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Len posted:Where does the "use the credit card knife to stop muggers" come from? Because it's not advertised for that at all. The ads just talk about using it to cut every day things like packages, food, letters, string. Is that just this thread latching onto something tiny and pointless while bigger lifehacks go unmentioned like the Doritos Consomme from a few pages back? And these brass knuckles are totally just a novelty paperweight.
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Sleeveless posted:And these brass knuckles are totally just a novelty paperweight. And this keychain punch knife is just for opening letters. It's just handy, that's all.
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Jan 13, 2015 22:18
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Knives are legal to carry so there's no reason for them to dance around what it is. It's a pocket knife in a form factor that some people may find more convenient to carry. Or maybe goons in general just stab people a lot more often than I do.
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Jan 14, 2015 01:33
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:Knives are legal to carry so there's no reason for them to dance around what it is. It's a pocket knife in a form factor that some people may find more convenient to carry. A stabbing a day keeps the doctor away! 
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Jan 14, 2015 01:36
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I got my granddad a wallet card with a knife in for Christmas, it replaced the razor blades he's been keeping in there for the last 60~ years. Lifehacks: Keep razor blades in your wallet and cut the fingers of muggers.
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Evilreaver posted:A stabbing a day keeps the doctor away! Please don't stab me.
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:Knives are legal to carry so there's no reason for them to dance around what it is. It's a pocket knife in a form factor that some people may find more convenient to carry. In the UK it's illegal to carry anything other than a pocket knife, unless you can prove that you need it for a legitimate purpose. Which is pretty funny.
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Jan 14, 2015 15:44
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Fil5000 posted:In the UK it's illegal to carry anything other than a pocket knife, unless you can prove that you need it for a legitimate purpose. Which is pretty funny. But...how do you carry a giant 12 inch knife everywhere?
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Fil5000 posted:In the UK it's illegal to carry anything other than a pocket knife, unless you can prove that you need it for a legitimate purpose. Which is pretty funny. 
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Jan 14, 2015 17:15
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This is just the front page on Pinterest for wax burners. https://www.pinterest.com/explore/wax-burner/ Quite a few people show that they put some sort of cleaning agent into them for a nice smell. That doesn't seem right. Or safe.
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Jan 14, 2015 17:16
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To be fair that stuff doesn't actually clean anything, it just a powder that makes your laundry extra smelly. Though it was definitely designed to be dissolved in wash water and not be heated.
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Jan 14, 2015 18:25
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Yeah, maybe don't use them near an open flame. (That site looks promising.)
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Jan 14, 2015 18:51
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Fil5000 posted:In the UK it's illegal to carry anything other than a pocket knife, unless you can prove that you need it for a legitimate purpose. Which is pretty funny. Yeah, but if the credit-card knife had a folding blade it would be fine. It's only the fact that it's a fixed-blade thing that makes it illegal.
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Jan 14, 2015 19:08
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Centripetal Horse posted:Lifehack: just go to the lovely off-strip casinos, or the Boulder Strip. I was at East Side Cannery Sunday morning, and smokes were like $3/pack. I don't smoke, but but from what I've seen, that's not a bad price, these days. Just don't play guess-a-number. 1 of paper = 4 of coin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNpIxi20tmA #CrasinoHacks
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Stick Insect posted:This is just the front page on Pinterest for wax burners. Once s a teen I was really stupid and burned a pot and scared my parents would find out--I had wrecked a pot earlier in the week--so I tried boiling water and dish soap in the burned pot to help lift the blackened bits inside. The entire house smelled overpoweringly like dish soap, and it also gave me a massive headache and nausea, which I assume means I was inhaling bad nasty poo poo. In summary, don't burn pots, or boil dish soap water, or melt cleaning agents, or be a stupid teenager.
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Wedemeyer posted:Once s a teen I was really stupid and burned a pot and scared my parents would find out--I had wrecked a pot earlier in the week--so I tried boiling water and dish soap in the burned pot to help lift the blackened bits inside. The entire house smelled overpoweringly like dish soap, and it also gave me a massive headache and nausea, which I assume means I was inhaling bad nasty poo poo. Incidentally, if you're ever in this situation, boil water and baking soda to clean out burned crap.
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Jan 15, 2015 07:04
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Lamprey Cannon posted:Incidentally, if you're ever in this situation, boil water and baking soda to clean out burned crap. Pretty much this. One time when we were little, my sister tried to cook and ended up burning the poo poo out of a pan/the macaroni inside said pan. We were panicking and were sure we were gonna get into huge poo poo but then my mom just boiled like a cup of baking soda and water in there and it was pretty much good as new. I pretty much had cooking duty after that, though.
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Jan 15, 2015 07:21
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Alternatively, you can rub the bottom of the pan with a sugar cube to get rid of the burned stuff.
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Jan 15, 2015 08:04
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I just used a sandwich toaster to fry an egg. It worked ok 
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Jan 15, 2015 11:40
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LoonShia posted:Alternatively, you can rub the bottom of the pan with a sugar cube to get rid of the burned stuff. Won't the left over bits of sugar burn the next time you cook? Or was this a joke.
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Jan 15, 2015 15:51
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If you have 24 hours to spare, denture cleaning tablets can clean anything. If you don't have 24 hours to spare, MEK can clean anything. Alternatively, switch to cast iron pans and completely stop giving a poo poo about cleaning.
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Jan 15, 2015 15:57
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:
Honestly, this is what everyone should do, ASAP
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Jan 15, 2015 16:00
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:If you have 24 hours to spare, denture cleaning tablets can clean anything. If you don't have 24 hours to spare, MEK can clean anything. For added cleaning power boil MEK on the stove!
