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Did a search, didn't find anything
Lifehacks are tips and advice that can help a person get by, avoid a nasty situation, or use new methods of doing things to improve quality of living.

Enjoy, i'll try to keep this thread updated as much as possible

-If you are charged with writing a lengthy research paper, find one very solid source that directly pertains to your thesis, and then you can use that source's bibliography to back into locating new sources.

-Pressing your tongue against the roof of your mouth cures brainfreeze and can also suppress the urge to sneeze.

-Next time you lose your phone charger, don't buy another one. Go to a hotel and say you think you lost it there. It's the #1 most left behind item at hotels, so most places have a big bin filled with every phone charger imaginable.

-When you wake up in the middle of the night to do something, cover one eye with your hand and leave it there until you return to darkness. The eye that was covered will have retained its ability to see well in the dark so you will not run into the dresser on your way back to bed.

-Want really, really smooth skin after shaving? Wash your neck and face with ice cold water, even if it hurts. It contracts the pores and can possibly even pull hairs back beneath the surface a bit.

-You know when your arm gets that pins-and-needles feeling that only goes away by waiting?
Just pinch around the elbow so your hand wraps around (or mostly) your arm. Now, holding it like that, run it down your arm while slightly sqeezing inwards till you get to your fingertips.
That recirculates the blood faster than anything else, so your cells now have oxygen and you no longer get that funny dead-hand feeling.

- You're about to go on a big date or speak in front of a crowd and OMG you have a pimple! Keep q-tips dipped in Visine in the freezer. Then just hold it agianst the pimple. The cold takes down the swelling and the visine helps suck out the redness.

-The caffeine nap : caffeine takes ~15-20 minutes to kick in. If you are feeling really tired, drink a cup of coffee and then take a light, 15-20 minute nap. You will wake up incredibly refreshed and awake.

- When your alarm goes off, jump out of bed right away, splash some cold water in your face, jump back into bed and listen to the radio/some music. instead of waking up naturally (which takes years while you moan and groan about how tired you are), you get up and splash water on your face with the satisfaction in knowing that you'll be back in bed in a few seconds. then, when you're back in bed, the wake up naturally process is sped up due to the music and the water you splashed on your face

-If you have chest congestion, drum on your chest lightly but rapidly. Same thing goes for a dry or gooey throat; drum lightly but rapidly on your windpipe. Just drum for ~30s and then wait a minute or two for it to kick in. The effect will last 5-10 minutes before you start getting the feeling again. Repeat until you feel better.

-If you have to drive a very long distance, and you're worried about falling asleep at the wheel, get a huge bag of sun flower seeds. Put a handful at a time in your cheek and then one by one move them into your mouth, crack the shell, eat the kernel, and spit out the shell. The constant movement and focusing will keep you awake.

-Raw organic coconut oil is anti viral, anti microbial, anti fungal, you can use it inside and out. Also swishing it 15 minutes in your mouth and spitting it whitens your teeth

-If you live in a cold area, find a way to keep your room warm while you sleep. Breathing in cold air while you sleep is the easiest way to get sick.

-Tired of phone menus when you call in for something? Asterisk (*) and zero are the most common short-circuit buttons. Sometimes the pound sign (#).

-Your car battery is getting old, hmmm? Not a lot of cranking power left, and it's cold out. AND you have to fire that sucker up and be on your way at 3 a.m. Try this: before turning the key, turn the headlights on for a few seconds. It might seem counter-intuitive, but it works. This process is called "boot-strapping," as in "picking yourself up by the bootstraps." It warms the battery slightly and provides a bit more cranking amps for the initial starting attempt.

-Before you go to bed when you're drunk, chug a big glass of water and eat a banana. If you don't like bananas then take a pill with potassium, and eat a package of soda crakers. The big glass of water is going to wake you up in about 3 hours to go take a pee. When you pee, chug another glass of water. You should wake up after about 6-8 hours with no hangover, works incredibly well.

-Brush your tongue if you want your bad breath to go away. Not the front, way in the back. If you want to eat spicy foods but are a total wuss, do not let the hot part of the food touch the rear sides of your tongue because that is where the tastebuds that detect spiciness reside.

-When you blow your nose, keep your mouth open a bit. You can actually pop (as in, put a hole in) your eardrum if you do not.

-Do not shake nail polish before applying them, doing so makes air bubbles appear. Roll them gently in your hands instead.

-There's a color code subtly incorporated through the bread tie to tell when a loaf of bread was baked. The color of the tie represents the day on which the bread was baked:

++ Monday - blue
++ Tuesday - green
++ Thursday - red
++ Friday - white
++ Saturday - yellow

-When microwaving leftover pizza, it tastes best if you wrap the slice in a damp paper towel.

-Running is bad for your knees over a long period of time. Biking is better.

-To stop a coughing fit (when you swallow liquid): breathe in deeply and hold your breathe for ten seconds, then you should feel ready to make one good cough to clear your throat. Breathe in and out slowly until the spasm passes.

-If you ever feel sick to your stomach, suck on an orange peel. The acid will reduce the sick feeling.

-To clear your sinuses, eat a lot of wasabi. It will hurt tons, but your sinuses clear almost instantaneously.

-Use warm water to brush your teeth, it softens the bristles so you can have an easier time massaging the gumline. Then rinse with cold water, which refreshes and makes everything contract back up.

-If you or someone you know gets mugged, has their purse snatched, whatever, if you look around in dumpsters and trash cans within the next block or two you'll probably find the wallet/purse. It won't have any cash in it (and maybe not any credit cards), but at least you won't have to replace your driver's license, ID cards, library cards, whatever, which is 99% of the pain in the neck about being robbed (aside from the victimization thing).

-High school teachers are pretty wise to whole "increase font size" or "increase margins" thing, but none of them seem to get the whole "increase space between letters ever so slightly, making the paper pages longer" thing.

-If you ever spill red wine on light carpet, shaving cream will get the stain out pretty well.

-Lemons can be used for a lot of things. Make shoes look like new, get rid of coffee/tea stains on old mugs, rust (put a lemon drenched cotton ball on the rust spot overnight), polish copperware, etc.

-Super cleaning, sticker removal, stain removal and more! -- Lighter Fluid, the kind you put in your zippo. Its a great solvent, it cleans plastics, melts the glue on stickers and always evaporates away to nothing. It's good at getting tar and oil out of clothes, and its a great degreaser for mechanical stuff. Its also cheap. Brilliant for taking the price tags off gifts, even book covers.

-Toothpaste will take scratches out of CDs. Buff from the centre outward with a clean, soft cloth or sock. Only regular toothpaste, not the gelly kind.

-When putting in an earring, or any ring for that matter, instead of poking at your ear with the stud, lick your thumb and index finger, or wet them with water, wet where the hole is, and put the stud in. It'll open up the hole so you're not fiddling around at it with the stud.

-Measure your hand from your fingertips to palm and memorize it. Now you can judge the size of anything without a ruler. I've used this my whole life to estimate distances of all kinds of things. Also pick a finger that is pretty close to 1cm or a joint close to 1 inch and remember which is which. You will never need a ruler to estimate again.

-Sore throat or canker sore? Gargling with salt water works wonders for both. Putting salt directly onto the canker sore usually kills it by the next day, at the expense of a short period of immense, agonizing pain.

-Upon waking, drink at least 500ml of water. You are most dehydrated after your done sleeping and it immediately starts your metabolism/bowel movements.

Post any you guys have, try to avoid just going on Lifehacker.com, cause most of those are obvious anyway
long ass read, but IMO it's worth it

[ntan]

nice

[SkinnyPupp]

God I hate that term

Anyway the only one I remember is if you are spending a lot of time studying, just read the first and last sentence of each paragraph. You'll immediately know whether the information is useful.

[- kT]

God I hate that term

Anyway the only one I remember is if you are spending a lot of time studying, just read the first and last sentence of each paragraph. You'll immediately know whether the information is useful.

what, lifehacks? :p

i've tried out the brainfreeze/sneeze one, it works
and that phone charger one (in theory) should work pretty well, since i've left at least 2 phone chargers at hotels on trips and stuff

[Culture_Vulture]

God I hate that term

Anyway the only one I remember is if you are spending a lot of time studying, just read the first and last sentence of each paragraph. You'll immediately know whether the information is useful.
That only works with any semi-decently written piece of literature or with soft sciences.
With hard sciences it's impossible :(

[The_AK]

-After cooking pasta and the water is drained, use olive oil to keep the pasta from sticking
-If you're about to put a condom on and you only have one left, blow into it to see which way it unravels. That way you won't get any sperm on the tip and won't get Jb from Boss Nightclub pregnant.

