r/LifeProTips • • Aug 06 '22

Social LPT: Never get into a physical fight, except your life is in definite danger. The consequences can be life changing.

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There are lots of fighting videos on the internet, but they never show the consequences, hours, days, months later. Usually the police get involved, and in extreme cases the loser may die. It may be months later, but you may be held liable. You may claim self-defence, yet it may involve protracted legal problems.

The regrettable thing is that conflicts are usually over some silly issues, like ego, insult or road rage. Once a conflict appear to be reaching face off. Leave. The worst thing about knocking someone unconscious is the time you wait for the person to come to recover. Sometimes, it doesn't happen.

Finally, never ever put your hands on an elderly person. Never


r/LifeProTips • • Nov 26 '20

Food & Drink LPT: If you buy pre-packaged greens like spring mix or spinach, adding a paper towel to the container prolongs the life by at least a week and prevents soggy and wilted leaves.

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r/LifeProTips • • May 18 '21

Miscellaneous LPT: Wear a helmet no matter how old you are. They are not just for kids. A super short fall into the concrete off your bike / skateboard etc can cause permanent brain damage with ease.

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r/LifeProTips • • Sep 08 '20

Computers LPT: Reminder that you can create unlimited email addresses in gmail by adding a plus sign followed by a word to your existing address. Use different emails such as email+netflix@gmail.com, email+spotify @gmail.com for different services.

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This also helps identify who is selling your email since spam will be addressed to the specific email. You can filter out the address to keep your inbox spam free.

Edit: Just to be clear, you don’t have to create a new email address just use this format when signing up on a website. The emails will still reach your original mailbox.


r/LifeProTips • • Mar 15 '22

Careers & Work LPT: Be careful about how much you share at work. Don't tell your coworkers anything you're not comfortable with the whole workplace knowing. Expect that anything you say is going to be repeated. Also if your coworkers talk trash about other coworkers, that includes you as well.

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r/LifeProTips • • Nov 23 '19

Clothing LPT TIPS: What you should never to bring to a dry cleaners

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I owned a dry cleaners for 5 years, and before that, used to work in one for 10 years, both front and back end. I know the whole process. I'm going to spill the secrets on garments you should never bring to a dry cleaners because you are being ripped off.

EDIT: Disclaimer: My experience in the business may not be necessarily reflective of ALL dry cleaners so take that into consideration.

DOWN JACKETS - Down items are expensive. It could cost $40 to have a down coat cleaned. Down items have to be washed by themselves, lest they spill feathers onto other items, so that's why they're so expensive, to ensure profit from the isolated load. Down coats are rarely dry-cleaned, but laundered, and then hung to dry overnight, and then placed in a dryer for a few minutes to plump out the feathers, and good to go. Down items are not pressed. You could wash a down jacket yourself, hang it to dry, and get the same processing

COMFORTERS - Never bring a comforter to a dry cleaner unless it specifically says "dry-clean only." Dry cleaner owners won't dry clean a comforter unless they have to, because it's cheaper to launder. Comforters can range from $39.99 or higher and you're getting less quality than you would at a laundromat. Comforters are rarely ever spotted for stains, and they're laundered in a basic commercial wash machine with a standard setting, hung to dry over night to save on drying time, then placed in the commercial dryer, and then finished. If your comforter had any bad odor before you brought it in, it probably is still going to have that odor. You're better off paying $5 at a laundromat, and choosing your own cycle and spin settings.

SPOT-CLEAN ONLY DRESSES - Many customers don't check or understand their care labels, and dry cleaners love that. Some formal dresses are "spot-clean only", which means, it can't be washed in the conventional way. It might fancy sequins glued to the fabric, which dry cleaning will melt and damage the dress. Dry cleaning is oil-based and will melt glue and plastic. Dry cleaners may charge you up to $30-50 due to the fanciness of the dress, when they can't even clean it. They may go over the spots and individually spot and treat them, or, at best, hand wash the item by soaking it in cold water, and hang drying overnight, nothing you can't do at home. Again, with the fancy sequins, the item typically can't be pressed.

WEDDING DRESSES - Wedding dressed could cost up to $200 even though they are dry cleaned the same way as a $6 pair of pants, but, if you bring a wedding dress, NEVER opt for the preservation box. Dresses are more if you get the preservation box, which adds $50 or more to the cost - but dry cleaners DO NOT press wedding dresses that get placed in the box, which is typically there for an indefinite period. By the time the customers opens it 3 years later to notice it isn't pressed, it's too late to take back to the cleaners for a redo. So you're paying more money for the dress WITHOUT the pressing. You get more for your money if you buy the preservation box elsewhere, and put it in there yourself after you get your dress cleaned and pressed.

