Ah, finally I can share mine that i learned a while ago.
Using hand soap , you know these soap bars when washing hands.
Put water on one hand, grab the soap bar with the DRY HAND and rub the var against the wet hand. Then put down the soap bar hand rub hands and wash like ordinary.
The bar will not be soggy, crack or look nasty or leave a puddle of half dilluted soap,instead it will stay in really good shape and almost no soap will be wasted on the puddle below it. And the soap will jist last for ages this way and still be effective.
Maybe we just forgot this way and that is why the liquid soap has taken over, in my house we have one toilet where guests usually uses and there the hand soap bar gets ruined really quickly so we replaced it with a liquid soap dispenser…but it always surpises me how often it needs to be refilled.
I learned that soap is a salt and that acids like vinegar break it down and kind of rerelease the fatty acid that made it up.
It was very gross.
Seems like a fun experiment. Especially with a kid who likes gross stuff
Have relationships. Turns out I can’t do it all all by myself and if someone isn’t willing to or able to work with me it’s not a viable relationship
Earlier this year I found out you’re supposed to run the sink water until it’s hot, then start your dishwasher. Also sprinkle in some powder detergent inside the door, especially if there is a tray for PreWash detergent.
You watched the video, didn’t you
A video, I don’t know if it’s the video.
Definitely the video
I haven’t watch any videos about dishwashers ever since I don’t own one but I’m 100% sure we’re talking about Technology Connections.
You are absolutely right!
The mad lad. He’s an international treasure. He has that CGP Grey about him that makes him one of my Hall of Fame educators/YouTubers. Can watch ANYTHING he makes for days.
I haven’t watched it but if TC recommends it I’m onboard.
Not recent, but I spent the majority of my teenage years dealing with awfully frizzy and unmanageable hair because I was shampooing daily (also using an excessive amount). I was under the impression that you need to thoroughly shampoo all oils away every time you shower in order to be “clean.” When I moved to university and no longer had parents around to tell me that I stink, my hygiene standards became more… relaxed, but I was surprised that my hair was a lot healthier!
Same issue here. Turns out when you strip all the oil off your skin/scalp, your body puts a lot of work into re-oiling it up. Now I’ve got to a point where I only need to wash my hair a couple times per week. It took a while to get there, with some days when I would have greasy-looking hair, but the longer you can push back the next wash, the better.
sounds like you need a conditioner, certain shampoos do dry out the hair more.
it varies from person to person. I have very oily skin and hair.
about 30 minutes after a shower where I use an oil stripping soap my skin looks like I rubbed Vaseline all over it.
I have to routinely soak/bleach my sheets/pillows to remove all the oil.
at this point I’m surprised the US army hasn’t invaded my ass.
lmao
I also have very oily skin, albeit my hair isn’t quite as bad. Washing daily didn’t make it any less oily, just a lot less manageable
I started looking up basic stuff after I saw a video of that guy who would shit in his hand in the bathroom and thought that was normal.
Turns out I was brushing my teeth backwards, you’re supposed to use mouthwash, then floss, then brush, and don’t spit.
You shouldn’t be using antiseptic mouthwash all the time
Every reply to this is about brushing teeth but I’m more interested in “that guy who would shit in his hand in the bathroom and thought that was normal”
What the fuck?!?
Or you can just brush. For me mouthwash is something to use if you’re too tired to stand around brushing or in too much of a rush or need to re-clean your mouth after a snack.
But yeah when I use both I do mouthwash first because slushy liquids are more likely to remove toothpaste on the tooth surface.
i learned a trick, if you have water flosser you can fill it up partially with the mouthwash to help clean better before flossing with the strings. also another side thing, apparently you shouldnt use moutwash excessively as it reduces the good microbiome in your mouth.
the blue one with cpc does help with inflammation, of the gums, also works on canker sores(helps it heal faster, doesnt stop it if its already a fully formed one), and some forms of sore throat.
you’re supposed to use mouthwash, then floss, then brush, and don’t spit.
every dentist I have ever gone to in 50 years it’s always been; brush, floss, wash. always spit.
even people I have dated brushed like this.
not saying you’re wrong…but you might want to verify your sources.
Why flossing after brushing? Thats like cleaning the floor then removing dirt and rocks off the bottom of your shoes onto the floor
that’s why I floss then mouthwash. no rinse.
swish for like 2 minutes spit, wipe, and on with my day.
While flossing either eay is far superior to not flossing at all, new studies show flossing before brushing helps the most
Funny that everyone here has different orders. After consulting a few sources, I settled on: floss (with a water flosser), (infrequent) mouthwash, brush.
Since I’m using a water flosser that’s thoroughly hitting all around my teeth, not just the gaps, it actually does the bulk of the physical gunk removal with not much else to it, so it goes first.
Mouthwash is next but I actually skip it more often than not and haven’t seen negative effects. It turns out that overusing mouthwash can harm the good biome in your mouth, though I imagine if you’re feeding your biome lots of sugar, soda and juices especially, you’ll need to prune it down with mouthwash more often. I drink water almost exclusively.
Brushing basically has to go last if you want the protective fluoride layer to not get washed out. Acting against that though, I know about the advice to not rinse, but that just feels wrong, so I still do a very quick rinse.