[tonyvu]

-After cooking pasta and the water is drained, use olive oil to keep the pasta from sticking
-If you're about to put a condom on and you only have one left, blow into it to see which way it unravels. That way you won't get any sperm on the tip and won't get Jb from Boss Nightclub pregnant.

or why not just roll the condom down your finger... if its placed the right way it will roll down.

[ToyotaPowah]

-After cooking pasta and the water is drained, use olive oil to keep the pasta from sticking
-If you're about to put a condom on and you only have one left, blow into it to see which way it unravels. That way you won't get any sperm on the tip and won't get Jb from Boss Nightclub pregnant.

Using olive oil to keep your pasta from sticking together is only good for certain olive oil-based sauces. Otherwise, the oil will prevent sauce from sticking to the pasta (alfredo, tomato etc.)

[hk20000]

if your leg gets all numbed out after sitting for a long time on the throne or any hard chair, lift the hand of the other side (i.e. left hand if right leg is numb, and v.v.) well above your head will get your leg to unnumb quickly. This is due to your blood flowing down from the lifted arm and into the numb leg.

just like bleeding brakes LOL.

[- kT]

i was actually trying to find a numb leg remedy, cause the numb hand remedy isn't too useful for me, as my hand never goes numb, but my leg falls asleep all the time

good contributions guys!

[SkinnyPupp]

That only works with any semi-decently written piece of literature or with soft sciences.
With hard sciences it's impossible :(
True, but it helped me finish high school with good grades, even though I only went 1 or 2 days a week :)

[OffSea]

I've never actually tried that "tongue-roof" thing

Theres an entire website dedicated to this kind of stuff actually..

I'll post it up as soon as I get home, at school right now.

[penner2k]

I've never actually tried that "tongue-roof" thing

Theres an entire website dedicated to this kind of stuff actually..

I'll post it up as soon as I get home, at school right now.

http://lifehacker.com/

[G]

if your about to sneeze, press a finger onto the little dippy part between your nose and mouth (the middle). Press down on that and you won't have to sneeze!

[- kT]

I've never actually tried that "tongue-roof" thing

Theres an entire website dedicated to this kind of stuff actually..

I'll post it up as soon as I get home, at school right now.

http://lifehacker.com/




Post any you guys have, try to avoid just going on Lifehacker.com, cause most of those are obvious anyway

yup

[LiquidTurbo]

There's far too much shit out there masquerading as "life-hacks" that aren't very useful.

Like, olive oil on pasta to stop it from sticking? Any decent cook already knows that.

"-When you wake up in the middle of the night to do something, cover one eye with your hand and leave it there until you return to darkness. The eye that was covered will have retained its ability to see well in the dark so you will not run into the dresser on your way back to bed."

I question the real-life applicability of that. Etc.

Really reminds me of that other thread where the dude suggests a way to quickly take off your t-shirt as the expense of stretching it like crazy. Like really, is taking your t-shirt off so difficult and time consuming in the first place?

Anyway, I'll post my contribution as a so-called 'life-hack'.

I recently switched over to a new keyboard layout called Colemak that's far more efficient than the QWERTY model. Long story short, the QWERTY was designed to slow down typists as much as possible to avoid jamming the mechanical typewriter of the 1900s. This is a model designed for 21st century typing where we no longer have those mechanical constraints. The biggest change I noticed is the usefulness of having backspace in place of the caps lock key. This makes it a lot more comfortable from before, where you had to literally move your whole hand. The homerow has been optimized so that many words can be typed from it, as opposed to asdfghjkl; which can't create any words really.
Also, zxcvb have been kept in the same place so that all the useful Windows hotkeys have been preserved.

More info here:
www.colemak.com

http://colemak.com/wiki/images/8/80/Colemak_layout_2.png

[raygunpk]

one of those sites to go on if you're bored

[penner2k]

if your about to sneeze, press a finger onto the little dippy part between your nose and mouth (the middle). Press down on that and you won't have to sneeze!

Why would you actually want to stop yourself from sneezing?
Its not like your body just randomly causes you to sneeze. If you sneeze its for a reason.

[JordanLee]

I can't imagine how hard it'd be to get used to that keyboard. Let alone going to someones house or using a friends laptop for a couple mins.

[underscore]

-If you're about to put a condom on and you only have one left, blow into it to see which way it unravels. That way you won't get any sperm on the tip and won't get Jb from Boss Nightclub pregnant.

You guys can't tell by feel? on the outside you can feel the dip, on the inside it just rolls over smoothly. I've never had a problem with that haha.

I can't imagine how hard it'd be to get used to that keyboard. Let alone going to someones house or using a friends laptop for a couple mins.

considering I've spent about 14 years of my life typing with QWERTY, changing keyboard formats would be a massive PITA (though admittedly I don't type "properly" to begin with)

[DuhDang]

There's far too much shit out there masquerading as "life-hacks" that aren't very useful.

Like, olive oil on pasta to stop it from sticking? Any decent cook already knows that.

"-When you wake up in the middle of the night to do something, cover one eye with your hand and leave it there until you return to darkness. The eye that was covered will have retained its ability to see well in the dark so you will not run into the dresser on your way back to bed."

I question the real-life applicability of that. Etc.

Really reminds me of that other thread where the dude suggests a way to quickly take off your t-shirt as the expense of stretching it like crazy. Like really, is taking your t-shirt off so difficult and time consuming in the first place?

Anyway, I'll post my contribution as a so-called 'life-hack'.

I recently switched over to a new keyboard layout called Colemak that's far more efficient than the QWERTY model. Long story short, the QWERTY was designed to slow down typists as much as possible to avoid jamming the mechanical typewriter of the 1900s. This is a model designed for 21st century typing where we no longer have those mechanical constraints. The biggest change I noticed is the usefulness of having backspace in place of the caps lock key. This makes it a lot more comfortable from before, where you had to literally move your whole hand. The homerow has been optimized so that many words can be typed from it, as opposed to asdfghjkl; which can't create any words really.
Also, zxcvb have been kept in the same place so that all the useful Windows hotkeys have been preserved.

More info here:
www.colemak.com

http://colemak.com/wiki/images/8/80/Colemak_layout_2.png

Wow you must suck at typing because everyone I know has no problem with the qwerty style. I can type 160 wpm easily

[TOPEC]

is there any hacks to curing a headache fast?? lol

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is there any hacks to curing a headache fast?? lol

http://radar.oreilly.com/assets_c/2009/12/Tylenol%20Extra%20Strength-thumb-225x486.jpg

[cressydrift]

is there any hacks to curing a headache fast?? lol


Gatorade, then a glass of water, then get some fresh air.

[flagella]

Colemak whatever keyboard is the worst one ever rofl.

[TOPEC]

http://radar.oreilly.com/assets_c/2009/12/Tylenol%20Extra%20Strength-thumb-225x486.jpg

that shit doesnt work, i've tried almost all types of tylenol, it helps a bit but no dice. and no advil for me.

[- kT]

here's one for those of you who have trouble getting up in the morning

- When your alarm goes off, jump out of bed right away, splash some cold water in your face, jump back into bed and listen to the radio/some music. instead of waking up naturally (which takes years while you moan and groan about how tired you are), you get up and splash water on your face with the satisfaction in knowing that you'll be back in bed in a few seconds. then, when you're back in bed, the wake up naturally process is sped up due to the music and the water you splashed on your face

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also, these:

-The caffeine nap : caffeine takes ~15-20 minutes to kick in. If you are feeling really tired, drink a cup of coffee and then take a light, 15-20 minute nap. You will wake up incredibly refreshed and awake.

-If you have chest congestion, drum on your chest lightly but rapidly. Same thing goes for a dry or gooey throat; drum lightly but rapidly on your windpipe. Just drum for ~30s and then wait a minute or two for it to kick in. The effect will last 5-10 minutes before you start getting the feeling again. Repeat until you feel better.

-If you have to drive a very long distance, and you're worried about falling asleep at the wheel, get a huge bag of sun flower seeds. Put a handful at a time in your cheek and then one by one move them into your mouth, crack the shell, eat the kernel, and spit out the shell. The constant movement and focusing will keep you awake.

eddited the main post and added those

[OffSea]

A bunch of random shit I found on the *chans

http://members.optusnet.com.au/argyle85/index.html

[slammer111]

I recently switched over to a new keyboard layout called Colemak that's far more efficient than the QWERTY model. Long story short, the QWERTY was designed to slow down typists as much as possible to avoid jamming the mechanical typewriter of the 1900s. This is a model designed for 21st century typing where we no longer have those mechanical constraints. The biggest change I noticed is the usefulness of having backspace in place of the caps lock key. This makes it a lot more comfortable from before, where you had to literally move your whole hand. The homerow has been optimized so that many words can be typed from it, as opposed to asdfghjkl; which can't create any words really.
Also, zxcvb have been kept in the same place so that all the useful Windows hotkeys have been preserved.

