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I was trying to remember the stupid name my middle school gave for the class instead of home ec. and couldn't, but remembered this was 15-16 years ago for me. I do remember the class was mostly boys and we were in it for the mid-morning food.
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reserve the vodka to sterilize the cuts on your lips, wait for the alcohol to go directly into your bloodstream, and pass out as your house burns down in a string-related fire #lifehack
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Meatwave posted:I don't know about you guys, but I enjoy some fine glass shards with my vodka. Delicious. There are safe ways to make glasses out of bottles, I'm just not sure that's one of them. My main objection would be that if you're going to go through the hassle of making a glass out of a bottle, it's usually because it's a really nice bottle. Those glasses just look like poo poo. im pooping! posted:I was trying to remember the stupid name my middle school gave for the class instead of home ec. and couldn't, but remembered this was 15-16 years ago for me. I do remember the class was mostly boys and we were in it for the mid-morning food. You know, I could see some teacher now trying to be all "hip to what the kids are into" and naming their class "Life Hacks 101." Complete with I Can Haz Cheeseburger jokes. Karma Monkey has a new favorite as of 17:50 on Aug 2, 2014 |
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Aug 2, 2014 17:45
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Karma Monkey posted:I like that name a lot better than Home Ec. Speaking of cooking and making stuff... Isn't this just cake?
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Leper Residue posted:Isn't this just cake? From what I've learned Americans love their bread extremely sweet and sugary.
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Karma Monkey posted:There are safe ways to make glasses out of bottles, I'm just not sure that's one of them. My main objection would be that if you're going to go through the hassle of making a glass out of a bottle, it's usually because it's a really nice bottle. Those glasses just look like poo poo. What thread was it where a goon took some kind of media communications class? It turned out to have a section on memes and the teacher would put MLP references in the module booklet 
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Just today a few people on my Facebook are posting a "little-known lifehack" of punching in your ATM PIN backwards, which "dispatches police to the banking machine if you're being robbed." I have visions of robbery victims giving snarky remarks to a robber while they punch in their PIN backwards with a  look on their face then getting shot.Gaunab posted:If you're losing an argument online, just say you're trolling. As a corollary- if you disagree with something that someone says online just tell them that they're trolling! melon cat has a new favorite as of 18:47 on Aug 2, 2014 |
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Aug 2, 2014 18:44
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melon cat posted:Just today a few people on my Facebook are posting a "little-known lifehack" of punching in your ATM PIN backwards, which "dispatches police to the banking machine if you're being robbed." I have visions of robbery victims giving snarky remarks to a robber while they punch in their PIN backwards with a What if my pin is palindromic? 
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Aug 2, 2014 18:50
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If your pin number is inspired by writing BOOB on a calculator then chances are good that you're not worth robbing to begin with.
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melon cat posted:Just today a few people on my Facebook are posting a "little-known lifehack" of punching in your ATM PIN backwards, which "dispatches police to the banking machine if you're being robbed." I have visions of robbery victims giving snarky remarks to a robber while they punch in their PIN backwards with a This is probably some misunderstanding due to some cursory knowledge of security systems with built in duress codes. However, they are specifically programmed for this and why the gently caress would anyone keep this "little-known" or not charge their customers a separate charge for the service? The bank would need to pay for alarm monitoring to have somewhere to send the duress codes and be monitored. Do people think police just automatically monitor thousands of alarm points (ATMs) for no charge or that a company like ADT will do it out of the kindness of their hearts? poo poo's costly, man. Of course, this is the same facebook where grandma is convinced Obama is literally a muslim sleeper-agent bent on destroying america, taking out guns, and is either the smartest most evil man in existence or the dumbest mother fucker ever depending on the events that require it. Also chem-trails.
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Aug 2, 2014 19:16
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Lifehack: Let the bar close your tab for you so you can just walk out. Then get mad when they give themselves a 50% tip because you were a lazy gently caress. My friends are idiots. Prob why we're all friends.
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Aug 2, 2014 19:19
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Leper Residue posted:Isn't this just cake? Ice cream (proper ice cream, anyway) is made with milk and cream, eggs, sugar and whatever flavoring, and if you add flour to it, yes, I'd say you have cake batter.
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Aug 2, 2014 19:24
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Karma Monkey posted:This does not seem like a good idea... It is a simple but remember safety's number one priority: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7vT8kdpfNI
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Sagebrush posted:Ice cream (proper ice cream, anyway) is made with milk and cream, eggs, sugar and whatever flavoring, and if you add flour to it, yes, I'd say you have cake batter. Yes, and self-rising flour has baking powder in it, not yeast, so you'd definitely get cake rather than bread. Or maybe they were thinking of tea breads like banana bread or pumpkin bread?
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Desperado Bones posted:From what I've learned Americans love their bread extremely sweet and sugary. It's a bitch to find regular sliced sandwich bread at the supermarket that isn't both those things. It's kind of awful. You check the ingredients list and HFCS is number 1 or 2.
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Pneub posted:It is a simple but remember safety's number one priority: If you get a bottle cutter, you can actually get really clean cuts with just boiling water and cold tap water. Amazon lists bottle cutters for under $20.
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^^^ Wasn't Ron Popeil selling something like this on TV in the 70s? Edit: YES! "THE GREATEST GIFT YOU WILL EVER GIVE!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhrHnhMGWEc AlbieQuirky posted:Yes, and self-rising flour has baking powder in it, not yeast, so you'd definitely get cake rather than bread. Or maybe they were thinking of tea breads like banana bread or pumpkin bread? Pneub posted:It is a simple but remember safety's number one priority: Ooh, I love this one. Are you OCD about static? STAB YOURSELF. 
