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People Are Sharing Genius Life Hacks And You Will Be Surprised You Never Thought Of Them
Humans are constantly thinking up and creating new ways to solve the little problems that bring us all down as we bumble through life. Some inconveniences, however, just seem impossible to overcome. Enter the glorious subreddit known as /r/lifehacks, where geniuses from all walks of life come together to offer brilliant, simple solutions to those painfully irritating dilemmas that confront us each day. Tired of having three separate remotes for your TV, and wish you could combine them all into one? Solved. Need more space on your countertop while cooking? Solved. A cure for your persistent existential dread? Well... We'll get there one day.
Scroll down to see the life hacks that will change the way you do everything from now on. You might even feel like a changed person by the end of this post. Spread the revolution, and share this with the people in your life who need to get woke.
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#1
Lost Your Dog?
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#2
When You Have To Hang Something With Exact Holes, Photocopy The Back And Use As A Template
#3
Seal Any Bag Tightly
#4
Use Legos As A Cable Holder
#5
Use A Slinky To Stop Squirrels From Eating Bird Seed
#6
We've Used A Small Tent To Make A Sandpit, It's Now Shaded & We Can Close It Up At Night To Keep The Neighbours Cats Out & It Also Stops The Grass Growing Through
#7
If You're Moving, You Can Use This Method To Easily Transport All The Clothes That You Hang
#8
How To Include Everyone (Even The Person Taking The Photo) In A Picture
#9
Smear Peanut Butter On Your Shower Wall To Distract Your Dog In The Bath
#10
How To Feed Four Puppies At The Same Time
#11
This Kid On A Longboard Using A Leaf Blower To Go Fast Is Now My Personal Hero
Lillian Chesak 7 years ago
My boyfriend did this once. Crashed into a tree. I do not recommend trying it.
#12
If It's Stupid And It Works, It Ain't Stupid
#13
Coffee Freshness Hack
#14
Hide Your Spare Key
#15
I Trusted My Husband To Clean-Up From Christmas Last Year. This Is What I Discovered When I Went Down To Our Basement To Begin Decorating This Year. He's So Proud! I Can't Decide: Life Hack Or Lazy?
#16
My Girlfriend Devised A Way To Keep The Plastic Shopping Bags We Re-Use As Bin Liners In Place By Using Removable Picture Hooks
#17
Pop A Stocking Over The Head Of Your Vacuum Cleaner To Find Small, Missing Items
Cristy Cable 7 years ago
Tried this once, the stocking ripped and sucked up the thing I was looking for :(
#18
I Hang My Shirts Like This To Save Room. A Life Hack I Learned From Watching Tokyo Drift
#19
Life Hack: Put Ice Cream In Your "Empty" Nutella Jar
#20
Use An Old Iphone And A Generic Facebook Account As A Monitoring Service. Wanted To Ensure Our Baby Chickens Were Okay So I Facebook Lived It Under Private For 24 Hour Monitoring From Anywhere
#21
How To Keep Bobby Pins Neat
#22
Never Drop A Book On The Bath Again. My 8 Year Old Daughters Invention
Lili Képes 7 years ago
1. Your daughter likes to read at 8. 2. She also likes taking a bath. 3. She invents stuff. You must know something.
#23
Bottom Of The Bunk Bed Brilliance
#24
Notebook Organization Lifehack From Japan, Create A Word Index In The Back And Mark The Pages
#25
Mount An Ipad Or Tablet With Some Command Hooks For An Easy TV Or Night Clock In College. Just Slide It Out For Use!
#26
How To Fit Two Bowls In The Microwave
#27
Use Old Chair To Make Shelves For Your Stuff
#28
Use Heavy Duty Paper Clips To Organize Your Freezer And Stop The Frozen Peas Avalanche
#29
Props To My Wife For A Life Hack That Totally Worked. Removing A Broken Light Bulb With A Potato
#30
When Freezing Ground Meat Flatten It Out As Much As You Can To Reduce Thawing Time
#31
Use Clothespin To Hammer A Nail Safely
maryhadalittlelamb 7 years ago
normally i use pilers to hold it, since it's inside the toolbox too
#32
Cheap Way To Cool Down Your Laptop
#33
You Can Use A Tennis Ball As An Item Holder
#34
A Little Something I Learned In A Pinch
Baked Panda 7 years ago
Coins are to soft a metal try a thick rubber band, also works with stripped screws
#35
Lid Storage Hack
#36
Low On Counter Space? Pull Out A Drawer And Place Your Cutting Board On Top
#37
Least Messy Way To Eat Watermelon
#38
Keeping The Plants Alive While We Are Away. The Water Lasts For Five Days In Some
#39
Use An Old Egg Carton To Separate Hardware Out Before Building Furniture From A Kit
Isabel Care 7 years ago
Years ago, did this with motorbike bits (as a 16 year old female control freak, labelled each section) and was fine til my dad wanted to help me and kicked it across the garage. Learned to lock myself in when doing the fiddly stuff and then move it before letting others "assist" me.
