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[ "How to leave a job gently, and with tact in order to keep positive reviews I've been dancing around on how to do this, and no way really seems to be great. To clarify the situation, this isn't a retail job or anything like that (leaving with tact should always be employed, though), it's been a 9 month Internship.\n\nA mentor of mine linked me up with some higher ups at a large, successful company, and got me an interview for an entry position, in what could lead to my dream career of working in a certain field. The internship I have was slated to finish in December, and the company has asked me to stay on, however, I do not want to work in that particular field, and have had setbacks and frustrations with limited success. I went into the meeting assuming it would be just a preliminary interview, and didn't notify my current employer about it, because I thought it would be weeks or months away from getting an offer, if I did get one.\n\nI got an offer about an hour after leaving the interview, and it pays great and is a great opportunity. The catch, was that they wanted me **now**, as they need someone to fill the position immediately. The offer was good for 24hrs, basically. I jumped on it and just said, sounds great, see you Monday. That was last Friday.\n\nHow do I go about telling the company I was interning with, who have supported me, paid me very well for an intern, and dealt with my underwhelming performance by giving me support and helping me (although some training would of been nice..), that I'm leaving, and leaving abruptly. ", "How to leave a job gently, and with tact in order to keep positive reviews I've been dancing around on how to do this, and no way really seems to be great. To clarify the situation, this isn't a retail job or anything like that (leaving with tact should always be employed, though), it's been a 9 month Internship.\n\nA mentor of mine linked me up with some higher ups at a large, successful company, and got me an interview for an entry position, in what could lead to my dream career of working in a certain field. The internship I have was slated to finish in December, and the company has asked me to stay on, however, I do not want to work in that particular field, and have had setbacks and frustrations with limited success. I went into the meeting assuming it would be just a preliminary interview, and didn't notify my current employer about it, because I thought it would be weeks or months away from getting an offer, if I did get one.\n\nI got an offer about an hour after leaving the interview, and it pays great and is a great opportunity. The catch, was that they wanted me **now**, as they need someone to fill the position immediately. The offer was good for 24hrs, basically. I jumped on it and just said, sounds great, see you Monday. That was last Friday.\n\nHow do I go about telling the company I was interning with, who have supported me, paid me very well for an intern, and dealt with my underwhelming performance by giving me support and helping me (although some training would of been nice..), that I'm leaving, and leaving abruptly. " ]

[ "If you haven't already, give them an apology for leaving so soon, gracious thanks for all they've done, and explain that this position was an unexpected opportunity that you can't afford to turn down.", "Just say that you've been offered a really good opportunity and that will lead onto your dream job. If they are nice enough to support you, i'm sure they'll support you through this." ]

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[ "Looking for any tips on shipping and freight So I'm trying to buy some weights from China, it costs about $350 for ocean freight from China to Ireland. Does anyone know any tips on cheaper shipping? The products I'm buying are worth just over $350 and I don't want to pay double for the shipping.\n\nThanks guys", "Looking for any tips on shipping and freight So I'm trying to buy some weights from China, it costs about $350 for ocean freight from China to Ireland. Does anyone know any tips on cheaper shipping? The products I'm buying are worth just over $350 and I don't want to pay double for the shipping.\n\nThanks guys" ]

[ "Ocean capacity is going to be very tight as the ports and factories open back up in China. Combined with Christmas shipping season starting at well, you're likely not going to find anything cheaper", "Check if the seller/brand has a warehouse in Europe and maybe it can be done through that. You can do that by emailing them. Maybe they also have European stores that carry their items." ]

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[ "How to efficiently remember, prioritize, and follow up on hundreds of tasks My job is a supervisory administrative position, and I am solely responsible for tracking about 300 open tasks at any moment, with about 100 being added every day. Unfortunately, some are slipping through the cracks because it's just more than I can remember. I'm looking for a good way to stay on top of everything without spending hours maintaining a tracking system\n\nThanks!", "How to efficiently remember, prioritize, and follow up on hundreds of tasks My job is a supervisory administrative position, and I am solely responsible for tracking about 300 open tasks at any moment, with about 100 being added every day. Unfortunately, some are slipping through the cracks because it's just more than I can remember. I'm looking for a good way to stay on top of everything without spending hours maintaining a tracking system\n\nThanks!" ]

[ "If possible, get a sheet of paper (or many!) and any time you find out there's something new to do, write it down. Cross it out once you've finished.\n\nIf paper is too impractical, try using the Notes app on your phone (or something similar). Don't let yourself get distracted by the fancy to-do-list apps. Just write & remove.", "300 open tasks at one point to track is a huge amount for one person to remember any meaningful detail about, is there anyone you can delegate some of this responsibility to?\n\nAnyways, here's how I would construct the list. I would create an excel document with these columns:\n\nTask Id or name, priority (leave blank if not critical, only 10 to 15% should be priority), due date and notes\n\nYou could easily create sort buttons at the top of this, so each day you can come in and sort by due date and priority and see what might be slipping soon. " ]

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[ "How to clean white shoes. I have white shoes and when i tried to clean them they turned a light yellow. Anyone have a good way to clean white shoes?", "How to clean white shoes. I have white shoes and when i tried to clean them they turned a light yellow. Anyone have a good way to clean white shoes?" ]

[ "[Here's an image](http://i.imgur.com/Lufou.jpg) from one of the top posts of this subreddit. Check out number 3 on the uses of toothpaste.\n\n", "Washing soda (sodium carbonate, found near laundry detergent) mixed with peroxide into a paste. \n\n" ]

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[ "How to dislodge a fish bone. I swallowed a fish bone last night (18 hours ago) and I can still feel it in the back of my throat. I've coughed a lot, drank a lot of water, but it's still there. I've seen things like gulping down marshmallows and peanut butter but I don't have those with me.", "How to dislodge a fish bone. I swallowed a fish bone last night (18 hours ago) and I can still feel it in the back of my throat. I've coughed a lot, drank a lot of water, but it's still there. I've seen things like gulping down marshmallows and peanut butter but I don't have those with me." ]

[ "i had to go to the hospital and was brought to the A&E. I had to wait for a few hours before the doctor could consult me and while waiting, each time i swallow my saliva, i could taste blood. In the end, the doctor uses his glidescope and weezers to remove the fish bone that was stuck behind the throat. It was an awful experience", " Banana might also work. Bite off a big enough piece, but don't chew it. Let it sit in your mouth for a minute and then swallow it whole. Follow with a lot of water.\n\nThe other thing you can do is wait for it too dislodge on it's own. Or, see a doctor." ]

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[ "Conversation starters that help you figure out if someone is in a relationship without appear too blunt, creepy, or desperate. ", "Conversation starters that help you figure out if someone is in a relationship without appear too blunt, creepy, or desperate. ", "Conversation starters that help you figure out if someone is in a relationship without appear too blunt, creepy, or desperate. " ]

[ "Be blunt. It removes ambiguity and makes your position clear. Plus, it demonstrates confidence.\n\nNobody wants to date a wet noodle.", "\"What do you like to do?\"/\"What do you enjoy doing in insertplacehere?\" Easy enough for them to add \"we\" to answers. Also, \"are you seeing anyone?\" comes off well. But please don't follow that up with an \"is it serious?\", because that one is a red flag. ", "A buddy of mine is a strong advocate of \"didn't we have a match on tinder?\" - you can tell a lot from the answer. It conveys your (more than passing) interest in the other person, and you will usually find out their relationship status as well." ]

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[ "How to memorise your credit card number I don't seem to have any particular trouble memorising student numbers, phone numbers, ID numbers, as long as I've worked out some kind of relationship between the digits or else use them often enough that it sort of sinks in. I use my cr", "How to memorise your credit card number I don't seem to have any particular trouble memorising student numbers, phone numbers, ID numbers, as long as I've worked out some kind of relationship between the digits or else use them often enough that it sort of sinks in. I use my cr", "How to memorise your credit card number I don't seem to have any particular trouble memorising student numbers, phone numbers, ID numbers, as long as I've worked out some kind of relationship between the digits or else use them often enough that it sort of sinks in. I use my cr" ]

[ "Chunking. We remember details best in small groups of around 3 or 4. So split the number up into four groups of four and remember them that way.", "Well, not sure it will work for you but if you memorize the first six numbers, those are the Bank ID number and the rest are your account number (more or less) so maybe break it up that way? That is why scam sites ask for the last 10 digits of your card number, because they can guess what the first six are pretty easily.", "Unfortunately the best comment was deleted, so if anyone else wants a good answer, in summary:\nNumbers correlate to a consonant, most of them look alike.\n\n1= l\n\n2= n (2 downstrokes)\n\n3= m (3 downstrokes)\n\n4= r (fouR)\n\n5= F/V (FiVe)\n\n6= b\n\n7= T\n\n8= j\n\n9= g\n\n0= s/z (S/Zero)\n\nThen just make words/stories from the numbers. My example number 6706-6673-3067-6966 would be BTSB BBTM MSBT BGBB\n\nBoT SuB: BaByTiMe!! MS BoT is a BiG BaBy\n\nWaaay easier to remember" ]

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[ "How to become more detailed and organized at work [x-post needadvice]. I will be starting a new position as an administrative assistant soon and my boss has 20 things going on at any given time and gets scattered and distracted. The problem is I have the same issue myself with taking on more than I can handle and staying on task. My goal in the position is to be detailed and prioritize for her. To ground her when she gets derailed as well as the rest of the sales team. \n\n\nIt's something I need to learn and not just for this position. Any advice is greatly appreciated.", "How to become more detailed and organized at work [x-post needadvice]. I will be starting a new position as an administrative assistant soon and my boss has 20 things going on at any given time and gets scattered and distracted. The problem is I have the same issue myself with taking on more than I can handle and staying on task. My goal in the position is to be detailed and prioritize for her. To ground her when she gets derailed as well as the rest of the sales team. \n\n\nIt's something I need to learn and not just for this position. Any advice is greatly appreciated.", "How to become more detailed and organized at work [x-post needadvice]. I will be starting a new position as an administrative assistant soon and my boss has 20 things going on at any given time and gets scattered and distracted. The problem is I have the same issue myself with taking on more than I can handle and staying on task. My goal in the position is to be detailed and prioritize for her. To ground her when she gets derailed as well as the rest of the sales team. \n\n\nIt's something I need to learn and not just for this position. Any advice is greatly appreciated." ]

[ "Write 100% of things down, you are never gonna remember all of them.\n\nUse software to help you out. Personally I like trello https://trello.com/. Lets you prioritize, put in different states etc. ", "Read David Allen's \"Getting Things Done.\" It's a great system for doing what you need to do. There's a subreddit devoted to it - /r/GTD but it's not overly active. People there are very helpful though. \n\nAlso there are a lot of youtube videos about GTD that help explain it. \n\nMy next advice is to use paper to start until you have everything captured and you are absolutely, without exception, doing the weekly review. \n\nI promise you that if you are willing to commit to it your life will change for the better. Good luck to you and much success!", "Work like someone is watching. There likely is someone watching but think of that in a positive light, also think the word \"efficient \" through each task." ]

