IT'S NOT A HACK!

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I know iABU but my reels on Insta and FB (yes I'm unreasonable to use SM!) are full of HACKS.

Except....I wouldn't consider any of them hacks!

-'Short Hair Hack' - video of girl using Kirby grips to pull back some of her fringe...THIS IS JUST A HAIRSTYLE

-Important life hack' - video shows how you should take a photo of important things like business cards in case you lose them... THIS IS JIST COMMON SENSE?

-'Ironing hack' - video shows someone ... wait for it.... turning a shirt over so buttons are face down and they don't have to iron around them.... WHAT? WHY WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING BUT THIS?

Yes, I'm unreasonably angry about this...yes I'm using too many capital letters... yes I need to give my head a wobble as there are worse things going on

Any other hacks that aren't hacks that people have rolled eyes at?

Lighthearted obvs

My favourite top tip:

Don't squat in nettles.

Tie a piece of string to each of your possessions so you'll never lose anything again ...simple!
To save time when painting a kitchen wall pop a shower-cap over the clock..hey presto!
Stop shirt buttons making an irritating clinking noise in the washing machine by cutting them all off ...voila!

Agree with you! They are tips or hints, not hacks.

I actually did this once 😂

My favorite Viz tip from years ago was: if your child is choking on an ice cube, tip boiling water down their throat and it’ll melt the ice cube in no time.

Hustle…I live in the US and here it means to work hard. We use it a lot to mean just that - work hard. Nothing dodgy.

My favourite tip from that Viz link is this one:

"OLD telephone directories make ideal personal address books. Simply cross out the names and address of people you don't know."

Hack was a horsey term in my day !

Except they missed one vital part that's been done since the invention of fitted sheets.. .... when you fold into the final thirds, tuck one side into the other's 'fold' and then it's less likely to fall apart when you shuffle stuff in your cupboard, and helps prevent you picking up part of a fitted sheet when you move part of the pile hunting for other stuff.

On another thread someone gave a hack linking an insurance company to discounts at a coffee shop.
By naming neither.

Here's a hack for teachers: can't be arsed to learn all those names?
Just call out Archie or Izzy. You'll be right most of the time.

That's. Just. Genius.

Fold it down the middle. Tuck one end inside the other. You'll end up with a rectangle with two rounded corners. Does that make sense? Then you can fold it. Maybe YouTube it 😆

‘turning a shirt over so buttons are face down and they don't have to iron around them’

I didn’t know about this one! Those hacks are for ignorant people like me.

I read one years ago - To stop streaming eyes when cutting up an onion, push the bread knife into a loaf of bread first.
It's kind of a family joke now when we get a fresh loaf someone will say, I need to cut up an onion.

I saw one with a good looking guy in his pants demonstrating it recently. I still roll them into a ball :)

Nice explanation here www.tiktok.com/@eko4eko/video/7108560130819509546

When my three children were of that sort of age, I used to put polish on our parquet floor, tie dusters to their feet and they had great fun skating about and shining up the floor at the same time.

It's not a HACK though.

Someone started a thread on here yesterday called 'coffee shop hack!' Turns out if you buy some form of insurance you get a discount of a certain coffee shop.

That's just a fucking offer. NOT A HACK!

When I've mopped my hard floors I use cloths under my feet to dry the bits I want to walk on. I never thought of it as a hack though.

I’ve never heard that ironing hack either!!

I awe, this wa the w of all hks. (tis)

Ooh my * didn't work 🤣

Top tip. Leave a space after a *

😂

Haha! Post the link

@LoopDiL00p www.tiktok.com/@eko4eko/video/7108560130819509546

@LoopDiL00p just realised that's a reaction to the original. I don't understand TikTok enough to get back to the original. Worth watching though, several times