30 (more) Life Hacks Debunked - mental_floss on YouTube (Ep. 41)
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- A weekly show where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This week, John tests another 30 "life hacks" to see if they work as promised.
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john is like one of those people from infomercials who struggle with basic tasks.
you just totally made my day
"Like"
I'm on mobile so that's the best I can do.
OMG I WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT TO WRITE EXACTLY THIS
yeah... Life tasks kinda seem difficult for John.
NotTotallyHopeless Omg! It's true!
Coring a head of lettuce by slamming it against a table absolutely does work, but it works best with a firm head of lettuce, and the impact point has to be at the root. Watching this guy do it was like watching one of those inept people on your average infomercial.
Yeah, I'm a cook at a restaurant, and that is how we get the core out every time...
I was just thinking the same thing. We slam lettuce to break the core from the head all the time at work.
I'm a manager at a restaurant and this is how we train all employees to core a head of lettuce.
I agree. I do this all the time.
not to be too nit-picky, but technically you slammed that lettuce on the table wayyyyy too hard, and with your fingers tucked underneath the head of lettuce, you kinda brought the bruised knuckles on yourself... (been coring iceberg lettuce heads like this for as long as I can remember. learned it from my mom, still core lettuce like this.
I was going to say the same thing!!! Thanks!
I have be doing it for over 40 years.
Yah, beat me to it.
was gunna say the same thing lol
hold the head of lettuce like you're palming a basketball, and slam it on the counter. I do this all the time
Don't waste a pants hanger on closing a snack bag --- use plain wooden clip-style clothes pins. $3.00 for a pack of 50 that will last you forever, good for a gazillion little jobs. Even hanging pants after you've destroyed all your pants hangers.
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Everyone does that already right?
Dylan Schultz
Apparently, given this video, no. It's just done by aware thinking people like you and me..
Also, I break the clip parts off beside the clip (then file/rasp/sand and sharp edges) so it’s just the clip, no residual hanger piece. They work great!!
for the candle have Meredith draw on tissue paper, trim it and put it on the candle, then wrap with waxed paper and heat, remove the waxed paper and the tissue paper with the drawing will be there!The tissue paper will sink into the wax and you cannot see it anymore. It is an old rubber stamping trick that probably had a bad tutorial on Pinterest or something:) Funny series, keep it up!
Using an eyelash curler as a makeshift bottle opener is technically not a life hack, because - as some German students told me once - everything on your planet is basically a makeshift bottle opener.
(Except for the microbes.)
the Hungarian says: Ami nem pina, az sörnyitó! - it means that everything is a bottle opener, except vagina
I've been to Germany and can testify for that. XD
I know this guy's smarter then this... the spaghetti one with the cup cake works he just needs to make the spaghetti shorter
+Zazoo Flores Right? It was so obvious it made me question his common sense, or just wondering if these videos are jokes.
+Zazoo Flores I swear, we need like a "Life Hack revisited" episode... At least the Mythbusters gave it a chance.
+1tobedoneX I agree. like life hacks revised by other people on RUclips that show how how to do it.
+Zazoo Flores Than*
Zazoo Flores Yes you did, in your original comment.
6:07 The origin of the "they did surgery on a grape" meme
John needs a job as a infomercial "before" guy. I have not seen cling wrap moves like that outside an infomercial. lol
I realized this comment is 6 years bu its so funny lol
Not everyone has as much experience with cling wrap as you...
"Gah! Just finish the cake!
"Man that's so disappointing!"
I can't stop laughing this whole video when he fails
Wait - the shitty coke-bottle amp gets a PASS, but coring a head of lettuce by slamming the stem on the counter gets a FAIL because this guy doesn't know how to do it right?
I've been coring a head of lettuce that way since I was 5. Worked....every....time.
*****
I agree with you both! I work at a deli and slamming the lettuce works every time for me too :)
This is the way I've always cored it in the food industry.
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Thanks everybody!! Enjoy!!