#40
Before You Throw Away A Post-In, Run It Between The Keys On Your Keyboard To Collect Crumbs And Fluff
#41
How I Hide Extra Cables In My Place
#42
How To Fit All Your Tank Tops On A Single Hanger
#43
I Just Figured Out How To Protect My Make Up While Showering
Gavin Ivey 7 years ago
Maybe she had a long day at work with no time to shower AND re-do her makeup before she had to be somewhere important. Think people, think!
#44
Make A Phone Stand In The Hospital From A Styrofoam Cup For Hands-Free Viewing
#45
Cover Your Trampoline Springs With Pool Noodles To Avoid Pinching Toes
Paladin of Shadows 7 years ago
I had a friend who did this, it's been a few years, most of them fell off, the rest disintegrated
#46
Small Elastic Band Fixes Pesky Zipper That Won't Stay Up
Mary-Jane Scharnick 7 years ago
or you could use a key ring. attach it to the zip at the same the rubber band is threaded through...key ring hooked over the button and Roberts your fathers brother!!
#47
Use A Colander To Prepare The Last Bowl Of Cereal From A Box
#48
Use Bread Clips To Save Flip-Flops With Split Holes
#49
Don't Burn Yourself In Those Hard To Reach Candles, Light A Stick Of Spaghetti And Light The Wick With That
#50
Use A Spray Nozzle To Disperse Sauces
#51
Electric Yard Tools? Go Ahead, Pull That Cord All The Way Out Front
#52
Use Lego As A Cable Or Key Holder
#53
This Is How You Can Never Forget About Your Gas Cap
#54
Had Some Sandal Clips From Gap And Then Got An Idea
#55
Control Your Portion And Contain The Mess... Beautiful
#56
Poster Hack With Toilet Roll Card
#57
How To Get Those Pringles Easily
#58
Cut Down On Dish Washing, Use A Muffin Tin To Serve Condiments At A Bbq
#59
My Shower Curtain Was Slightly Too Short But Some Extra Curtain Rings Solved That Problem For A Quick Fix
#60
Want To Keep White Shoes White?
#61
5$ Way To Hide Cables Under Your Tv
Michelle Dodson 7 years ago
Our TV room is pirate themed. I've been meaning to decoupage some old maps onto posterboard for this very reason. Totally getting on that!
#62
Easy Trick To Improve Your Carpet Cleaners Performance. Works Like A Champ!
#63
Use A Carabiner To Bring In All The Groceries On One Trip
Neeraj Jha 7 years ago
Here in Mumbai, they use similar sort of a technique to hang all the bags in local trains.
#64
How To Prevent A Band Aid From Slipping Off
#65
Y'all Still Stuck In 2017, Meanwhile I'm Out Here In 3017
Catalina Salvatierra 7 years ago
Doooooon't do thisssssss, the old bread crumbs that were in the bottom catch on fire when you tilt the toaster and it smokes the whole kitchen :( I've done this twice (because I had forgotten the consequences of the first time)
#66
Need A Quick And Dirty Tracing Table? Just Use A Cutting Board And A Lamp
Mindy Keys 7 years ago
an empty photo frame and lamp or flashlight works just as well if you do not have a see through cutting board.
#67
When You Need An Iron
#68
Nine Different Sandwiches In One. Genius
#69
If Staying Put On Festival Grounds, Shoes Can Be Used For Handy Temporary Cup Holders On Uneven Surfaces
Petra Christovová 7 years ago
"Hey Guy, could you please take off your boots and spray them a bit, co I can put my beer in them?"
