I will forever be pointing and call at my straightener , " You ’re unplugged ! " before I leave the house so I do n’t panic about it afterward .
I recently stumbled upon this useful Redditthreadthat asked users, “What life hack seems to be fake, but it’s a true lifesaver?” I know variations of this question are asked all the time, and some of the same tips appear time and time again. Well, this thread introduced me to some tips that actually surprised me! Here’s what people shared:
1.“Put your hard drive in the freezer to get it to spin up one more time. I swear to god I thought it was BS until I was out of options and tried it. The damn thing came back on a few more times, and I got the data off of it that I needed.”
— u / knightcrusader
" I ’m not sure there is a expert solvent for this question . It is such a goofy solution that should n’t realistically work . The number of times I ’ve successfully pull out data from a dying parkway using this technique is ridiculous . When a good friend of mine gave me this advice over the headphone , I commemorate being authentically annoyed that he was n’t offering any real guidance . He had 20 + years in IT at that point , and he was my go - to in times of crisis . I was perfectly gobsmacked when it worked . Over the years , I perfect the method acting by first freezing the drive in a Ziploc pocketbook , then placing it ( with all cables connected ) into a cooler of ice and H2O . at times I found lightly tapping on the top correct quoin of the drive with a hammer allowed me to get over that last hump of extraction . "
— uranium / MJSlayer
2.“When you don’t know what to gift someone, look through who they follow on Instagram, such as artists, bands, etc. to buy something from them!”
— u / Chloe_Clementine
3.“Sniffing rubbing alcohol gets rid of nausea.”
— u / Saifyre - Lion
" I thought there was a mention that you should n’t sniff it directly from the nursing bottle since that can be dangerous . "
— u / OreoPumpkinSpice
" Yeah , I habituate the 1"x1 " square for this , and they do work beautifully in a pinch ! "
— atomic number 92 / Chemical_Egg_2761
" A nursemaid told me this when I was in the hospital once , and now it is my go - to trick . "
— u / actuallyamber
4.“Try raising one foot a little off the ground to test how long you can stay awake in class or during a meeting if you’re experiencing problems staying awake.”
— u / EngagingAgar
5.“If you’re still in an office and are just walking around, always carry a piece of paper and walk briskly. Look at it when a superior is approaching. They’ll assume you’re on your way to discuss something, the copier, etc.”
— u / CTnaturist
6.“How to get rid of cold callers at your door or on the phone quickly without being rude. I discovered this by accident. Someone knocked on my door selling a service I already had, and they asked if I’d like to talk about their service. I said, ‘Oh, I’m already a customer. I’d love to talk about it.’ I was being genuine, too. They could not get away quickly enough, which I thought was odd. Then, it occurred to me that by saying I was a happy customer already, they knew there was zero chance of a sale, so any further time talking to me cost them potential sales.”
— u / Lloytron
7.“Many years ago, I had the fans go out on my Macbook, which rendered it nearly unusable. I was pretty strapped at the time and wasn’t looking forward to a pricy Apple store repair job, so I went to YouTube to see if there were any fixes. I found a video where some guy said to just punch it a few times above the number key row where the fans were packed in beneath. This felt like a complete troll, but I figured that even if it did further damage, I was going to have to shell out for the repair anyway, so I might as well give it shot. I gave it a few love taps, and sure enough, the fans whirred back to life, and I was back in business. Apparently, what happens is that over time, you get dust, crumbs, and other tiny pieces of debris into the gears of the fans, and they stop spinning. Apparently, bashing them a few times moved the shrapnel out of the way and allowed them to work again. Never had another issue with it the entire rest of the time I owned that computer.”
— u / Plantayne
8.“If you have a door that’s sagging because the hinges are screwed into a wood doorframe and screws won’t stay tight, take the screws out of the doorframe, break toothpicks in half, and jam both halves into each hole, then screw the hinge back in. The wood from the toothpick in the compressed space should hold on and keep it from moving again.”