Give the guy a break haha. We all know you can core a lettuce by slamming it, especially if you've ever worked in the food industry...but its also difficult and painful if you've never done it.
I think he's an IT weenie.
The spaghetti in the cupcake thing works, it was just your extreme lack of wrapping skills that ruined it
I have 10 yrs experience in the food industry and I can tell you slamming the head of lettuce DOES IN FACT WORK! You just tried too hard and left your fingers underneath it. That's your own fault. Try using science to prove these wrong. Test it a few times before making a conclusion to be sure it wasn't coincidental like what just happened.
I will back her up on this one.
I also back this up, it does work!
I also back this up. My husband has nearly 13 years food industry experience, and he slams the lettuce at work and at home all the time. Hell, I have zero years food industry experience, and even I've done it multiple times.
Yep, it works. Anything will fail if you purposely do it incorrectly, as was done in this video.
yup.
You used boston leaf lettuce instead of a head of iceberg lettuce. The slam it on the counter thing works fine (Without hurting yourself) on iceberg lettuce. I know this because I worked as a chef in a kitchen and this is exactly how we cored dozens of heads of lettuce a day.
yup, i caught that one too. you can make it work with some cabbages, too. the problem in doing it with lettuce is that it can cause the lettuce to rust more quickly (which is only a problem if you don't have a very high utilization rate).
I've never heard of this before for lettuce, but can confirm that this works marvelously for a full head of cabbage because it is a firmer snappy leaf, and lettuce is sad and floppy on a good day.
Yet another set for "John doesn't understand the lifehacks he's testing" Try breaking the spaghetti down to being just slightly taller than the frosting. When using alcohol to dissolve sticker glue, you have to let it SIT for a few minutes...just like every other solvent based situation on the face of the planet. You were holding the staple remover the wrong way. You put BOTH tines in the keyring.
You're smart aren't you
Garret Glick
I'm just frustrated by the lack of research that goes into these. If you're (successfully) making a living off of channels that try to put out and explain actual information, it's disheartening when you don't even bother doing two seconds of research on the content you're producing.
+drakar this isn't what he does for a living he is a writer
Rainbow unicorn attack over 9000
Sorry, no...part of his income comes from producing youtube videos. He receives money from views of this video. Ergo, part of his living is web videos.
He's not just a writer. That might (and probably does, due to the insanely large following his youtube fan base has created for his work) make more money from his writing than from his youtube work...I have no idea. But that doesn't subtract from the fact that he's getting paid to produce this content.
And in this case, he did a really crap job of it.
The lettuce-slam-coring trick 100% works.
SOURCE: having worked in restaurants as a cook for 20+ years and having done it thousands of times. Only you have to actually pull the core out by hand rather than apparently expecting it to fall out like this guy did.
John should not have given up so quickly on the de-coring lettuce hack. That's actually how those guys in the Chinese restaurants de-core heads of lettuce. I learned to do that, I think, when I worked in an eggroll factory, about 27 years ago. Or, maybe that was cabbage...
I've done the candle thing with 6 year olds. The trick is that you put the design on a single layer of kleenex (so pull the two layers apart, then draw your design). Put the kleenex against the candle, then the wax paper over top. We made them at a girl guide sleepover as mother day gifts.
Also, having one of those angled end attachments for the hair dryer works much better than just the regular end. (A little quicker, and less burnt fingers)
I keep thinking the design was printed on the wrong side of the wax paper.
It's never gonna work unless you take the right steps...
I think we can all agree that these videos are great, not because they're a useful way to test life hacks, but rather because it's hilarious to watch John attempt all of them.
John is literally me when it comes to cling wrap
+Mary Kate Picketts He is not literally you. He is you figuratively.
***** Sorry, Jon without an h. My inner sixteen year old is making itself apparent.
+Mary Kate Picketts He needs the other life hack where you push in the sides of cling wrap container. which is designed to be pushed in and hold the tube in place.
+Mary Kate Picketts He is literally you?
silly John, you did the lettuce wrong. Us cooks have been using the slam method since before Rome fell:-)
my grandma taught me the lettuce trick. it does work, just have to whack it right.
