Have we reached peak 'hack' yet - please!!!

[Feedingthebirds1]

Why is it that anything somebody famous, or a SM influencer, does has to be a 'hack'? Brand new and shiny, that no-one's ever thought of before, and you MUST try NOW?

Things I have read today...

Duchess Kate (and while I'm getting riled up, why do the glossies and newspapers still insist on calling her Kate Middleton, when she hasn't been that for over 10 years?), anyhow, apparently she uses a face flannel to remove her makeup. Well who knew you could do that? But because Kate does it it's a hack and we're all stupid for not realising that we could do it too. Well let's face it, we obviously didn't, but now that KATE does it...

Stacey Solomon used something that wasn't a bathroom shelf as a bathroom shelf (it was a plastic shoe rack). Yup, that was Stacey's 'genius hack' for bathroom storage.

Apparently it's a hack to put a sock over your hand to clean venetian blinds. My grandmother used to do that. But no, somebody's just thought of it and called it a hack.

And it's a beauty 'hack' to use cream blusher instead of powder because it's quicker. Well blow me down with a feather. How could I have been so dumb as to not have worked it out for myself about 20 years ago??? I mean, wake up and get with the programme Feeding.

Anyone else got any? Or shall I quietly mutter to myself in a corner?

I've been using a flannel to remove my make up since I started wearing it circa 1995. How is that a hack?

@MoiraNotRuby

My hack is not to use blusher at all, if I look too pale I slap myself in the face

😂😂 this has made me laugh.

I sometimes enjoy watching Mr Beast and his mates watch 'hack' videos (this may be peak YouTube, watching YouTubers watch YouTubers doing hacks!). Their commentary can be quite entertaining (I know not really but it's been a long year hasn't it).

@DaughterOfEvening

Anything the the bathroom here is fair game apparently. My muslin cloths have been used to clean the dog’s teeth 🤮

I feel your pain. I'm the only one in my family that feels it's basic hygiene to have my own towel and not share it with every other filthy git in the house.

why do the glossies and newspapers still insist on calling her Kate Middleton, when she hasn't been that for over 10 years?

That depends whether she changed her surname or not.

I do loathe "hacks" though.

I wonder if Kate has a hack for cleaning the manky face clothes she uses to remove her make up cos DD uses them and even in a 95’ wash they still come out stained and manky

@DaughterOfEvening

Anything the the bathroom here is fair game apparently. My muslin cloths have been used to clean the dog’s teeth 🤮

🤮

@tiredanddangerous

I've been using a flannel to remove my make up since I started wearing it circa 1995. How is that a hack?

I know! I feel like I could be the next tictok star by simply doing things I've done for years. For instance did you know you can use a toothbrush to clean your teeth?

Facebook kept advertising eco reusable tissues to me at one point. Apparently reusable kitchen towels and tissues is an eco hack for convenient green living.

Does nobody have dish cloths or hankies?

Agree to all face related stuff. Reusable make up remover wipes! Wow!

And did anybody know that you can use fancy washable cloths to clean your kitchen side instead of disposable wipes?

I read a hack recently that said to clean door handles to avoid passing on germs 👀

reusable tissues

AKA handkerchiefs - not as eco-friendly as you might think because they have to be washed at a high temperature. My dad used to use them, wouldn't touch tissues.

It used to mean a clever shortcut way of doing something. Now it’s just used to mean ‘doing something’.

I blame the "5 minutes" "crafts", and Hinch

Vinegar to clean limescale😱 sooo new

I own a teen dd too. Her 'hacks' mainly involve recipes where she uses every pan in the house and all the eggs, bananas, porridge and honey to create something that resembles a burnt flip flop.

I just stand by to flap a tea towel at the smoke alarm and hand her the cornflakes when it's all over.

@Mycatismadeofstringcheese

I am peak hack.

DD is always coming up with hacks she’s watched on YouTube. It usually involves cutting up a perfectly good piece of clothing and then realising it is now unusable.

(I’ve started saving things that she has grown out of and are too worn out to give to charity ..... ooh is that a hack? quick someone, YouTube it)

My daughter told me yesterday that you can dip a lettuce leaf in some sort of paint/glue and when it dries you have a handy little bowl. I told her that when she moves out in 8 years she can have as many rotting lettuce leaves covered in Dulux in her flat as she wants. Until then, we will stick to glassware and ceramics.

Christ, I’ll join you in that corner, Feeding.

Just the word sets my teeth on edge - didn’t we used to call these things tips? And weren’t the vast majority of them useful bits of common sense? As opposed to the current tsunami of vacuous, wasteful shite and useless made-up bullshit.

Mind you, I have a low tolerance for this sort of stuff. Almost punched the telly once when Nigella made some sort of coy remark and did her ‘under-the-fringe-naughty-sideways-glance’ thing just because she was cutting up bacon with a pair of fucking scissors - I mean, who else would ever have thought of that ...

Also, ‘curated’ anyone?

Blimey, that feels better - hadn’t realised quite how much I’ve obviously been affected by the whole life hack situation

@LagneyandCasey

I own a teen dd too. Her 'hacks' mainly involve recipes where she uses every pan in the house and all the eggs, bananas, porridge and honey to create something that resembles a burnt flip flop.

I just stand by to flap a tea towel at the smoke alarm and hand her the cornflakes when it's all over.

And the glue-covered lettuce leaves Shonkycat

This thread has made my day!

The best one was some woman who made peanut butter ‘slices’ by spreading peanut butter on baking parchment and freezing it. The effort to do that outstripped that of just spreading peanut butter on bread by several times.

@SchrodingersImmigrant have a look at the welsh twins on YouTube they follow the 5 minute crafts and it never works out

Yes me too.

I also wonder how using a flannel is new!

YES @ChinstrapBobblehat

‘How to curate the perfect cheeseboard’

Fucking cut some cheese and put it out.

See also - ‘eclectic’

Also, ‘curated’ anyone?

Yes! Only for museums and art galleries. Not for your cluttered dresser full of makeup.

[quote Crabbitcrab]@SchrodingersImmigrant have a look at the welsh twins on YouTube they follow the 5 minute crafts and it never works out[/quote]
I will! Thanks!