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[ "People at work at abusing the system. Is it better to stay out of it or say something? At my work you are responsible for reporting your PTO (paid time off) at the end of each month. Most of the employees are honest about reporting the time they take off but there are a few people who are abusing the system and not reporting the time they take off. It really isn't fair for the people who are honest and I want to report the people abusing the system, but at the same time I feel like I should just worry about myself. What what you recommend?", "People at work at abusing the system. Is it better to stay out of it or say something? At my work you are responsible for reporting your PTO (paid time off) at the end of each month. Most of the employees are honest about reporting the time they take off but there are a few people who are abusing the system and not reporting the time they take off. It really isn't fair for the people who are honest and I want to report the people abusing the system, but at the same time I feel like I should just worry about myself. What what you recommend?", "People at work at abusing the system. Is it better to stay out of it or say something? At my work you are responsible for reporting your PTO (paid time off) at the end of each month. Most of the employees are honest about reporting the time they take off but there are a few people who are abusing the system and not reporting the time they take off. It really isn't fair for the people who are honest and I want to report the people abusing the system, but at the same time I feel like I should just worry about myself. What what you recommend?" ]

[ "If it's that blatent it won't be long before someone figures it out. Or, there could be other circumstances you don't know about going on, like they're coming in on Saturdays because they have to take time off during the week to deal with medical issues.\n\nEither way, I'd let this one go.", "Speaking from experience, they will eventually be found out. It may take a while which compounds the abuse, but they will be found out. If you are not friends with them don't even talk about it to them or others at work about it. You'll be blamed for their punishment even if you had nothing to do with it. They already have proved themselves unethical. ", "I personally worry about myself. But if you feel it is that much of an issue to where it effects your work life/duties, I would tell them or HR. If it doesn't directly effect me though I just mind my own. " ]

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[ "How many coins of each denomination should be kept in a coin bag? As in, how many of each pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, loonies, toonies inside a coin purse?", "How many coins of each denomination should be kept in a coin bag? As in, how many of each pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, loonies, toonies inside a coin purse?" ]

[ "You mean to have perfect change?\n\nI keep a crapload of change in my center console, and before I go into a store I fill my pocket with the following exact amounts of each coin to always have perfect change (for one purchase):\n\n3 quarters\n2 dimes\n1 nickel\n4 pennies \n\nWith this combination of coins you can make any change up to $0.99 without having to search for the right coin in excess change. \n\nThe idea is to not exceed the next coin size up: having 5 pennies would be a nickel; two nickels a dime, three dimes would be a quarter and a nickel; four quarters would be a dollar. You don't need that much.\n\nI replenish the stock immediately thereafter, which is super easy to do once you get used to what to have. ", "It depends what you are using the coin bag for. If you are an old lady trying to make correct change at the grocery store while everyone waits 4 quarters, 5 dimes, 5 nickels, 5 pennies. But if you are an old lady trying to use the coin bag as a weapon, it's best to load up on the big coins 20 quarters and 20 nickels minimum." ]

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[ "What are some daily computer tasks that can be done by automation software? Though I haven't tried coding, I thought I might ask - I recently found some auto-clicking software and it eased related tasks so I thought - what other computer tasks, processes or best case work tasks can be automated by automation software? \nDo You use any or recommend any? \nThanks :)", "What are some daily computer tasks that can be done by automation software? Though I haven't tried coding, I thought I might ask - I recently found some auto-clicking software and it eased related tasks so I thought - what other computer tasks, processes or best case work tasks can be automated by automation software? \nDo You use any or recommend any? \nThanks :)", "What are some daily computer tasks that can be done by automation software? Though I haven't tried coding, I thought I might ask - I recently found some auto-clicking software and it eased related tasks so I thought - what other computer tasks, processes or best case work tasks can be automated by automation software? \nDo You use any or recommend any? \nThanks :)" ]

[ "AutoHotkey has the ability to let you automate your own tasks.\n\nI like to use it for auto-spell correcting and shortcuts to commonly used sentences. Such as \"ty\" automatically turns into \"thank you\".", "You mean like updating your clock time, checking your email, or scanning for viruses?\n\nYeah, it's already automated.", "Anything where you basically follow a checklist and doesn't require image recognition can be automated, with enough work.\n\nBut that's the catch \"with enough work.\"\n\nIf you save 60 seconds a day with automation, and it took you 10 hours of work to do it, you'd better hope nothing changes in the next year and a half, or you wasted your time.\n\nOn the other hand, if you save 40 minutes a day with 5 hours of work, it pays off in a week. Much more reasonable." ]

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[ "Not sweating when nervous At my job specifically, i interact fine with about everyone in the office. When i talk to the CEO, however, and when i give presentations, I sweat profusely. It's not even when it is a pressured topic that i am nervous about. The other day we were casually discussing a non-work topic, and i started sweating and get nerve-racked. Any advice? I feel like everyone notices and then it makes it worse.", "Not sweating when nervous At my job specifically, i interact fine with about everyone in the office. When i talk to the CEO, however, and when i give presentations, I sweat profusely. It's not even when it is a pressured topic that i am nervous about. The other day we were casually discussing a non-work topic, and i started sweating and get nerve-racked. Any advice? I feel like everyone notices and then it makes it worse.", "Not sweating when nervous At my job specifically, i interact fine with about everyone in the office. When i talk to the CEO, however, and when i give presentations, I sweat profusely. It's not even when it is a pressured topic that i am nervous about. The other day we were casually discussing a non-work topic, and i started sweating and get nerve-racked. Any advice? I feel like everyone notices and then it makes it worse." ]

[ "So you've obviously deduced that it's completely psychological, since is dependent on who you're talking to. In my experience, about the only way to get past it is practice. \n\nWhen I started my job, I was a little like that, but six months in I got thrust into a situation where I had to travel with the big boss and make presentations to NASA and the heads of other divisions of the company. It went on for quite a while, and I just sort of got over it.\n\nThe experience was really helpful to my broader career because I realized later that I came away seeing the execs as just other employees, and I was completely comfortable chatting with them like anyone else, and that seems to make them more comfortable with me.\n\nSo maybe the thing to do is volunteer for any opportunities to make presentations and talk with execs. Maybe try wearing an under shirt on those days so you don't worry as much about the sweat. Carry a handkerchief so you can wipe your forehead.\n\nIt will get better.", "I had a problem with this for a long time. Being nervous made me sweat (particularly in my hands and feet) and sweating (or knowing I would sweat) made me more nervous. It was a feedback loop. It was diagnosed as palmar (and plantar) hyperhidrosis. My version of it was not nearly as bad as what some people get, but it could get pretty bad.\n\nThis was a problem for more than a decade--throughout high school and college, then through a few years of work, before I went to grad school and decided I needed to do something about it.\n\nI bought Certain Dri, which is supposed to be used on, like, arm pits and stuff, and started applying it to my hands before bed. Other than the site of application, I followed the instructions. It took a little while (maybe a week or so) of applying it nightly, but it did stop my hands from getting sweaty, even when I was nervous.\n\nAfter a while of using it, I started to need to apply it less often, every couple days or once a week.\n\nBut the biggest thing was that once I stopped sweating, I stopped being nervous about sweating, and I could just be comfortable. And that allowed me to eventually just stop using the Certain Dri altogether.\n\nIt's been probably a year or so since I last used Certain Dri, and I do get nervously sweaty sometimes. But it's much better now than it used to be. And if it starts to become a problem, or if I know I have something particularly nerve-racking coming up, I'll start applying it a few days or a week beforehand to make sure I'm good to go.\n\nThere are two negative side effects with Certain Dri (or other similar extra-strength anti-perspirants), and they actually caused me to stop using a prescription version of the product when I was in high school:\n\n1. Especially early on, when you first start to try to sweat after an application (usually in the morning sometime), you will probably feel needle-like pinprick pain in the sweat glands on your hands (or wherever you applied it). I assume this is basically related to your sweat glands trying to work and being, like, blocked or something. It sucks, but it lessens over time the more you use it.\n\n2. Every week or so while using it, the skin on my hands would get *extremely* dry. Like, they'd look like old man hands, and the dry skin would all flake off like a snake shedding its scales. If I had some kind of product in my hair, running my hand through it would leave little white flecks of skin that looked like dandruff. It was kind of gross. I assume it was because my skin was used to being constantly moistened by the sweat, and so it wasn't prepared to keep it moisturized. So I started using moisturizing lotion around day 3 each time I'd start using Certain Dri again.\n\nSo yeah, that's my advice. Feel free to ask any questions.", "Think about adjusting your posture and manipulating your body language. You may be subconsciously putting yourself in a 'weak' position. Plenty of resources online (especially YouTube.) " ]

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[ "How to channel motivation/inspiraition during the work week into the weekend. I find myself being a lot more driven to do things such as reading, practicing piano, etc. while I'm at work or during weekdays. But then by the time the weekend rolls around, I rather just catch up on gaming, since I don't due it during the week really.\n\nI enjoy reading and piano etc., but I think the fact is I enjoy gaming (especially when its with friends) a lot more. I know it's not \"productive\" but I'm \"productive\" the majority of Mon-Fri at work or the gym. Any tips to help with this?", "How to channel motivation/inspiraition during the work week into the weekend. I find myself being a lot more driven to do things such as reading, practicing piano, etc. while I'm at work or during weekdays. But then by the time the weekend rolls around, I rather just catch up on gaming, since I don't due it during the week really.\n\nI enjoy reading and piano etc., but I think the fact is I enjoy gaming (especially when its with friends) a lot more. I know it's not \"productive\" but I'm \"productive\" the majority of Mon-Fri at work or the gym. Any tips to help with this?" ]

[ "I would just delete my game. I used to be addicted to minecraft ( I use to play it everyday). Then one day i had enough and just delete it. I would reflect back in my life/ see the future if I keep doing this.", "Work to a schedule. Prioritize working on the projects you want to first and early. Take a break, not a long one, get back to it, rinse repeat.\n\nUse gaming as a reward for reaching a milestone. Only you can discipline you if you fail you." ]

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[ "What’s the best way to follow up with your boss about the bonus he promised? Hey guys! I hope you can help me out. My boss messaged me 3 weeks ago telling me that one of the brands that I’ve handled were finally acquired and promised me to give a bonus on the next invoice payment date which is supposed to be 2 weeks ago. I tried following it up last week by asking if I should include the bonus he mentioned on the invoice or no need to include that. He said that he asked his wife (who’s handling the payments) that there’s no need to include that and she will just add that on my weekly invoice payment. Up until now, I still haven’t received the bonus. Any suggestions how can I respectfully follow up again? Thanks!", "What’s the best way to follow up with your boss about the bonus he promised? Hey guys! I hope you can help me out. My boss messaged me 3 weeks ago telling me that one of the brands that I’ve handled were finally acquired and promised me to give a bonus on the next invoice payment date which is supposed to be 2 weeks ago. I tried following it up last week by asking if I should include the bonus he mentioned on the invoice or no need to include that. He said that he asked his wife (who’s handling the payments) that there’s no need to include that and she will just add that on my weekly invoice payment. Up until now, I still haven’t received the bonus. Any suggestions how can I respectfully follow up again? Thanks!" ]

[ "If im not mistaken, he is avoiding the responsibility by deflecting it to his wife, ask both of them. I would go through every managerial level to get what i was promised.\n\nMy motto is : if i cant handle this amount of money, i cant handle any issue that is bigger than that.\n\nTry use that as a benchmark whether you should reconsider to let it go for future bullying or remind your boss to get the pay you were promised.\n\nHe might deflect again, or use other excuses like trust him he'll settle it etc. I would ask for a certain deadline, you can make your own judgment if you need an ultimatum.\n\nShort answer : follow up like how you do sales, only this time you are your own boss.", "Call him and ask. Don’t email or text. Texts and emails give people time to formulate a response and push it off. Just call and ask about it" ]

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[ "When you see a cool thumbnail picture on a website, and click on the story, and then the story doesn't have that picture anywhere, how can you see a big version of it? ", "When you see a cool thumbnail picture on a website, and click on the story, and then the story doesn't have that picture anywhere, how can you see a big version of it? " ]