Your grandma taught you how to whack it right? Thats just sick man...
and you must be 12.
My mom taught me how to do it. Just hit the "button" with the heel of your hand. The whole thing pulls right out.
The coring lettuce one does work, you just did it wrong.
It also depends on what kind of lettuce you use.
He probably needs a more sturdy surface than that table
It's true, I worked in a commercial kitchen and that's how we cored lettuce. 64 gallons of chopped lettuce every day!
Worked at a sandwich shop, you take the lettuce, slam the end with the knot piece on it into the counter a few times, then pull out the core with your fingers.
Klio Seth Yeah, you only do that with iceberg lettuce.
It's amazing how young Jon looks here and how much of a dad did he become
Actually, smacking the lettuce head does work. It doesn't fall out on its own though. You need to smack it, grab, and pull.
Skip the dry pasta, just use toothpicks! :)
Yep, but I find that twisting it out makes the pulling much easier.
TheDalisama Truth!
WolfReader Oh God I just realized how perverted my comment sounds...
TheDalisama Bahahaha! Didn't even notice till you pointed it out :P
*****
Actually, if you tap the core end on the cutting board and keep turning it to get taps all the way around, the core comes out really easy. My family has been doing this forever. This way means you only take out the core and you don't have to play with a knife.
That awkward moment when John Green inadvertently makes you feel bad about literally licking the fake butter stuff off the side of the popcorn bag when you're done eating the popcorn
Oh thank goodness I'm not the only one that does that.
Mental Floss never forgets to be awesome, but please keep John and his rippling guns away from lettuce and Glad Wrap
that does work for lettuce!!! only way ive ever done it. he didnt do it right
+kelsi ciongoli Right you are. The fastest and easiest way to core lettuce for sure.
exactly, I do it at work every day
+MrFirefan1234 but how did he do it wrong...?
+Peter Hamburger he just wasn't doing it the proper way. you have to take it and slam the actual core off the counter, when u flip it over, the core will be detached from the head and inside the head a little. like it's hard to explain over text hahah. it's super easy , fast. it does work, he did it wrong!!!
+kelsi ciongoli I learned this lettuce hack from my sister many years ago when she worked at a restaurant. You are correct - it totally works if you just know how to do it right.
7:38 that is the saddest pizza I've ever seen
I just wanted to point out that you can core a head of lettuce with a sharp hit on a cutting board. The key is to place the cutting board on a surface that will not move. For further proof, I recommend you go to a Five Guys Burgers And Fries location and request a demonstration. This is where I learned to do it.
Anyone who has ever worked in good service would agree with you sor
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Agreed. It's how I core my lettuce. Two hands, like you're about to pass a basketball, slam straight down, flip, rip. It's really simple.
Lol yeah, I had to do so much at five guys I was doing two at a time every morning
I would love to see a whole episode about life hacks for cling wrap because, as you clearly know, that stuff is such a pain to get out when you actually need it
The life hack debunking episodes are oddly entertaining.
Bring us more!
The spaghetti one works if you break the spaghetti down to a reasonable length and use the right amount of plastic wrap... just saying.
you're just saying? are you???? REALLY???
Colin Frank It passes better than the bottle amplifier. Not a perfect solution, but passable.
I would suggest using those little plastic coffee stirrers instead of spaghetti though. They're flexible, the right height and fairly common.
This man is every "before" video rolled into one.
I burst out laughing when he started sifting his cereal through a strainer. I can't imagine anyone actually taking the time to sift their cereal. So funny
even more importantly, why in gods name is he wasting the crumbs?! That's where all the heavenly sugary goodness resides.
lock Lynch I always save my cereal crumbs to add to baking projects. So I sift them each time and add to various cakes I make.
The "Homemade paint" recipe is actually a recipe for salt dough.
hahaha:) I core lettuce like that and it works for me:)
Mental Floss thefrugalcrafter . if you bang the core on your sink divider on the side of the core, works everytime and you wont get hurt, lol :D
Yea same for me, only doesnt work sometimes.
