People have been sharing their morally dubious life hacks – 15 top tips from a bunch of veritable evil geniuses

People have been sharing their favourite morally dubious life hacks after Redditor Every-Technology-747 asked this over on – you guessed it – Ask Reddit.

“What’s the most evil life hack you know?”

As could be expected, the responses range from schoolboy pranks and clever deception to all out theft (which we’ve put to one side in the interests of staying on the right side of the thin blue line).

Clearly, the definition of ‘evil’ is subject to interpretation, and the variable levels of darkness within us all.

1.

‘Tell the truth 99% of the time. Then when you have that credibility, you can lie and people will believe you.’
AngelicXAdmirationn_

2.

‘Behave like an idiot. People will trust you more and let their guards down. It makes it much easier to fuck them over as they will never think that it was you. Also no one will expect anything from you so you will get cut a lot of slack.’
somerandomassdude404

3.

‘Never give away your full hand when you start a new job. Hide some of your skills and talents until you need them to get ahead. It’s always easier to “improve” when you’re starting at 50% capacity.’
PenislavVaginavich

4.

‘Learn to embrace the silence. It’s such a powerful tool in professional conversations. Most ppl need to fill the silence and most likely say something they shouldn’t.’
JSmellerM

5.

‘In many elevators you can hold down the „close door“ button while choosing floor to get a non-stop ride. Meant to be used by rescue service/firemen.’
2eanimation

6.

“Kill them with kindness” biggest troll ever. Whenever someone is super mad at you. Don’t fight back. Be understanding. Listen to them and don’t respond with anything mean. It will drive them nuts and save you such a big headache.’
HippoPebo

7.

‘Work correspondence hack: Anything that benefits you, put it in an email, letter, etc. so it can be memorialized when possible.

‘Anything that is detrimental to you, make a call or discuss the issue face to face verbally. Don’t leave a paper trail.
Ethylbabe2004

8.
‘Create multiple email addresses to continuously take advantage of free trial periods for subscription services, effectively getting them for free indefinitely.’
GuaxinimCubano

9.

‘When you enter a raffle drawing, fold or crinkle your ticket/slip of paper a little bit. It makes it slightly more likely to be drawn. It’s worked for me a few times and I feel a little guilty every time.’
abow