[ "If you use chrome install the \"Search by image (by Google\" extension. Then right click on the thumbnail and search by image. On the results page you should see all of the sizes Google has indexed. You can use the filter tools on that page to drill down to exactly what you need. ", "If you don't have the extension /u/jbecause mentioned and can't/don't want to get it all you need to do is right-click the image and select \"Copy Image URL\" then go to http://images.google.com and click the camera icon in the search bar, which lets you reverse-search an image (by file, URL, etc), and paste the image URL. \n\nEverything else still applies, you can filter the results and choose to see the different sizes (in pixels) Google was able to find. " ]

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[ "How to deal with t-shirts that have had their collars stretched out? Yeah, I know I should just take them off less aggressively to begin with, but how do I remedy the ones that have stretched out a lot already? As of now they've just been repurposed as PJs. Is there a way to shrink or tighten it back up?", "How to deal with t-shirts that have had their collars stretched out? Yeah, I know I should just take them off less aggressively to begin with, but how do I remedy the ones that have stretched out a lot already? As of now they've just been repurposed as PJs. Is there a way to shrink or tighten it back up?" ]

[ "You could also cut the collar and sleeves off to give it an updated and summery look. Or cut much of it off to give a workout tank look. ", "Wash it in your washer on the highest of high heats. Dry it in your dryer with the highest of high heats. If neither go up 'jesus fucking christ that's hot\" with their temps, go to a laundromat. They get pretty scalding. Doing so will shrink its collar, to the original size. The shirt itself overall will probably shrink back too." ]

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[ "How to increase attention span Definitely internet and smart phones have done this over the past few years especially. Obviously decreasing connection to those would be something I should do, anything else on top of that, though?", "How to increase attention span Definitely internet and smart phones have done this over the past few years especially. Obviously decreasing connection to those would be something I should do, anything else on top of that, though?", "How to increase attention span Definitely internet and smart phones have done this over the past few years especially. Obviously decreasing connection to those would be something I should do, anything else on top of that, though?" ]

[ "Practice. Just like everything in life. I've actually consciously worked on this myself so here's what I did to increase my attention span and focus. \n\n1. Get rid of internet and phone addiction. You can do this by first making a list of all of the websites you always automatically go to. Now install a website blocker to your browser and only allow yourself access to those sites during a certain time of the day, like one hour in the afternoon. What this does is it interrupts the automatic process that you have programmed into your head of \"Oh, I'm bored, let me just go to reddit really quick aaaaaaand now I'm zoned out\". Now you will still go to reddit but it will say instead say \"focus!\" and you'll start retraining your mind to focus on what you need to. \n\n2. Stop injecting non-stop information. I used to be a non-stop information addict. Any time I was alone, I was listening to podcasts or music. I told myself it was fine because \"I'm learning something\". No. What I was doing was tricking my mind into thinking that I was not actually just alone and also I was constantly focusing on what the podcast was saying and not actually living with my own mind. Any time I would be doing something like driving or dishes and I didn't have a podcast to listen to, I couldn't stand to be alone with my mind. That's not good, dude. You are your mind. So you better learn to deal with it. You can fix this by learning m", "You can't actually multitask. Do one thing, do it well, move onto the next thing. Long live Charles Emerson Winchester III. ", "Are we talking conversationally, or just in general? Conversationally I find that focusing on maintaining good eye contact is the best way to stay attentive. In general, just practice recognizing when you drift out of focus, and bring your mind back. The more you practice it, the easier it will become, until you don't even think about anymore. I find m" ]

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[ "Is there a preferred way of stapling a stack of papers? I'm not talking about a really thick stack of papers. I'm talking about 2-10 sheets. I've seen left side, right side, horizontal, vertical and diagonal, close to the edge, further in, and even reverse (where the sharp end is on top)", "Is there a preferred way of stapling a stack of papers? I'm not talking about a really thick stack of papers. I'm talking about 2-10 sheets. I've seen left side, right side, horizontal, vertical and diagonal, close to the edge, further in, and even reverse (where the sharp end is on top)", "Is there a preferred way of stapling a stack of papers? I'm not talking about a really thick stack of papers. I'm talking about 2-10 sheets. I've seen left side, right side, horizontal, vertical and diagonal, close to the edge, further in, and even reverse (where the sharp end is on top)" ]

[ "45 degree angle in the top corner (so that the staple is like a line between the corner of the page, and the body of the page). This is so when someone turns the page, it is a nice straight on fold, and the paper isn't being twisted or bent in an awkward way. ", "This really depends on what the purpose of the papers might be. If they will be read a lot, I recommend stapling parallel to the left hand edge of the paper (can be the long or short edge depending if it is portait or landscape orientation) with two or three Staples for something that will be read a lot. This will feel more book like. \n\n\nIf it is to just keep them together for storage it really doesn't matter that much which way you angle it but a single staple will do just fine. \n\n\nIf this is for long term, repeated use, I recommend taking it to your local copy shop and having them put a spiral or comb bind on it, or a coverbind (this is available at Staples, not sure what other stores carry it) which is where they glue the sheets into the spine of a vinyl cover. \n\nOver all, it's just a staple, so I wouldn't stress too much about it. :) ", "https://urchin.earth.li/~twic/How_To_Staple_Really_Thick_Bundles_Of_Paper.html\n\n> make holes for the arms through the stack before stapling. For this, you will need a sharp implement of roughly the same diameter as the staple's arms, but much greater rigidity. My preferred tool is a 21-gauge syringe needle; a 25 will do, but a 21 is that bit wider. Yet wider needles may be even better, but would involve a trip to stores. A sewing needle is almost certainly also effective.\n\n> Getting the holes the right distance apart is critical; this is easily done by using a staple as a ruler, or, if you've already tried and failed to staple the bundle in the normal manner, simply use the failed staple holes as guides for the needle. The best way to do the puncturing seems to be to place the bundle on top of a soft but reasonably rigid object, like a lump of expanded polystyrene or a seat cushion or something, and then push the needle through the paper into it; this keeps the paper flat, whilst not buggering the needle." ]

[ 7, 3, -1 ]

[ "Does anyone know how to get scratches off of phone screens? I've been getting tiny scratches on my phone and it's really starting to bug me. Anyone have any tips?", "Does anyone know how to get scratches off of phone screens? I've been getting tiny scratches on my phone and it's really starting to bug me. Anyone have any tips?" ]

[ "I rub a banana slice on mine and they just become invisible I use this a lot and it’s a pretty permanent method", "You could try the stuff you spray on small scratches for your car, but I don't know if it would work. \n" ]

[ 5, 3 ]

[ "how can I connect a portable AC to a non sliding window, for example a door? hello, in these hot summer days I wanted to get a portable AC because its affordable, but I realized all of them have this window kit which only takes into account a regular sliding window, plus the tube that they come with is short, meaning it has to be close enough. are there any tips on connecting a portable AC to other openings? for example a regular opening door or window that also opens the same way? my house doesnt have easily accessible sliding windows. \n\nthanks", "how can I connect a portable AC to a non sliding window, for example a door? hello, in these hot summer days I wanted to get a portable AC because its affordable, but I realized all of them have this window kit which only takes into account a regular sliding window, plus the tube that they come with is short, meaning it has to be close enough. are there any tips on connecting a portable AC to other openings? for example a regular opening door or window that also opens the same way? my house doesnt have easily accessible sliding windows. \n\nthanks", "how can I connect a portable AC to a non sliding window, for example a door? hello, in these hot summer days I wanted to get a portable AC because its affordable, but I realized all of them have this window kit which only takes into account a regular sliding window, plus the tube that they come with is short, meaning it has to be close enough. are there any tips on connecting a portable AC to other openings? for example a regular opening door or window that also opens the same way? my house doesnt have easily accessible sliding windows. \n\nthanks" ]

[ "before you go trying to fit that to a door, look and see if you have a dryer hookup, in which case you can run the exhaust out the dryer vent.", "If you have the option to use a window a/c, do it. I recently bought a portable a/c and they are way less effective at cooling yet they cost more money.", "Assuming you mean that the window opening is larger than the A/C unit, you can use a piece of plywood to fill in the gap. \n" ]

[ 3, 2, 2 ]

[ "Dry-Cleaning at home? I've got this really nice jacket. I was wondering if there was a way to emulate the results of dry-cleaning without getting things dry-cleaned.", "Dry-Cleaning at home? I've got this really nice jacket. I was wondering if there was a way to emulate the results of dry-cleaning without getting things dry-cleaned." ]

[ "Keep in mind that every time you go to a dry-cleaner the qualit of your jacket will degrade. What always works from me is to hang your jacket in hte bathroom near the shower. Steam coming from the shower will clean your jacket.", "I remember back between 2001 and 2007, there was a home dry cleaning kit consisting of a plastic bag and special sheets. You'd put your dry clean clothes inside the bag with one of the sheets, and put it in the dryer. I haven't seen them for some time, so I don't know if they're still available. I think they were called Dry-El or something like that.\n\n" ]

[ 4, 2 ]

[ "Dust UNDER iPhone screen I have some dust under my iPhone screen. It's really annoying. Is there a way to remove it?", "Dust UNDER iPhone screen I have some dust under my iPhone screen. It's really annoying. Is there a way to remove it?" ]

[ "bring it to the nearest apple store, complain on how its supposed to be airtight and how dust isnt supposed to get under the screen, possibly get free things with phone fixed (4/4s only)\n", "Bitch please. The best way to remove this is if your phone is still under warranty Apple literally replaces your phone. I got a brand new 3GS one week before my warranty was up. Sold a brand new one for $200 and bought the iPhone 4 2 weeks later. It's a gold mine. Unfortunately dust doesn't get in the 4 or 4S as easily. " ]

[ 1, 0 ]

[ "Planning to redecorate a room I want to redecorate my bedroom, and I'd like to know how I'd go about doing that. Any tips/ recommendations? Also, my room is really small, so I'd like to maximize efficiency and minimize space.\n\nAlso, I paint a lot and play a lot of instruments (I have 2 guitars, a French horn, a mellophone, and an ocarina) so if anyone could come up with a way to store all of that, that'd be fantastic too.", "Planning to redecorate a room I want to redecorate my bedroom, and I'd like to know how I'd go about doing that. Any tips/ recommendations? Also, my room is really small, so I'd like to maximize efficiency and minimize space.\n\nAlso, I paint a lot and play a lot of instruments (I have 2 guitars, a French horn, a mellophone, and an ocarina) so if anyone could come up with a way to store all of that, that'd be fantastic too.", "Planning to redecorate a room I want to redecorate my bedroom, and I'd like to know how I'd go about doing that. Any tips/ recommendations? Also, my room is really small, so I'd like to maximize efficiency and minimize space.\n\nAlso, I paint a lot and play a lot of instruments (I have 2 guitars, a French horn, a mellophone, and an ocarina) so if anyone could come up with a way to store all of that, that'd be fantastic too." ]