Yeah, that one really works though I somehow knew he was going to hurt himself trying it.
yep, the lettuce thing works.
I core lettuce by shoving my hand in and ripping it out. It's super easy because it's lettuce but still makes me feel super manly =D
I feel like most of these could have been accomplished had he just tried harder or did it properly.
the cake thing is something I do all the time idk why anyone would use spaghetti or why he would think you'd use such long pieces you just use toothpicks
Or break the spaghetti into much smaller pieces. Common sense.
3:02 Life hack for cling wrap. Punch in the perforated end tabs and they will hold the tube in place so the wrap rolls right off when you pull it. Tadaaah!
#9 - break the spaghetti so it's not as tall. You know, like any adult would do.
One who owns an eye-curler but no bottle opener should seriously reconsider own life.
I hope that it is meant for emergencies outside or as a party trick, not like a regular bottle opener
The lettuce core thing works. I used it all the time when I worked in a restaurant. Not sure why this guy gave it a fail, except maybe he did it wrong? Use one hand and slam it down onto a cutting board. Then you can easily remove the core. BTW, plenty of vids on yt showing how to do it.
yeah, that lettuce looked pretty messed up to start with
My Grandma taught me this it works, maybe not if your lettuce is wilting, but it has worked for grandma her whole life and for me for mine so redo please, and remember that in life if at first you don't succeed try try again.
That's how I've always cored lettuce and it works like a charm for me. Honestly John kinda half-assed a lot of these.
I love how there is absolutely no shame from him as he goes about exploring all of these.
as a young adult (and adult is subjective) I maintained a salad bar, and I can say for certain the lettuce coring method you poorly demonstrated works faster than any other method ever discovered by hand.
I agree. I used that method all the time when I worked in a restaurant.
the guy was a pussy, he just smashed his hand like an idiot, tough, i dont want lettuce all over my kitchen
Yeah I worked in a sandwich shop. John did it wrong and yeah it actually works... when done correctly
The head of lettuce one works so long as you're not a hulk smashing klutz. I de-core my lettuce that way ALL the time. We have salad once a week at least.
Yeah it's always worked for me as well. Firm but not Hulk-like, as you put it xP
One hand, lightly hitting, NOT SMASHIN works great. Been doing it that way since 1965.
Yeah, he totally did it wrong. This is the only way I know how to core lettuce.
Yeah, the lettuce one works fine but John is such a lovable klutz
he doesn't seem like the type of guy to murder Agustus Waters
Best. Comment. Ever!
I don't get it, isn't Agustus waters a book character who was a basketball player and is an amputee?
Jaime Lannister Yes. John Green is the author of "The Fault in Our Stars", and as Augustus dies in the book, many of us like to say that he "murdered" him. Of course, John has a different response to it, but still.
if youre using your car key fob bleeper thing to look for your car but it's not beeping (bc the car is too far away) press it to your chin. it totally works. Your head works to amplify the signal.
I've cored lettuce by slamming it before with no problems. Looks like John cored his lettuce as well but just hurt his hand. Not sure why that wasn't a pass?
Yes, the key is not to smash the lettuce to bits, just smack it firmly.
Yep, this is a John fail, not a life hack fail.
I've successfully cored a head of lettuce that way, without hurting myself. I originally got the tip from a cooking show. To be fair I was standing at a kitchen counter and had a better angle.
Also, using the staple remover to get the keyring open enough to get the key started is way easier than using nothing, even if the key is still a bit fatter.
It also helps if your key ring isn't as dinky as the one he had.
6:05-watching in 2019 where 'They did surgery on a grape' has been a meme. Lol
I completely forgot this was a channel!! This hit me in the nostalgia hard! I miss the old days and my old sub feed! So many old channels I loved are just defunct now
The cereal one definitely just changed my life.
9:14 I always think he says "thank you for watching menopause"
Ok I thought I was the only one.
Same here LOL!