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bamhand posted:Won't the left over bits of sugar burn the next time you cook? Or was this a joke. Nope. You rinse the pot after you're done.
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Jan 15, 2015 16:09
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DemeaninDemon posted:For added cleaning power boil MEK on the stove!
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Jan 15, 2015 16:09
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DemeaninDemon posted:For added cleaning power boil MEK on the stove! poo poo, if you're going to the trouble of boiling stuff, go the whole hog and boil a simple mixture of sulfuric acid, hydrogen peroxide, and acetone. The crystals that form provide extra scrubbing power, similar to putting sea salt on a piece of potato!
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Jan 15, 2015 16:11
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A sugar cube basically works as a self-destroying sandpaper so you can get crap off without normally damaging what's beneath. From a lifehack perspective, it's the same general idea as using them to remove screen printed logos from random things like phones if you don't like how they look (this was way before metal logos under glass and whatnot)
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Jan 15, 2015 16:37
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:If you have 24 hours to spare, denture cleaning tablets can clean anything. If you don't have 24 hours to spare, MEK can clean anything. We bought a whole set of cast iron stuff months ago and I can't get into using it. It just seems like such a hassle to oil them up, and we let our pans soak for a while before cleaning them and that's a big no-no. The first time I used one I tried to make a grilled cheese sandwich and set off the fire alarm. My wife made me one on our old pans while I put the box fan in the window to pull out the smoke.
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There's nothing wrong with letting the pan soak for a bit if you've got something stuck on it. Oiling the pan literally takes 5 seconds after you finish washing it.
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Cast iron is a great surface to cook on, but it does take some getting used to and a lot of people pitch it as something it's not. It's nonstick enough to cook eggs in the best case, but it's never as good as real teflon. If you want to make an omelette, you really should be using a small nonstick pan, ideally a cheap one as teflon pans do wear out and any of them with a decently thick bottom perform the same brand new, whether they're generic or from All-Clad. What cast-iron is great for is when you really want to sear something, like steak or a smashed burger (where you press it into the skillet for maximum char) as it can hold a lot of heat. Counter to what you might have heard, I find it works best with slightly less oil for these tasks, since too much just makes the food greasy and messes up the sear. And a sharp metal spatula is the best tool for a cast iron pan, as it smooths the bottom out and can help resolve the rare sticking. Seasoning works best getting the pan really hot and putting a thin layer of oil on top. The ideal is probably to put a really thin layer of oil on the pan (barely visible), bake it at 500F for an hour, and repeat a few times, but just a spray of pam rubbed in with a paper towel over high heat is good enough. People get really spergy about it, which I think misses the point of buying a cheap pan that can take abuse. And modern dish detergent (like Dawn) won't gently caress up the seasoning, but real soap (like Dr. Bronner's) can, so if you get something nasty stuck on your pan and water or scrubbing won't get it off alone, go ahead and use dish detergent. Have you guys talked about Kipkay's youtube channel in a while? A lot of "hacks" that look effective in a 2 minute video but which are actually useless, plus a couple videos where you can tell he didn't have any ideas. gently caress your engine up with nail polish remover and throw away your spare tire! Draw power from the landline you still have! Power companies HATE him! build a camera out of a smaller camera! stalk people using a single use gadget explicitly designed to report its location! and use linkbait to attract sad mras to the comments HACK the traffic lights using moorse code on the crosswalk button (which does not work but shut up) I bought condoms and had no use for them so i just filmed myself pretending i found clever uses from them? Please click the youtube ads? BONUS: Dad joke with CVS employee CAUGHT ON TAPE.
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Back in the 90's there was a Dilbert strip with this exact same idea, the punchline being that Dilbert is a sad pathetic nerd for doing it. Come to think of it, early Dilbert had a lot of strips about Dilbert that depicted him as a sad pathetic nerd for his lifehacking ideas.
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TVarmy posted:Cast iron is a great surface to cook on, but it does take some getting used to and a lot of people pitch it as something it's not. Personally I love my calphelon pans a lot more than my cast iron ones, but that's just me. Also the condom one is cringe worthy. Why would you waste perfectly good condoms on things that aren't sex?
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Sociopastry posted:Personally I love my calphelon pans a lot more than my cast iron ones, but that's just me. FWIW, soldiers have been using them since WW II to keep poo poo dry. Just make sure you use a non-lubed one or the entire operation starts messy.
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Jan 15, 2015 19:20
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This is a thing that people actually do, but generally they use a not lovely smaller camera and a not lovely original camera/lens.
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:Alternatively, switch to cast iron pans and completely stop giving a poo poo about cleaning. Never shower again!
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Shintaro posted:Never shower again! Make lasagna in the shower! 
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I've been considering doing just that to combat my cat making GBS threads in the tub regularly. Just hose that poo poo down the drain.
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amityville anus posted:I've been considering doing just that to combat my cat making GBS threads in the tub regularly. Just hose that poo poo down the drain. Lifehack: Cat making GBS threads in inappropriate places? Be a better cat owner and clean the drat litter box more often. For problem/fussy cats, that can mean twice a day, though often the problem clears up with just once a day cleaning. You may also need more litter boxes, some cats hate to share. The recommended formula is # of litter boxes = # of cats +1 Having more than one litter box also lets you experiment with different litters, some cats inexplicably despise certain litters and won't touch them. If problem persists, visit Pet Island. Alternately, Lifehax: the bathtub is pretty much the very best inappropriate place a cat can poo poo. Even easier to clean than a litterbox. Lifehaxxor extreeem: Get a dog too. The dog will eat the cat poo poo off the floor like a animal, you peice of poo poo.
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Wait I should have 1 litter box since I have zero cats?
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