Humans are constantly thinking up and creating new ways to solve the little problems that bring us all down as we bumble through life. Some inconveniences, however, just seem impossible to overcome. Enter the glorious subreddit known as /r/lifehacks, where geniuses from all walks of life come together to offer brilliant, simple solutions to those painfully irritating dilemmas that confront us each day. Tired of having three separate remotes for your TV, and wish you could combine them all into one? Solved. Need more space on your countertop while cooking? Solved. A cure for your persistent existential dread? Well... We'll get there one day.

Scroll down to see the life hacks that will change the way you do everything from now on. You might even feel like a changed person by the end of this post. Spread the revolution, and share this with the people in your life who need to get woke.

#1

Lost Your Dog?

Lost Your Dog?

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#2

When You Have To Hang Something With Exact Holes, Photocopy The Back And Use As A Template

When You Have To Hang Something With Exact Holes, Photocopy The Back And Use As A Template

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#3

Seal Any Bag Tightly

Seal Any Bag Tightly

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Sunzilla
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cleverest thing I've seen all week!

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#4

Use Legos As A Cable Holder

Use Legos As A Cable Holder

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#5

Use A Slinky To Stop Squirrels From Eating Bird Seed

Use A Slinky To Stop Squirrels From Eating Bird Seed

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#6

We've Used A Small Tent To Make A Sandpit, It's Now Shaded & We Can Close It Up At Night To Keep The Neighbours Cats Out & It Also Stops The Grass Growing Through

We've Used A Small Tent To Make A Sandpit, It's Now Shaded & We Can Close It Up At Night To Keep The Neighbours Cats Out & It Also Stops The Grass Growing Through

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Alia
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh boy just wait for bugs and spiders to get in there.

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#7

If You're Moving, You Can Use This Method To Easily Transport All The Clothes That You Hang

If You're Moving, You Can Use This Method To Easily Transport All The Clothes That You Hang

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Kiahna
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Clever. If only this had been made earlier, would've saved A LOT of my time.

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#8

How To Include Everyone (Even The Person Taking The Photo) In A Picture

How To Include Everyone (Even The Person Taking The Photo) In A Picture

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Sunzilla
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or, you can just download an app that works on a timer...

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#9

Smear Peanut Butter On Your Shower Wall To Distract Your Dog In The Bath

Smear Peanut Butter On Your Shower Wall To Distract Your Dog In The Bath

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Jason O'R
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This didn't look like peanut butter at first...

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#10

How To Feed Four Puppies At The Same Time

How To Feed Four Puppies At The Same Time

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Hans
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is quite cute and dedicated actually. But there must be devices you can get from a veterinarian?!

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#11

This Kid On A Longboard Using A Leaf Blower To Go Fast Is Now My Personal Hero

This Kid On A Longboard Using A Leaf Blower To Go Fast Is Now My Personal Hero

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Lillian Chesak
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My boyfriend did this once. Crashed into a tree. I do not recommend trying it.

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#12

If It's Stupid And It Works, It Ain't Stupid

If It's Stupid And It Works, It Ain't Stupid

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#13

Coffee Freshness Hack

Coffee Freshness Hack

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#14

Hide Your Spare Key

Hide Your Spare Key

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#15

I Trusted My Husband To Clean-Up From Christmas Last Year. This Is What I Discovered When I Went Down To Our Basement To Begin Decorating This Year. He's So Proud! I Can't Decide: Life Hack Or Lazy?

I Trusted My Husband To Clean-Up From Christmas Last Year. This Is What I Discovered When I Went Down To Our Basement To Begin Decorating This Year. He's So Proud! I Can't Decide: Life Hack Or Lazy?

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MysticalMan
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Establish new speed record setting up the tree this year.

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#16

My Girlfriend Devised A Way To Keep The Plastic Shopping Bags We Re-Use As Bin Liners In Place By Using Removable Picture Hooks

My Girlfriend Devised A Way To Keep The Plastic Shopping Bags We Re-Use As Bin Liners In Place By Using Removable Picture Hooks

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Diana Perry
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I use an elastic band over the top of the pail and over the bag

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#17

Pop A Stocking Over The Head Of Your Vacuum Cleaner To Find Small, Missing Items

Pop A Stocking Over The Head Of Your Vacuum Cleaner To Find Small, Missing Items

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Cristy Cable
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tried this once, the stocking ripped and sucked up the thing I was looking for :(

