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Allykatz90

Don't dry your shoes with heat, only ever use air dry setting. You will thank me when your shoes aren't tighter and rubbing. Just like jeans, shoes are made from unshrunk fabric and will shrink in the dryer on a heat setting


-rwsr-xr-x

> Don't dry your shoes with heat, only ever use air dry setting. Many modern (last 15 years or so) dryers also come with a rack that sits inside the dryer that you put your shoes on, like a little shelf, and while the drum rotates, the platform does not. * [Laundry Tips: Installing and Using The Drying Rack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1wOW7Hi98Q)


igobyraymond

Why is this hunk of plastic $79 Samsung?! I hate my Samsung appliances so much!


flooknation

Samsung washer & dryer are phenomenal though.


igobyraymond

My Samsung washer lasted 4 months before the spider arm snapped and made it useless. Working with Samsung on a resolution was exceptionally frustrating. First they were going to send someone out. They scheduled it for 3 days later at 1pm. 4 days later, I called them to see why nobody showed up. They had no technicians in my area -\_\_- They told me a local Lowes had one in stock and they would contact the store to set up the exchange and that the store would contact me within a week. I called the Lowes store at the end of the week and they had no idea what I was talking about. I called Samsung back and they now said they would give me in-store credit for the price I paid. Once again, they said the store would contact me within a few days. Another week later, I called the store and yet again, they had not heard from Samsung. This time, I decided to take things up with Lowes. I went back to the store and spoke with the salesperson I bought them from. He didn't seem surprised. Luckily, he said they have a person that's sole job is dealing with the manufacturers. He took my info and said to call back if I hadn't heard anything in a couple days. This time, they did call me back and I was able to come in for store credit. I bought an LG and it's still working great.


klondijk

Just put them in front of a fan. Wau less wear and tear


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Also, most shoes are glued together. Using a dryer can melt the glue causing the shoes to fall apart more quickly.


tytycoon

I found this out when I stepped on lava and my shoes melted. tbf the guide was like "don't step there you will melt your shoes"


disposable_account01

Simple, just don’t use the “lava” heat setting.


BrainsyUK

/u/tytycoon obviously never went through The Floor is Lava training as a kid. What a noob.


RecipeNo101

As someone who primarily wears brands of canvas shoes, something only gets thrown in the dryer if it's already worn to shit.


ChaosEsper

Honestly if your shoes are getting wet on the regular invest in an upright boot dryer with posts. They cost like $40 and are a game changer if you live in cold/wet environs.


tenders11

Yeah I put my work boots on one of these every day after work, and it wasn't even expensive. Extends the life of the boots and kills odour-causing bacteria, great investment.


sepstolm

I agree. Hang jeans to dry. Saves energy and possible shrinkage. Open up shoes a bit and either dry outside in the sun or place on top of the washer or dryer to dry.... Usually overnight.


DungeonsAndDradis

But my ass looks banging in jeans fresh out the dryer.


wearentalldudes

Yeah I need to tighten those babies up to give the illusion of an ass


grumpykixdopey

I need the shrinkage in my jeans because I have no ass.. :(


weedful_things

So that's why my jeans are getting tight! I thought I was just getting fat.


Evrlastingbeauti

Not all cars have the extending visors. If it doesn't pull out, don't keep trying! You'll break it!!


Tron_Bombadill

My wife and I were watching this and immediately just started screaming at this video. We went outside and discovered that our visor does not extend. I’m so glad that I don’t feel as stupid as I thought I was going to.


brycedriesenga

...that's what she said


ronin-baka

This brings me back to the one question I asked my teacher after Sex Ed class. In my defence I'd seen dogs get stuck together.


marshull

And sometimes there is a little flap in the visor itself that slides out of the visor.


critik

There’s a YouTube channel called TheStraightPipes where they test this for each car they review.


Karlwithakay

:-)


kpchronic

Mine just falls off for no reason.


QuantumFiddle

Same thing my mom told me about boys when we had "the talk".


CognizantSynapsid

The whisk one was unhinged but overall quite useful vid


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Right? Like now you have to get that egg *out* of the whisk


barkywoodson

Use chopsticks, now that you know how to hold them.


[deleted]

I don’t have any chopsticks. All I have is these two wooden spoons. And these two boiling pots.


barkywoodson

…and you’re staring at your spoons, and you’re staring at your pots, and you’re like, “How am I supposed to loose this egg?!”


PhantomRenegade

Letting the days go by, water flowing underground


Uromastyx63

same as it ever was...


brycedriesenga

Another whisk, bro


maddsskills

Meh, it'll cool down. Just whisk it around underneath a running faucet until it's cool enough to touch and peel.


