Are Life Hacks a Bunch of Hooey?

B00!

I recently tried dying my hair with coffee because a woman on youtube said it was the natural way to go, safe, easy, made her hair the colour of caramel (lovely) and she been doing it for years. uhuh. Why she did not mention it stains your entire house in the process? She recommends it sits on your hair for 2 hours (with coffee dripping everywhere!) My hair did not caramalize, still the nordic-whiteness it was before I brewed the bloody espresso.The only thing coffee dyed was my clothes, towels, sink and floor. Sure, now all I need is a life-hack to get coffee stains out of clothes.

Hmmph, makes me question all these life hacky propositions.
Worst yet, how gullible must we be to try them? :eek:

Don’t have a fork at the office? Sure, tape three pens together. You can’t even tell the difference, and the ink adds sparkle to your lips and flavour to any dish.


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The_Valeyard

Think you are doing it wrong.

B00!

By??? Listening to a woman on youtube? ^ or actually putting coffee on my hair instead of drinking it?

D0NNELLY

B00! wrote: »

By??? Listening to a woman on youtube? ^ or actually putting coffee on my hair instead of drinking it?

Both!




(Pen fork bit is hilarious btw.)

Widdershins

Life hacks are something to do with pallets, aren't they?

Ted111

Hooey.

jamesbere

You really put coffee in your hair


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gramar

Don't have a knife or fork? Use your hands!

Most life hacks are either blindingly obvious like this or way more trouble than they are worth like dyeing your hair with Maxwell House.

B00!

Want DIY curls? Wrap your hair around hot boiled hotdogs and fall asleep! You can cook them up for breakfast in the morning after.

Widdershins wrote: »

Life hacks are something to do with pallets, aren't they?

and hot dogs :eek: who knew?

Ted111 wrote: »

Hooey.

Thank you

B00!

gramar wrote: »

Don't have a knife or fork? Use your hands!

Most life hacks are either blindingly obvious like this or way more trouble than they are worth like dyeing your hair with Maxwell House.

She said it made your hair smell good too. Buttered popcorn smells good too, next thing you know there'll be a vid for it solving dandruff.

Tom Mann Centuria

They're mostly phoney baloney.

But there are some good ones that you'll have to try, that REALLY WORK!

A good example, you can use slices of baloney on your face to cleanse the skin which gives you a youthful shine.

timmy880

Brushed my teeth with activated charcoal over Christmas to get them whiter. It actually worked!

TallGlass

So let me get this in one.

You listened and watched some cray cray on YouTube dying her hair with coffee and decided to give it a go and are now wondering why it didn't work.

:pac:

Anesthetize

There's life hacks and then there's putting coffee in your hair.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Play practical jokes on complete strangers!! Present an unlikley scenario, like putting coffee in your hair and watch as people post on public forums that they get it all over the house!

Boom_Bap

Using coffee in ones hair is nay a life hack.

Using bottle caps as iPad holders is a life hack.

Using fire for deodorant is nay a life hack.

Using toilet roll inners to store cables neatly is a life hack.

Using acid for toothpaste is nay a life hack.

Some of the you tube channels that like testing claimed life hacks are very funny. John Green in the "mental floss" channel is good at it for example. He will make a video with 10 or 20 life hacks around a common theme - like 20 Christmas life hacks for example - and test them all with a "pass" or "fail".

Just how bad some of them work out can be quite hilarious sometimes.

This video alone has John Green exploding a raw egg all over his table - because a life hack helped him identify it as cooked - while later in the video he nearly breaks his hand because a life hack told him how to karate chop a water melon in half.

Goya

The way tips are now referred to as "hacks" is what's hooey.

B00!

timmy880 wrote: »

Brushed my teeth with activated charcoal over Christmas to get them whiter. It actually worked!

uhuh suuuuuure... did the same chick on the coffee vid put you up to this?

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

They're mostly phoney baloney.

But there are some good ones that you'll have to try, that REALLY WORK!

A good example, you can use slices of baloney on your face to cleanse the skin which gives you a youthful shine.

I see what you done there and I ain't fallin for it. atleast not without a youtube vid of yourself shining your face.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Play practical jokes on complete strangers!! Present an unlikley scenario, like putting coffee in your hair and watch as people post on public forums that they get it all over the house!

ahah, next thing you want is a post about blackened charcoal teeth and dogs biting my face cos it :eek: smells like baloney. its a conspiracy :P

B00!

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Using coffee in ones hair is nay a life hack.

Using bottle caps as iPad holders is a life hack.

Using fire for deodorant is nay a life hack.

Using toilet roll inners to store cables neatly is a life hack.

Using acid for toothpaste is nay a life hack.

fire for deodorant :eek: oh good gawd! cos smell singes so :eek: freshly? ick!

jester77

OP, I would love to wake up next to smell of your freshly brewed hair every morning :pac:

B00!

jester77 wrote: »

OP, I would love to wake up next to smell of your freshly brewed hair every morning :pac:

Finally, someone who appreciates my special blend

coolhull

Using petrol to put out a fire is one of those rare life hacks I haven't seen yet.
It's only a matter of time, though.

cherryghost

Best life hack ever, recommend to anyone wanting to save some cents on the electric bills. Instead of boiling a kettle, bring a teabag and cup up to your bathroom whenever you shower. Fill the cup with shower water.