More info here:
www.colemak.com

http://colemak.com/wiki/images/8/80/Colemak_layout_2.png

Just wondering, how much faster (WPM) are we talking? Also did you ever play with DVORAK as well? I've been tempted to try it out as well but I'm afraid it'll eventually mess up my QWERTY skills.

[LiquidTurbo]

Just wondering, how much faster (WPM) are we talking? Also did you ever play with DVORAK as well? I've been tempted to try it out as well but I'm afraid it'll eventually mess up my QWERTY skills.

I briefly considered Dvorak, but the remapping of a lot of the windows hotkeys is a pain. Without getting into too much details, Dvorak is a great layout for typewriters.

The initial learning curve is annoying for about 1-2weeks, but considering I'm going to be using a computer for pretty much the rest of my life, its a small investment.

Obviously when a new idea or a new way of doing something comes out the first thing to do is to dismiss it without even giving it any thought.

The biggest difference is the ergonomics and comfort. Fingers move a LOT less and most of the typing is focused on the homerow. I type at about 120wpm with Colemak and sit at 70wpm with QWERTY. I used to be at 100wpm qwerty. For me, the only keyboards I use are my laptop and computer at work. If I need to type on a regular keyboard then it's still fine, just a bit slower. On average, most people use just 2-3 computers on a regular basis.

[SkinnyPupp]

It's just so.. pointless.

[LiquidTurbo]

As pointless as covering one eye with your hand and leave it there until you return to darkness so you will not run into the dresser on your way back to bed? Sure.

Anyway, yes it's useless. Carry on.

[underscore]

^ I turn on the light...

[sleazyho]

I know my house well enough that I know where everything will pretty much be in the dark

[toyota86]

You can trick the traffic lights at intersections where there are left turn lanes and a dedicated left turn signal lights. if you see tar circles on the left turn lane, it indicates that there are sensors underneath. Every sensor is about half a car length. So, if there are 8 sensors, you would supposedly need 4 cars on queue to trigger the left turn light. However, you can usually make the light come on with only two cars. One car on the first two sensors and another car at the last two sensors.

[underscore]

^ get the passenger to hop out and hit the button if it's a light that almost never changes. I check for cars and jump out of my friends cars to go hit the button if it's late with no traffic.

[- kT]

^ get the passenger to hop out and hit the button if it's a light that almost never changes. I check for cars and jump out of my friends cars to go hit the button if it's late with no traffic.

he's talking about lights that have dedicated left turn signals, not just lights that don't change

also, with some lights, they go by the hour of the day (ie - rush hour)

[skyxx]

I don't care what keyboard it is. As long as it lets me type and search for porn I'm good!

[fishing666]

pee b4 masturbate

[Shun Izaki]

I briefly considered Dvorak, but the remapping of a lot of the windows hotkeys is a pain. Without getting into too much details, Dvorak is a great layout for typewriters.

The initial learning curve is annoying for about 1-2weeks, but considering I'm going to be using a computer for pretty much the rest of my life, its a small investment.

Obviously when a new idea or a new way of doing something comes out the first thing to do is to dismiss it without even giving it any thought.

The biggest difference is the ergonomics and comfort. Fingers move a LOT less and most of the typing is focused on the homerow. I type at about 120wpm with Colemak and sit at 70wpm with QWERTY. I used to be at 100wpm qwerty. For me, the only keyboards I use are my laptop and computer at work. If I need to type on a regular keyboard then it's still fine, just a bit slower. On average, most people use just 2-3 computers on a regular basis.

honestly, in the time you've sat there and re-mapped all your keys using whatever software/harware interfacer (assuming for every new keyboard you've used), you've not only made up the typing time from 100WPM to 70WPM, you've also pretty much gone ahead and saved yourself more hassel when the new OS's won't support what you're doing. Conformity, and learning to beat that conformity is what Computers should be about...

that being said, being IT, i can't possibly have any different... and the best keyboards ever are the sony laptops...

[underscore]

he's talking about lights that have dedicated left turn signals, not just lights that don't change

also, with some lights, they go by the hour of the day (ie - rush hour)

Yes I know, but that's a lot easier than trying to line up two cars.

[LiquidTurbo]

I wonder if a cop spots a car trying to cheat the advance green, if they'd pull it over..

[hk20000]

Here's a new trick for you. If you fart and it stinks real bad, you have to do a barrel roll to get rid of the smell.

























Happy April's fools day.

on the serious note this is how you get away from your fart fast, scientifically proven:
YouTube- Fart

[- kT]

Yes I know, but that's a lot easier than trying to line up two cars.

yeah, but i think what he means is this:
the left turn designated signal (at some lights) will only come on when there's lots of cars waiting to turn left. so getting out to push the button in this scenario isn't gonna trigger the left turn signal light, it'll just turn the light green

I wonder if a cop spots a car trying to cheat the advance green, if they'd pull it over..

i'm pretty sure there's no laws being broken

[underscore]

^ yes, but usually somewhere along the line of the light changing green, you should get a left turn arrow or at least a solid green for the left turn. There has always got to be a way for a single car to make a legal left turn at an intersection, otherwise you'd be there for hours. so it should just be a matter of speeding up the process.

[Zerius]

This is how i pull it off:

Stop infront of the last sensor, when another car drives by to turn behind you, wait till they stop and move to the first sensor. They usually catch on and stay put.

[Peturbo]

Anybody got a life hack for those insanely painful foot spazzes?
Only thing that helps me with it is pulling up my big toe to stretch it.
Less painful but still hurts like hell.

[- kT]

^ weird, i was actually digging for one a few days ago cause i had one and wanted to know how to get rid of it fast in the future

didn't come up with anything, but hopefully somebody else can find something

anyway, here's a few more
main post has been updated again

-Raw organic coconut oil is anti viral, anti microbial, anti fungal, you can use it inside and out. Also swishing it 15 minutes in your mouth and spitting it whitens your teeth

-If you live in a cold area, find a way to keep your room warm while you sleep. Breathing in cold air while you sleep is the easiest way to get sick.

-Tired of phone menus when you call in for something? Asterisk (*) and zero are the most common short-circuit buttons. Sometimes the pound sign (#).

-Your car battery is getting old, hmmm? Not a lot of cranking power left, and it's cold out. AND you have to fire that sucker up and be on your way at 3 a.m. Try this: before turning the key, turn the headlights on for a few seconds. It might seem counter-intuitive, but it works. This process is called "boot-strapping," as in "picking yourself up by the bootstraps." It warms the battery slightly and provides a bit more cranking amps for the initial starting attempt.

-Don't baby your car during the break in period. It is not bad to bring the engine to redline every now and then. It is actually good for the engine, proven by many people, that the engine seals expand much better when it is exposed the full range of what it is capable of. The thing you don't want to do is keep it under 3000 rpm during break-in, because I guarantee you that your piston rings wont seat evenly. Highway driving is bad for new cars, because usually you'll drive at a fixed RPM, which means again, the piston rings will not seal fully and you'll burn oil in the later days.

-Before you go to bed when you're drunk, chug a big glass of water and eat a banana. If you don't like bananas then take a pill with potassium, and eat a package of soda crakers. The big glass of water is going to wake you up in about 3 hours to go take a pee. When you pee, chug another glass of water. You should wake up after about 6-8 hours with no hangover, works incredibly well.

-Brush your tongue if you want your bad breath to go away. Not the front, way in the back. If you want to eat spicy foods but are a total wuss, do not let the hot part of the food touch the rear sides of your tongue because that is where the tastebuds that detect spiciness reside.

-When you blow your nose, keep your mouth open a bit. You can actually pop (as in, put a hole in) your eardrum if you do not.

-Do not shake nail polish before applying them, doing so makes air bubbles appear. Roll them gently in your hands instead.

-There's a color code subtly incorporated through the bread tie to tell when a loaf of bread was baked. The color of the tie represents the day on which the bread was baked:

++ Monday - blue
++ Tuesday - green
++ Thursday - red
++ Friday - white
++ Saturday - yellow

-When microwaving leftover pizza, it tastes best if you wrap the slice in a damp paper towel.

-Running is bad for your knees over a long period of time. Biking is better.

-To stop a coughing fit (when you swallow liquid): breathe in deeply and hold your breathe for ten seconds, then you should feel ready to make one good cough to clear your throat. Breathe in and out slowly until the spasm passes.

-If you ever feel sick to your stomach, suck on an orange peel. The acid will reduce the sick feeling.

-To clear your sinuses, eat a lot of wasabi. It will hurt tons, but your sinuses clear almost instantaneously.

-Use warm water to brush your teeth, it softens the bristles so you can have an easier time massaging the gumline. Then rinse with cold water, which refreshes and makes everything contract back up.

