18 Things You've Been Doing Wrong

From putting a lid on boiling water to eating cheetos with chopsticks here are 18 Things You've Been Doing Wrong. Life hack 101!

10. Taking Out the Trash
Drilling holes at the bottom and sides of your trash bin might not be so bad of an idea. If you’re household or lifestyle means the trash piles up a lot and you find yourself having someone hold down the bin while you pull out the bag or keep one foot on the can to do so, you should consider drilling holes. Doing so allows less likeliness for suction issues, which is what keeps a lot of bags from being pulled out easy.

9. Scooping Ice Cream
If you’re with friends or at a party and decide you don’t want to spend time waiting for the ice cream to thaw and then put in muscle energy to serve it, then you should cut the ice cream. Cutting it into portions makes it available for consumption faster and serving it to more than 1 or 2 people more efficient. Granted, this is only helpful if there’s a handful of you wanting to eat your cold treats right that moment. If you’re alone watching Netflix, then a spoon in the container’s all you need.

8. Frozen Ice Cream
Of course, you always have to freeze your ice cream--unless you really want to drink it instead. But a better way than just sticking the tub in your freezer is to put the ice cream in a sandwich bag. Doing so helps avoid that hard ice cream you get when it’s opened and has been in the freezer too long.

7. Eating Cupcakes
This one’s definitely something no one does. Apparently, the right way to eat a cupcake is by tearing or cutting the bottom half of the cupcake and sandwiching it over the top half. Even though it’s strange, what it does do is make for a neater snack and even the icing to cupcake ratio.

6. Potholes
Did you realize the hole at the end of your pot handle can be used for your spoon? Not everyone has those fancy kitchen installations that lets you hang your pots over your kitchen island. Most kitchen devices end up stacked in cupboards. But people also use the handle holes as a place to keep the spoon. Doing this prevents you from setting it on your dirty counter or scrambling to find a plate to lay it down on when the phone rings.

5. Filling Water
Instead of lugging a bin or huge jug to fill with water, which will inevitably get too heavy once you’ve finished, use a dustpan or a water bottle with a hole cut out the bottom to transfer water from the sink way easier.

4. Aluminum Foil
You’re not alone if you’ve haphazardly tried to get some aluminum foil and accidentally pulled the whole roll out of the box. There’s a hack for that, actually, and it’s been right in front of you since forever. This little tab that no one ever pays attention to at the end of the

3. Eating Cheetos
Maybe you’ve seen this picture of Star Wars star Oscar Isaac floating around on the internet. As ridiculous as it looks, lots of people at cheetos and other season heavy, cheesy snacks with chopsticks. It helps to not get any of that red or orange food residue all over your fingers that takes a few handwashes to really scrub out.

2. Putting a Lid on Boiling Water
Here’s another spoon fact you didn’t know about. Have you ever heard that placing a wooden spoon over a pot of boiling water helps the water from spilling over? It sounds fake, but it apparently works. It looks like magic, but science can explain this one. The wooden spoon acts a destabilizer to the naturally unstable bubbles. When it reaches the surface of the spoon, the boiling water retreats, keeping your pasta or soup from making a mess on the stove top.

1. Dr. Seuss
So this might make you completely rethink your childhood, but the correct way to pronounce the author’s name is “SOYce” not “Soose.” His friend, Alexander Liang, wrote a poem about how people have been pronouncing it all wrong this whole time. “You’re wrong as the deuce/And you shouldn’t rejoice/If you’re calling him Seuss/He pronounces it Soice.” Soice is spelled with and o and i. Even so, does anyone really think the world’s going to correct itself anytime soon?

[bestkidever]

We're not doing it wrong, just our own way or an easier way!

[brianstevenson]

don't drill holes in your trashcan it will smell and attract animals and it may leak

[marchstoneytony]

Im almost sure the tabs on the juice boxes are a byproduct of the production of the juicebox, not tabs for children to hold.

[benjaminaswad]

More like "18 things you can do differently if you want"

[jackfranconi]

everyone loves that kid in class who brings a giant knife to cut oranges.

[RustyNickels]

Another thing I've been doing wrong: Watching videos like this one.

[Albanez]

You can't open an orange like that! Most of the time, the slices are all attached to each other in a single sphere. The images you were showing were those of mandarins. (Tangerines)

[ChildrenatPlayStore]

“There’s always that one kid in class that makes the whole room smell like oranges as they try to peel with their hands”






*_But I like the smell_*

[ofcv]

I know for a fact the TetraPack packaging associated with juice boxes is the ONLY reason for the flaps at the top. It is simple geometry of taking a flat sheet and making into a box shape (e.g. wrapping a present). The rest of the suggestions are spurious as well.

[steveju]

The very first thing at number 18 is utter and complete bull excrement. The patent for the TETRA BRIK® Aseptic container aka. "juicebox" doesn't specify in any way or form that the "flaps" are to be used for holding the container. They are simply the result of how the container is manufactured.

[unicornglitter]

2:53 Why the hell would I want to share my food😂😂

[joeshirt]

5:58 - "The spoon stops the water from overflowing" and then shows a pan that clearly overflowed 🤦

[YetAnotherPianoWhore]

Okay but my favourite part is the infomercial-level drama with which they present the regular alternatives:
"More people would eat oranges if they were only easier to peel and eat... most of the time we just smash the juices out of them... the whole room smells like oranges"Call now for your full 3 month orange peeling course, only 49.99

[Bake_jaker]

I hate when people tell me I'm eating a banana wrong, or any food for that matter. There is no wright or wrong way to eat food. Also I have tried the wooden spoon trick when boiling stuff and it doesn't work, still spills out.

[deezytherunt]

I'm almost 30 years old, ain't nobody gon tell me to slice no damn ice cream lol, an obviously these people never had beef and broccoli from a Chinese restaurant, I would love to see them open the tray all the way an get those good ol juices on their table

[mirandasutton]

Shortcuts doesn’t mean we’re wrong lol

[Zanyzane]

Number 7 said "this is deffinately something that no one does"  I do that every time I eat a cupcake xD

[Fosterz]

Juice box flaps are the BEST. They aren't just for holding though. They make the juice have more room and it's less likely to leak out. (Preschool Teacher Knowledge here)

[mr.braddock]

if u cut ur cupcake in half u don't deserve a cup cake

[earth-]

" _you've been breathing air all wrong your whole life here is how_ "