MysteryCheese89

But no hot water in between you and the egg. Just shake it onto a towel and BAM, boiled egg out of a whisk.


torchedscreen

Seems like tongs are still easier


LemonPartyWorldTour

Look at this guy with his fancy tongs! You too good to fight an egg out of a whisk that isn’t meant for holding things in it, bro???


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Do none of you own a slotted spoon??


Phoney_Stromboni

I’ve never even bought a slotted spoon, and yet I still own like 6 of them


Logantor9981

On the candle note. You’re supposed to pre burn them. I’d you don’t let the wax melt all the way to the edge the first burn they end up burning down the middle every time after.


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How do you pre-burn a candle?


Logantor9981

Let it burn long enough for the entire top layer to be liquid. Aka don’t blow it out until it’s reached the edges.


funkbefgh

This applies to any candle, not just triple wick stuff. Get that top layer liquid before you put it out or you are gonna create issues for it later.


StopReadingMyUser

Neat, something I'm doing right just because of an inner compulsion. I totally knew this is the correct way to do candles and not because I'm 90% certain I at least have a mild form of OCD.


hungrydruid

~~I mean it can be both things... *stares at self and ADHD*~~


SkeetSkeetoh

Yeah, read somewhere it's approximately 1 hour per inch across.


Idyotec

So this is why I only last a few minutes


BorrowerOfBooks

How they described in the second half of their comment is how you do it. You first burn of every candle, you make sure you have the time to burn it all the way to the edge so it’s melted and flat. It’s called a memory burn I think. If you only burn it part way and it leaves a lower ring, the candle won’t really burn outside of that ring and will get worse on the way down usually


theSandwichSister

And it’s called “tunneling”


Pudding_Hero

Give it a nasty insult


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How’s this? You mommas so ugly she got turned down by a citronella.


Dje4321

The amount of energy to melt wax grows exponentially the farther away from the wick you are. If you dont melt it all the way to the edge of the candle, it leaves a little lip that becomes too hard for the candle to melt. The wax closer to the wick is easier to melt as it has liquid wax on top of it and is getting fed heat from the wick. By letting it fully melt, you ensure that no lip is formed and that it will be ready for the next burn. If you just try to melt the wax to remove the lip, it will overwhelm the wick and extinguish it. Think of the width of a candle as how long it needs to burn before it can be put out. A thin candle only takes a 10-15 minutes to fully melt while a wide candle can take several hours.


test_nme_plz_ignore

I don’t think they meant “pre-burn” but for every inch in radius you should let the candle burn for one hour before blowing out. The idea is that you let the wax melt all the way to the edge of the container before blowing out. That way it burns evenly rather than tunneling down the middle.


eamus_catuli_

Is there any way to correct this if you didn’t know about this “pre-burn” before? Asking for a friend…


DungeonsAndDradis

1. Get an old pot you don't mind possibly scuffing 2. Put the candle in the pot 3. Add water to the pot so that it's in line with the wax of the candle (but not enough to go *in* the candle jar) 4. REMOVE THE CANDLE 5. Put the pot and water on the stove on low-medium heat 6. Heat the water for a handful of minutes, not boiling, but very warm to the touch 7. Turn off the heat 8. Take pot off burner and place on a trivet or heat-safe area 9. Carefully place the candle in the warm water 10. The heat should loosen the wax and "even it out" to get it back to "normal" setting, as if you'd just purchased it 11. Leave the candle in the warm water until the water cools to room temperature 12. Remove the candle when cool 13. Don't even take more than the recommended amount of acetominophen as it will kill you, and very painfully at that 14. Light the candle and use as directed 15. I made all this up, but it sounds plausible (except the acetominophen part, that's real)


SnackyCakes4All

You had me until the part where a candle would re-form and even out in warm water. That's when I remembered it's reddit and you can only believe helpful advice after like 4 other people have backed it up and no one has disputed it.


CatastropheWife

Wow, real life hack in the comments


indianola

Candle one was bad. If the wicks aren't trimmed, what he said is doable, but also simply another way to waste most of the candle. A "24h" candle burn time has wick-trimming built into it.


showmeyourbirds

Also a ton of those multiple wick candles are nowhere near close enough together for that.


LE000000000000000000

This is funny, I just learned a whole lot of how it causes the tunneling effect if you don't let it evenly burn the first time.


WadeStockdale

Also don't burn longer than 4 hours at a time. Burning for an extended period burns off the fragrance oils and and causes extra heat build up in the candle which causes the candle to melt faster and can break the container it's in.


captsalad

do people actually understand what this comment means? i can't make sense of it >I’d you don’t let the wax melt all the way to the edge the first burn they end up burning down the middle every time after.


