It made for great memories.
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Kristy P 4 years ago
Where do they come from? Are there babies left footless because of this practice?
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SykesDaMan 4 years ago
Happened to me when playing (I was young) sports outside in the rain. My shoes glided on the ground and my feet glided inside my shoes... Didn't like it a bit!
DC 4 years ago
So true! Also, if you already have blisters, but won't be able to avoid walking in the shoes that gave them to you - use period pads with lots of loads of lotion, sticky side out of course. May sound weird, I know, but that way, your feet will absorb it over a longer time, and a greater amount of.
Janus Sanders 4 years ago
so this is how Lin Manuel Miranda is able to do dancing on stage lol
Daniel Atkins 4 years ago
So that is how Tom Cruses character slid across the floor in Risky Business.
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Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Sadly, this is almost guaranteed to put someone close to you in a bad or even homicidal mood
Donna Kerr 4 years ago
I agree Julia and so do my family and friends.....lol
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Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
Ok, lemme try... AND THE WORMS CRAWL IN, THE WORMS CRAWL OUT, THEY EAT YOUR GUTS AND THEN S**T THEM OUT, AND WHEN YOUR BONES BEGGIN TO ROT THE WORMS REMAIN BUT YOU DO NOT !!! It did not work.
yellowphantom 4 years ago
Then try this one: "Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts, mutilated monkey meat, dirty little birdie feet, great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts... and I forgot my spoon".
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Luke Skarstedt 4 years ago
The rest of the people in the meeting may not appreciate it though.
Gabriel Curtis 4 years ago
Trade offer: (i receive) your ears, lung and voice. (You receive) brief happiness
Julie C Rose 4 years ago
I like to sing songs about how cute the cat is. I also have a song about the New Zealand covid response, which is to the tune of a particularly dirty song from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and is now a lot snarkier than the original version because I’m mad at Cindy.
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Gabriel Curtis 4 years ago
I can't be improved. Sorry pally, but I'm the worst and I'm gonna stay that way whether we like it or not.
Axolotl King 4 years ago
Well I've got one of those... now I just gotta be cool but unfortunately I'm weird so idk about that
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
"Cooler" ? Like those lazy losers who are always smoking hemp and never employed ?
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Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
Thanks. I was wondering where that breeze was coming from.
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Rae Reyn 4 years ago
Our A/C died and I, a redneck mechanic, attached ice packs to a fan. My husband, who is both a medical doctor and has a PhD, was absolutely amazed, you would have thought I invented the wheel.
Rissie 4 years ago
The thing is, you used your fridge to make that ice. That fridge deposited the heat in your home. What does work is to get an airflow from inside going out when the temperature outside is lower than inside. This at warm air is moved out of the house and cooler air is attracted from outside to replace the volume. Pushing air in works as well of course. Just make sure you have a flow from down going up and out.
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Johnny 4 years ago
This is how I cool the house down at night - open the windows and set up a fan blowing air out one window so it sucks in air from the rest. Am thinking about putting in a whole house fan for much better air circulation.
Kiss Army 4 years ago
I do this is the kitchen when I am running the oven to suck the hot air out.
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BetweenTheCracks 4 years ago
I can personally attest that it's also helpful when you have a gassy husband.
Load More Replies... StrawberryParfait 4 years ago
Best way to keep an older house cool is to keep the windows closed and shades drawn during the day. At night, open the windows and let in cool air. In the morning, close up again, with the cooler air now inside. This is only effective when done safely of course--don't do this if your house is only one storey, or if you can't lock your open windows in place.
Rissie 4 years ago
I've lived in an apartment for 20 years and this works fine with one story living spaces too.
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Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
I guess being a rich black man is still leagues above most everyone else. Except rich white men, but still a great life-hack
Load More Replies... Ty Stratton-Quirk 4 years ago
On the other hand, if you're an orange heap of expired Pillsbury product who's heavily in debt, you can, apparently, get away with anything.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
Naw. Just be REALLY rich and you'll be fine
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Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
maybe those japanese scientists will finish the device that shows your dreams on a screen. then i can charge people admission to my dreams. they're wild. so buckle up!
Neill Powell 4 years ago
Yeah, it's called sleeping, or as I like to call it: Tomorrow's Productivity-insurance
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Jo Johannsen 4 years ago
When I went on vacay to Seattle, I knew I was gonna be a souvenir sucker, so I packed my smaller suitcase with my stuff, put it inside my larger one, and voila! Room for all the shopping my heart desired.
Jane Doe 4 years ago
I was going on a trip in college. My dad gave me this duffel bag that folded into pocket sized “for stuff you’ll buy.” Um, sure, thanks, Dad, I’m going for a weekend. But I’ll take it. Yup. Filled that bad boy to capacity. RIP, Pops.
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Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
The wheel well of an average passenger jet is also surprisingly roomy
Axolotl King 4 years ago
I hope you bought him boneless though or else they'll see it on the X-ray
Fester Sixonesixonethree 4 years ago
I had to buy an extra bag in China just to get all the stuff I bought home!