-If you or someone you know gets mugged, has their purse snatched, whatever, if you look around in dumpsters and trash cans within the next block or two you'll probably find the wallet/purse. It won't have any cash in it (and maybe not any credit cards), but at least you won't have to replace your driver's license, ID cards, library cards, whatever, which is 99% of the pain in the neck about being robbed (aside from the victimization thing).

-High school teachers are pretty wise to whole "increase font size" or "increase margins" thing, but none of them seem to get the whole "increase space between letters ever so slightly, making the paper pages longer" thing.

-If you ever spill red wine on light carpet, shaving cream will get the stain out pretty well.

-Lemons can be used for a lot of things. Make shoes look like new, get rid of coffee/tea stains on old mugs, rust (put a lemon drenched cotton ball on the rust spot overnight), polish copperware, etc.

-Super cleaning, sticker removal, stain removal and more! -- Lighter Fluid, the kind you put in your zippo. Its a great solvent, it cleans plastics, melts the glue on stickers and always evaporates away to nothing. It's good at getting tar and oil out of clothes, and its a great degreaser for mechanical stuff. Its also cheap. Brilliant for taking the price tags off gifts, even book covers.

-Toothpaste will take scratches out of CDs. Buff from the centre outward with a clean, soft cloth or sock. Only regular toothpaste, not the gelly kind.

-When putting in an earring, or any ring for that matter, instead of poking at your ear with the stud, lick your thumb and index finger, or wet them with water, wet where the hole is, and put the stud in. It'll open up the hole so you're not fiddling around at it with the stud.


long ass read, but i basically took the best tips i've been finding, and it's definitely worth the read

[SkinnyPupp]

How the fuck can you blow your nose with your mouth open?

[- kT]

How the fuck can you blow your nose with your mouth open?

how can't you =\

[SkinnyPupp]

If you open your mouth, the breath with exhale from there rather than the nose, which makes "blowing your nose" into "breathing out of your mouth"

[- kT]

If you open your mouth, the breath with exhale from there rather than the nose, which makes "blowing your nose" into "breathing out of your mouth"

just try it
if you don't need to blow your nose, just try opening your mouth and breathing out with your nose
works fine

[SkinnyPupp]

If you need to blow your nose, it means it's blocked up by snot. It will be impossible to get rid of it with your mouth open... Why are you even arguing this? Why am I? :lol I'll just bust out the fails instead.

[moomooCow]

This is how i pull it off:

Stop infront of the last sensor, when another car drives by to turn behind you, wait till they stop and move to the first sensor. They usually catch on and stay put.

That's what I do too. Also, from my experience, you have to get on top of the sensors before the perpendicular light changes to yellow in order to activate cheats!

-If you find yourself hitting every red during day time, try and get to the front of the line, then if you accel to ~65 at normal pace and keep at it, you'll be able to make the next light. :thumbsup: Not sure if it applies outside of Vancouver

-At night ( I'm not sure when it starts ) on 49th, crossing Knight Street, that light is controlled solely by the sensor so if you have a car infront of you, let him get ahead of you about half a block? and have him activate the light so that when you get there it'll be green :thumbsup:. Else if you notice on coming traffic heading to the light, just time it so they get to the sensor first. Off the top of my head, I'd say it takes about 10 seconds for the light to change ( granted that it did not just turn red for you. )

[- kT]

If you need to blow your nose, it means it's blocked up by snot. It will be impossible to get rid of it with your mouth open... Why are you even arguing this? Why am I? :lol I'll just bust out the fails instead.

i'm arguing this because i'm sick atm (with a stuffy nose) and after reading your post, i tried blowing my nose and i could do it just fine

i'd throw some fails your way, but it seems like you've disabled fails on your posts or something, since you've been failed 0 times in 0 posts

[SkinnyPupp]

You'd be wrong anyway, so no reason to bother trying ;)

I don't know anyone who has blown out their eardrums by not opening their mouth when blowing.. But if you want to insist on it, go for it :thumbsup:

[LiquidTurbo]

-Don't baby your car during the break in period. It is not bad to bring the engine to redline every now and then. It is actually good for the engine, proven by many people, that the engine seals expand much better when it is exposed the full range of what it is capable of. The thing you don't want to do is keep it under 3000 rpm during break-in, because I guarantee you that your piston rings wont seat evenly. Highway driving is bad for new cars, because usually you'll drive at a fixed RPM, which means again, the piston rings will not seal fully and you'll burn oil in the later days.


Thanks. I guess you know more than the engineers who designed my car!

[- kT]

Keep in mind, these are just tips i've found online, and aren't written by me

I just found them helpful, if you don't like em, the exit button is just a click away

[TOPEC]

How the fuck can you blow your nose with your mouth open?

how can't you =\

If you open your mouth, the breath with exhale from there rather than the nose, which makes "blowing your nose" into "breathing out of your mouth"

If you need to blow your nose, it means it's blocked up by snot. It will be impossible to get rid of it with your mouth open... Why are you even arguing this? Why am I? :lol I'll just bust out the fails instead.

i'm arguing this because i'm sick atm (with a stuffy nose) and after reading your post, i tried blowing my nose and i could do it just fine

i'd throw some fails your way, but it seems like you've disabled fails on your posts or something, since you've been failed 0 times in 0 posts

You'd be wrong anyway, so no reason to bother trying ;)

I don't know anyone who has blown out their eardrums by not opening their mouth when blowing.. But if you want to insist on it, go for it :thumbsup:

it actually works, just try breathing through ur nose with ur mouth open.
it's weird but it works. no BS.

[underscore]

^ but only if you block the back of your mouth with your tongue. which is the same damn thing as closing your mouth. when you actually pay attention, if you think about using your nose with your mouth open and tongue out, your body still blocks off the back of your mouth, you should be able to feel this. I just tested all this and I get way less "nose pressure" when I'm sitting like an idiot with my mouth open and tongue out.

So in the end, it's all the same damn thing as you are not going to blow out your eardrums by blowing your nose.

[OTG-ZR2]

Originally Posted by - kT
-Don't baby your car during the break in period. It is not bad to bring the engine to redline every now and then. It is actually good for the engine, proven by many people, that the engine seals expand much better when it is exposed the full range of what it is capable of. The thing you don't want to do is keep it under 3000 rpm during break-in, because I guarantee you that your piston rings wont seat evenly. Highway driving is bad for new cars, because usually you'll drive at a fixed RPM, which means again, the piston rings will not seal fully and you'll burn oil in the later days.

This is very true, at break in period the con rods stretch ever so slightly. This means piston moves towards head a tiny bit more (.001-.004). If the con rod is not fully stretched once the motor is broken in, there is a chance the upper piston ring will break at high RPM's because of colliding with the TDC wear groove left by the piston.

[The_AK]

You'd be wrong anyway, so no reason to bother trying ;)

I don't know anyone who has blown out their eardrums by not opening their mouth when blowing.. But if you want to insist on it, go for it :thumbsup:

Take a deep breath, close your mouth, plug your nose, and try to breathe out of your nose.

As for keeping your mouth open when exhailing, try clenching your teeth and breathing out of your nostrils, then try to breath out fast = Blowing your nose

[MaximalLazy]

Take a deep breath, close your mouth, plug your nose, and try to breathe out of your nose.

As for keeping your mouth open when exhailing, try clenching your teeth and breathing out of your nostrils, then try to breath out fast = Blowing your nose

As underscore says, your tongue will still block the passage, therefore it's the same as closing of the mouth.

[SkinnyPupp]

^^^ EXACTLY. Just because your LIPS are parted, doesn't mean you MOUTH IS CLOSED. God damn you guys can be retarded sometimes.

So whether you are making the "MMMMMM" sound (mouth closed with lips) or "NNNN" sound (mouth closed with tip of tongue) or "NG" sound (mouth closed with back of tongue), it's all the same damn thing. You can't blow your nose without doing one of those, and that means your mouth is closed. And you can't pop your fucking eardrums blowing your nose, unless you are retarded.

This thread is already stupid using the stupid "lifehacks" term I hate so much, now it's totally retarded with dumb advice about blowing your nose with your mouth open, and ruining your car during the break-in period.

[ajax]

Thanks for the tips! Some users may actually appreciate them unlike a certain member who hates anything that isn't his way with extreme bias.
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[FiveDime]

here's a life hack for you guys.

Leaving the oven door open after your finished baking w/e. Free Heat ftw!

[SkinnyPupp]

Thanks for the tips! Some users may actually appreciate them unlike a certain member who hates anything that isn't his way with extreme bias.
Posted via RS Mobile (http://www.revscene.net/forums/announcement.php?a=228)
You're right, I have a strong bias against idiocy. Go ahead and blow your nose with your mouth open. Otherwise, your eardrums may explode!

I guess it doesn't matter though, because 2012 is right around the corner...