I think something is lacking in John Green's lettuce-slamming abilities. That's always how I core a head of lettuce.
Yes it does work! I do it also.
I have cored lettuce this way for years. Learned it from working in a restaurant where I had to prep the salad bar. This does work. :)
I do it all the time. John failed, not the hack.
Actually the vodka removing sticker works, but I find hand sanitizer or dry erase spray works better. It’s the alcohol that breaks down the glue that holds the sticker on. The catch is that you have to LEAVE IT ON for about 5 minutes to turn the glue back to goo. It’s not magic. 😉
6 does, we use it at our workplace all the time, you used too much force, with number 9 you should have trimmed or snapped the spaghetti strings to a more realistic size and the cup and lid? flip the lid over.
Toothpicks work wonders. Why I don't use spaghetti anymore is because if the cake is moist the spaghetti will get soft and collapse.
I was just about to say I've been decoring lettuce the same way my mom did. With force against the counter. And as well I found it funny that people just realized that you can use a Colander to strain cereal when I've been doing it isnce i saw my mom did since I was seven cause I was the kid who bitched his frosted mini wheats had that nasty stuff at the bottom.
Treble Hook Unless you're leaving them in overnight, the spaghetti should retain its shape, skewers are a decent alternative, toothpicks are too short most of the time.
Krushak8888 . I don't mind the crumbly bits at the bottom actually :)
Krushak8888 .
I like the cereal crumbs. Well... I suppose it depends on the cereal
I always empty the whole bag of popcorn into a bowl and use only my tongue to pick those delicious bastards. Like an anteater.
Look ma, no hands!
You held that lettuce wrong. As a prep-chef you hold it in one hand, core to the bottom and slam it down as if hammering a nail. The core will come right out, takes 3 seconds from grabbing the head to removing the core.
The lettuce head works, you need to stand up and slam it directly down onto a cutting board. It breaks the hard middle out of the lettuce head and you just pull it out. Been doing that for years.
Number 20: You could use rubber bands as well. The key is that the rubbery material does not slide easily and allows more efficient transfer of force.
Coring lettuce by hitting it on a table is certainly a pass as I have been doing that since I was a child. It only works for Iceberg lettuce though.
John you just hit the lettuce wrong.
agree
"Mark,I thought you said these came from the internet" lol I love this guy
Having worked in the resturant biz, yes John you can core lettuce by thumping it on a table but the prefered method is whacking it with the heel of your hand then twist out the core. How, you ask, can I be so sure? A case of lettuce into salad at least twice a week for about eleven years. You tried to crush it. Too hard. More like bouncing a ball. Try again.
I also have cored 100's of cases of iceburg this way. Your failed failed John.
The coring of the lettuce is something I always do. The thing is, if you hit it as hard as you have done, it doesn't work. Light force is recommended. At most two times is needed.
WHOA coring lettuce by hitting it on the counter is definitely NOT a fail. sorry you hurt ya hand but that should have been a pass. been doing that for well over 20 years and it works every time.
Maybe the lettuce he used was too "soft". I too do it all the time but with iceberg lettuce.
I concur. Maybe he shouldn't have used his rippling guns.
***** keep calm and core lettuce..
Some of these needed a control run. Would that beer have cooled anyway? Could you also have opened the jar without the tennis ball?
Some others just weren't thought out. Sure, you can store a bagel in a CD case, but why?
A lot of those fails really looked like, "well duh, because you did it wrong!"
Yup, like the spaghetti keeping frosting safe...who in their right mind would use the ENTIRE length of noodle? Break it off at a reasonable length (say 1" from the frosting) and then do it.
Beth Andrea Yeah, but who in their right mind doesn't eat all of their cake?
Like the watering bottle one, he poked too many holes
this guy acts like he is so fucking smart and "nerdy" but its one of the dumbest self righteous idiots ive seen on youtube. I bet a lot of pseudo intellects watch this shit.
Lighter fluid is great for removing stickyness. Just be careful what you use it on and no smoking while doing it.
I love watching you and Hank but you did several of those life hacks wrong, however, as also, fun to watch.