Guillaume O'Perucha 3 years ago
Not true with low cost companies in Europe at least. A plane ticket is usually cheaper than paying for a checked in luggage.
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Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
This is sound advice until you realize that you prefer it to a real girl's hand
My O My 4 years ago
Yes! Vanilla flavor for girl hand, chocolate for a guy's hand
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Shirley Heyn 4 years ago
. . . and then you grow up and discover a "blowup balloon girl". You deserve each other!
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cedrus libani 4 years ago
I discovered this in second grade. Turns out, what you squish may not un-squish...
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Calvin Suzuki 4 years ago
I did that with my online friend and actually got it right the 3rd time :D but I only realized it a year later since he didn’t tell me lol
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TiffinyMichelle 4 years ago
Yes, french fries or chips are great for this. Eating anything just seems to wake you up a bit.
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Tobias the Tiger 4 years ago
Of course this is the guy from Obvious Plant saying this; if one of his products is "Oops! All Skittles" cereal, I wouldn't be surprised.
Thomas Turnbull 4 years ago (edited)
And even more fun the milk changes colour and you may see the rainbow or touch the rainbow.
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Julia Atkinson 4 years ago (edited)
"Breadsticks? When I was a kid we had to steal bread from ducks!"
Thomas Turnbull 4 years ago
We did that but it made very soggy sandwiches
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Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
kids are smart. you know how I know? I don't know any kids with a full time job and kids
Rainy Day Wolf 4 years ago
there are a lot of sold girls to labour who become mothers... Sorry, that's just the world we live in
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MonsterMum 4 years ago
My fit watch tells me how many calories I burned whilst I was asleep. The more I sleep the more I burn
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IlovemydogShilo 4 years ago
Just go without sleep. I've been living on 2 hours sleep for the past 25 years and I look like a panda.
Carmen Sandiego 4 years ago
Dammit I'm never getting smoky eyes/s (I know depression is a serious thing)
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
Then everyone except models and milionnaires should have naturally smokey eyes.
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Rainy Day Wolf 4 years ago
I wish I could but my depression always has a different idea for unproductive days
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BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 4 years ago (edited)
I couldn't do that to my computer this year though (algebra made my have daily meltdowns)
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Carmen Sandiego 4 years ago
Kind of, I guess? Not always the case, as demonstrated by the comment section.
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
Friends are just a myth. It is like love, happiness and social life before graduation : it does not exist in real life, only in movies.
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Rainy Day Wolf 4 years ago
no, the real lifehack are audiobooks, expand your consciousness while doing house chores
Pumpkin Spice 4 years ago
I can read and walk at the same time. Read and eat. Read and dance. I was once reading while on the treadmill and ran 17 laps w/o noticing.
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Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
There is no better cure for buyer's regret than eating lukewarm spaghetti straight out of the purse
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Loralie Chase 4 years ago
Sure, they're saying that if your shirt is wrinkled then if you have heated seats you can turn your heated seat on and by wearing your shirt backwards for a little while you can get the wrinkles out of the front. Like an iron. I don't know if this actually works just what they were saying. Hope this helped!
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Carmen Sandiego 4 years ago
I have supportive friends and I am grateful, but they are goofballs. Every one of my friends (including me) is a dork and a goofball and I love that!
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Gigantor the Bog Monster 3 years ago
The entire thread was a bunch of jokes, and you decided that this one was serious? lol
Load More Replies... Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
It is life hacks, not death hacks. Those are two totally different words.
notdream 4 years ago
That is what I was going to say thanks for having a brain
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Let’s All Just Try And Be Decent 4 years ago
Oh my God someone get this removed before people start actually thinking that it's a great idea please
Karen Lawyer 4 years ago
Have fake arms gotten so good that doctors can't tell the difference?
Load More Replies... Jaybird3939 4 years ago
WE DO NOT NEED THIS SO MUCH. Go back to your anti-vaxxer websites and leave people alone who have intelligence!
Cristina Cristian 4 years ago
Scientists are proving that people who are not vaccinated pose a risk even for even those who are vaccinated because they become a breeding ground for new variants .Basically, if you don't get vaccinated you're putting other people's lives in jeopardy. I can't think of anything more selfish. If you want to die that's on you, but you have to be a special type of asshole to put other people's life at risk. It's a shame we have so many of them.
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Neil Bidle 4 years ago
So much better than the "actual" life hacks that are either so obvious it hurts, or don't work. At least these technically all work, and made me smile
Dorothy Cloud 3 years ago
Truthfully, I quit reading. I just didn't see any handy "hack" in 99% of them. Just silly.
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
I can legitimately question the efficiency of most of those life hacks.
Neil Bidle 4 years ago
So much better than the "actual" life hacks that are either so obvious it hurts, or don't work. At least these technically all work, and made me smile
Dorothy Cloud 3 years ago
Truthfully, I quit reading. I just didn't see any handy "hack" in 99% of them. Just silly.
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
I can legitimately question the efficiency of most of those life hacks.
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