[weitaro]

Take a deep breath, close your mouth, plug your nose, and try to breathe out of your nose.

As for keeping your mouth open when exhailing, try clenching your teeth and breathing out of your nostrils, then try to breath out fast = Blowing your nose

nevermind..

[shenmecar]

- Milk is good to cure a flaming mouth (due to spicy food)

[underscore]

I tried breathing out really fast with both nose and mouth..and it works.

definitely doable

the instant you try to have air flow through your nose, the back of your mouth blocks off your mouth to force the air pressure to flow out your nose.

YOU CAN'T BREATHE/BLOW OUT YOUR NOSE WITH YOUR MOUTH *ACTUALLY* OPEN

fuck...

[- kT]

- Milk is good to cure a flaming mouth (due to spicy food)

to add onto this, drinking water when your mouth is burning up is counter productive, as it actually spreads the spiciness around your mouth, making it worse

[hk20000]

if the only thing available to you is water when your mouth is burning, drink it and keep it in your mouth cavity for a while before swallowing helps. Repeat the process and gradually the spice is lifted off the tongue.

[DuhDang]

The eardrum blowing up from sneezing is not about opening your mouth. Have you seen people try to sneeze silent. That can cause some damage.

[fishing666]

skinnypupp, what is your connection to revscene that makes you a moderator?

[- kT]

The eardrum blowing up from sneezing is not about opening your mouth. Have you seen people try to sneeze silent. That can cause some damage.

as well, one of the things that is advised that you don't do when you have a ruptured eardrum is blow your nose (i can provide sources if needed)

because i can't find any link between blowing your nose and rupturing your ear drum (aside from furthering the damage), i'm going to go ahead and assume it's a myth. i don't check every single one of my facts before i go ahead and post them, so if you see one that you know isn't true, just post a comment and i'll remove it

like i said, i'm just getting these online, not throwing them out at the top of my head

[underscore]

^ exactly. it does put pressure on it, but not enough to make it blow on its own.

[The_AK]

^^^ EXACTLY. Just because your LIPS are parted, doesn't mean you MOUTH IS CLOSED. God damn you guys can be retarded sometimes.

So whether you are making the "MMMMMM" sound (mouth closed with lips) or "NNNN" sound (mouth closed with tip of tongue) or "NG" sound (mouth closed with back of tongue), it's all the same damn thing. You can't blow your nose without doing one of those, and that means your mouth is closed. And you can't pop your fucking eardrums blowing your nose, unless you are retarded.

This thread is already stupid using the stupid "lifehacks" term I hate so much, now it's totally retarded with dumb advice about blowing your nose with your mouth open, and ruining your car during the break-in period.

So next time you go swimming, part your lips. Should be fine since your mouth should still be closed.

[LiquidTurbo]

skinnypupp, what is your connection to revscene that makes you a moderator?

Dude, that's the worst lifehack tip yet.

[tiger_handheld]

skinnypupp, what is your connection to revscene that makes you a moderator?

clearly you have not seen the improvements the pupp makes. As much of a nazi he is - he does implement some cool shit. its a love hate thing i guess.

[SkinnyPupp]

So next time you go swimming, part your lips. Should be fine since your mouth should still be closed.
As long as your tongue keeps your mouth closed, you are correct. For once in this thread (unfortunately you were trying to be sarcastic... fail)

[ajax]

You're right, I have a strong bias against idiocy. Go ahead and blow your nose with your mouth open. Otherwise, your eardrums may explode!

I guess it doesn't matter though, because 2012 is right around the corner...

Could you tell me exactly where I agreed with the eardrums exploding?

[The_AK]

As long as your tongue keeps your mouth closed, you are correct. For once in this thread (unfortunately you were trying to be sarcastic... fail)

Thats a pretty bad LifeHack :\

[FN-2199]

Why would you actually want to stop yourself from sneezing?
Its not like your body just randomly causes you to sneeze. If you sneeze its for a reason.

Well, what if you were at a funeral while somebody is making a sentimental speech?

Are you just going to let it loose?

What if you're taking a piss?

Are you going to unleash your sneeze and risk pissing like dog everywhere?

[- kT]

a few more good ones

-Measure your hand from your fingertips to palm and memorize it. Now you can judge the size of anything without a ruler. I've used this my whole life to estimate distances of all kinds of things. Also pick a finger that is pretty close to 1cm or a joint close to 1 inch and remember which is which. You will never need a ruler to estimate again.

-Sore throat or canker sore? Gargling with salt water works wonders for both. Putting salt directly onto the canker sore usually kills it by the next day, at the expense of a short period of immense, agonizing pain.

-Upon waking, drink at least 500ml of water. You are most dehydrated after your done sleeping and it immediately starts your metabolism/bowel movements.

[FN-2199]

a few more good ones

-Measure your hand from your fingertips to palm and memorize it. Now you can judge the size of anything without a ruler. I've used this my whole life to estimate distances of all kinds of things. Also pick a finger that is pretty close to 1cm or a joint close to 1 inch and remember which is which. You will never need a ruler to estimate again.


An even better one for bigger measurements:

An average person's foot size is about 10 inches, so measure your foot size and add on a few inches to make 12 inches (1 foot). Estimating bigger distances made easy!

[- kT]

An even better one for bigger measurements:

An average person's foot size is about 10 inches, so measure your foot size and add on a few inches to make 12 inches (1 foot). Estimating bigger distances made easy!

harder to measure with feet then with hands :p

[Greenstoner]

harder to measure with feet then with hands :p

just measure your shoe size for the big stuff, simple
disregard the inches

[FN-2199]

harder to measure with feet then with hands :p

Note that I said "bigger measurements."

I wouldn't want to be measuring how big a room is with my hands :p

[- kT]

Note that I said "bigger measurements."

I wouldn't want to be measuring how big a room is with my hands :p

must've missed that :p

well for the small, everyday measurements, the hand trick works wonders
for bigger measurements using your feet/your shoe should probably be just as good

[The_AK]

http://i41.tinypic.com/2aietyg.jpg

[seakrait]

^^^ i wonder how many flies it would actually take to lift one of those matches. you know, if they survive the freezing process.

[Walperstyle]

The whole 'brainfreeze' and other headaches are actually from your stomach/digestive track.

Its a common mis-conception that a headache is actually your head. 90% of the time it can be fixed by taking a shit, or by eating something different to mix with the substance.

This is also why you have a Hangover. Its the poison in your digestive track. Ever have the beer shits? Feel better afterward? Usually the water does help, but by then its on its way out anyway. Water just helps fill your system afterward, but eating some food is always better. Keep eating and drinking until it stays down.

The most immediate headache is the 'brainfreeze'. A cold subject landing in ones stomach sends immediate pain to the head. Unlike drinking booze, this is very quick, and often can be cured by drinking warm fluids, or eating something warm.


This is my 2 cents. My aunt had horrible migrane headaches that she would always go take some t3's. After 40 years of this, I get her to keep track of what she eats, and it turns out it was something in her diet. PROBLEM SOLVED.

disclaimer: my fiance has some bad headaches too, but in her situation, there is a small brain tumor. SO, Go get a MRI every few years just to be safe and catch things early!!!

[Walperstyle]

Just wondering, how much faster (WPM) are we talking? Also did you ever play with DVORAK as well? I've been tempted to try it out as well but I'm afraid it'll eventually mess up my QWERTY skills.

Dont do it if you are any good at typing without looking at the keys. I can do about 90wpm now, and I wont dare try something different. ...better to just learn a new language.

[simsimi1004]

The whole 'brainfreeze' and other headaches are actually from your stomach/digestive track.

Its a common mis-conception that a headache is actually your head. 90% of the time it can be fixed by taking a shit, or by eating something different to mix with the substance.

This is also why you have a Hangover. Its the poison in your digestive track. Ever have the beer shits? Feel better afterward? Usually the water does help, but by then its on its way out anyway. Water just helps fill your system afterward, but eating some food is always better. Keep eating and drinking until it stays down.

The most immediate headache is the 'brainfreeze'. A cold subject landing in ones stomach sends immediate pain to the head. Unlike drinking booze, this is very quick, and often can be cured by drinking warm fluids, or eating something warm.


This is my 2 cents. My aunt had horrible migrane headaches that she would always go take some t3's. After 40 years of this, I get her to keep track of what she eats, and it turns out it was something in her diet. PROBLEM SOLVED.

disclaimer: my fiance has some bad headaches too, but in her situation, there is a small brain tumor. SO, Go get a MRI every few years just to be safe and catch things early!!!

brainfreeze has to do with bloodvessels in the roof of mouth, not your stomach. a lifehack for it would be to put something warm in contact with your rooftop whether that be a thumb,warm drink, etc.

[Walperstyle]

Not saying you are wrong, but the 40+ people I've 'cured' might disagree with you. Each person is different.