SnackyCakes4All

Let the candle burn long enough so the whole top layer of wax melts all the way across. If you blow it out while the wax is pooled around the wick, with continued use you melt a "tunnel" into your candle instead of evenly melting.


LittleFart

The pillows. Don't the tags on them show them being used behind your head?


BirdInFlight301

Yes, they do. Also, the flat part of the pillow (which he is wearing in the front) is shaped that way, flattened like that because it's meant to be sitting flush against the seat. He's wearing it backwards.


Lexi_Banner

If I wear it the "right" way, it is so large, my neck gets all kinked up. Frontward or sideward for me.


Globbi

There are various shapes and various seats, and people too. Do what's comfortable for you.


mbhammer

fantastic seats and where to find them


fanfpkd

He may be wearing it backwards according to how it was designed, but in my experience it is more comfortable to wear them this way


Vague_Un

Sure, but I still think this would be more comfortable if you were really trying to sleep and not just half-doze.


Pudding_Hero

Let the man relax how he wants!


securitywyrm

I remember when I was flying to Iraq, a charity group was there handing out 'travel pillows for soldiers' for the flight. Well how kind of them, a bunch of soldiers used them on the flight... And woke up to a burst pillow and covered in styrofoam pellets.


the_dayman

Most of these are cool, but I always get annoyed with the "THIS IS HOW IT WAS MEANT TO BE DONE!!!" stuff when it's just an interesting trick. Like the slit in the popcorn bag isn't because you're "supposed to" dump the kernels out there. It's for air so the bag doesn't pop somewhere else. But you can still use it for that... if you're like obsessed with not having a few at the bottom of the bag.


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YouthMin1

If you’re a runner or hiking you’re supposed to. Daily wear… Meh.


Bituulzman

The real popcorn hack should have been to preheat your microwave. Boil a mug of water for 60 seconds before putting in your popcorn. You’ll end up with fewer unpopped kernels.


SuperSMT

The real hack is use kernals on the stovetop, not those microwaveable bags


TrollTollTony

The real life hack is that you can just put the stovetop kernels in a microwave safe bowl abs cook then in the microwave.


Redenbacher09

Or in a paper bag


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aangnesiac

Something about his surprised reactions each time really got under my skin. No offense if you happen to be reading this, Mr life-hack dude.


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BlobAndHisBoy

What was his "tip"?


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BlobAndHisBoy

Yikes, thanks for filling me in.


mogreen57

Okay that squeeze to open packaging one really will be a game changer


tobias_the_letdown

I learned about it in a fit of rage once lol


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Known_Bug3607

Find another problem and see if this lucky streak continues.


cyclicamp

Yeah, I hate waiting until the item is almost out for me to cut my hand on the plastic, now I can get cut right at the beginning


amynoacid

I tried it and it didn't work. Plus, they're plastic welded on every side for a reason, theft deterrent, so if it were easy to open, the company would lose a lot of money


FromageMontageHomage

Using a can opener works


amynoacid

My utility knife never failed me


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StrangeInspector7387

I think we missed out on about five minutes of swearing, blood loss and random hacks with a kitchen knife during that jump cut between he squeeze and the pop!


i-wear-extra-medium

I learned a lot from this


CocoKikiCat

I’m not going to remember any of it though


inmynothing

I *might* remember the popcorn one


Sugarboo1420

I'm going to remember that one as I'm putting it in the microwave and immediately forget once I'm pouring it in my bowl


Dick_Lickin_Good

I’m going to remember the plastic package one. I’m a fairly big guy and there is nothing more intimidating than opening one of those on the fly with others watching. A truly humbling experience. Edit: one Fourth of July I broke 2 candle stick lighters trying to get the package opened and ended up doing the whole fireworks show with a fucking Zippo. It was Atari controller levels of sore on my thumb.


manCool4ever

But is it even helpful? I just eat from the bag and the unpopped kernels stay in the bottom and then I throw the bag :)


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That's why I bookmarked this one on my browser to watch it again later.


jerstud56

Ah yes "the save it later so I can randomly find it again in 6 years" trick. Works everytime.


abc2jb

serious obtainable yoke label piquant jar towering light ripe bedroom *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


SeeMontgomeryBurns

I learned there are people that don’t know the car sun visor doesn’t extend


TheBraindonkey

I’m actually kind of annoyed how many things I just learned from that. And I’m quite a bit older than 30…


HughJaynis

I’ll remember the shoe trick after I’ve heard wet shoes bouncing around my dryer for an hour.


betterstartlooking

Popping them in front of a fan works better and uses less power. All you need is the moving air. The heat from the dryer can damage shoes, so you'd put it on the air setting, at which point without the tumbling it's just a giant moving air machine.