[ "I don't know if you already have your paint/accessories/etc planned, but if you don't, pore through magazines, decorating books - anything that catches your eye, to come up with your plan. \n\nAs for the actual work part - find someone who knows what they're doing to help you. Friend who does a bit of construction? Maybe he can help you put up some shelves. If that's not an option, YouTube and Google the heck out of everything. Take your time and don't be afraid to try new things. \n\nMake mistakes, get messy; Frizzle. ", "go crazy with under-bed storage. \n\nput [one of these](http://i01.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/617411709_1/New-arrial-Free-shiping-1x-20-Pocket-Over-font-b-Door-b-font-font-b-Shoe.jpg) on the back of your door for storing all kinds of little random stuff\n\nand importantly, try to keep your bedroom as uncluttered as possible - you'll sleep better", "Wall storage. Can't emphasize it enough. Also, sit down with a few different magazines that feature home decor and rip out all the rooms that appeal to you. Put them in a folder overnight, come back to them the next day and re-evaluate. You'll probably see a pattern - use that as the basis for your decor scheme. If you're thinking of updating your curtains and/or linens, remember that it's easier to match paint to upholstery than it is to match upholstery to paint.\nAlso, look for durability and flexibility in things - sure, you might love those plaid jersey sheets now, but you're going to be cursing yourself next year when you decide you vastly prefer everything in zenlike shades of tan. White sheets are timeless, and a duvet instead of a comforter is always a good call - you can adjust both the look and the warmth factor, and you get more longevity out of them." ]

[ 2, 1, 1 ]

[ "Easiest way to clean up laptop to bring and use in a public place (cafe, university etc)? (Nasty porn) I have a laptop filled up with TS porn, bookmarks in various browsers and possible GILF porn hidden in random folders.\n\nWhat is the easiest way to clean this laptop up to bring to use in public? Should I just start another user profile? Would that be the easiest way? I currently only have one profile.", "Easiest way to clean up laptop to bring and use in a public place (cafe, university etc)? (Nasty porn) I have a laptop filled up with TS porn, bookmarks in various browsers and possible GILF porn hidden in random folders.\n\nWhat is the easiest way to clean this laptop up to bring to use in public? Should I just start another user profile? Would that be the easiest way? I currently only have one profile.", "Easiest way to clean up laptop to bring and use in a public place (cafe, university etc)? (Nasty porn) I have a laptop filled up with TS porn, bookmarks in various browsers and possible GILF porn hidden in random folders.\n\nWhat is the easiest way to clean this laptop up to bring to use in public? Should I just start another user profile? Would that be the easiest way? I currently only have one profile." ]

[ "If you don't need to keep all this stuff and you have your install disc for the operating system, you can find instructions online on how to format the hard drive and start over.\n\nIf you do want to keep that stuff (and hey, no judgment here), you're right - create a new profile for use in public. Make sure the PIN or password for the side with the porn is something no one who might be near the PC can guess.", "After reading your post, my search history now contains “what is GILF” and “what is TS porn” \n\nNow I know, lol.", "Assuming this is a windows computer.\n\nDownload Veracrypt and create an encrypted file to whatever size you need to contain your porn plus an OS.\n\nDownload Virtualbox and a Windows 10 ISO from Microsoft. Create a VM in your secure veracrypt folder. Setup whatever browser you like and import all of your bookmarks. Should probably also install a VPN, and/or Brave browser that uses Tor. Download and run ShutUp 10 which will stop Microsoft from phoning home.\n\nOn your PC (not the VM), delete all of the spicy bookmarks. Just move everything spicy to the VM and delete from your main OS.\n\nOpen a command prompt as admin (search for cmd, right click, run as administrator).\n\nType \"cipher /w:c:\" assuming that you have one drive and it is C: - this is going to securely wipe any deleted data on C. There are free apps that do this too like ~~Erasure.~~ " ]

[ 7, 6, 5 ]

[ "Used Car Price Haggling I know someone had an AMAZING LPT for haggling over email rather than in person but I lost the thread :( Can someone give me tips or redirect me to that thread, please? Thank you!", "Used Car Price Haggling I know someone had an AMAZING LPT for haggling over email rather than in person but I lost the thread :( Can someone give me tips or redirect me to that thread, please? Thank you!", "Used Car Price Haggling I know someone had an AMAZING LPT for haggling over email rather than in person but I lost the thread :( Can someone give me tips or redirect me to that thread, please? Thank you!" ]

[ "I’m an amateur but here are my tips: \n\n*I have only bought 1 car from a dealer and it was 10 years ago. I will not do it again so what I say probably applies more to private owners. \n\n1. The more open to styles you are the better luck you will have. I am not driving a yellow car and I am not driving a PT cruiser but other than that I am pretty open. When I decide to buy a car this gives me a pretty wide range of vehicles to look at so I can get a better price on one that may be isn’t as trendy. \n\n2. Also the more flexible you are with time will make a difference. The more time you have the more options you will have and the more willing some sellers are to negotiate. Many times when cars are privately listed it’s because the person already bought another car or they have another car they want to get soon. \n\n3. Don’t be afraid to throw a low offer. Some people will be pissed, but many have been offered a terrible offer for trading in their car to a dealer and that number was unacceptable. I think that’s the number you have to beat. When I make offer, I start not with the value for private sale but for somewhere in the trade in value. I get a few negative responses but I also get people willing to start at that point in negotiating because it’s better than what the dealer offered. \n\n4. After finding a car I am interested in and working out a price that we are both comfortable with, take it to a mechanic and have an inspection. Make sure nothing major is wrong (anything major is a deal breaker for me even if the seller would pay for the full repair). This is the most important thing in the whole process. \n\nAs long as nothing major is wrong use the things found in the inspection that will need service as a further price adjustment. I usually will try to get the seller to cover the cost of the repairs. If they won’t cover the whole cost, I am happy to get them to at least split the cost. Depending on how much I like the car this may break the deal or I may take the hit. \n\nThis is my process. It’s been good to me for multiple cars over 20 years. I’m sure there are many other tactics but I have been able to get good prices on used low mile cars by doing it this way. Hope it helps a little at least.", "Know what you are willing to pay before you even go in and don’t budge. Also remember they need the sale just as much or maybe more than you need them in particular to sell you a car. Use that leverage and don’t be afraid to walk away and try a different dealer. In fact, you should shop around and actually walk away from the first dealer anyway. I’ve had salesmen chase me out of the lot as I was in my car about to drive to the next place just to offer me a deal sweetener.", "There are lots of videos on youtube about this, by people much smarter about it than I am. \n\nA few things. Shop at the end of the month. Salesmen need to sell x number of cars each month, and some will be more motivated. \n\nDrive the local dealerships on a sunday to find the car you want. Note the sticker price, and then early monday, email them with an offer. Salesmen enjoy their weekends just like the rest of us, and often have spent their money, making them want to sell even more." ]

[ 3, 2, 1 ]

[ "How to stop my car from getting paint \"Balding Spots\" Basically like it says in the title. my car has a spot where the paint is like fading. Its not chipping off but just like started with a spot and is spreading. How do I stop it/reverse the process? Thanks in advance.\n\n", "How to stop my car from getting paint \"Balding Spots\" Basically like it says in the title. my car has a spot where the paint is like fading. Its not chipping off but just like started with a spot and is spreading. How do I stop it/reverse the process? Thanks in advance.\n\n" ]

[ "You need to wax it at least twice a year.\n\nAt least once before the summer sun bakes it.\n\nPeople cheap out and don't get their cars waxed and the \" bald \" spots are the result.", "Take better care of it! Wash and wax regularly! Especially before and after the winter season, salt will really affect your paint. Try to park in the shade/garage whenever you can, the sun will fade your paint over time." ]

[ 2, 2 ]

[ "What to do with coffee grounds? Most of us create a decent amount of used coffee grounds waste. I've known people who add it while watering plants, but I'm not convinced of that usefulness.\n\nAnyone got any good tips?", "What to do with coffee grounds? Most of us create a decent amount of used coffee grounds waste. I've known people who add it while watering plants, but I'm not convinced of that usefulness.\n\nAnyone got any good tips?", "What to do with coffee grounds? Most of us create a decent amount of used coffee grounds waste. I've known people who add it while watering plants, but I'm not convinced of that usefulness.\n\nAnyone got any good tips?" ]

[ "Some people use it to grow oyster mushrooms. Never tried it myself, but there are some manuals on the internet.", "I'm Italian so we have quite a lot of coffee grounds! A lot of people mix it with plants soil. \n\nI sometimes mix it with almond oil and salt to create a homemade natural scrub (frank body sells it for 20$!).", "Used coffee grounds are perfect for polishing plexiglass or acrylic windshields...the Air Force and Navy use it to polish the canopies of fighter aircraft before flights, and it works just as well on motorcycle and boat windshields too!" ]

[ 4, 3, 2 ]

[ "How to rejuvenate sofa cushions My partner and I live in a small space, and thus our two sofas are where most of our seated time is spent. On our two-cushion sofas, the center portion has developed some sag, or otherwise become more flattened where we sit.\n\nIs there any way to rejuvenate the cushions so that they are more uniformly padded? Maintenance that can be performed over the life of the furniture? \n\nThanks for any insight!", "How to rejuvenate sofa cushions My partner and I live in a small space, and thus our two sofas are where most of our seated time is spent. On our two-cushion sofas, the center portion has developed some sag, or otherwise become more flattened where we sit.\n\nIs there any way to rejuvenate the cushions so that they are more uniformly padded? Maintenance that can be performed over the life of the furniture? \n\nThanks for any insight!" ]

[ "You could always look into buying blocks of foam to replace the cushions. A lot of sofas have removable covers on the cushions, so you can just buy new foam and cut it to the same size as your current cushions and put it in the cover. Or if your cushions aren't removable you can cut the back of them and sew in a zipper so that they now are. ", "Sometimes it's not the cushions themselves, but the support under them that has begun to sag. If your cushions are not attached to the frame, you can slide a piece of 1/2\" plywood under the cushions in the center to provide extra support. This is especially a problem with the sinuous coils, usually called \"no sag\" which sags really bad toward the center. I use a piece of plywood cut to the same size as a cushion, but place it in the center. \n\nIf you don't have access to a saw, Home Depot and Lowe's will both cut plywood to size, and I assume Menards will too." ]

[ 2, 1 ]

[ "how can I stand up for myself? I can not stand up for myself.this all started a few years ago. i dated a girl and we broke up and broke her heart. I felt bad because I really treated her wrong. I changed and promised myself I was never going to act that way.\n\n Now I am afraid of hurting anyone. if I am talking to someone, I am afraid of saying something that can make them feel sad or mad. This happens with everyone I interact with. I am not able to standup for myself because I do not want to offend them or make them upset or sad.\n\n The times I have stood up for myself,I'll go home and start kicking myself thinking \"oh no, did what I say make them mad/sad?\".Then I get mad at myself and embarrassed.\n\n I want to stop this. How am I going to defend my family, future wife, and kids if I let everyone walk all over me just because I am afraid of offending someone?\n\n Any tips / advise?\n\nThanks", "how can I stand up for myself? I can not stand up for myself.this all started a few years ago. i dated a girl and we broke up and broke her heart. I felt bad because I really treated her wrong. I changed and promised myself I was never going to act that way.\n\n Now I am afraid of hurting anyone. if I am talking to someone, I am afraid of saying something that can make them feel sad or mad. This happens with everyone I interact with. I am not able to standup for myself because I do not want to offend them or make them upset or sad.\n\n The times I have stood up for myself,I'll go home and start kicking myself thinking \"oh no, did what I say make them mad/sad?\".Then I get mad at myself and embarrassed.\n\n I want to stop this. How am I going to defend my family, future wife, and kids if I let everyone walk all over me just because I am afraid of offending someone?\n\n Any tips / advise?\n\nThanks" ]