You can go take a mouth full of ice cream right now and swollow it. It happens when it gets down past your throat. At least with everyone I've talked to. The pushing your tongue up to the roof of your mouth shuts off the air, and helps your body warm up the passage way.

I dont know about you, but i can hold ice in my mouth (and at the back of the throat, its kind of hard but I can, no I dont suck dick) without getting a headache/brainfreeze.

edit: I just did it again because I doubted myself.

[TekDragon]

is there any hacks to curing a headache fast?? lol

Just above the little bit of webbing between your thumb and index is a meaty part of your hand. Pinch the meaty part, and you will feel pain. You're squeezing on a nerve. However, you will relieve the headache. Push as hard as you feel comfortable.

[TOPEC]

The whole 'brainfreeze' and other headaches are actually from your stomach/digestive track.

Its a common mis-conception that a headache is actually your head. 90% of the time it can be fixed by taking a shit, or by eating something different to mix with the substance.

This is also why you have a Hangover. Its the poison in your digestive track. Ever have the beer shits? Feel better afterward? Usually the water does help, but by then its on its way out anyway. Water just helps fill your system afterward, but eating some food is always better. Keep eating and drinking until it stays down.

The most immediate headache is the 'brainfreeze'. A cold subject landing in ones stomach sends immediate pain to the head. Unlike drinking booze, this is very quick, and often can be cured by drinking warm fluids, or eating something warm.


r u serious? LOLOL

[TOPEC]

Just above the little bit of webbing between your thumb and index is a meaty part of your hand. Pinch the meaty part, and you will feel pain. You're squeezing on a nerve. However, you will relieve the headache. Push as hard as you feel comfortable.

i'll keep that in mind and see if it works.

[ForbiddenX]

Not sure if this has been posted but if you want fresh fries from mcdonalds or other fast food joints try this:

Ask for UNSALTED fries! They have to take out all the old fries, clean out the thing where they salt the fries and then fry a new batch of fries just for you!

After that go back and ask for some salt packets.

It works ;)

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

interestn

[jtanner_]

Definitely a cool thread.. good read!

[- kT]

Not sure if this has been posted but if you want fresh fries from mcdonalds or other fast food joints try this:

Ask for UNSALTED fries! They have to take out all the old fries, clean out the thing where they salt the fries and then fry a new batch of fries just for you!

After that go back and ask for some salt packets.

It works ;)

at some places (especially if you know a person or two working at the Mcdonalds) you can just ask for fresh whatever (i ask for a fresh fish patty thing when i order filet-o-fish's at some places) and they'll just make one fresh for you instead of just pulling it out of the heatpad thing they keep all their food

[simsimi1004]

dont know abotu the burgers but the mcdonalds fries are usually fresh cuz of their quick turnover.

[Leparto]

If you need to blow your nose, it means it's blocked up by snot. It will be impossible to get rid of it with your mouth open... Why are you even arguing this? Why am I? :lol I'll just bust out the fails instead.

Your posts make you sound stupider and stupider. If you would stop being so ignorant and actually read the posts of the people that are trying to help you understand how to blow your nose with your mouth open, you would know how easy it is to blow your nose with your mouth open.

Reading your posts made my quota of the day encountering atleast 1 idiot everyday. thank you sir.

[OTG-ZR2]

WHOPPER WEDNESDAY life hack:

Order a custom whopper and they will make it fresh!!!! rather than have the one already sitting there for 20 min :thumbsup:

[underscore]

^ that works better on the other days of the week, on Whopper Wednesday they're moving pretty fast

Your posts make you sound stupider and stupider. If you would stop being so ignorant and actually read the posts of the people that are trying to help you understand how to blow your nose with your mouth open, you would know how easy it is to blow your nose with your mouth open.

Reading your posts made my quota of the day encountering atleast 1 idiot everyday. thank you sir.

people are still going on about blowing your nose with your mouth open? fuck some of you are dumb...IT DOESN'T WORK. do you understand anything about air pressure?

[b0unce. [?]]

want free food at a drive thru?
here's how!

drive thru's that have 2 order windows
pull up to the window
have a car behind
when you pull up the menu/ordering speaker machine just ask for like water/napkins or w/e - basically dont order anything.
stay in line and pull up to the first window and say you forgot your wallet or something
pull up to the 2nd window - now the 2nd window wont know you didnt order any food or spoke to the person at the FIRST window so they are gonna hand you the people's food that belongs to car behind you.

edit: first window is usually pay window, second window is pick up window

[guddagudd]

Won't the second window ask for money though? Sorry, maybe I am just not reading it correctly, can someone clarify this?

[- kT]

;7013095']want free food at a drive thru?
here's how!

drive thru's that have 2 order windows
pull up to the window
have a car behind
when you pull up the menu/ordering speaker machine just ask for like water/napkins or w/e - basically dont order anything.
stay in line and pull up to the first window and say you forgot your wallet or something
pull up to the 2nd window - now the 2nd window wont know you didnt order any food or spoke to the person at the FIRST window so they are gonna hand you the people's food that belongs to car behind you.

edit: first window is usually pay window, second window is pick up window

generally the people who speak to you at the microphone at the beginning of the drive thru is the person working the drive thru

so when you pull up to the first/second window, they'll just hand you your cup of water/napkins since they'll likely remember that one person didn't place an order for anything worth money

i've heard about this trick a lot of times, but there's a lot of variables in place for you to actually be able to pull this off (2 drive through windows, that have to be unconnected because the person at the second window will hear what you said to the person at the first window, the person taking your order can't be working the drive through, the drive through people just generally have to be sorta dumb, etc)

[SkinnyPupp]

;7013095']want free food at a drive thru?
here's how!

drive thru's that have 2 order windows
pull up to the window
have a car behind
when you pull up the menu/ordering speaker machine just ask for like water/napkins or w/e - basically dont order anything.
stay in line and pull up to the first window and say you forgot your wallet or something
pull up to the 2nd window - now the 2nd window wont know you didnt order any food or spoke to the person at the FIRST window so they are gonna hand you the people's food that belongs to car behind you.

edit: first window is usually pay window, second window is pick up window
You should get points for making such a dumb post

[Valour]

If you acquire goods with names like Prada, Gucci, LV and Feragamo for a girl ... as long as the value is over $1K... they will touch your penis!

[TOPEC]

If you acquire goods with names like Prada, Gucci, LV and Feragamo for a girl ... as long as the value is over $1K... they will touch your penis!

if u get a minor chick, buy her a prada bag and all will be good.

[mc.]

You can just ask when your ordering to make all your meat fresh, and tell them you dont mind waiting. And when you get your food and its not fresh, just fucking complain and they will fix it for you.

[guddagudd]

I hate hiccups and I am sure a lot of people are with me on this, and one thing that works for me is to press down the middle of the palm with the other hand's thumbnail (doesn't matter which hand you press down on). I am not sure how many other people it might work on lol.

[woob]

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/02/how-to-drastically-increase-the-life-of-your-shaver-razor-blade-cartridges-or-disposable-razors/

Today I found out how to drastically increase the life of your shaver razor blades, such as Gillette or Schick Brand razors. This trick is incredibly simple and just as incredibly affective. It will also save you a nice chunk of change over time and make all your dreams come true…

For instance, Gillette Fusion Brand razor cartridge sets typically will run you about $27 per set of 12, which will typically only last you a few months and less if you actually go by their expiration “strip” in determining when the cartridge needs replaced. With the below method, I have now gone about eight months using the exact same cartridge and the blades on the cartridge are as sharp as when I first popped the cartridge on.

I have no idea how long this will keep up, but now a package of 12 cartridges is apparently going to last me at least 12 years or more. This is a savings of around $70 a year over my previous expenditures on these cartridges; so then a savings of close to $840 over the course of 12 years or so and possibly will last more years depending on how long these things will stay sharp with the below method (I haven’t yet found the upper limit).

You could then use this $840 to buy $840 worth of bacon, which should of course make all your dreams come true, assuming your dreams are all bacon related; which lets face it, who’s aren’t???


Materials Needed:
- Pair of Jeans (old or new, it doesn’t matter; just needs to have one of the pant legs in tact)
- Shaver like Gillette or Schick Brand razors or other disposable razors.


Before or after you shave (I prefer before so that the blades are dry), place your jeans on a hard flat surface; then run the razor up the pant legs about 10-15 times quickly; then repeat running it down the pant legs 10-15 times quickly. No need to press that hard, but a little pressure is necessary. In both instances, you want to point the top of the razor in the direction you are rubbing the shaver on the pants. In other words, don’t “shave” the pants; point the razor the other way, so that the blades glide over the surface of the jeans and don’t try to cut them.