Real smart forward thinking there.

Thoie

Some tips are useful - for example I keep a big binder clip on the edge of my desk, and keep charger cables hanging from it - very handy.

Generally no matter what home hair dye you use, it will drip, and most people put their hair into something like a showercap to prevent it getting all over the house. (Is putting your hair in a shower cap why letting dye set a life hack?)

I also make icecubes from the dregs of left over wine and throw them into cooking rather than open a new bottle.

B.A._Baracus

Life hacks are stupid now.
When they first appeared on YouTube you would see genuinely interesting things. The type of things that make you go "why didn't I think of that!"

But then that genre of videos got really popular so more people starting making videos. Usually copying the interesting ones.
But like anything else that's popular it gets milked. So now there are thousands of life hack videos showing stupid things.

Sunhill

Thoie wrote: »

I also make icecubes from the dregs of left over wine and throw them into cooking rather than open a new bottle.

What's this 'leftover wine' you speak of?

pumpkin4life

Works extremely well.

B00!

Thoie wrote: »

Some tips are useful - for example I keep a big binder clip on the edge of my desk, and keep charger cables hanging from it - very handy.

Generally no matter what home hair dye you use, it will drip, and most people put their hair into something like a showercap to prevent it getting all over the house. (Is putting your hair in a shower cap why letting dye set a life hack?)

I also make icecubes from the dregs of left over wine and throw them into cooking rather than open a new bottle.

Generally most people can sit in the shower for ten minutes while the dye takes effect, but two hours in the shower was not a viable option. Nor did the shower cap stop the dribbles. Dye is thicker than a pot of coffee and drips through - try and see, it's fun - will give your house a warm glow.

B00!

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Life hacks are stupid now.
When they first appeared on YouTube you would see genuinely interesting things. The type of things that make you go "why didn't I think of that!"

But then that genre of videos got really popular so more people starting making videos. Usually copying the interesting ones.
But like anything else that's popular it gets milked. So now there are thousands of life hack videos showing stupid things.

Under coffee related youtubes, I laughed at a lad who rubbed coffee grounds on his face insisting he would never have to shave again... I must've looked as stupid as that fella

gramar

B00! wrote: »

Under coffee related youtubes, I laughed at a lad who rubbed coffee grounds on his face insisting he would never have to shave again... I must've looked as stupid as that fella

Was that the fella on the dancing show on Sunday night that looked like a golliwog?

Thoie

Sunhill wrote: »

What's this 'leftover wine' you speak of?

It's the stuff in the bottle after you fish the fag butts out.

There are some great ones, like how to open a bottle of wine without a wine opener and it does not involve braking the top of the bottle.

gramar

mariaalice wrote: »

There are some great one, like how to open a bottle of wine without a wine opener and it does not involve braking the top of the bottle.

Yes, just put it in a shoe and beat it off a wall for 10 minutes. Genius!

darkpagandeath

KungPao

darkpagandeath wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brdmnUBAS00

Yourself isit

Clean as you cook. That's another one. More advice than hack I suppose.

Running Balance

Yourself isit wrote:

Clean as you cook. That's another one. More advice than hack I suppose.

I wish some showed my wife this.. pots and pans everywhere after boiling a bleeding egg!!

January

gramar wrote: »

Yes, just put it in a shoe and beat it off a wall for 10 minutes. Genius!

Even easier!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6nQ9EKh1HU

weldoninhio

mariaalice wrote: »

There are some great ones, like how to open a bottle of wine without a wine opener and it does not involve braking the top of the bottle.

Could have used that one back in the day. Tried to stab the cork out of a bottle back in my college days. Stabbed myself in the hand.

MRnotlob606

I brushed my teeth with baking soda. Didn't want to get my teeth white or anything, I just like baking soda in my mouth.

NiallBoo

January wrote: »

Even easier!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6nQ9EKh1HU

I'm guessing that doesn't work with real corks?

Widdershins

Yourself isit wrote: »

Clean as you cook. That's another one. More advice than hack I suppose.

I have to clean as I go, as soon as a plate is finished with it gets washed.. I'd go mad if I let a heap of pots and dishes build up.

I feckin' love tidying. There, I've said it.

A Battered Mars Bar

B00! wrote: »

how gullible must we be to try them? :eek:


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What's this we business? I don't see coffee stains here...

bodhrandude

Should you have not percolated the coffee first before using it, it would be nice, thick and syrupy then.

WoollyRedHat

Cover your car in butter, it will look nice and shiny.

Put a trampoline in your front garden and underneath your bedroom window so you don't have to worry about stairs in the morning.

darkpagandeath

January wrote: »

Even easier!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6nQ9EKh1HU

2 keys would probably solve the cork one.

topmanamillion

That wine Cork and key youtube video just seems like a sure fire way to bend your house key.
If your at your mates when you do that expect to be sleeping on their sofa, most likely with a belly full of corked wine.

Widdershins

There's a life hack in the news at the moment. A mother suggests using a Lucozade bottle to bring your wine on the bus.It perfectly fits a bottle of wine.I thought that was called alcoholism.

coolhull

Another one I've seen is for a ' beautiful six-legged dining table'. Unfortunately, to build it, you have to take two tables apart.

Stravos Murphy

Life hacks were all the rage before the industrial revolution.