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Widely-Accepted 'Life Hacks' That Are Actually Terrible Advice
However, as with any advice, one should always be cautious before following it, as not all life hacks will make your life easier in the end.
Indeed, some life hacks will make your life even more difficult than you could possibly realize.
Redditor OneLameUser was curious to hear which life hacks people should avoid at all costs, leading them to ask:
"What widely accepted "life hack" is actually terrible advice?"
Stick To What's On The Shelf
"Most cleaning hacks are a good way to either light your house on fire, create accidental tear/mustard/other weaponized gases, give yourself chemical burns, ruin your floors/appliances/furniture etc, and at the very best just creates more work for you than there needs to be."
"I was a professional cleaner for years, most cleaning supplies do their jobs well without needing help from other cleaning supplies or intense scrubbing."
"Just follow directions on the bottle and you're golden lol."
"If you want to try out different products each cleaning to see which one you like best, go for it! "
"Just don't mix them."- Midnights24
Things Don't Just Magically Reappear
"Life hacks that involve exploiting resources intended for the common good."
"Like sure you don’t have to buy creamer for your coffee at home if you take it from your office, but the impression you make isn’t worth the savings."- Future_Armadillo6410
"Strength Lies In Nights Of Peaceful Slumbers"
"Just waking up early doesn't make you productive."
"It will make you worse if you genuinely need the rest."
"It's fine to get up if you have a good reason."
"But being forced or shamed into waking up early isn't the same thing."- ImportantQuestions10
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Those Same People Also Don't Know How Finances Work Either...
"I've had people tell me not to get a raise, because in the end, you will lose out on money thanks to paying more taxes."
"People don't understand how taxes work."- Significant-Basket76
Not Everything Is "Multi-Purpose"
"You can use WD40 for hundreds of different things!"
"Nope, it's really bad for certain things: locks, bike chains, anything rubber or wood or painted."
"I was brought up believing it's a cure-all for most household, automotive problems when often it makes the problem worse."-PippyHooligan
Not Fighting Is Also An Option
"Most 'tricks' that involve self-defense are extremely dangerous if you use them in a real situation."
"If you're worried about that, just learn how to fight."- RickHard0
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Ironically, These Could Have Toxic Consequences
"Anything that involves a 'detox'."
"Your liver and kidneys exist for that exclusive purpose."
"Drinking a shot of apple cider vinegar mixed with olive oil and maple syrup isn't going to miraculously cleanse your blood of impurities."- Flippy042
There's A Reason "Aging Gracefully" Is A Term
"Start Botox and filler young 'it’s preventative'."
"It actually ages you faster."
"You start using different muscles in the face to smile, etc, and so you will start getting wrinkles under your eyes or nose, which you wouldn’t have gotten until much later."
"Filler microscopically stretches the skin, it also doesn’t fully dissolve like they said it would, so it actually will migrate to different pockets in the face, leaving your face looking puffy and lumpy."
"Too many actives, and lasers will thin the skin, also making you appear much older."- GoalNext6124
... Is This Even A Thing?...
"Putting a spoon in your mouth while peeling an onion stops you from crying."
"Total hogwash."- Zip-Crane
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It Takes Two
"Any sex advice about 'how to please your partner' that doesn't involve directly communicating with them."- BuggyWhipArmMF
Not If You Value Your Safety...
"Waiting until Black Friday to get a 'deal'."- -S3R070N1N-
Do What Makes You Happy
“'Hobby should make profit. Grind never stops'.”
"It should."
"You’re not a server, you’re a human."- SticksAndTheCity
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A Hazardous Decision Indeed
"I've seen it said by a few younger people that one should turn their hazard lights on when driving on the highway because it makes them more visible."
"Don't do this."
"On top of no longer being able to use the turning signals, some cars will not turn on brake lights when the hazards are on."
"Which, on the highway, it's extremely dangerous."
"Plus, nobody else knows why the hazards are on, adding more chaos to highway driving."
"Just follow basic highway etiquette, you don't need to invent new rules of the road that only you are aware of."- 07ShadowGuard
A Little Contrition Goes A Long Way
"People at work will often tell you to never apologize."
"They say that it's bad for your brand."
"This advice is all over LinkedIn."
"They'll say things like 'instead of apologizing for being late with a deliverable, thank them for their patience'."
"This is borderline sociopathic advice, it's cruel, it's petty, and worst of all it doesn't work."
"If you've done something worth apologizing for, just apologize."- teabagalomaniac
Most Definitely Not A Hack...
