‘What’s the Most Underappreciated Life Hack You Know?’ – 17 tips of varying levels of usefulness

Everybody thinks they know a hack that really makes some aspect of their life easier or better, and that somehow only a few people know. Newsflash, people – we’ve all heard that thing about sucking a spoon while you chop onions and we all know it doesn’t work.

See also –

Squirting lime on avocado won’t stop it going brown,

Rubbing garlic on your feet won’t cure a cough,

Giving up fancy coffees won’t miraculously enable you to buy a house.

Over on r/AskReddit, Yumilikesbanana put a related question to the forum.

What’s the Most Underappreciated Life Hack You Know?

Full disclosure – we can’t personally vouch for these responses, although some sound entirely feasible.

Use them or don’t use them. We’re not the boss of you.

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CapWild
(Via YouTube)

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Putting a wooden spoon across a pot while cooking …prevents the water from boiling over! Super simple but works great!
bigpeachjess

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Setting a timer for stuff! Like, I’ll put on a 5-minute timer to clean or answer emails, and it’s crazy how much I get done when I’m just focused for a few minutes. Keeps things from piling up too. Seriously, it’s such a game-changer!
SereneOceanWhisper

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EternalAllure
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Use text replacement shortcuts for your smartphone. My best examples: make “@h”, or “@g” or “@any-letter” convert to your full e-mail address. make typing just the street numbers convert to your full street address, “7139” texts “7139 Governers Way”. Make two-letter text shortcuts for your long first name, and another two-letter combo for your longer last name.
SEKKDS

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If you’re cutting garlic, onions, fish etc that makes your hands smell bad, you can rub them against stainless steel (the sink) and it will remove the odor.
CherrieeeeTree

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In my closet, on the top, I have an extandable pole(the ones you use for the bathroom curtains), and whenever I take something off a hanger, I hang the hanger on the pole, so when I have to hang everything up again, I don’t have to go looking for hangers, and I clear up space every time I take a piece of clothing.
ghost12956

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When you don’t want to agree or disagree with what someone said, and you need an out so you can walk away, just say “Huh, that’s interesting.” and walk.
qontherecord

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Freezing leftover herbs in olive oil. Just chop them up, mix with oil, and pour them into an ice cube tray.
MapKitchen3880