To be sick of people calling everything a 'hack'?

[TerfsUpSurfsUp]

Why is everything suddenly a hack?
Just watched a video about a 'Disney land park hack'

What was it? Taking a massive churro and breaking it in half for 2 small kids.
How is that a fucking hack? It's just common sense??

Me too! I remember when things that were actually useful were called either "Top Tips" or "Handy Tips". "Hacks" gets on my nerves a bit these days!

I watched a young woman doing her make-up on the train. She had a huge eyeshadow palette and loads of brushes. I found it entertaining to watch her and fascinating that she obviously didn't care that people were watching this normally private activity. Not something I'd want to do in public, but I can't see any reason to say anything.

I think you must be muddling them with ‘knobs’.

Ah Viz Top Tips, lololol! They always told you to "simply" do whatever it was!

TheDogsMother

Here you go:

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=141&t=216000

MURDERERS Need to dispose of a body? Simply parcel it up and post it to yourself via DHL. You will never see it again.

And on video!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8_LSoRy0VXCMy14gRLm5HiC99WRpiRAZ

I don’t do Instagram but I applaud your public-spirited sentiment!

The hacks are almost as bad as POV!

They're not just hacks, they're 'life hacks'

Grrrrr 🤬

The one that annoys me is using "reset" instead of just what it is, tidying! It's all kitchen reset, living room reset etc.

No you're not doing anything revolutionary. You're just tidying up as countless generations before you have.

'X celeb breaks silence’ over something that happened yesterday
Oh yes! @kierenthecommunity this one drives me mad.
Celebrities saying perfectly mundane things are always "Breaking their silence!"

Only second in irritation to ‘I was today years old…’ I mean what the hell dies that mean? And it’s always something really dumb and obvious…

These are brilliant, you have changed my life

This week I was told there is a hack to using my colander when I drain potatoes/veg.

And for using my hair straighteners.

I've been using both of these fine the whole of my adult life, so I don't think I'm going to use them the wrong way around just because that is now apparantly a hack.

🙈

I don’t mind that so much. The one that really annoys me is

Allllllllllllll the <insert noun here>

@soupfiend
No don’t give all of your hacks away for free!
You could be a hacks influencer and get loads of freebie’s in return for your wisdom.

i refuse to read or watch anything that claims I've been doing something wrong. I mean, I'm 43, if I've been doing something wrong, clearly I've managed to survive somehow so don't need it now.

My favourite hack had a title along the lines of:

"Influencer shares her packed lunch hack and the internet is AMAZED".

It was putting the drink bottle into the freezer to act as an ice pack. Dm did this back in the late 70s when the bottle went into the ice box overnight.

I'll also tell you it wasn't that great, because the condensation got over everything leaving it soggy, and the squash defrosts quicker than the water, so it's unpleasantly strong at first, and then totally watery at the end. And either defrosts too quickly so it's warm by the time you drink, or hasn't defrosted enough to give you a decent drink at lunch time (or the rest of the day either). The number of times we all got a dribble of pure squash in the bottom of a cup for lunch and then half a cup of water just before we left. I never realised until I was an adult why days out left me frequently with a migraine-due to dehydration.

It's short for duplicate too

I actually find that helpful as it's putting it back to how it was, rather than tidying EVERYTHING away which feels impossible.

I hope you will share them all, @soupfiend - my life is empty without them!

Want to be awake at a certain time in the morning? Set an alarm before you go to sleep.

It's not "people" that do this, it's just attention seeking wannabe influencers on social media. Pay less attention to them and your life will be infinitely better.

Definitely an influencer/ social media thing that has annoyed me for ages. Bloody hacks!

Not a hack but this gets on my nerves a lot !
@Mnhq are guilty of it this time .
Just how did it literally save lives once let alone several times? * *

What is it? A seatbelt? Antibiotics?