"That entire genre of 'just follow your passion and the money will follow' career advice."
"It's not a hack; it's a financial sacrifice."
"Following your passion without any market research or skill development is just a fast track to being passionate, broke, and resentful of the thing you once loved."
"The real hack is often finding something you don't hate that pays well and then using the stability and money from that to fund your actual passion."- Late-Royale7316
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A hack is meant to make things easier for you.
If even after the first try, a recommended hack doesn't seem to be doing that, it's safe to say it's not a good idea.
Even if some of us remain fascinated by how anyone could think having a spoon in your mouth will stop you from crying when peeling onions.
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Woman Freaks Out After Getting Stuck In Entry Pod At Her 24-Hour Gym—And It's Pure Nightmare Fuel
Deciding to upgrade their system, PureGym implemented an app, in which a customer had to log in when they approached the building. They had to scan a barcode that appeared on their app, which would open a revolving-door-like pod. Once they stepped inside, that pod door would close, and they'd have to scan again to open the door on the other side of the pod, letting them into the facility. When it was time to leave, they had to do the same procedure.
The company justified this process as a way to maximize security and safety for their customers and prevent any non-gym members from entering when the staff were not available.
But for TikToker Gabby Kalomiris, the negatives far outweighed the positives.
At 10pm one evening after her workout, Kalomiris attempted to exit the gym when she got stuck in the pod. She managed to scan the code to enter the pod, but when she attempted to scan again to exit, the system did not respond.
She was trapped in the pod for approximately three minutes before a male gym member just happened to walk by. She was able to get his attention, and he was kind enough to scan the code in his membership app to open the pod so that she could exit.
She warned:
"Count your days, PureGym!"
You can watch the video here:
Fellow TikTokers agreed that this was pure nightmare fuel, the idea of getting stuck in a pod putting shivers down their spines.
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Others shared similar experiences to Kalomiris, stating that they either canceled their memberships or were seeking out a new gym after their location implemented the pod entry system.
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It is undoubtedly stress-inducing to imagine going to the gym late at night to be able to exercise without a ton of people around you, only to get trapped in a pod and have no one there to help you get back out.
It was horrifying enough that Kalomiris, who claims to be claustrophobic, was in there for three minutes. And if the man hadn't walked by or had refused to help her, her experience could have been so much worse.
Rather than an important security measure, this pod system feels like an accident waiting to happen.
Tech Worker Stunned After Not Getting Job Despite 11 Interviews—Only For Company To Use Their Code
With the new prevalence of AI and bot accounts, as well as scam accounts, it's hard to distinguish between quality jobs and listings that only want to steal our personal information and potentially train AI.
X-user @beaversteever may have just been the victim of one of these offenses, as they'd already completed 11 rounds of interviews, plus a free take-home project in which they'd created and supplied code to the company they hoped to work for.
Then they received the dreaded "We've gone in another direction" email, but this one had a few special twists.
Not only did the company admit to how many rounds of interviews they'd expected from their candidate, but they also admitted to being impressed with their work and utilizing their free labor without paying them or hiring them.
The rejection email read:
"Thank you for your interest in this role and for taking the time to complete [the] first phase of our interview processes that included 11 technical interview rounds, and the completion of the one-week take-home project."
"We were actually impressed with the quality of your submission, and your work has actually been accepted into our codebase."
The company's interesting choice of the use of the word "actually" was followed by the usual copy-paste rejection:
"This was an incredibly difficult decision, especially given your technical capabilities. However, after careful deliberation, we have decided not to move forward with your candidacy at this time."
"We truly appreciate your interest in [our company] and wish you the very best in your job search and future endeavors."
You can see the original email here:
Fellow X-users empathized with @beaversteever, but they also had their doubts about the quality of the company.
Typically, when a company rejects an applicant, the email will be incredibly vague, simply thanking them for their application and possibly their time dedicated to interviewing, before stating that they've gone in another direction.
The fact that this company specified that there had been 11 interviews was suspicious at best, and their confession that they were impressed with the X user's work and even implemented their work without paying them or hiring them feels like a lawsuit waiting to happen.
These mistakes were enough to give fellow X users pause and made them wonder if @beaversteever had fallen for a scam.
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It's unclear if this was a legitimate company with terribly questionable practices or if the X user had fallen for some kind of scam that lost him time, money, and intellectual labor.
If it was a scam, he was fortunate not to have disclosed financial or other personal information that could have further implications down the line, but that doesn't make the lost time and effort feel any less disrespectful.