That’s crazy, I do floss, brush, then mouthwash. It just makes more sense to me : flossing is mechanically speaking the “rawest” operation, as in it frees interdental space from big chunks which allows the brush to get in there and remove leftovers, and then mouthwash applies a protective film over it all. But maybe it’s all a movie I’m directing in my head
Mouthwash not necessary. Statistically flossing first then brushing has cleaner teeth, but functionally dental professionals just want you to be flossing at all so we won’t judge you for flossing after. Spit and leave residual fluoride toothpaste on teeth.
Are you talking about not spitting mouthwash or toothpaste? Either way, you absolutely are supposed to spit. Every toothpaste I’ve ever used has directions not to swallow it.
I feel like they might be confusing their terminology up a bit. Yes to spitting, but you aren’t then supposed to swill your mouth out with water (or mouthwash) afterwards.
Oh, gotcha! Someone else mentioned a similar thing in another comment lower down too, so that makes sense.
Opening cereal/fruit/granola bars and similar foil wrappers. I would tear them on the serrated part and then only a sliver of the wrapper would come off and I’d have to try to widen the resulting hole in order to extract the bar, often crumbling part of it in the process. However, quite by accident I discovered that if I instead ignore the serration and tear against that foldy seam part that runs down the entire bar, then it separates right down the middle like magic and I can easily remove the bar. Often works on 8/16oz cheese too.
I traveled with some Thai monks who would tear the whole side off bags of chips turning them into a bowl to share.
when those types of wrappers were first introduced to things like mass market candy bars, some of them had instructions printed on them… ‘tear here’ with an arrow and such.
Another kitchen one. I always assumed the strongest water flow was closest to the faucet, but actually the water just about to hit the sink works better. This discovery has been useful for rinsing out things like cake icing tips and tea infusers.
Potential energy getting converted to kinetic energy on the way down :)
Plus the stream seems to adhere into a narrower cross-section lower down, further increasing pressure, at least with aerated faucets. It could just be the result of lengthening from increased velocity, which may not actually lead to increased pressure.
I learned that, even though automotive fluid containers are #2: HPDE, they are not accepted by many recycling centers–including my local streetside pickup–because they’re not BPA free.
Oops.
My Aeropress, I just plunge right away now, all this hoo ha about steeping. I cannot tell the difference.
Saves me minutes every day and so much less effort.
also apparently with coffee-press you have to use filters, otherwise you also get the oily cafestol, which can potentially raise your cholesterol. i looked at the aeropress, they have thier own filters.
i find out the coffee people in the subs a little to excessive with thier coffe, you must steep it correctly, ooh we need this and that kettle, we need to bloom it this or that way. these people have way too time on thier hands, which is why its for people who are generally well off.
Cellophane rolls like cling wrap, and other cooking rolls like parchment paper need to have the sheet length you want pulled out then close the box lid over it-
they tear away perfectly- EVERY TIME.
Tying my shoes wrong my entire life.
Oh my god.
I love that site. It’s such a weirdly specific thing to be obsessed with.
Ian is a legend. I’m so glad I saw his knot’s 30th anniversary video 2 decades ago & never looked back to any other kind of knot on regular shoes. Hiking & survival/useful knots is another whole story (one that I still am endeavoring into).
This discovery lead me to eventually changing to the Ian knot. Now I can’t even remember how to do it any other way.
I do a square knot. It’s not going to come untied and I don’t need to double knot it. It’s also just as easy to untie.
Not me, but I just discovered that my spouse is inept at closing doors
You gotta elaborate on this, lol
Nope. Live with the mystery. 😜
In all seriousness though, I was mad when I made that comment
Nobody told me you were supposed to scrape/scrub your tongue when brushing your teeth… and nobody told me about washcloths either. 🫣 My wife put me on to that about a decade ago (so, in my early twenties) so by now it’s just part of my life but yeah…
“I think we can get them to brush their tongues”
AFAIK most people don’t do anything to their tongue. But I’m open to being told otherwise by others here.
Why wouldn’t you? It’s right there.
A tongue scraper is so much better than brushing.
It changes things! Sometimes the mouth area is still a bit funky and it’s not the teeth you’ve just brushed but the unclean tongue that’s the issue.
If I brush my teeth then I’m brushing my tongue and the roof of my mouth too. A few times a year I’ll use a tongue scraper but it’s probably too much.
I learned that you should roll up a period pad and use the wrapper of the new pad to hold it rolled closed. They have a little tape and it reduces mess and smell.
In my defense, I didn’t use pads until last year.
going from pads / tampons to the silicone cup was my learning a better way. First week was rough but by the end of the week and thereafter I couldn’t even feel it once it was in. Went to fuck a few times and the dude was like TF is this? And I’d be like oh shit lemme swap it for a disc real quick.
I’ve been apparently wearing my belt upside down because I put the latch on the right and the cover on the left. Only noticed the other day that the logo on the cover was upside down. I’m not flipping it the other way tho. It’s too awkward to do and undo that way.
I know trouser buttons are flipped left-rightfor men and women. Is it the same for belts?
Usually belts for men don’t have anything on them indicate a “proper” direction, you would just wear them whatever is comfortable, and if you have a buckle, that goes on over the latching part.
I have a Groove Life belt, tho. It’s got a special latch with a built in buckle; the buckle is printed so that it should be on the right so it’s readable (it’s just a “GL” logo) but I find it easier to have the underside on the right with the buckle part on the left.