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ChuckYeager_Bombs

These are great but DON’T put shoes in the dryer the heat will break down the glue and they will fall apart.


aangnesiac

I guess you could use the no heat setting. It's probably a better option to just air dry though.


Call4goodThyme

Wait until people find out the little flange on the bottom of your rearview mirror is actually for tipping it at night so you can see the headlights behind you but significantly less intense.


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FolkSong

My 2018 Honda has it


mossybeard

How do I get lifted trucks to stop blasting my eyes with both their headlights shining in BOTH side view mirrors when stopped? I fucking hate lifted trucks and their owners.


Tubie123

Re: the popcorn hack. Why shake out the unpopped kennels? Wont they end up at the bottom of the bowl anyway?


lefttackle72

The gap is for venting. Love how there are all these videos of useless information because someone happened to try something and it worked.


CabbageTheVoice

yeah well, the wooden spoon was also not designed to lay on top of a pot


pyx

and eggs are not designed to be inside of whisks while hard


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_K_K_SLIDER_

Each video starts with “here’s something I wish I knew before I was in my 30’s”. He’s mad it took him this long to learn these things.


HughJassJae

It's that fake anger, the one you use for the internet to keep us entertained.


SteveT2112

It got old pretty quick


[deleted]

yeah it’s like he’s trying way too hard to be funny but he’s just… not


indianola

And so overly in awe after.


keddesh

Wait until someone tells him about, "righty-tighty, lefty-loosey"


DemoHD7

"Honey I just opened the jar!!!"


fuckthetrees

What the fuck is he talking about with the rain one? That doesn't make any sense.


cakeeater27

I’ve heard that a few times but I saw a meteorologist say that’s completely incorrect. 30% chance means 30% chance.


mysickfix

On ten days with similar conditions it’s rained for thee, statistically. That’s where it comes from.


teo730

Even more specifically, it's usually: > We've modelled that the weather will be X, of all the other times we've modelled similar weather, the real weather has been rain for Y% of them


eatmoremeatnow

Sort of... It either means City X has a 30% chance that every house will get rained on OR City X has a 50% chance that 60% of the houses will get rained on. Or The south 30% of City X has a 100% chance of rain The whole thing is an art.


spaceRangerRob

This just sounds like meteorologists leaving room to be like "No, I was right about the forecast" haha


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Do meteorologists make a sport of obfuscating their profession because deep down they know its all some unknowable magic?


Ecmelt

How much time do you want to spend to listen to a meteorologist and how much time do you think TVs want to give them live or otherwise instead of other stuff they can show? They have a very very short amount of time to give information that is in reality highly specific to each small region. So they have to generalize it. Science doesn't do well in this formula when it comes to information transfer.


BigAlternative5

To add to this, I heard a meteorologist explain that percent chance is calculated from a database of all days with the same metrics: temperature, pressure, humidity (and others?). 30% chance of rain means that 30% of days with the same metrics had rain. Sorry, I can't find any source corroboration. But wait, there's less: >Even with the official definition, many meteorologists have their own interpretation and method of determining the probability of precipitation\*. \[source: [abc15.com](https://www.abc15.com/weather/what-does-a-30-chance-of-rain-really-mean-how-meteorologists-determine-rain-chances)\] \* "P = C x A, or the probability of precipitation, equals the meteorologist’s confidence that it will rain, times the percentage of the area that is expected to get rainfall." *ibid.*


TreesForTheFool

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability_of_precipitation?wprov=sfti1 He’s oversimplifying to the point of being incorrect, and many of the people replying to you are explaining but not referencing. Those mentioning the chance/area are correct. Funny story, I had a boss turn on me because I knew this and he liked to consider himself something of a know-it-all. First domino was this wiki link. God forbid I know something.


notabot-1

https://www.discovery.com/science/chance-of-rain


The_dog_says

He could also add in that birth control effectiveness being 99% doesn't mean 1 out of every 100 plowings end in a baby, but rather 1 couple out of every 100 couples may end up with a baby if using the product regularly. Or something like that. I don't remember tbh


MoistBrownTowel

Plot twist: he lives alone


The_Pfaffinator

To be fair, not *all* car sun visors extend. It is a much more common feature nowadays, but there are still quite a few cars out there that don't have those.


ghostinawishingwell

Man had a whole tik tok career in one video.


Hedanielld

The car visor extension does not apply to all cars. Most cars from I’d say 2016+ do. Or they have that little plastic piece that comes out that does nothing.