— u / Lord_of_Allusions
" I did this for our lax doorhandle . The whole thing would n’t stay in the Mrs. Henry Wood of the door any longer because it was so old and haggard . I remove it completely , push a few halve toothpick in , get it on it back on , and ta - da , it never rend off again . "
— u/-whodat
9.“Warheads Extreme Sour Candy for when you’re panicking. It doesn’t solve all your problems, but it does snap you out of the panic for a minute.”
— u / itstheskinofakiller
10.“If you’re drunk and go to bed and the room is spinning, put one foot out of the bed and on the floor, and it immediately stops the spins.”
— uranium / VastTraffic8870
11.“If you live alone, you should buy an anti-choking device. Some brands are DeChoker, LifeVac, etc. Do some shopping research and pick whatever you see fit. Thousands of people die every year due to choking because of food, liquids, small swallowed objects, etc. People that live by themselves are at a higher risk since usually there is nobody around to assist them. With this apparatus at home, you’ve got a chance.”
— u / Separate_Mango_666
12.“Yell at your vacuum cleaner to get your dogs to stop barking at it. Apparently, it helps your dogs realize that you are dominant over the vacuum, so they stop trying to protect you from it. Sounds like BS, but I literally did it once, and it was never a problem again.”
— u / IAmNotScottBakula
" This works ! I felt ridiculous telling my vacuum to sit and stay put , and saying ' uncollectible boy ' in front of my dog . After that , the dog did n’t wish about the vacuum . "
— u / silver_ells
" The diametric works , too . My click were scared of a balloon , and I talk sweet to it while petting it and saying , ' upright balloon ! ' They were totally all right with it afterwards . "
— u / GoHernando
13.“I like the ‘two-minute rule.’ If it takes less than two minutes, just do it right now. It greatly helps for people like myself who are prone to procrastinating. Whether it’s folding a few shirts, making a phone call, putting away groceries, putting something in the kitchen away, cleaning something, etc. — if you put off trivial, small things, over time, they stack up and all become too overwhelming to do. If you follow the two-minute rule, you will find that you’re more organized and there are less annoyances that get in the way of the real things to do.”
— u / musecorn
14.“When calculating how much you’re getting paid for your job, include the potential costs you saved from using insurance, transit passes, etc. You might, for example, find a job that pays a bit more in the future, but you could be actually taking a massive reduction if the benefits don’t line up.”
— uracil / Sabre_One
" When I start out at my current Book of Job , I took a pretty massive salary cut and still came out further forrader because my current company make up 100 % of my benefits for my entire family . The catch on the 401k is about the same , but the lucre - share-out they put in there when it ’s a good twelvemonth place it massively ahead . "
— u / monstertots509
15.“White vinegar is great for washing clothes.”
— atomic number 92 / theartilleryshow
" And removing odor . I used white vinegar on pet bedding and blankets to get rid of the spirit . "
— u / SnotandMisery
" Dilute it by one-half and put it into a atomizer bottle . softly spray the material , let it sit for 90 seconds , then utilize a fabric or paper towel to give it a rub . The vinegar smell dissipates quickly . "
— u / urkgurghily
16.“If you hold your car key fob up to your throat, the signal goes farther.”
— u / Routine_Trick_6775
17.“If you have an iPhone, hold down the space bar and you can move the curser all over the screen.”
— u/0kNowWhat
18.“If you are one of the types that gets anxious about leaving the iron on or similar stuff, do this: Remove the plug from the socket, point at it, and say out loud, ‘Iron is off.’ You WILL remember that you did, in fact, turn it off.”
— u / Buroda
" I used to do this , but the insistent ' atomic number 26 off ' would become a fuzz since I did it every day , so it stopped working after a short amount of clock time . Now , I make funny faces in the mirror every prison term I turn off my straighten smoothing iron . Works like a charm . "
— uranium / The - HotMess - Express
" My coworker takes a picture of his stove or door when he leaves for a trip to give himself the reassurance that the thing are off , locked , etc . "
— uracil / tekchic
19.And: “Baking soda is a miracle cleaner and unpleasant odor remover. You can clean ovens, clear up slightly clogged bathroom and kitchen drains, remove grease, remove stinks from furniture and clothing like shoes, etc.”
— uracil / TheBassMeister
remark : Submissions have been edited for distance and/or limpidity .