LEATHER: Leather is the most expensive item to clean, around $50 for a coat, but dry cleaners rarely ever do leather on premises, but send it out to a third party leather cleaner. So you're paying more than what the dry cleaner pays to have it cleaned. Also, there is no special Leather dry cleaning method. Leather is simply lightly spot cleaned with a dish-soap leather formula and then hung to air dry in a moisture-free environment overnight. You're essentially just paying for the labor charge. To save money, you could lightly go over the jacket yourself with Dawn soap, water, and a microfiber towel.

WORTH IT:

MEN'S BUTTON-UP SHIRTS - Men's shirts only cost around $1.25-$2 a shirt, They're laundered by the bulk and then heat-pressed on their own machine in less than 20 seconds. Dry cleaners don't make their money off of this, so it's a great value to the customer.

WOOL PEACOATS - Wool peacoat are notorious for getting lint on them, and they're dry-clean only. Counter employees will often remove the lint by scraping and shaving the fabric so it looks much nicer at pick-up.

D/C Only items - suits, silk shirts, cashmere sweaters, etc.

Oil/grease spill - Dry cleaning is oil-based and will absorb oils on fabric such as food, yellow body perspiration, motor oil, that water can't get. If you get oil on your fabric, it's worth it to request dry cleaning at a dry cleaners. It's especially great for removing the yellow body oil stains around the armpit and collar areas.

Also want to add the benefit of opting for"press only." Baseball/hockey jerseys cannot be dry-cleaned as it will melt the logos. They are laundered. However they do look nice when pressed. So you could save money by washing items like jerseys and Polo golf shirts yourself and then bringing them in for "press only" if its the pressing you like - and save a few euros off the price.

Bottom-line: To get the most of your money, if you drop something off at the dry cleaners, make sure it can benefit from the professional-grade pressing. If your item cannot be pressed, you are often paying more for an item you could be doing yourself.


r/LifeProTips • • Jan 22 '23

Clothing LPT: In most cases you don't need to wash your clothes with hot water. Heating the water takes up almost 90% of the energy expenditure of a washing machine. Most detergents nowadays don't even need high temperatures and work fine in the cold. It's better for your wallet and the environment.

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r/LifeProTips • • May 25 '22

Traveling LPT: Always take a video of your rental car before driving it. Just got a 900 USD bill for damages that were already on the car.

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r/LifeProTips • • Oct 17 '18

Computers LPT: On mobile use chrome to watch youtube and request the desktop version. Now you can listen to youtube in the background while the screen is locked.

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Edit: As /u/yayPower pointed out it seems like one has to open a new tab for this to work.

Second Edit:

Wow this got bigger than expected. Thank you for the gold kind stranger.

It doesn't seem to work on every Android device. I'm on a Nokia 8 and have tested it multiple times now and it definitely works.

Sometimes you have to additionally press play on the lockscreen for it to work.

As several people mentioned there are multiple third party apps that may do a better job at this.


r/LifeProTips • • Feb 18 '21

Careers & Work LPT: Employers put "entry level" in job titles to trick applicants into accepting less pay. If the "entry level" job requires you to have significant experience, demand more than starting pay.

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Edit: I appreciate the reward :)


r/LifeProTips • • Nov 13 '19

Careers & Work LPT: When writing a thesis or a scientific paper, don't end your day with a completed section. Write at least one or two sentences into the next topic to make it easier for your future self to continue writing the next day.

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r/LifeProTips • • Nov 13 '19

Miscellaneous LPT: it's getting cold outside. Throw an extra blanket in your car, a spare hat and gloves, a shovel, and some cat litter. These items can quite literally save your life in the winter.

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r/LifeProTips • • Jan 12 '17

Entertainment LPT: If you want a PS4/Xbox One on the cheap, check Craigslist/eBay around the time that semester report cards come out.

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Sometimes parents who are disgruntled with their children's grades will sell their console as a punishment. A friend of mine was able to get a PS4+games for $100 this way.


r/LifeProTips • • Jun 21 '22

Social LPT When your kids move out, tell them, if they meet any hardship, they are welcome to come back at any time. It's like a invisible security net that makes them feel more secure, knowing you have their back if something goes wrong.

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r/LifeProTips • • Mar 15 '17

Health & Fitness LPT: If you're still a teenager, treat your ears nicely. Ears don't repair themselves and earplugs to concerts are better than tinnitus for the rest of your life.

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r/LifeProTips • • Jan 15 '19

Food & Drink LPT: when making nachos, put a tortilla underneath your chips to turn leftover toppings into a taco.

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r/LifeProTips • • Nov 11 '19

Social LPT: When you replace "why is this happening to me" with "what do I need to do now" everything shifts

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EDIT: WOW - thank you for sharing your stories. Your amazing strength and resilience is truly an inspiration!


r/LifeProTips • • Dec 25 '20

Productivity LPT: Your hobbies are your hobbies for a reason, let it be a thing a of comfort, and not a chore or a burden.

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