[ "Off topic but for the love of god, please put a space after your periods. It's so weird and distracting. ", "Look man, I'm the same way. Confrontation is a bitch. The best ways I've been able to confront people on issues depends on the situation. But usually wording well, good explanation, and confidence seems to be key. Here's an example. My girlfriend and I recently broke up and it was no one's fault. She stopped feeling those feelings, y'know? Anyway, one of my best friends wanted to call or text her and say that he appreciates the years we spend together and how happy she made me during the relationship. He didn't have her number so he asked me to send it to him. This somewhat made me uncomfortable. It was a recent thing and I didn't really want him to do that, especially because they didn't really meet or hang out very often, and when they did I was always there. I can't quite explain why I felt that way about his intentions, but I decided to tell him. I said to him, \"look man, I really appreciate what you're trying to do by texting her, but I would prefer you didn't. I hope you can understand, but since this whole thing is still new and (frankly) a bit awkward, it would make me feel more comfortable if we left things the way they are now. Which I'm sure disappointed him a little, but he understood and respected my feelings. I will admit it was awkward for me, but in the end I feel better he didn't do the thing that would make me uncomfortable. " ]

[ 2, 2 ]

[ "Seat in the Proper Position I drove for 10 hours this past weekend and my back is killing me from it. I assume it is from the seat not being in the proper position. My seat can go forward/backward, up/down, and tilt. My question is how do I know what the proper position for my back is?", "Seat in the Proper Position I drove for 10 hours this past weekend and my back is killing me from it. I assume it is from the seat not being in the proper position. My seat can go forward/backward, up/down, and tilt. My question is how do I know what the proper position for my back is?" ]

[ "If you have a bad back, find the lumbar adjustment, or get a lumbar seat cover. Even a very small throw pillow behind you could work.", "135* is the best position fo your seat.\nI read it somewhere, but I'm too lazy to look for the source currently." ]

[ 1, 1 ]

[ "Advice for anyone trying to start their first business. Things you know now that you wish you knew when you first started out! There are so many obstacles and questions around starting a business. A lot of subreddits are geared toward online businesses, I am hoping this can start a discussion related more toward brick and mortar business. However, any tips related to any business endeavors are welcome! Tips related to funding, location, types of businesses that have been successful (types that have been unsuccessful), previous experience that was useful, hiring tips, etc.", "Advice for anyone trying to start their first business. Things you know now that you wish you knew when you first started out! There are so many obstacles and questions around starting a business. A lot of subreddits are geared toward online businesses, I am hoping this can start a discussion related more toward brick and mortar business. However, any tips related to any business endeavors are welcome! Tips related to funding, location, types of businesses that have been successful (types that have been unsuccessful), previous experience that was useful, hiring tips, etc." ]

[ "I've always believed that you need to know two things when you start your own business - first, know all about your widget (the product or service you are offering), and second, learn the basics of running any business - accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash flow, inventory control. You don't have to have an accounting degree, but you need to understand these basics.", "I've started multiple businesses and my favorite style is selling a product or service that people will pay monthly for. That way you are able to develop an ongoing residual income stream. This is typically more service based but if you are able to sell someone on the idea of paying monthly for your service, you can then hire someone to do fullfillment on that service for a less expensive price than you sold it for and keep the difference. " ]

[ 2, 1 ]

[ "how to get rid of puffy eyes From what I've read online, puffy eyes can be caused by a number of things.\nI'm not sure what's causing mine, but they're driving me nuts. I always look tired (even after getting a full night's sleep). \nI've tried all sorts of under eye creams (all claiming to to do the trick) but to no avail. Applying a cold compress doesn't last either (I've tried tea bags, spoons left in the fridge, etc.)\n\nAny ideas?", "how to get rid of puffy eyes From what I've read online, puffy eyes can be caused by a number of things.\nI'm not sure what's causing mine, but they're driving me nuts. I always look tired (even after getting a full night's sleep). \nI've tried all sorts of under eye creams (all claiming to to do the trick) but to no avail. Applying a cold compress doesn't last either (I've tried tea bags, spoons left in the fridge, etc.)\n\nAny ideas?" ]

[ "Sometimes if my eyes look puffy in the morning, I'll put a cold compress on while I do crunches. I can do 1000 now.", "Freeze two spoons and lay them over your eyes. I've also heard taking wet tea bags (caffeinated preferably) and freezing them to lay over your eyes is helpful. \nThere are also skincare products that specifically target puffy eyes and/or dark circles. One that I've found to work pretty well is \"Garnier - Skin Renew Anti-Puff Eye Roller\". This one also comes in a version that is tinted with concealer to help cover circles. I love this one because the cold metal ball feels so good and the gel/lotion hydrates well. " ]

[ 18, 2 ]

[ "Braiding my hair So I braid my hair because otherwise it's impossible to deal with, but I'm pretty sure I'm doing something wrong because it looks kinda ugly. I usually split my hair into three vaguely similar parts and do it by placing right into centre, left into centre etc.\n\n1. How can I hold all three pieces in my hands? I always have to let go of one piece to handle the other two.\n\n2. Any other tips?", "Braiding my hair So I braid my hair because otherwise it's impossible to deal with, but I'm pretty sure I'm doing something wrong because it looks kinda ugly. I usually split my hair into three vaguely similar parts and do it by placing right into centre, left into centre etc.\n\n1. How can I hold all three pieces in my hands? I always have to let go of one piece to handle the other two.\n\n2. Any other tips?" ]

[ "Try holding two strands in one hand and one in the other while braiding (just a matter of getting accustomed to clamping pieces between 2 fingers). This way you can keep all of the pieces even and tight(ish). If you’re looking for a looser braid you can always gently pull at the pieces after you’ve finished. Also make sure you aren’t holding your hair at a weird angle when braiding it, or it will sit wrong. Good luck!", "Try getting your hair a lil wet before you braid it, helps with the flyaways and you can hold it better\nAlso the way you hold your hair will change the outcome of your braid\nIf you, lets say, want to have a normal braid hanging down your back, try not to lift your hair up at the beginning of the braid and try not pulling it to the side\n\nAlways gets me weird lumps" ]

[ 2, 2 ]

[ "How do I keep up with the big four American sports so that I can talk about them with other people? My coworkers, family and friends talk about sports. Its what many guys talk about with each other. I get it. But I don't feel like watching sports on tv every night. I just want to be able to know enough about Steph Curry to keep up with the conversation for example. \n\nHow can I keep up with what's going on without watching a highlight reel every day?\n\nI", "How do I keep up with the big four American sports so that I can talk about them with other people? My coworkers, family and friends talk about sports. Its what many guys talk about with each other. I get it. But I don't feel like watching sports on tv every night. I just want to be able to know enough about Steph Curry to keep up with the conversation for example. \n\nHow can I keep up with what's going on without watching a highlight reel every day?\n\nI" ]

[ "If you're not even interested in watching highlights, you're going to have trouble talking to sports fans about sports.\n\nI know it can be frustrating if everyone else is talking about the game, but there's no way to *fake* it.", "I saw this and thought damn this could work for me and crap. Watch an hour of ESPN center highlights just so I can join the water cooler gang for 15 mins..." ]

[ 3, 1 ]

[ "how to make yourself fall asleep when faced with a \"can't fall asleep no matter how hard I try\" situation ", "how to make yourself fall asleep when faced with a \"can't fall asleep no matter how hard I try\" situation " ]

[ "It's probably not a healthy option, but I usually take a night time allergy pill if I am having problems sleeping. I don't usually find drowsy pills work too well on me, but it helps a bit!", "I always fall asleep with headphones on listening to a podcast or audiobook. I know some people find that distracting but it oddly helps, here's how. Obviously paying great attention to what you're listening to will keep you up, but if you can have it playing but not really be listening then you're in the right frame of mind to fall asleep. Your mind will either focus on what you're listening to or nothing at all." ]

[ 1, 1 ]

[ "how do I stop messing up my dark laundry? All my dark clothes come out of the wash with whiteish streaks that can't be rinsed out.\n\nExamples: https://imgur.com/a/rrSLi\n\nThis is before they go in the drier. I check the washing machine ahead of time and don't see anything weird in there. What's going on?", "how do I stop messing up my dark laundry? All my dark clothes come out of the wash with whiteish streaks that can't be rinsed out.\n\nExamples: https://imgur.com/a/rrSLi\n\nThis is before they go in the drier. I check the washing machine ahead of time and don't see anything weird in there. What's going on?", "how do I stop messing up my dark laundry? All my dark clothes come out of the wash with whiteish streaks that can't be rinsed out.\n\nExamples: https://imgur.com/a/rrSLi\n\nThis is before they go in the drier. I check the washing machine ahead of time and don't see anything weird in there. What's going on?" ]

[ "Do you use liquid detergent?\n\nHow often do you clean the machine (eg run it empty with a cup of white vinegar or proprietary cleaner)?\n\nDo you check all the pockets?\n\nDo you wash all the dark clothing separately from lighter colours?", "Looks like when I iron and press the steam button and the limescale sputters out and ruins my clothes. I'd say descale the machine. You can use calgon etc but the best limescale remover is a whole bottle of vinegar or two. Hot wash empty with vinegar and baking soda in the drum and drawers. Then do again with just vinegar to rinse. Should help a lot. You can also spray vinegar directly in the drum after each load to keep in clean and wipe the rubber seal as it usually has loads of gunk in it. ", "That happened to me all the time i used to put my clothes in first then put soap then run the machine now what i do is let the machine fill up with water then put the soap/detergent and let it start spinning without clothes for like 30 seconds so the soap/detergent mix well with the water and then put ur clothes in that way the detergent doesnt stick to ur clothes. Those white stains are the soap/detergent. Hope it helps" ]

[ 6, 2, 1 ]

[ "how to be a better conversationalist over the phone with friends? I'm terrible awkward on the phone. But I would like to be one of those people who can just pick up and phone call a friend and chat. What do we talk about? ", "how to be a better conversationalist over the phone with friends? I'm terrible awkward on the phone. But I would like to be one of those people who can just pick up and phone call a friend and chat. What do we talk about? " ]

[ "Remove distractions, and concentrate on the phone call. No TV or other diversions distracting your attention from the convo.\n\nI do my best phone calls from the tub, soaking with a bath bomb; perfectly relaxed and undistracted.", "Always ask about them! People like to talk about themselves. The key though is to be geniune with your questions. What do you not know about them that you want to know? Ask them. When they mention something like a recent trip or a big purchase ask them to elaborate by asking the \"W\" questions. Where did you go? Why did you buy? What did you do? When did you get back? Where would you go next time? Obviously don't just fire off those questions all in a row as that might be a bit weird lol but find a way to keep them going when they run out of things to say with questions like that. " ]

[ 1, 1 ]

[ "Going abroad and finding a Job? I wan't to work abroad and I'm wondering if I should \nA. Apply online and move to the country if I get accepted\nor \nB. Move to country of choosing and find work after the move?", "Going abroad and finding a Job? I wan't to work abroad and I'm wondering if I should \nA. Apply online and move to the country if I get accepted\nor \nB. Move to country of choosing and find work after the move?" ]

[ "Unless you have a significant amount of money to get you by while you get adjusted, the latter idea is a great way to end up homeless. Try communicating with other ex-pats online before you go, people are often eager to help but just beware of scams. If you do move first, I'd still recommend getting in touch with other ex-pats. Ask around for what is the popular bar for NFL fans, that'll be a great place to find Americans and make friends even if you aren't a fan yourself.", "Every time I have moved to another country, I got a job first. Sometimes they help you move, or at least they will help you open a bank account, etc." ]

[ 1, 1 ]

