What’s the most ridiculous “life hack” you’ve ever heard of?
What’s the most ridiculous “life hack” you’ve ever heard of?
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When the U.S. federal government shuts down ask your landlord if you can do maintenance work for rent
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If the US federal government shuts down, this house becomes mine. What's the landlord gonna do?
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Tickle your moustache while you sleep
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Being a two time college drop out and seeing shit like so and so was a drop out and is now rich.
The key is learning and applying knowledge.
Dropping out of college is ridiculous life advice.
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I think in almost all of those cases they were rich to begin with. I mean fair play they're a lot richer now than when they started, but still.
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Ugh, anything posted on /r/lifehacks. 85% is just the intended but not primary use of a thing.
One of my favorites is a reposted to death infographic of how to open a can without a can opener: use a knife!
Bitch, canned food existed for 30 years before anyone bothered to invent a specific can opening tool. Before that everyone used knives. A ton of people in rural areas of the developing world, right now today, use knives to open cans.
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And all the new hires in the kitchen I work at grab knives to open cans before I slap their hands.
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I feel compelled to quote the late great Sean Lock:
"I'm incredibly organised. Like for example, if I make tea, I don't make one cup of tea - I'll make a big batch of tea and then I'll have a cup of tea and then I'll freeze the rest of it. And then when I want to have a cup of tea, I'll just break off a bit of frozen tea. Put it in a pan. 25 minutes later I've got a lovely cup of tea without all the all the hassle."
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I agree, best way
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Best answer ever.
Thx for sharing the quote. I did not know about that dude but you can be assured I'll do my homework :)
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The "carrot in a box" games he played with Jon Richardson on 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown are some of my favourite TV ever...
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I think the term life hack is ridiculous in itself. (Cue old man rant) In my day they were tips and advice. You're not hacking anything. 😁
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Careful, that rant might get rebranded as a life hack for surviving the internet. 😁
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hacking is using a tool for a purpose other than its original intention. some "life hacks" fit this definition but not all
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My college roommate freshman year was very book smart. One of those kids that never had to study in high school. Well, college was more difficult for them and they found they had to read textbooks and work on homework outside of class time. I sat and listened to them describe studying to me as if it were a new concept. Life hack! Actually study to get better grades.
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I was one of those "smart kids in highschool". University hit me like a ton of bricks, suddenly having to spend home time studying was something I was totally not used to.
I mean, I had this theoretical understanding of homework and studying, but I never did it more than an hour a week.
Doing my first 2 semesters twice was a great wakeup though.
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Similar experience.
I refused to do homework during high school. I passed by simply reading the book in class and always acing my tests with 100s.
Barely graduating high school didn’t matter for my local college, because I fucking crushed my SAT.
I dropped out of college.
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I had a similar thing happen to me when I moved countries, my new school was 2 years behind the one I'd left so I went 2 years without having to study. When they caught up in the curriculum I'd forgotten how to study and my grades plummeted because of it. Even now I struggle to learn new stuff.
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Using ramen for household repairs.
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“Cardboard Cooler” with cooling function using frozen plastic bottles.
I thought it was ridiculous to make your own air conditioner out of cheap materials, but apparently it's actually quite cool.
However, the author of the article says that “the wind smells a little like metal.”
The article is in Japanese, but for details, please refer to the link below.
大人も楽しい自由研究(6) 【結構涼しい】凍らせたペットボトルで『ダンボールクーラー』を作ってみた | マイナビニュース
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make your own air conditioner out of cheap materials
Such a pet peeve of mine when I see basic evaporative cooling called air conditioning. A/C is pretty specific in how it works using refrigerant, condensers, etc. to move heat from one place to another. They also dehumidify the air in the process. A/C and heat pumps are the same thing, just running in opposite directions. They use a lot of electricity to accomplish this movement and are effective in a wide range of temperatures.
Evaporative cooling simply moves air past/through a colder medium to lower the ambient temperature. Most commonly the only electricity used here is a simple fan, and maybe a water pump. This adds humidity to the air so it's effectiveness drops off dramatically and the ambient humidity gets higher.
The only thing they have in common is making the air cooler, in completely different ways with dramatically different effectiveness and efficiency.
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I thought it was ridiculous to make your own air conditioner out of cheap materials, but apparently it's actually quite cool.
If your freezer is in the same room as the ice you get from the freezer, this just warms your house more...
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Everything in !shittylifeprotips@lemmy.world
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All of those YouTube videos with the kids who are just incredulous that you can propagate pineapple from pineapple tops, plant green onion ends or garlic and get green onions or garlic, and say they have "discovered an amazing life hack".