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It reminds me a bit of a story I read about QuikClot and why you really shouldn't use it unless you're well-trained in first aid. For those who don't know, QuikClot is a hemostatic agent in the form of a rayon/polyester gauze bandage impregnated with kaolinite, a clay mineral that greatly accelerates the body's natural blood clotting to rapidly stop bleeding. It used to come as a powder poured on the wound, which had a rather exothermic reaction...up to 140 degrees Fahrenheit. I think it still does, but the post-2008 product is improved and simply comes as a bandage that you slap on the wound. It immediately became the prepper's dream: just apply a bandage and stop the most heinous bleeding with no training at all! Unfortunately, it's obviously not quite that simple (or everyone would have it at home). Along with the heat problem, QuikClot hardens into granules. This can make the wound a good deal harder to clean out, and it was worse before the 2008 changes where you had to clean and scrub to try and remove every last granule. So there was a case where a fisherman cut open his thumb with a hook. Figuring that he had some miracle powder in his first aid kit, he poured QuikClot on it and kept fishing for another 4 hours. By the time he reached the hospital, the QuikClot had hardened completely into the wound and a minor thumb injury took half an hour to clean out. Even now, people are still using the stuff without really understanding what it does. QuikClot just clots the wound, it doesn't actually heal it like a video game bandage. Like they won't remember to apply pressure and someone takes the bandage off to treat the wound, pulling the clot with it and leaving the bloody wound open and bleeding again. And it introduces foreign bodies into the bloodstream if any granules come out, which is obviously never pleasant.
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Feb 9, 2016 01:07
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Hey guys, what goofy life hacks are we talking about tod- 
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chitoryu12 posted:It reminds me a bit of a story I read about QuikClot and why you really shouldn't use it unless you're well-trained in first aid. My immediate thought was some dumbass putting it on a really serious deep wound, stopping the external bleeding and then dying from internal bleeding because they thought they were good to go, no need to seek medical attention. 
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Feb 9, 2016 02:53
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PYF Life hacks: Don't actually hack yourself.
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Karma Monkey posted:My immediate thought was some dumbass putting it on a really serious deep wound, stopping the external bleeding and then dying from internal bleeding because they thought they were good to go, no need to seek medical attention. It wouldn't surprise me if someone did that. A lot of preppers or just regular well-meaning folks with little to no basic medical training hear about how awesome it is. It looks like a miracle powder with how quickly it stops bleeding, so it may give them the impression that it's like a video game: apply bandage and your health instantly goes up. In reality, the stuff just absorbs water extremely quickly (hence the exothermic reaction) to cause a rapid clot. All you're doing is stopping the injury up with your own dried blood. If you do nothing to properly treat the wound, you're still hosed.
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Feb 9, 2016 04:40
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Preppers doing it and hurting their idiot selves is pretty funny though.
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Feb 9, 2016 06:22
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I fell barefoot into a shallow creek and landed on a mostly buried piece of metal that sliced a nice wide V-shaped gash across my arch. After hobbling back to my house and seeing it in the light I had a slight, slight thought about just rinsing and bandaging it. Then I remembered my cousin who fell and hit her shin on a concrete sidewalk that gave her a bit of a scratch. She didn't really bother with it until it swelled like crazy a bit later, turned all red and she could walk. They had to cut her open down to the bone to clear out the infection and keep her hospitalized while it was left open to drain for a while, all from a small scratch. I went to the ER, got to have a doctor stick his finger inside my foot to examine the wound before getting any meds and have it scrubbed out. The swelling during healing got so bad I lost a layer of skin. The nerves and mobility are still messed up, but I'm glad I didn't hesitate to get proper care. The thread with pictures of both our injuries is long archived I think. Life Hack: Walk barefoot on wet logs over a creek to get a nice stash of pain meds from the ER.
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Feb 9, 2016 12:48
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Life Hack: Lose weight (and your appetite) by reading Life Hack threads during breakfast! Wal-eugh!
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Sentient Data posted:Life pro tip: 3000+ people agree that the real world is actually a cartoon But some ATMs actually do this. If it's a machine which takes the whole card then there's a good chance you're not getting it back if you screw up too many times. Lifehack - if you get your card eaten, it's quicker to get a new one by reporting it lost than it is to try and get your old one back. I was mates with an Armagard guy who worked as security for ATM technicians and he said that cards which the machine has eaten (wrong PIN or left in the slot) will first get taken back to the local armoured car depot. They send the cards out weekly (if you're lucky) to the bank's state office which then sends the cards back to the local main office and then to the issuing bank. This can take up to a month because But a lost card can be replaced in under a week. Works for Australia, but YMMV and all that.
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Feb 9, 2016 15:04
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Gorilla Salad posted:But some ATMs actually do this.