[ "What to do and worry about when you've just been notified of potential identity theft? Just had a card stolen out of my mailbox and had someone else try to open a new CC account in my name a few days later. Was notified of attempted fraud, and it appears that the theft somehow got my social.\n\nWhat should I do and what are other ways this could potentially impact my life? \n\nSo far, I have learned that you should call all three major cr", "What to do and worry about when you've just been notified of potential identity theft? Just had a card stolen out of my mailbox and had someone else try to open a new CC account in my name a few days later. Was notified of attempted fraud, and it appears that the theft somehow got my social.\n\nWhat should I do and what are other ways this could potentially impact my life? \n\nSo far, I have learned that you should call all three major cr", "What to do and worry about when you've just been notified of potential identity theft? Just had a card stolen out of my mailbox and had someone else try to open a new CC account in my name a few days later. Was notified of attempted fraud, and it appears that the theft somehow got my social.\n\nWhat should I do and what are other ways this could potentially impact my life? \n\nSo far, I have learned that you should call all three major cr" ]

[ "www.consumer.ftc.gov\n\nTake a deep breath. Most of this type of identity theft never goes farther than this has. Report it, pull your cr", "You can put a lock on your cr", "Usually if happens like this, it's someone close to you. If you have an idea who would would have access to your social and your mailbox you can possibly fix it. Cancel the card and get a new one sent to a PO box (get a PO box). Get a cr" ]

[ 1, 1, 1 ]

[ "Any natural/non-drug ways of preventing hayfever. It's hayfever season in the southern-hemisphere. Just want to know if there are any ways to prevent or reduce symptoms that do not include taking medicine.", "Any natural/non-drug ways of preventing hayfever. It's hayfever season in the southern-hemisphere. Just want to know if there are any ways to prevent or reduce symptoms that do not include taking medicine.", "Any natural/non-drug ways of preventing hayfever. It's hayfever season in the southern-hemisphere. Just want to know if there are any ways to prevent or reduce symptoms that do not include taking medicine." ]

[ "Go to CVS get nellie med sinus rinse. Just follow the label and do as it says. Yes it is a little bizzare, but I use it almost daily!\n", "Get local, **raw** honey, and eat a spoonful every morning. The theory is it includes a small amount of the pollen that causes you problems, and your body can prepare itself better to handle it.", "Cut gluten out of your diet. Anecdotal evidence is all I've got, because what kind of drug company is going to support a study that might cost them billions?? \n\nIt's changed a few of my friends' lives. Three of them also had their asthma virtually disappear. Fourth one was just relieved to not look and feel like shit everyday. :)" ]

[ 1, 0, 0 ]

[ "Driving Across the Country In a week my g/f and I will be driving from WI to San Diego. We are looking for any tips, tricks, ideas, places to see, places to avoid, general wisdom, great routes, etc....", "Driving Across the Country In a week my g/f and I will be driving from WI to San Diego. We are looking for any tips, tricks, ideas, places to see, places to avoid, general wisdom, great routes, etc....", "Driving Across the Country In a week my g/f and I will be driving from WI to San Diego. We are looking for any tips, tricks, ideas, places to see, places to avoid, general wisdom, great routes, etc...." ]

[ "I travel by car non-stop for work and make long road trips like this on a weekly basis, so I thought I'd offer a few tips that I use.\n\n* bring a gps, and also have a set of printed directions for when your gps doesn't have a signal (it will happen). \n* Make sure your vehicle is road-trip ready before you leave (oil & air filter changed, fluids topped off, quick maintenance check, and bring a small kit of emergency tools/supplies for minor repairs/breakdowns, and have a roadside assistance plan with your insurance company, cell phone carrier, or AAA). \n* Stick to making stops at big gas stations & travel centers rather than rest areas. Rest areas are great if you have pets with you, but they're short on supplies & amenities if needed. The best way to identify the gas stations is those with large signs that have their gas prices on them visible from the highway (they are usually open 24/7, are larger with better selections, safer, and have cleaner bathrooms). \n* Keep about $10 in singles and change handy for tolls. \n* Book your hotels with priceline the day you plan to check in, after you're sure of where you'll stop. I recommend you pick a target destination area for a particular day's travel (ex: Day 1 we'll plan to stop in Lincoln, but get delayed a few hours due to an accident and decide to stop in Omaha instead). This way you won't lose $ if you book in advance and don't make it or take the route you plan on. You can literally book a hotel with the priceline app for super cheap (and get a great room) 10 minutes before you check in. \n* Use your judgement for speeding, but remember that on a 2000 mile drive, roughly every 5mph faster you go will save you about 2 hours overall. \n* Most GPS & turn-by-turn direction programs have settings for \nshortest distance, quickest time, and scenic routing. \n* Keep checked in with someone to let them know what route you plan on taking each day and where you stay each night, just in case.\n* Check out yelp and trip advisor when you stop somewhere to find the cool local eateries and tourist attractions. \n* Enjoy the drive! Road trips are great when you're with someone else. Good luck!", "Watch the weather this time of year. You might consider dropping down to route 40/rte 66 if it is going to get snotty in the mountain passes.\n\nMake sure you tires are pumped up. Bring a good flashlight, check your spare tire, first aid kit, flares maybe, yada, , yada, yada", "One thing to add. Make sure you've got a budget for repairs... Hopefully you will still have it all at the end but if not you'll still get there. I've done a bunch of trips and this has saved the trip a few times." ]

[ 6, 1, 1 ]

[ "how to perfect a signature or other handwriting. i've never had the best hand writing and my signature looks just like a big scribble. what is a way to work on getting a smooth nice looking signature?", "how to perfect a signature or other handwriting. i've never had the best hand writing and my signature looks just like a big scribble. what is a way to work on getting a smooth nice looking signature?", "how to perfect a signature or other handwriting. i've never had the best hand writing and my signature looks just like a big scribble. what is a way to work on getting a smooth nice looking signature?" ]

[ "1) Take your time\n2) find out what angle you need to have the pen and paper at so you can take control when you are given something to sign. \n3) find a nice smooth pen - I like a medium tip gel roller ball with a rubber grip - then buy a box in black so you don't have to use someone else's crappy biro!!\n4) have your signature as short as possible - mine is my initials and hubby used just his nick name !!\n\nGood luck!!", "Slow down so you force yourself to think more about how you write. Also use guidelines (tracing the letters), there's some free apps I can recommend.", "Ideally your signature should be a unique scribble, as a neat one would be easier to recreate from any handwritten note of yours. \n\nI use two signatures, one for attaching to electronic documents which most certainly is not the one that I use for anything important like money transactions." ]

[ 5, 2, 2 ]

[ "How to tell if I'm having a relapse into irrational thoughts. I just got off of Prozac after being on anti-depressants on and off for years. It's been a month since I haven't had any symptoms. The side effects were terrible. I wasn't myself at all, I was suicidal, and I basically went insane. The effects happened so gradually that I wasn't aware of how bad things were until it really got bad. The problem is, I'm not sure how much of it was the Prozac and how much of it might have been some pre-existing mental illness that I was unaware of until recently (I was dealing with symptoms such as visual and auditory hallucinations, as well). I'm 20-ish, have a history of being abused, and a trans guy with a lot of neurological issues and a family history of basically every mental health issue under the sun.\n\nLast night, I drank three energy drinks and smoked half a pack of cigarettes. (It's finals week, I'm a senior, OK?) I started going through caffeine withdrawal the next day (felt depressed and anxious) and had a panic attack thinking I was relapsing. I was fine afterward when I realized what it was (\"realizing what it was\" involved me curled up in pain from the worst headache of my life on the shower floor, but Excedrin is a beautiful drug), but it scared the shit out of me.\n\nI realize this is kind of heavy, but is there any way for me to keep a tab on my mental health, almost like a grounding point, to let myself know when I'm being irrational?", "How to tell if I'm having a relapse into irrational thoughts. I just got off of Prozac after being on anti-depressants on and off for years. It's been a month since I haven't had any symptoms. The side effects were terrible. I wasn't myself at all, I was suicidal, and I basically went insane. The effects happened so gradually that I wasn't aware of how bad things were until it really got bad. The problem is, I'm not sure how much of it was the Prozac and how much of it might have been some pre-existing mental illness that I was unaware of until recently (I was dealing with symptoms such as visual and auditory hallucinations, as well). I'm 20-ish, have a history of being abused, and a trans guy with a lot of neurological issues and a family history of basically every mental health issue under the sun.\n\nLast night, I drank three energy drinks and smoked half a pack of cigarettes. (It's finals week, I'm a senior, OK?) I started going through caffeine withdrawal the next day (felt depressed and anxious) and had a panic attack thinking I was relapsing. I was fine afterward when I realized what it was (\"realizing what it was\" involved me curled up in pain from the worst headache of my life on the shower floor, but Excedrin is a beautiful drug), but it scared the shit out of me.\n\nI realize this is kind of heavy, but is there any way for me to keep a tab on my mental health, almost like a grounding point, to let myself know when I'm being irrational?", "How to tell if I'm having a relapse into irrational thoughts. I just got off of Prozac after being on anti-depressants on and off for years. It's been a month since I haven't had any symptoms. The side effects were terrible. I wasn't myself at all, I was suicidal, and I basically went insane. The effects happened so gradually that I wasn't aware of how bad things were until it really got bad. The problem is, I'm not sure how much of it was the Prozac and how much of it might have been some pre-existing mental illness that I was unaware of until recently (I was dealing with symptoms such as visual and auditory hallucinations, as well). I'm 20-ish, have a history of being abused, and a trans guy with a lot of neurological issues and a family history of basically every mental health issue under the sun.\n\nLast night, I drank three energy drinks and smoked half a pack of cigarettes. (It's finals week, I'm a senior, OK?) I started going through caffeine withdrawal the next day (felt depressed and anxious) and had a panic attack thinking I was relapsing. I was fine afterward when I realized what it was (\"realizing what it was\" involved me curled up in pain from the worst headache of my life on the shower floor, but Excedrin is a beautiful drug), but it scared the shit out of me.\n\nI realize this is kind of heavy, but is there any way for me to keep a tab on my mental health, almost like a grounding point, to let myself know when I'm being irrational?" ]

[ "A thought is not irrational until you say that it is. You are *not* your thoughts. You are the observer of them. Since most of the thoughts you have had have been associated with either rational or not rational, your body has an automatic nervous response to the act of just thinking. \n\nEnergy drinks and caffeine will not be helpful as they trigger the same physiological response as anxiety, which you might associate with irrationality, and begin the downward spiral.\n\nYour thoughts should not scare you. They are just thoughts and cannot harm you until you act on them *like being scared*. So when you find yourself thinking that *I might be irrational* you can instantly dismiss it because an irrational person does not realize they might be acting irrationally. *The very thought that you might be being irrational is proof of your rationality.*", "Depression & anxiety here. Know how you feel. Sharing my opinion & experiences. \n\nThis may sound like a downer - but no. You are rationalizing the irrational thoughts that you have. Your mind can do some crazy mental gymnastics to justify insanity. No matter how irrational the thoughts are, your mind finds ways to make it rational. \n\nThere are ways to mitigate the damage, though. Commit to always waiting X period of time before making any decisions. Stay away from triggers (whether thats caffeine or negative people or anything else). Journal. Find hobbies you can go to during bad periods of time (adult coloring books are the rage right now, but also drawing, music, jogging, video games, etc). \n\nWith experience, you'll learn to realize that what you feel is wrong, but that doesn't change the fact that you feel that way. \n\nI think the danger comes when you start to feel like the negative feelings are the correct ones and the positive ones are irrational. At that point, seek outside solutions - whether that is medications or otherwise. ", "Coming off Prozac has side effects itself which can take awhile to clear up. \n\nCan you get in to see a counsellor on a semi\nRegular basis?\n\nDo you keep a journal? That might help." ]