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Some of those are actually pretty useful.
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my mom tried that soda bottle sprinkler and it was hilarious but because she's a tight cow and it was free she refused to stop using it
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Is the point of some of those to just make you appear as white trash as possible because if so mission accomplished.
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I'm gonna legit do the $5 thing. If only I hadn't spent my last fiver on slippers for the couch...
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Lotish posted:It's a bitch to find regular sliced sandwich bread at the supermarket that isn't both those things. It's kind of awful. You check the ingredients list and HFCS is number 1 or 2. My American cousins say this is because of the big corn lobby, but I find this unbelievable. Is big corn a real thing?
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lenoon posted:My American cousins say this is because of the big corn lobby, but I find this unbelievable. Is big corn a real thing? Pretty much, yeah. The main lobby is called the Corn Refiners Association, and they do poo poo like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ-ByUx552s The lobbying is mostly about HFCF and corn ethanol. The industry gets some crazy super loving good subsidies, but this really isn't the thread for that discussion.
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lenoon posted:My American cousins say this is because of the big corn lobby, but I find this unbelievable. Is big corn a real thing? It is, but manufacturers also get a tax break if they include a certain percentage of HFCS in their products. Basically, the US government wants everything to have corn in it for some unfathomable reason.
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Aug 2, 2014 23:24
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If you don't interrupt people, they will continue to talk! Amazing! Also, any "hack" involving turning alcoholic drink containers into other things just makes you look more and more like and alcoholic.
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C.P.A.N. posted:I'm gonna legit do the $5 thing. If only I hadn't spent my last fiver on slippers for the couch... The worst was when I'd get cash back on my debit card and the checkout machine spat out my $30 in fives. 
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kazil posted:Also, any "hack" involving turning alcoholic drink containers into other things just makes you look more and more like and alcoholic. Well anytime something is described as both "unique" and "classy," it's a red flag. Unique is fine, but it's pretty rare these days that "classy" is used accurately or un-ironically. Some examples I have after searching "classy life hack"... Classy bug control:  Classy flipflop storage:  Classy I don't know wtf flipflops: 
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Wa11y posted:If you get a bottle cutter, you can actually get really clean cuts with just boiling water and cold tap water. There's a nice hack for you: Haven't had a headache all week? Click this video and let the droning hum in the background give you a loving instant migraine! lenoon posted:My American cousins say this is because of the big corn lobby, but I find this unbelievable. Is big corn a real thing? Yes. Corn is in nearly every food product we buy over here. Corn subsidies are big loving business, especially in the Midwest. Good luck finding a loaf of bread in a regular supermarket that doesn't have HFCS in it. Corn is in our motor vehicle fuel. gently caress the Illuminati, Lizard Men, or whatever giant fuckoff conspiracy theory you might believe in--Big Corn is real and it's literally found its way into 99% of American homes. edit: grammar GOTTA STAY FAI has a new favorite as of 00:16 on Aug 3, 2014 |
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lenoon posted:My American cousins say this is because of the big corn lobby, but I find this unbelievable. Is big corn a real thing? You'll find that sugar cane and sugar beets are not big crops in the US. And who wants to pay a foreigner for their sugar?
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:There's a nice hack for you: I like popcorn and corn on the cob and corn bread and oh God I'm indoctrinated
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:Yes. Corn is in nearly every food product we buy over here. Corn subsidies are big loving business, especially in the Midwest. Good luck finding a loaf of bread in a regular supermarket that doesn't have HFCS in it.  This is the loaf of bread I bought at a regular grocery store last night. None of the supermarkets I've ever been in don't have this brand that I've noticed. 
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Squallege posted:I like popcorn and corn on the cob and corn bread and oh God I'm indoctrinated Put the foil from the Jiffy Pop container on your head to shield you from CORN RAYS and pray they don't find you! edit: Jaramin posted:
Sara Lee makes a "45 Calories and Wonderful!" or somesuch line that I can find if I do some driving, but most places around here don't have the one you linked. It's really tough to get away from HFCS in the Corn Belt. GOTTA STAY FAI has a new favorite as of 00:33 on Aug 3, 2014 |
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Aug 3, 2014 00:26
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Lifehack: Don't want bread with HFCS in it? Buy a brand of bread that doesn't have HFCS in it!
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Karma Monkey posted:This is the world we live in now that high schools don't make everyone take Home Ec. You mean Family & Consumer Science! 
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Jaramin posted:
The fact that the bread has to specify it doesn't have any HFCS in it is kind of telling though
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Rick_Hunter posted:You'll find that sugar cane and sugar beets are not big crops in the US. And who wants to pay a foreigner for their sugar? They're not big crops anymore precisely because of the big corn subsidies. Sugar cane used to be a huge cash crop locally in the early 20th century, but they couldn't compete with federally subsidized corn.
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Man, now I want some sugar cane to chew on. Lifehack: tired of HFC? destroy the corn lobby and bring back sugar cane and sugar beets
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Gonna try this the next time I find myself going to a zoo, if it works that's  as hell.
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MariusLecter posted:Man, now I want some sugar cane to chew on. NIMBY. Sugar beet factories smell like a charming combination of roasted peanut butter and dog poo poo. Also the truckers never tarp, so those fuckers are falling out all over the place. Sugar beet the size of a softball bombing down the freeway into my window? gently caress that.
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