Pretty much everything he "Failed" I and most other people I know have done with ease.
And most of these "Life Hacks" are nothing but common sense, which I guess is a superpower now a days.
Working at a restaurant, I can confirm that coring a head of lettuce by slamming it works very well, and the spaghetti thing he does shortly after would work if he made the spaghetti shorter.
Mike Jonasson
Yes! I worked in a cafeteria for two years and we all cored lettuce by slamming it onto a cutting board.
THATS NOT CHEETOS. JOHN GREEN HOW DARE YOU.
I've been coring lettuce by banging it on the core for 45 years. You don't mash it as hard as you can, just a solid bang with the core on the counter/cutting board.
I was hoping someone else does that, too. It's like he didn't even try or care.
A life hack is supposed to be easy to do. If someone who has never done it before can't figure it out in a few minutes, it's not a lifehack. Thus why it failed.
I'm guessing it was because he didn't have iceberg lettuce. This is a life skill that my mom taught me. I was 8 and could manage it.
worhollives It failed because was sitting down... You are supposed to be standing, you need the downward force... especially if your his size. That one is a fail on his behalf... it does it fact work just fine for 99% of the population.
Hank Green
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John Green
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-Jack Douglass 2016
Are you also a bich?
+James Sekreta *John Douglass
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...Come on, BREAK the spaghetti when you put it in the cupcake. Or just use toothpicks.
or, you know, get a circular container to put the cake in? cake tins are pretty useful....
Dude, you are really funny! I love it! I like your humor. :)
John, I'm a huge fan but got upset when you failed to decore the lettuce. Slamming it is WAY easier than cutting it. Especially if you have to do it to a hundred heads of lettuce in a day (used to work in catering) It's easier with one hand and from a standing position, how you would normally be in a kitchen. Sitting may have caused you to slam the under part of your wrist into the table because of your angle of attack. stand up , one hand, try again. The method separates all the lettuce from the core and you can easily pull it out after and throw it away. Mental Floss
"Gross little crumb things."?? Who dislikes the cereal crumbs???
Pro tip: Rather than using sharp broken plastic, use clothes pegs to seal bags of food! They work just in the same way. but they don't cause injury (usually)
paperclips also work.
The lettuce hack works. We do it all the time in the AF dining facility. Also, I do it at home.
Exactly. I've smashed so much lettuce that it makes me frustrated that John calls it a fail. I demand a rectification.
How did it fail? Because he sorta injured himself? He needed to take it a bit easier. It was a head of lettuce, not a bowling ball.
saltytrey I think it was because of the injury. I think his plan was to smash so hard that it actually split up into pieces right there.
Working as a restaurant manager for over 7 years who trained employees, I can vouch for the lettuce. He just overdid it.
My mother taught me that method of removing the lettuce core 40 years ago... it's a definite PASS. Sometimes you have to wiggle the core to encourage it.
When I was a cheerleader in high school our coach told us that the easiest way to remove deodorant from a uniform was to rub the deodorant stained portion against a clean portion of the same kind of fabric. It works with every piece of clothing I’ve tried it on.
if you use vodka to remove stickers then that's some very expensive sticker removal
Inorite? I use Goo Gone to do that.
I feel like if you add some baking soda to that "paint" you could have some decent play-doh
It's actually a pretty common method to make home-made playdough
Coring lettuce works by slamming it on a cutting board. but you need firm crisp lettuce, such as iceberg. Boston leaf lettuce, not so much
Such hatred over a little lettuce-slamming...
Nope - Humpty Dumpty tells the story of a fat king who fell from his horse during battle and the enemy hacked at his unconscious body as they rode past.