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#18

I Hang My Shirts Like This To Save Room. A Life Hack I Learned From Watching Tokyo Drift

I Hang My Shirts Like This To Save Room. A Life Hack I Learned From Watching Tokyo Drift

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Jenn
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i love that 'how to hang washing' is what this person picked up from Tokyo Drift

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#19

Life Hack: Put Ice Cream In Your "Empty" Nutella Jar

Life Hack: Put Ice Cream In Your "Empty" Nutella Jar

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#20

Use An Old Iphone And A Generic Facebook Account As A Monitoring Service. Wanted To Ensure Our Baby Chickens Were Okay So I Facebook Lived It Under Private For 24 Hour Monitoring From Anywhere

Use An Old Iphone And A Generic Facebook Account As A Monitoring Service. Wanted To Ensure Our Baby Chickens Were Okay So I Facebook Lived It Under Private For 24 Hour Monitoring From Anywhere

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#21

How To Keep Bobby Pins Neat

How To Keep Bobby Pins Neat

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#22

Never Drop A Book On The Bath Again. My 8 Year Old Daughters Invention

Never Drop A Book On The Bath Again. My 8 Year Old Daughters Invention

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Lili Képes
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

1. Your daughter likes to read at 8. 2. She also likes taking a bath. 3. She invents stuff. You must know something.

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#23

Bottom Of The Bunk Bed Brilliance

Bottom Of The Bunk Bed Brilliance

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Tess G
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

..until the person above you shifts too hard and it falls on your face

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#24

Notebook Organization Lifehack From Japan, Create A Word Index In The Back And Mark The Pages

Notebook Organization Lifehack From Japan, Create A Word Index In The Back And Mark The Pages

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#25

Mount An Ipad Or Tablet With Some Command Hooks For An Easy TV Or Night Clock In College. Just Slide It Out For Use!

Mount An Ipad Or Tablet With Some Command Hooks For An Easy TV Or Night Clock In College. Just Slide It Out For Use!

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Alira
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

probably gonna try with different hooks, this type would keep me agitating, worrying that it would suddenly plopped and crashing my phone to floor.

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#26

How To Fit Two Bowls In The Microwave

How To Fit Two Bowls In The Microwave

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#27

Use Old Chair To Make Shelves For Your Stuff

Use Old Chair To Make Shelves For Your Stuff

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#28

Use Heavy Duty Paper Clips To Organize Your Freezer And Stop The Frozen Peas Avalanche

Use Heavy Duty Paper Clips To Organize Your Freezer And Stop The Frozen Peas Avalanche

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Caridina Japonica
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Works perfectly until that grid is completely covered in ice

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#29

Props To My Wife For A Life Hack That Totally Worked. Removing A Broken Light Bulb With A Potato

Props To My Wife For A Life Hack That Totally Worked. Removing A Broken Light Bulb With A Potato

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#30

When Freezing Ground Meat Flatten It Out As Much As You Can To Reduce Thawing Time

When Freezing Ground Meat Flatten It Out As Much As You Can To Reduce Thawing Time

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Cassie
Community Member
5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We make patties and put them in the bags to freeze. That way, you can remove just as many patties as you want to use and can either cook them up as burgers or as ground beef for whatever recipe.

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#31

Use Clothespin To Hammer A Nail Safely

Use Clothespin To Hammer A Nail Safely

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maryhadalittlelamb
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

normally i use pilers to hold it, since it's inside the toolbox too

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#32

Cheap Way To Cool Down Your Laptop

Cheap Way To Cool Down Your Laptop

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3ke
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a laptop that got hot on my desk, saw this then used Rock Band drumsticks. It worked.

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#33

You Can Use A Tennis Ball As An Item Holder

You Can Use A Tennis Ball As An Item Holder

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#34

A Little Something I Learned In A Pinch

A Little Something I Learned In A Pinch

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Baked Panda
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Coins are to soft a metal try a thick rubber band, also works with stripped screws

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#35

Lid Storage Hack

Lid Storage Hack

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#36

Low On Counter Space? Pull Out A Drawer And Place Your Cutting Board On Top

Low On Counter Space? Pull Out A Drawer And Place Your Cutting Board On Top

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#37

Least Messy Way To Eat Watermelon

Least Messy Way To Eat Watermelon

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Sunzilla
Community Member
5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most boring too. The best way, is to sit on the lawn, dig your face into a slice, get all sticky and then jump in the pool.