The threads on the jeans then will very effectively both fix any tiny bends in the blades that inevitably happen and will also sharpen the blades on your shaver cartidge. For an already dull blade, you can sharpen it up pretty effectively by doing 50-100 swipes both ways to get it back up to “like new” condition, but only 10-15 times swiped both ways should be necessary to maintain sharpness.

Pro-tip: rather than always having to grab a pair of jeans to do this with, I just cut the pant leg off some old jeans I was throwing away and put it in the same drawer as my Gillette shaver. The same pant leg has so far sharpened the blades on my shaver cartidge quite well for going on eight months now.

Source:
I found this on a tutorial somewhere on the good ol’ Internet about eight months ago, but can’t seem to find it now; instead in my search to find where I originally saw this, my results are always coming up with how to sharpen the old barber shop style straight edge razor blades.

[- kT]

wow half a year old bump

i found a pretty funny lifehack the other day. thought it was clever if nothing else

basically if you forget someones name (especially a girl), you ask them for their name. they'll probably be offended and then tell you. then you say "oh i meant your last name"

it's a pretty old thing but just incase some of you didn't know it already. my friends thought it was pretty funny and clever cause they hadn't thought of it

[hchang]

wow half a year old bump

i found a pretty funny lifehack the other day. thought it was clever if nothing else

basically if you forget someones name (especially a girl), you ask them for their name. they'll probably be offended and then tell you. then you say "oh i meant your last name"

it's a pretty old thing but just incase some of you didn't know it already. my friends thought it was pretty funny and clever cause they hadn't thought of it

That's so simple yet I've never thought of it.

Thank you!

[- kT]

That's so simple yet I've never thought of it.

Thank you!

yeah it's surprising. before i thought of this i just pussied my way around it and asked my friends or something because i forgot

[LiquidTurbo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBJV56WUDng

[Jegz]

^ hacks

[sonick]

lol @ idiots who don't get the opening your mouth when you blow your nose and those who argued that it is pointless.

Yes, when you are blowing your nose, air does not escape your mouth. However, if you blow too hard and the pressure gets too high in your sinuses, your tongue/soft palate will relax to before your eardrums break, so the air escapes through your mouth instead of out your eardurms. It's like a safety valve.

[ilvtofu]

Always peeled my bananas that way only problem is it leaves u with a really dirty brown tip when you first bite into it. Often I just throw it on the ground or ignore it and eat it, but the textures different

[SkinnyPupp]

Here's one for ya: If you put deodorant in your ass, when you fart it smells like deodorant instead of fart :thumbsup:

[TOPEC]

^yea well after shoving the deodorant up ur ass r u still gonna shove it up ur arm pit?
Posted via RS Mobile (http://www.revscene.net/forums/announcement.php?a=228)

[gdoh]

^one for your ass and one for armpit, problem solved =]

[FN-2199]

Here's one for ya: If you put deodorant in your ass, when you fart it smells like deodorant instead of fart :thumbsup:

:facepalm:

[Jsunu]

^one for your ass and one for armpit, problem solved =]

Im just laughing at the fact that some one will have to buy deordorant just for the ass.

[LiquidTurbo]

Here's one for ya: If you put deodorant in your ass, when you fart it smells like deodorant instead of fart :thumbsup:

:speechless::failed:

[LiquidTurbo]

Ass deodorant could really sell if marketed properly IMO.

[Culverin]

Not if anything has to be inserted.
Even the best marketing team in the world couldn't make the public think "gggaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyy"


Now activated carbon filter pant liners?
That could really take off!

Kinda like a maxi pad that you just tape to the inside of your jeans.
1 less thing to fret about on a hot first date.

[ilvtofu]

^You'd still hear it with a filter...

[GLOW]

Ass deodorant could really sell if marketed properly IMO.

i agree. especially when a coworker told me that anal bleaching was appearantly a high demand business in vancouver. i'm sure those same ppl getting it would like to have their farts smell like potpourri as well.

[Jegz]

It would be a delight farting everyday

[Greenstoner]

Whether you've lost the key to your own suitcase and need to get it open in a hurry or you're trying to plant some contraband in your dodgy roommate's bag, this clever hack has to be seen to be believed.

Watch the video above to see how a pen can be turned into a suitcase cracking tool. In the demonstration they use a ballpoint pen to exert pressure on the zipper of a suitcase. The pressure causes the teeth to separate, effectively opening the suitcase.

The secret sauce in this hack of dubious ethics, however, isn't the pen (you could always slice a suitcase open with a knife if you wanted in that badly after all) but in the zipper mechanism itself. Zippers are self healing and if you run the zipper pull (still securely locked to the other pull, we might add) along the zipper track you'll reseal the suitcase as though you were never there.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf-DGKUNffI&feature=player_embedded#

[LiquidTurbo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uONg5voLxo

[SkinnyPupp]

Wow, shaved 3 seconds off my day, thanks!

[- kT]

Wow, shaved 3 seconds off my day, thanks!

i don't understand why you keep coming in here if you hate this thread and it's content so much

[Blinky]

i don't understand why you keep coming in here if you hate this thread and it's content so much

Well, if you need 3 entire seconds to tie your shoelaces you clearly need all the help you can get. :fullofwin:

[SkinnyPupp]

i don't understand why you keep coming in here if you hate this thread and it's content so much
I just want to see the latest fails :fullofwin:
Well, if you need 3 entire seconds to tie your shoelaces you clearly need all the help you can get. :fullofwin:
1.5 seconds per shoe, sorry if I'm not a pro lacer like you :fullofwin:

Or do you just suck at teh maths? :fullofwin:

[Xnova86]

lol what a jerk

[geeknerd]

I just want to see the latest fails :fullofwin:

1.5 seconds per shoe, sorry if I'm not a pro lacer like you :fullofwin:

Or do you just suck at teh maths? :fullofwin:

failed Blinky after seeing this :fullofwin: comeback post

[corollagtSr5]

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/02/how-to-drastically-increase-the-life-of-your-shaver-razor-blade-cartridges-or-disposable-razors/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ADaRIqy0Dc

[LiquidTurbo]

Wow, shaved 3 seconds off my day, thanks!

Well, after a month you will have an extra 1m30s. :fullofwin:

[geeknerd]

^ jeans work better

[geeknerd]

for resharpeninig blades, jeans work better

[SkinnyPupp]

for resharpeninig blades, jeans work better
Now that is a useful post! Will try next time

Although I don't know if I'd want to use the same blade for a year... Guess you'd have to disinfect it instead of replace it

[insomniac]

buuuuuuuuuuuuuump

100 life hacks right here :D
http://i.imgur.com/52QXa.jpg

[gdoh]

contribooting

[spades]

(taken from lifehacker.com)

Step one:
Order your popcorn, and if you really don’t give a fuck, some chocolate based candy. For the sake of this tutorial, I’ve selected peanut M&Ms. Warning: Don’t get Raisinets. They’re a disgusting abomination and you’re a terrible person if you like them. Keep your fruit out of my candy.
http://www.chicagogluttons.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/order_popcorn_and_chocolate_based_candy1-715x953.jpg

Actual retail price: $65.00

Step two:
Procede to the butter station and get ready to amaze your friends and get dropped from your health insurance. The key here is to grab a straw (or a few) and insert it at least halfway into the bag.
http://www.chicagogluttons.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/butter_application_tactic_expert_2-715x536.jpg


Resist the urge to take a bump.

Step three:
Now, carefully place the exposed tip directly underneath the butter nozzle and drain that shit.(pause?)
http://www.chicagogluttons.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/butter_application_tactic_expert_3-715x953.jpg


I can't believe it works!



Repeat at a different depths until the theater manager asks you to leave, or you’re until your void of self esteem.
http://www.chicagogluttons.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/butter_application_tactic_expert_5-715x536.jpg

The shit should look like a disco ball.

Step four:
Dump the chocolate covered candy in that mf’er and jam some pieces deep with the butter straw. The occasional butter covered M&M will really cut the saltiness and enable you to pound down more popcorn.
http://www.chicagogluttons.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/complete_butter_mm_sprinkles-715x536.jpg

[K-Dub]

^ ...how is that a life hack?

[ShadowBun]

buuuuuuuuuuuuuump

100 life hacks right here :D
http://i.imgur.com/52QXa.jpg

101 should tell me where to get some eye droppers cuz after reading them it killed my eyes

[jonwon]

(taken from lifehacker.com)

Step one:
Order your popcorn, and if you really don’t give a fuck, some chocolate based candy. For the sake of this tutorial, I’ve selected peanut M&Ms. Warning: Don’t get Raisinets. They’re a disgusting abomination and you’re a terrible person if you like them. Keep your fruit out of my candy.
http://www.chicagogluttons.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/order_popcorn_and_chocolate_based_candy1-715x953.jpg

Actual retail price: $65.00

Step two:
Procede to the butter station and get ready to amaze your friends and get dropped from your health insurance. The key here is to grab a straw (or a few) and insert it at least halfway into the bag.
http://www.chicagogluttons.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/butter_application_tactic_expert_2-715x536.jpg


Resist the urge to take a bump.