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Feb 9, 2016 15:43
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Roro posted:It looks like an actual surgical needle actually, we have those where I work. It does look a little like an actual surgical needle at first glance (we have them at my work, too, where I use them to put sutures in people) but, if you look closer, the curve is too uneven. Also, he describes it as a bent sewing needle.
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Feb 9, 2016 16:03
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Gorilla Salad posted:Lifehack - if you get your card eaten, it's quicker to get a new one by reporting it lost than it is to try and get your old one back. An ATM ate my card once. I went into the bank and told them what happened and they just cancelled it and had a new one sent to me.
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Feb 9, 2016 16:52
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Dogfish posted:It does look a little like an actual surgical needle at first glance (we have them at my work, too, where I use them to put sutures in people) but, if you look closer, the curve is too uneven. Also, he describes it as a bent sewing needle. Christ, I didn't realise how borked my post was until you quoted it. And yeah, looking at it properly it doesn't look right.
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For more self surgery life hacks, if you want to tell which direction is North, see if a stove is on, or find hidden magnets just surgically place a magnet in your finger! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVVTSXA0HTU and a few years later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2cNmtO3YXw I don't mean to talk bad about this guy, though, as he's seriously awesome and does some cool stuff for actual science and more people should watch his vids.
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Feb 10, 2016 10:47
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Also good for poking a hole in your liquidity when swiping the wrong end of your cc.
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How do two sticks help with drinking that gravy?
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Feb 11, 2016 03:21
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you swirl it around to get a nice drain effect going then down it like a shot.
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moist turtleneck posted:How do two sticks help with drinking that gravy? 
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Chapped lips? Love Ramen? Combine the two for a ramen-infused lip balm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6DHB1keLI4 Yeah I need sodium on my tongue at all times, I want to smell like the poor I am.
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Feb 11, 2016 15:22
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With this video my life has been ruined forever. Now I will always be thinking that just one click away, men with weird accents are getting incredible kicks from things I’ll never know.
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Feb 11, 2016 17:06
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twoday posted:With this video my life has been ruined forever. Now I will always be thinking that just one click away, men with weird accents are getting incredible kicks from things I’ll never know. Wait you didn't watch german porn before?
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bunnyofdoom posted:Wait you didn't watch german porn before? Yes sure, within the last 15 minutes even, but everything that happens in German porn makes sense to me; this is incomprehensible.
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Feb 11, 2016 17:55
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diabeetz posted:Chapped lips? Love Ramen? Combine the two for a ramen-infused lip balm. I don't understand. Why is this sassy black woman so pale? And hairy.
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twoday posted:everything that happens in German porn makes sense to me 
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Feb 11, 2016 22:43
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So the floor doesn't get so dirty
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Angela Christine posted:I don't understand. Why is this sassy black woman so pale? And hairy. That's actually a gay man who thinks that is how gay men are supposed to act. Yaaaaassssss!
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Feb 11, 2016 23:15
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My Lovely Horse posted:Oh yeah? So why is there straw everywhere?
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Roro posted:That's actually a gay man who thinks that is how gay men are supposed to act. To me he sounds like a high pitched version of ChoZen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtmLKbbn8gA
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Feb 12, 2016 01:13
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Lifehack: Ruin your Sushi by drowning it in soy sauce, like a gaijin loving animal.
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IncredibleIgloo posted:Lifehack: Ruin your Sushi by drowning it in soy sauce, like a gaijin loving animal. I think maybe you aren't very good at soy sauce?
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IncredibleIgloo posted:Lifehack: Ruin your Sushi by drowning it in soy sauce, like a gaijin loving animal. たわごとのあなたの作品
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https://twitter.com/jamescroft/status/697255522311892993
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How to strip wires, the easy way! That is evidently easier than using a wire stripper.
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The Fuzzy Hulk posted:How to strip wires, the easy way! Well, I can see it being pretty useful if you don't own a wire stripper. But I also don't own any wooden pegs or metal pencil sharpeners, so I'm hosed either way.
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Don't forget the drill since they surely won't use pointed (self-boring? don't know, im dum) screws in the pencil sharpener I meant to get it into the clothespin, but i guess they're a soft wood Sentient Data has a new favorite as of 01:15 on Feb 15, 2016 |
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Sentient Data posted:Don't forget the drill since they surely won't use pointed (self-boring? don't know, im dum) screws in the pencil sharpener I've gotten screws like that out with a knife before. It's not hard, but you also need to be cautious which I'm guessing is a trait most life-hackers do not have.
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apparently you guys have never had to do some soldering in a very specifically appointed workshop.
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Oh boy! Cracked's run another Life Hack Photoplasty today!
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