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[ "How to get rid of an image burn on panasonic smart tv's? Looked everywhere for a solution but most don't seem to work please give me every solution possible.\n\n", "How to get rid of an image burn on panasonic smart tv's? Looked everywhere for a solution but most don't seem to work please give me every solution possible.\n\n", "How to get rid of an image burn on panasonic smart tv's? Looked everywhere for a solution but most don't seem to work please give me every solution possible.\n\n" ]

[ "On my Panasonic TC-P42ST30 there is a \"Scrolling Bar\" mode under Menu > Setup > Anti Image Retention that scrolls a white bar across the screen for 15 minutes. You could try running that a few times.", "Try making about a 30 second video of a black screen and a white screen in about 3 second intervals. I read this online in a help forum, something about if you take your TV in for a repair this is the process.\n\nSource: I had a plasma with burn in.\n\n", "If you can get the image that's burned in, invert the colors and play that until the burn evens out. \n\nI'm not an expert at all, it just makes a lot of sense. You may experience duller pictures or some sort of other issues, so you may have to adjust the contrast or color temperature or whatever." ]

[ 5, 2, 0 ]

[ "How to perfectly reverse park I've always been jealous of people who can just back up in to any parking spot without even trying, I need to know how to do it!", "How to perfectly reverse park I've always been jealous of people who can just back up in to any parking spot without even trying, I need to know how to do it!", "How to perfectly reverse park I've always been jealous of people who can just back up in to any parking spot without even trying, I need to know how to do it!" ]

[ "Turn away from the spot, then back in using your mirrors to match your car to the lines. Also, practice makes perfect. ", "It's all in the mirror me good man. Your side mirrors to be precise. Looking behind you or using the rearview is only going to mess things up for you.\n\nYou turn away from the spot, turn your wheel in the direction you want the ass end to go. As you are backing up, keep checking your side mirrors for proper alignment with the lines on the ground. Once you get the back of the car fully in the spot you want to turn the wheels to straighten your car out. \n\nPROTIP: Once your back wheel passes the car on either side you are safe from hitting the others cars by accident.", "I couldn't parallel park well until I started riding a motorcycle, which shot my spacial awareness through the roof." ]

[ 3, 2, 1 ]

[ "how can I stop flinging outside? I find it hard to keep eyes focus on the road ahead. If I am walking behind someone and they turn around, I fling and look somewhere else. This then gives them the misunderstanding that I been watching them. Doesn't Matter how far they are, my eyes still react. This leads me to always keeping my eyes anywhere but forward.Sometimes, they don't turn around but I get anxious about the person turning around and me flinging.\nOnly time I can keep my eyes looking forward is when theirs no one in my line of sight. Any tips on how to stop flinging? It is horrible and really stressful. Thanks", "how can I stop flinging outside? I find it hard to keep eyes focus on the road ahead. If I am walking behind someone and they turn around, I fling and look somewhere else. This then gives them the misunderstanding that I been watching them. Doesn't Matter how far they are, my eyes still react. This leads me to always keeping my eyes anywhere but forward.Sometimes, they don't turn around but I get anxious about the person turning around and me flinging.\nOnly time I can keep my eyes looking forward is when theirs no one in my line of sight. Any tips on how to stop flinging? It is horrible and really stressful. Thanks" ]

[ "The behaviour you describe is tightly correlated with social anxiety disorder. If you read up on this, you may find methods of dealing with the underlying mental issues of which this is just a symptom. This will allow you to reduce anxiety throughout your life, and more easily recognize times when you need to pull back and relax. It'll also help you recognize and help other people suffering from the same issues.", "Always wear sunglasses so no one can see where your eyes are pointed. Also you're in your own head here. The best thing to do would be to realize no one cares one iota what you're looking at. If that's not the case for some reason you'll hear about it and deal with it then. We have no agency in the random movement of your eyes. " ]

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[ "Some tips for training under-skilled and or under-educated employees? Long story short, due to some circumstances been helping run a business and trying to implement processes to increase efficiency overall, however it feels like I'm just putting more work on my own plate. What are some tips and or tricks to teach/train individuals who are less than ideal?", "Some tips for training under-skilled and or under-educated employees? Long story short, due to some circumstances been helping run a business and trying to implement processes to increase efficiency overall, however it feels like I'm just putting more work on my own plate. What are some tips and or tricks to teach/train individuals who are less than ideal?", "Some tips for training under-skilled and or under-educated employees? Long story short, due to some circumstances been helping run a business and trying to implement processes to increase efficiency overall, however it feels like I'm just putting more work on my own plate. What are some tips and or tricks to teach/train individuals who are less than ideal?" ]

[ "Remember that they're are still human beings. Even if their underqualified, treat them like fellow adults and make sure they understand that what they're doing is important. Try to not to talk down to anyone.", "Give clear concise intstructions and if possible in writing too. After explaining the instructions quiz them on some key points to make sure they understand and don't have questions of their own. Demonstrate what the task is or what a finished product looks like. Lastly give them an expected completion time.\n\nIt should be explained and understood so that the person at the top can understand as well as the person at the bottom.", "As a motivational ploy give them individual areas of responsibility. Even if it is something trivial they have something that they own. " ]

[ 7, 2, 1 ]

[ "Best way to earn frequent flier miles or discounted flights for free/cheap My brother is going on tour with his awesome band and I'd like to catch him at one of his last shows in Cali (I live in Florida). I'm trying to find a cheap flight out but it's pretty pricey to fly cross country. Any tips or advice would be very much appreciated :) This is such a cool opportunity for him and I really want to be a part of it. ", "Best way to earn frequent flier miles or discounted flights for free/cheap My brother is going on tour with his awesome band and I'd like to catch him at one of his last shows in Cali (I live in Florida). I'm trying to find a cheap flight out but it's pretty pricey to fly cross country. Any tips or advice would be very much appreciated :) This is such a cool opportunity for him and I really want to be a part of it. " ]

[ "Signing up for an airline cr", "I'll go with the card too. As for cheap flights to rack up miles, airlines are putting an end to it by based miles on the number of dollars spent on the flight." ]

[ 3, 1 ]

[ "How to stop a cat from getting on the bed/ waking me up too much? My little cat loves to jump in and out of the bed all through the night and into the morning. She cuddles and claws me with her tiny needles, purring with love. Starting at around 5:30 am she meows at me and pats my face until I get out of the bed. It doesn't matter if I feed her or not. Her favorite pastime is just harassing me while I'm trying to be unconscious.\n\nI need sleep.\n\nWe can't go on like this... We simply can't, my fluffy friend. My mind will collapse if you keep interrupting my sleep cycle! I'm not LIKE you... I need a large, expansive swath of uninterrupted sleep every night, my absurdly small G. \n\nThe icing on the cake is that my newish boyfriend has a very serious dislike of sleeping with a cat. :(\n\nLast night, I tried closing the bedroom door and she just meowed and then wailed without end for hours until I gave in and opened it. Should I just try to deal with cat wailing for an indefinite amount of nights until her heart hardens?\n\nAnyone got any ideas? Thanks, guys!!\n\n", "How to stop a cat from getting on the bed/ waking me up too much? My little cat loves to jump in and out of the bed all through the night and into the morning. She cuddles and claws me with her tiny needles, purring with love. Starting at around 5:30 am she meows at me and pats my face until I get out of the bed. It doesn't matter if I feed her or not. Her favorite pastime is just harassing me while I'm trying to be unconscious.\n\nI need sleep.\n\nWe can't go on like this... We simply can't, my fluffy friend. My mind will collapse if you keep interrupting my sleep cycle! I'm not LIKE you... I need a large, expansive swath of uninterrupted sleep every night, my absurdly small G. \n\nThe icing on the cake is that my newish boyfriend has a very serious dislike of sleeping with a cat. :(\n\nLast night, I tried closing the bedroom door and she just meowed and then wailed without end for hours until I gave in and opened it. Should I just try to deal with cat wailing for an indefinite amount of nights until her heart hardens?\n\nAnyone got any ideas? Thanks, guys!!\n\n", "How to stop a cat from getting on the bed/ waking me up too much? My little cat loves to jump in and out of the bed all through the night and into the morning. She cuddles and claws me with her tiny needles, purring with love. Starting at around 5:30 am she meows at me and pats my face until I get out of the bed. It doesn't matter if I feed her or not. Her favorite pastime is just harassing me while I'm trying to be unconscious.\n\nI need sleep.\n\nWe can't go on like this... We simply can't, my fluffy friend. My mind will collapse if you keep interrupting my sleep cycle! I'm not LIKE you... I need a large, expansive swath of uninterrupted sleep every night, my absurdly small G. \n\nThe icing on the cake is that my newish boyfriend has a very serious dislike of sleeping with a cat. :(\n\nLast night, I tried closing the bedroom door and she just meowed and then wailed without end for hours until I gave in and opened it. Should I just try to deal with cat wailing for an indefinite amount of nights until her heart hardens?\n\nAnyone got any ideas? Thanks, guys!!\n\n" ]

[ "Play with her well before bedtime, something active like chasing a feather toy. You can also get an indoor wheel to let her play on her own and get some energy out. Combining more exercise with some puzzle toys like the Mad Scientist (Amazon always has it; it's a food toy) and she'll settle down somewhat. \n\nThing is, though, if she's under about 2, she's going to have lots of energy and want to play more than an older adult cat. You might save yourself a lot of sleepless nights if you can afford to bring in another kitty around the same age. They'll play together and groom each other frequently enough to give you some peace.", "Don't give up and open the door. Be consistent, never let the cat in the bedroom, **ever**. It'll learn. But, **only if you are 100% consistent** in never letting the cat in the bedroom.\n\nYou could get another cat or a puppy to keep it company but, I don't recommend this.", "I make a noise at my cats when they do anything wrong, sort of sounds like a cat hiss.... or like \"tssss\".\n\nWhen the cat cries at the door I'd also make that noise. They soon stopped." ]

[ 3, 3, 2 ]

[ "For those in the military, where can I find something like what was linked that I can send to my brother in military training as he said he likes getting updates and photos of what's going on in the world? ", "For those in the military, where can I find something like what was linked that I can send to my brother in military training as he said he likes getting updates and photos of what's going on in the world? " ]

[ "Thank you for your submission! Your post has been removed because we do not allow images for LPT Requests.\n\n\n*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/LifeProTips) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "As a side note, this is not meant to spur a political debate. I really would just like to be able to compile information like what was linked and send it to him. \n\nI'm not claiming to support military decisions but I am trying to support him when he's needing it. \n\nThank you for any and all help,\nZeemo13" ]

[ 1, 1 ]

[ "How can I become more comfortable with making eye contact with someone when I speak at them? Growing up as a kid, I may have lagged behind other kids in picking up social cues and becoming socially adapted to many different social situations. I'm comfortable with public speaking and I don't have problems anymore. But because of the awkward years I still feel that I'm not as good at talking to people than most people are. How can I feel more comfortable with looking at people in the eyes when I speak to them? I don't have any issues when people talk to me; it's only when I'm forced to think and talk that I always find myself looking a different direction or fixating on some object when I talk instead of looking at their face.\n\nI'm pretty comfortable in my shoes, but I feel that I always give the impression that I feel awkward when I'm put on the spot and have to give a long winded conversation to explain something.", "How can I become more comfortable with making eye contact with someone when I speak at them? Growing up as a kid, I may have lagged behind other kids in picking up social cues and becoming socially adapted to many different social situations. I'm comfortable with public speaking and I don't have problems anymore. But because of the awkward years I still feel that I'm not as good at talking to people than most people are. How can I feel more comfortable with looking at people in the eyes when I speak to them? I don't have any issues when people talk to me; it's only when I'm forced to think and talk that I always find myself looking a different direction or fixating on some object when I talk instead of looking at their face.\n\nI'm pretty comfortable in my shoes, but I feel that I always give the impression that I feel awkward when I'm put on the spot and have to give a long winded conversation to explain something.", "How can I become more comfortable with making eye contact with someone when I speak at them? Growing up as a kid, I may have lagged behind other kids in picking up social cues and becoming socially adapted to many different social situations. I'm comfortable with public speaking and I don't have problems anymore. But because of the awkward years I still feel that I'm not as good at talking to people than most people are. How can I feel more comfortable with looking at people in the eyes when I speak to them? I don't have any issues when people talk to me; it's only when I'm forced to think and talk that I always find myself looking a different direction or fixating on some object when I talk instead of looking at their face.\n\nI'm pretty comfortable in my shoes, but I feel that I always give the impression that I feel awkward when I'm put on the spot and have to give a long winded conversation to explain something." ]