Step three:
Now, carefully place the exposed tip directly underneath the butter nozzle and drain that shit.(pause?)
http://www.chicagogluttons.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/butter_application_tactic_expert_3-715x953.jpg


I can't believe it works!



Repeat at a different depths until the theater manager asks you to leave, or you’re until your void of self esteem.
http://www.chicagogluttons.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/butter_application_tactic_expert_5-715x536.jpg

The shit should look like a disco ball.

Step four:
Dump the chocolate covered candy in that mf’er and jam some pieces deep with the butter straw. The occasional butter covered M&M will really cut the saltiness and enable you to pound down more popcorn.
http://www.chicagogluttons.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/complete_butter_mm_sprinkles-715x536.jpg

They're called glosettes, muh fukka and they're the shit.

[RevYouUp]

buuuuuuuuuuuuuump

100 life hacks right here :D
http://i.imgur.com/52QXa.jpg

5. Instead of driving or paying to own a car, ride a bike. You'll save money on insurance, repairs and gas. The bike will let you exercise while you're going to places and you'll save time by not having to go to the gym.

:fuckthatshit::fuckthatshit:

[ilvtofu]

(taken from lifehacker.com)

Step one:
Order your popcorn, and if you really don’t give a fuck, some chocolate based candy. For the sake of this tutorial, I’ve selected peanut M&Ms. Warning: Don’t get Raisinets. They’re a disgusting abomination and you’re a terrible person if you like them. Keep your fruit out of my candy.
http://www.chicagogluttons.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/order_popcorn_and_chocolate_based_candy1-715x953.jpg

Actual retail price: $65.00

Step two:
Procede to the butter station and get ready to amaze your friends and get dropped from your health insurance. The key here is to grab a straw (or a few) and insert it at least halfway into the bag.
http://www.chicagogluttons.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/butter_application_tactic_expert_2-715x536.jpg


Resist the urge to take a bump.

Step three:
Now, carefully place the exposed tip directly underneath the butter nozzle and drain that shit.(pause?)
http://www.chicagogluttons.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/butter_application_tactic_expert_3-715x953.jpg


I can't believe it works!



Repeat at a different depths until the theater manager asks you to leave, or you’re until your void of self esteem.
http://www.chicagogluttons.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/butter_application_tactic_expert_5-715x536.jpg

The shit should look like a disco ball.

Step four:
Dump the chocolate covered candy in that mf’er and jam some pieces deep with the butter straw. The occasional butter covered M&M will really cut the saltiness and enable you to pound down more popcorn.
http://www.chicagogluttons.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/complete_butter_mm_sprinkles-715x536.jpg

At what point does some idiot think he's so clever paying $65 for that shit... :fuckthatshit:

[gdoh]

At what point does some idiot think he's so clever paying $65 for that shit... :fuckthatshit:

exactly what i thought lol as soon as i saw $65 i was like how the fuck is this a life hack, and was waiting for him to get a huge discount ahaha

[taylor192]

for resharpeninig blades, jeans work better

I saw this on another site and tried it, certainly does work! The best time to do it is right after you shave, cause the jeans will also dry the blades.

Have you ever noticed that barbers keep their blades in a solution? Its cause water is the actual enemy to sharp blades, a little corrosion builds up and the blades seem dull. Have you ever noticed a blade got a little better after the first few cuts? That's cause the corrosion has been taken off with the few few cuts.

I don't think I could go 2 years with the same blade, yet if I consistently dry and sharpen them on jeans I can get over a month on a single blade.

[AlphaKappa]

http://radar.oreilly.com/assets_c/2009/12/Tylenol%20Extra%20Strength-thumb-225x486.jpg



tylenol might cure headaches.. but it doesn't do anything to migraines :(

[murd0c]

Just found this pic and thought it was a perfect lifehack

A shoe organizer repurposed into a vertical herb garden. Great solution for those with less space!
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/4839/42162329363903070721610.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/41/42162329363903070721610.jpg/)

[SkinnyPupp]

Murdoc did you really have to bump the most retardedly named thread in RS history? :rukidding:

[murd0c]

Murdoc did you really have to bump the most retardedly named thread in RS history? :rukidding:

Nope :troll:

thats even my first post in it :fullofwin:

[murd0c]

As I lay in bed thking of the stupid name of this thread which has honestly annoyed me since it was started it dawned on me....

Why not change it to Life Tricks or something less retarded?

[- kT]

the fact that this thread is even still going on is enough satisfaction for me to ignore the remarks on the thread title :fullofwin:

[tonyvu]

always good for chicken wings =D

Super Bowl Tips: How to Eat a Chicken Wing! - YouTube

[MR_BIGGS]

OMG - I'm a fatass, I already eat wings like that. Allows you to fully dip the chicken in the sauce.

[spoon.ek9]

buuuuuuuuuuuuuump

100 life hacks right here :D
http://i.imgur.com/52QXa.jpg

did anyone actually read #22?

22. Do your own oil changes and tire rotations. It's not hard. Simply unscrew the bolt at the bottom of your car and use a large bowl to catch the oil and pour it back into the jugs. Just throw the jugs in the trash. No one will know. To rotate your tires, use your car jack to lift up the middle side of your car so both wheels are in the air.

:facepalm:

[Presto]

did anyone actually read #22?

22. Do your own oil changes and tire rotations. It's not hard. Simply unscrew the bolt at the bottom of your car and use a large bowl to catch the oil and pour it back into the jugs. Just throw the jugs in the trash. No one will know. To rotate your tires, use your car jack to lift up the middle side of your car so both wheels are in the air.

:facepalm:

There's a lot of douchebag suggestions in that list.

[spoon.ek9]

I read until about #40 and couldn't take it anymore. It gets to the point where it's not a life hack anymore, the guy is just a cheap ass.

[kakucaekz]

I remember reading this somewhere, probably 9gag lol.

If you make a fist with your left hand with your thumb on the outside (like it should be, if you've taken any martial arts) and squeeze your thumb against the fist really hard, you won't have a gag reflex. Can be useful :ifyouknow:

[- kT]

speaking of which, it isn't really a life tip or anything but if you clutch something (like one of those thick sharpies) in your fist, you can punch a lot harder. learnt that when i took martial arts when i was younger. not sure if it's common knowledge or what

[Harvey Specter]

always good for chicken wings =D

Super Bowl Tips: How to Eat a Chicken Wing! - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRcOY-PvOC8)

Old school son, it's all about boneless chicken wings.

[Harvey Specter]

At what point does some idiot think he's so clever paying $65 for that shit... :fuckthatshit:

:fullofwin: exactly what I was thinking...

[SkinnyPupp]

Haven't tried this yet, but it makes sense

http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/axNRwgL_700b_v3.jpg

[karmsidhu]

These are actually really interesting lol

[ziggyx]

Murdoc did you really have to bump the most retardedly named thread in RS history? :rukidding:

Haven't tried this yet, but it makes sense

http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/axNRwgL_700b_v3.jpg

:troll:

[KingDeeCee]

I remember reading this somewhere, probably 9gag lol.

If you make a fist with your left hand with your thumb on the outside (like it should be, if you've taken any martial arts) and squeeze your thumb against the fist really hard, you won't have a gag reflex. Can be useful :ifyouknow:

This shit does not work. I was at the dentist and did this when they tried taking my xray. Shit got me gagging like a pornstar.

[SkinnyPupp]

:troll:
:fuckthatshit:

[MG1]

Haven't tried this yet, but it makes sense

http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/axNRwgL_700b_v3.jpg

That's why some oil containers are designed like this............

The Correct Way To Pour Engine Oil From A Bottle Video V8TV - YouTube

[underscore]

Haven't tried this yet, but it makes sense

http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/axNRwgL_700b_v3.jpg

Don't bother doing that, just rotate it so it's laying "flat" (ie 90* from either of those positions). That way you won't have the issues of aiming it & splashback from pouring higher up, it's what's stamped on most oil and coolant jugs as the way to pour them.

[- kT]

can't believe this thread still lives.. with the title edited haha

[SkinnyPupp]

Don't bother doing that, just rotate it so it's laying "flat" (ie 90* from either of those positions). That way you won't have the issues of aiming it & splashback from pouring higher up, it's what's stamped on most oil and coolant jugs as the way to pour them.
Actually I tried it and it works great! It feels like it might drip down the top of the carton, but that doesn't happen at all

Finally one of these dumb things that is actually useful :thumbs:

[SB7]

http://i.imgur.com/8yFUBXf.jpg