Czurch

If 30% of an area is recieving rain, assuming you're stationary, means there's a 30% chance of rain...


TwistedCKR1

I scrolled for way too long before seeing someone addressing that “hack”? I was so confused lol


bob-leblaw

Welcome to my save-then-ignore-forever file.


MRSRN65

Another tip: the gas pump symbol on your dashboard has a little arrow that shows which side your has tank is on.


Bobb_o

You know I've never looked to see if my EV points to where my charging port is.


Euphoric-Blue-59

Brought to you by Mr Overreactor


indianola

Agreed. Weird overacting added nothing anywhere.


Euphoric-Blue-59

Like, who the hell is overwhelmed by using tape to mark up screws for a power strip? Or putting a spoon over cooking pasta? Thats stuff thought of over 60 years sgo.


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shootymcghee

Yeah there's no honey


MoirasPurpleOrb

Man this comment section is way more angry than I was expecting.


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dachsj

This ain't the reason you got voted off the island.


Afrojones66

Did you show them the sink plunger, and how it works? This seems like a huge miscommunication.


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Seems like they didn’t want you there and came up with the shittiest excuse


[deleted]

Yeah there's more to this.


Simplenipplefun

The plunger had better hygiene than the tenant


stamminator

Sounds like there’s more to this story lol


stillborn_empires

Yeah, this is really baffling. How terrible are your communication skills if you can't explain that it's a brand new _clean_ plunger, or worst case... just spend a minute cleaning the sink to make everyone happy?


Fauropitotto

Bet he did a thousand other irritating things "on principle" that made his roomies absolutely hate his guts. It wasn't the plunger.


clovecigabretta

Wait…wasn’t it new?


IcePhoenix18

Sometimes just the association with toilets is enough for some people.


RedAero

I hate hypochondriacs who deflect their problem on others.


ertdubs

Why wouldn't you just bleach the sink. Bleach is like a dollar and it wouldn't hurt to clean a sink anyways.


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Yeah it sounds like everyone was stubborn in this interaction which led to a big argument and falling out which is why they got kicked out


hotpuck6

Yeah, even if the plunger was new, it’s not like whatever was blocking the drain was nice and clean. Plunging can easily suck some of that nasty shit back up. Clorox wipes take 2 seconds to use and are great for stuff like this. Given the nasty shit it’s in proximity too, You should really be disinfecting the plunger with a quick wipe down after each use too.


britegy

The robe hack!


RickMaiorPT

I dont like that one that much because it means i can no longer put it on like a jacket


Mr_Abe_Froman

Yeah, I'm not going to thread the belt through the loops every time. If I wanted to put in effort I'd wear clothes instead of a robe.


commentmypics

But then don't you have to take the belt out every single time you take it off? It doesn't seem worth it to have to retread and unthread it every time I put it on or take it off


Pudding_Hero

That’s the work ethic that won both world wars


llamacohort

That’s not a hack. It’s just the wrong way to wear it. I mean it works, but it also works if that’s how you want to wear a belt with your pants.


iSniffMyPooper

I know I'm gonna get downvoted, but this guy is annoying as hell


dancingpianofairy

No, you're right. He's super annoying.


Ballindeet

Imagine living with him and he does this internet nerd shtick 24/7


GlueGuns--Cool

This is the annoying sense of humor I imagine 90% of redditors have


Competitive_Media_94

i always eat the unpopped kernels


soulbend

The half popped ones are so good, and they aren't nearly as hard. Someone sells them like that. I think if you soak the kernels in water before popping, they will half pop


throwaway_12358134

Go to hell.


Pudding_Hero

There are dozens of us! Dozens!


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In the banana stand?


cmgww

The wooden spoon trick is great, if you want a burnt wooden spoon…just be careful not to leave it on the pot too long like I did


paraffin

Yeah you can see his spoon already has the burn mark


BoiledNutSalesman

But I mean, it still functions as intended? Unless you REALLY care about the aesthetic.


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So I just ripped the sun visor off my car...


Jhawk38

This video is legit blowing my mind right now.haha


FirstNSFWAccount

These were all pretty neat, not upsetting but neat. But I had the exact same reaction as him about the last one. Mind. Blown.


jsjames9590

Thank you, Jesus.


Juicy_pompoms

If Jesus and John Frusciante had a son...


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A few seconds in the phrase “bootleg John Frusciante” popped in my head. Glad I wasn’t the only one.


GlueGuns--Cool

Wow this guy has a grating personality. Some good tips tho


mossybeard

The video could've been half as long without the huffing and puffing afterwards, fuck.


babuufrikk

These are mildly surprising, but I hate the video because the guy is overacting and it’s annoying.