#70
If You Need A Coin To Grab A Shopping Cart But Don't Have One At Hand, Just Use A Key
Hope Anastasia 7 years ago
This is no good at Aldi. The cashier keeps the cart you stuck YOUR quarter in ('cause it's empty) and gives you the previous customer's cart that he/she just filled up with your stuff after scanning it.
#71
Life Hacks When Mopping!
#72
How To Book Cheaper Flight Tickets
#73
Quick Solution If You Don’t Have A Toothbrush Container When Traveling
#74
Use Your Car Spoiler As A Picnic Table
#75
Cheap Counter - Just Stack Up Ikea Lack Tables
Final score:
40points
#76
How To Steam Your Shirt
#77
We Are Living In 2017 And He's In 2064. Visionary
#78
If It's Stupid And It Works, It's Not Stupid. My Facebook Buddy's Improvisation
#79
If You Have Too Many AAA Batteries And No Aa Batteries
#80
I Made An Impromptu Coke Can Phone Stand For The Long Flight Home
#81
For Those Of You With Pets Or Small Children, Use A Zip Tie To Hang Your Christmas Ornaments. They Come In Green!
Christina Waide 7 years ago
No! IMHO- it would be a pain to get them off and on and when the kids/animals tried to pull it off they would pull the tree over. Better idea-don't have kids or animals. hahahaha
#82
Use A Big Hardcover Book To Prop Up A Small Tablet So It Can Be More At A Screen Level. Just Thought Of This Earlier Today
#83
Stuff A Teabag In The Cup Compartment Of Your Keurig. I Expected It To Make A Mess; Instead, Perfectly-Steeped Tea In 10 Seconds!
#84
Reuse Your Old Shower Caps For Shoe Storage
#85
Remembered Something I Learned. Reach Almost Too Short But Made It
Caye Gildert 7 years ago
This would be good for single user public bathrooms if the lock on the door was broken
#86
Use A CD Case To Store Your Bagel Sandwich
#87
If Your Hotel Room Requires You To Insert Your Key For Power, You Can Put Anything Into The Slot
#88
Hide Baldness With A Bun
#89
I Don't Have A Meat Tenderizer So I Improvised
#90
We Living In 2017 Meanwhile My Girlfriends Mom Living In 3083
sexy_scorpio_3MD 7 years ago
This is ridiculous! Why can't people just enjoy being outside anymore these days!?
#91
Prevent A Locked-Down PC From Sleeping
#92
Useful Life Hack For Workaholics
Shawna Symington 7 years ago
Looks like more of a gamer hack than a workaholic hack. I'm going to have to remember this for my next gaming binge!
#93
Forget The Wooden Spoon, Here's A Lifehack That Actually Works: Wire Cooling Rack
Johann Strathausen 7 years ago
Better yet, don't even let the water boil when making pasta! The water should be just before boiling point. The result will be better. Pasta is not even supposed to be boiled.
#94
Hit This Button To Silence The Ads At The Gas Pump
#95
How To Obey The Law In Washington When Coffee Is Life
#96
Clever, Aesthetically Pleasing Way To Keep Your Charger Cords From Getting Ruined
#97
How To Fit Headphones Over A Hat
#98
Foldable Beerpong Table
#99
Genius
Mindy Keys 7 years ago
I think my definition of genius is a wee bit different than that of the author of this article.
#100
Patent Pending, New TV Tray
#101
I Made An All-In-One Remote For My TV Setup
#102
Cold Bathroom?
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marmitejim 5 years ago
We used to call them a 'tip', we'd used the word for decades, then some muppet decided to call it a life hack and made you all sound like complete idiots......
Vida Sawyer 7 years ago
The one about Washington's distracted driving law is unnecessary. The law only has to do with electronic devices, food and drinks are not included.
Jack Rones 7 years ago
#87 is just creating more work for yourself. You can use anything heavy as a meat tenderizer as long as the meat is sealed in plastic. Trained professionals use the edge of a frying pan, my dad uses a shoe.
marmitejim 5 years ago
We used to call them a 'tip', we'd used the word for decades, then some muppet decided to call it a life hack and made you all sound like complete idiots......
Vida Sawyer 7 years ago
The one about Washington's distracted driving law is unnecessary. The law only has to do with electronic devices, food and drinks are not included.
Jack Rones 7 years ago
#87 is just creating more work for yourself. You can use anything heavy as a meat tenderizer as long as the meat is sealed in plastic. Trained professionals use the edge of a frying pan, my dad uses a shoe.
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