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#38

Keeping The Plants Alive While We Are Away. The Water Lasts For Five Days In Some

Keeping The Plants Alive While We Are Away. The Water Lasts For Five Days In Some

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#39

Use An Old Egg Carton To Separate Hardware Out Before Building Furniture From A Kit

Use An Old Egg Carton To Separate Hardware Out Before Building Furniture From A Kit

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Isabel Care
Community Member
5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Years ago, did this with motorbike bits (as a 16 year old female control freak, labelled each section) and was fine til my dad wanted to help me and kicked it across the garage. Learned to lock myself in when doing the fiddly stuff and then move it before letting others "assist" me.

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#40

Before You Throw Away A Post-In, Run It Between The Keys On Your Keyboard To Collect Crumbs And Fluff

Before You Throw Away A Post-In, Run It Between The Keys On Your Keyboard To Collect Crumbs And Fluff

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Stille20
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like that you are getting two uses out of a post it

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#41

How I Hide Extra Cables In My Place

How I Hide Extra Cables In My Place

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#42

How To Fit All Your Tank Tops On A Single Hanger

How To Fit All Your Tank Tops On A Single Hanger

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Katie Smith
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Done this too. Gets messy after a while but works.

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#43

I Just Figured Out How To Protect My Make Up While Showering

I Just Figured Out How To Protect My Make Up While Showering

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Gavin Ivey
Community Member
5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe she had a long day at work with no time to shower AND re-do her makeup before she had to be somewhere important. Think people, think!

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#44

Make A Phone Stand In The Hospital From A Styrofoam Cup For Hands-Free Viewing

Make A Phone Stand In The Hospital From A Styrofoam Cup For Hands-Free Viewing

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#45

Cover Your Trampoline Springs With Pool Noodles To Avoid Pinching Toes

Cover Your Trampoline Springs With Pool Noodles To Avoid Pinching Toes

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Paladin of Shadows
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a friend who did this, it's been a few years, most of them fell off, the rest disintegrated

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#46

Small Elastic Band Fixes Pesky Zipper That Won't Stay Up

Small Elastic Band Fixes Pesky Zipper That Won't Stay Up

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Mary-Jane Scharnick
Community Member
5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

or you could use a key ring. attach it to the zip at the same the rubber band is threaded through...key ring hooked over the button and Roberts your fathers brother!!

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#47

Use A Colander To Prepare The Last Bowl Of Cereal From A Box

Use A Colander To Prepare The Last Bowl Of Cereal From A Box

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#48

Use Bread Clips To Save Flip-Flops With Split Holes

Use Bread Clips To Save Flip-Flops With Split Holes

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Maria Tag
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All my life I have had this struggle. Now I have a solution. My life has new meaning.

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#49

Don't Burn Yourself In Those Hard To Reach Candles, Light A Stick Of Spaghetti And Light The Wick With That

Don't Burn Yourself In Those Hard To Reach Candles, Light A Stick Of Spaghetti And Light The Wick With That

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Smoofy
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or just turn the candle sideways while you light it

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#50

Use A Spray Nozzle To Disperse Sauces

Use A Spray Nozzle To Disperse Sauces

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#51

Electric Yard Tools? Go Ahead, Pull That Cord All The Way Out Front

Electric Yard Tools? Go Ahead, Pull That Cord All The Way Out Front

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#52

Use Lego As A Cable Or Key Holder

Use Lego As A Cable Or Key Holder

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Abby Rexroth
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Makes me almost wanna buy some Lego peeps, almost. :D

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#53

This Is How You Can Never Forget About Your Gas Cap

This Is How You Can Never Forget About Your Gas Cap

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#54

Had Some Sandal Clips From Gap And Then Got An Idea

Had Some Sandal Clips From Gap And Then Got An Idea

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#55

Control Your Portion And Contain The Mess... Beautiful

Control Your Portion And Contain The Mess... Beautiful

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Hallak65
Community Member
5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

control your portion? Pfff.... There is 2 option: Yeah a full bag pistachios! oh no they are gone forever.... Oh nvm I find an another bag.

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#56

Poster Hack With Toilet Roll Card

Poster Hack With Toilet Roll Card

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#57

How To Get Those Pringles Easily

How To Get Those Pringles Easily

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Christina Waide
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was just thinking how I need help eating more Pringles!

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#58

Cut Down On Dish Washing, Use A Muffin Tin To Serve Condiments At A Bbq

Cut Down On Dish Washing, Use A Muffin Tin To Serve Condiments At A Bbq