"all the Kings horse's and all the Kings men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty back together again".
no it is cannon that fell of the battlements in the British civil war
David Palmer That's one story. No one is exactly sure 100%
the cannon story is the true story I learned that in history class in high school
Oh so then it MUST be true! Funny because I learned it was about a fallen king in high school. Nobody knows for sure - there are only theories because Lewis Carroll was no specific.
dunno if it's true, but that's a much better story than the one with the egg. =P
Humpty Dumpty was a cannon! Look up "Humpty Dumpty Rhyme - Meaning behind the Nursery Rhyme" by NurseryRhymeHistory on youtube and you'll see another guess as to the origin of the Humpty Dumpty riddle. (There are lots of other cool ones on their channel too)
the spaghetti holding the saran wrap up off the cake icing would work perfectly if you did it correctly. you don't use whole pieces of the noodles you break them down to the length you need so they hold the wrap just off the surface of the cake. the vodka sticker removal would probably work as well if you let it soak instead of pouring it and immediately scratching at the sticker. otherwise, cool vid!
6 years in the future, I finally get around to watching these videos.
The one hack that I know for a fact works, he gives a fail... I worked in a kitchen and cored thousands of heads of lettuce by slamming them on the table.
If you want to clandestinely open someones mail: The Stasi used steam for that. Not only might that work, it also tells you what kind of person you are.
Everyone who's saying that John is doing the lifehacks wrong: If a smart guy like John isn't able to understand it right off the bat, it probably isn't explained well enough to work. Don't blame John, blame the people who wrote the lifehacks.
If John is so smart, why is it that I can find the correct instructions for the candle hack in 30 seconds. Hint, you need to print or create the design on tissue paper which goes under the wax paper and bonds to the candle with heat. He, somehow, found the only one that is missing this key step. agirlinparadise.blogspot.com/2011/01/transferring-ink-to-candles.html
Sorry, I love many of his videos but he didn't put the effort in here. Many of the hacks were so easy but he got them wrong anyway. My daughter, who isn't old enough to drive, was able to debunk some of his debunks. By the time the cupcake-spaghetti hack came up she was ready to walk away.
who said this guy was smart?
Tammy Delbruegge His thousands of fans did.
Tammy Delbruegge Alot of people. ALOT, of people. He is a novelist and works for a magazine/youtube channel that is based off of disproving/proving misconceptions and overall knowledge of global general trivia. I would say he is smart.
Lettuce?
Who cares about lettuce when you can just eat Nutella?
I do the lettuce coring method you tried and it works great for me. You were a bit clumsy in you technique but I guess knowing what you’re doing is part of the test.
#3 works fine with a wide mouth cup. I do it all the time at work, and my phone also stays dry and clean.
Hey you didn't do the watering can thing right. I've seen it work
I noticed
He didnt do half of them right!
***** ;)
You hit the lettuce WAY too hard! I core lettuce that way all the time and never have a problem.
I agree
There is no possible way in this universe to hit lettuce "way too hard". Gallagher validated this extensively.
That and it is better you use one hand right above the core instead of two hands on the side. When you put one hand above it pushes all the lettuce around the core, busting all the lettuce leaves where they are attached to the core. I used to do it this way but now I just grab the core and twist.
There's a good chance he doesn't core lettuce "all the time", so all the people who claim they do it all the time or learned 20 years ago or whatever don't really have a valid point, considering that was probably the first time he's ever done that.
Sean Watcher Then his conclusions are BS.
You say we're past the over 21 part and then test a life hack that requires vodka. Nice job, John.
Life hack.
n.
Def: a method of turning a relatively simple household task into a needlessly complicated endeavor.
Dang. This is interesting. Bagels in those CD holders? Who knew?
Ha! I used to do that with cereal
Mike Kuwik
You used to put bagels in your cereal?
I used to put cereal in my cd holders...
dude, the lettuce thing works! you don't just slam it with all your might (such as it is) you palm it and use appropriate force and the core just comes right out. lol!
Nah man, they patched it.
andgalactus1 hahahahahahahahh
Can conirm, have had cullanary training. Did it all the time.
surely, you are not suggesting that these weren't scientific tests.
most of these seem plausible
***** OF course not, it just irks me that the totally valid technique was ruined by.. well lack of technique.
Oh my god john... You are the only person show could cut himself with a paper napkin....