[ "this might just be me, and might not work for you, but it's worth trying. what i do is i just try and as deep into their soul as possible. like, just completely bypass the physical squish ball known as the eyeball and just try and command them with your presence ", "Try to find out people's eye color when speaking to them. It forces you to look them in the eyes at least for a little bit. It's okay to look away now and then, but always make your way back to their eyes. It's like m", "Making eye contact for too long can come off as aggressive or dominant. I try and avoid making eye contact longer than a couple of seconds by maintaining eye contact for a sentence or two. I'll pause, in which time I am looking to a side of the individual. I'll continue to converse while my eyes are away, but I'll return to looking them in the eyes until I feel uncomfortable and do the process again. \n\nI try and gauge this by seeing if they keep eye contact or not. " ]

[ 3, 2, 2 ]

[ "How to stop a rust spot on car roof There is a rust spot on my car that has spread very quickly to almost 1/4 of my roof. \n\nI tried going to Autozone or Pep boys, I found sandpaper and anti rust liquid but none of the stores had the color code for my car. All of the primer available was non clear, so if I placed it would look terrible. \n\nMy car is an old 2001 Nissan, does anyone have any suggestions? ", "How to stop a rust spot on car roof There is a rust spot on my car that has spread very quickly to almost 1/4 of my roof. \n\nI tried going to Autozone or Pep boys, I found sandpaper and anti rust liquid but none of the stores had the color code for my car. All of the primer available was non clear, so if I placed it would look terrible. \n\nMy car is an old 2001 Nissan, does anyone have any suggestions? " ]

[ "Im a collision repair tech I deal with this every day I hate to burst your bubble but you can't stop rust we can't warranty any rust repairs. They do however sell a product that will turn the rust into sealer and slow the rust almost stop it it's made by 3M. You can get paint to match at any Sherman Williams.", "First you need to *remove* (not convert/seal) the rust. If it hasn't eaten through the steel, this is pretty easy. A wire wheel and a drill can do it, or (much faster!) an angle grinder ([$19 @ HF](http://www.harborfreight.com/heavy-duty-4-1-2-half-inch-angle-grinder-91223.html)) and [knotted wire wheel](http://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-knotted-wire-wheel-91278.html) will blow through it. Don't forget safety glasses. \nAfterwards, etch the steel with muriatic acid or phospho - can be found at Home Depot/etc. \nNext, primer and paint. Save yourself some hassle - do the whole roof. Chances are the clearcoat is worn on the whole thing, which encouraged the rust. " ]

[ 8, 2 ]

[ "how to remain calm and collected while someone's telling you off. I find my mind goes completely blank when someone's criticising me. I hit the \"autopilot\" button and give up automatically. I hate it.\n\nI need to understand how to NOT take something personally and to argue back when I feel like someone's being unfair.", "how to remain calm and collected while someone's telling you off. I find my mind goes completely blank when someone's criticising me. I hit the \"autopilot\" button and give up automatically. I hate it.\n\nI need to understand how to NOT take something personally and to argue back when I feel like someone's being unfair.", "how to remain calm and collected while someone's telling you off. I find my mind goes completely blank when someone's criticising me. I hit the \"autopilot\" button and give up automatically. I hate it.\n\nI need to understand how to NOT take something personally and to argue back when I feel like someone's being unfair." ]

[ "Incoming novella - sorry:\n\nI was having a discussion with a co-worker the other day and accidentally touched on a sensitive topic.\n\nOne of the supervisors snapped at us (mainly me) to get off the topic and get back to work. At the time I felt he was a bit of a dick about it, but I decided to drop the subject and get back to work because **it's not worth arguing with a supervisor over inconsequential things.**\n\nI fumed about it on the way home and **thought about what I could have said and what I would say to him the next day about the way he snapped at me.**\n\nBy the time I got home, **my family helped distract me and the next day I didn't even remember that he had told me off.**\n\nToday, while I was asking him about something work-related, he said that he was sorry about snapping at me and that he was angry about something unrelated and didn't mean to be angry at me. **I accepted that and moved on.**\n\nYou'll find that a lot of the time, people who are overly angry at you are angry because of something going on in their work/life that has nothing to do with you (though your actions make you the target of their anger. you're probably not the true cause but are instead only a catalyst). It's important to remember that (even if they don't apologise) you can't let their anger make you angry, otherwise **you'll only feed off each other** and, ultimately, you're more likely to get the shit end of the stick.\n\nWhen someone is your equal or lesser (such as a friend of subordinate), the same applies: they're usually angry because the little event brought out the simmering anger about a different problem to the surface (one that they can't show anger about, like, say, a new baby that kept them up all night every night for the last 3 weeks). **Let the anger fall away** and maybe even offer a good ear or some consolation to try and help them work through whatever the problem might be (but obviously a while later so they're not still fuming).\n\nIf you done goofed and the criticism is legitimate, then **listen to what they are saying, accept the criticism and (if it's good advice) incorporate it into what you goofed about**. Whatever you do, **don't be angry back at them.** Answer with **\"Yes\" or \"No\"** (with any appropriate titles thrown in) and, after a little bit, most of your anger will have faded away (use whatever technique you want - deep breaths, counting to 10, whatever). Any embarrasment you may feel will also disappear by the next day or two.\n\nBasically, what I'm saying is that **no matter what, while tensions are high, you have to de-escalate. No matter what you say in your defence, they'll only see it as you challenging them.** If they insist that you respond or ask \"what do you have to say for yourself?\" (fuck I hate that sentence so much) only say that you accept/reject their advice/opinion and no matter what, keep your voice as monotonous as you can. Confidence that you are in the right will help with this. **BUT REMEMBER - DO NOT ARGUE! NEVER ARGUE!** Unless you are the superior, you will always lose. *Keep your voice as calm as you can and do not raise it, if anything lower it to force them to come down to your level.* If you have to contradict them then and there, *use facts only and never insult them or berate them.* Let them see the truth of their wrongness for themselves. And if they refuse to do so, then...\n\nRemember that some people are just plain dicks and will chew you out no matter what (because it makes them feel bigger than they are or something) and **being angry about it yourself will only hurt you.** Like all toxic people: If you can cut them out of your life, do so. If not, let their toxicity wash over you until you can. **They yell at you in order to provoke an aggressive reaction which will only validate their argument in their own eyes.** *Keep your voice level and soft, take deep breaths and pause between when they finish yelling and when you start talking (2-3 breaths should do). This lets you gather your thoughts and helps you remain composed.*\n\nTL;DR: They're either not angry at you and are using your action as a reason to vent/teach you how not to screw up, and/or are plain dicks. Either way, know that you being angry back is NEVER going to turn out in your favor in any circumstance. Keep a calm voice, breathe deeply and, if you can't de-escalate directly, let them vent and once the anger has subsided on it's own, explain calmly and without any emotions, why you think they were incorrect (ONLY! \"unfair\" is subjective and therefore you're full of shit, especially if it was unfair to you.).\n\nIf you want to learn these techniques, work in front-line IT and/or debt collection for a year or two. If you make it that long, you'll have these skills in the bag :)", "If there being a dick just headbutt them and kick them in the nuts, do this a couple times and you won't feel so apprehensive in fearful situations", "If they are respectfully giving you a critique for some reason, they are trying to help you. Perhaps, disassociate you personally from the critical observation?" ]

[ 5, 2, 1 ]

[ "How to deal with being tired after playing sport when work needs to get done Every time after I play sport I end up feeling tired for the rest of the day and lack the concentration to do homework etc, this was fine last year as it was kind of a push over but this year it's really stepped up commitment wise and I still fail to concentrate on anything after sport. Is there anything I can aside from not playing sport? ", "How to deal with being tired after playing sport when work needs to get done Every time after I play sport I end up feeling tired for the rest of the day and lack the concentration to do homework etc, this was fine last year as it was kind of a push over but this year it's really stepped up commitment wise and I still fail to concentrate on anything after sport. Is there anything I can aside from not playing sport? " ]

[ "ever take a short nap?\n\n\n 20 minutes of rest and a cup of coffee get me motivated real quick\n\n\n", "Maybe you need to eat better before training. Check with a nutritionist, maybe with some vitamins or carbs you're gonna have more energy... My nutritionist told me to have a glass of orange juice and some cereal (bar, or cornflakes) 1 hour before going to the pool" ]

[ 2, 2 ]

[ "Exchanging tickets for money from someone over the internet I have some tickets I would like to sell to some redditors. The tickets can't be digitally sent so, I was wondering if you LPTers had any opinions or tips on doing this sort of transaction. Maybe an escrow service?", "Exchanging tickets for money from someone over the internet I have some tickets I would like to sell to some redditors. The tickets can't be digitally sent so, I was wondering if you LPTers had any opinions or tips on doing this sort of transaction. Maybe an escrow service?" ]

[ "Use pay-pal. They should hold the money until the tickets are received. It's probably in both parties best interest. ", "cashortrade.org\n\nThis will create a digital trail and then use paypal. Paypal has a gaurantee for ~30 days, so you should be good. \n\nWhen selling/trading tickets online, I've always established real contact with the person first. Then once I have received the money(always through paypal), I will then mail them to tickets first class priority. It's like $5 and you get tracking. " ]

[ 7, 3 ]

[ "Hangnail prevention and care They're so minor yet so painful. What's your trick to keep from getting them, and whats the best thing to do once you get one?", "Hangnail prevention and care They're so minor yet so painful. What's your trick to keep from getting them, and whats the best thing to do once you get one?", "Hangnail prevention and care They're so minor yet so painful. What's your trick to keep from getting them, and whats the best thing to do once you get one?" ]

[ "Moisturize daily, file/sand down any dead bits, and for the love of all that is holy **do not pick!**", "Treatment: I gently trim any *excess* skin off the hangnail. Then I use that liquid bandage stuff to seal it/stamp it down while it heals!\n\nNo more painfully catching on stuff, prolonging the healing process! Got this tip from /r/redditlaqueristas!\n\nPrevention: Moisturize and stay hydrated! Also, massage the lotion into your cuticles to stimulate blood flow.", "Take care of your cuticles. After each shower, use your fingernail or a smooth metal tool (like a small spoon) to gently push your cuticles up. This should not be painful, and don't push too far, just enough to keep them looking nice.\n\nThis helps me tremendously.\n\nGood: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nJvqhidahAY/UBXUSkKdcNI/AAAAAAAACfg/QZUvzMy6ohQ/s400/hand1b.jpg\n\nBad: When they are growing down onto your fingernails, are split and dry, and so forth." ]

[ 5, 4, 3 ]

[ "How to find affordable furniture Whenever I go furniture shopping, I'm always sticker shocked. How do you furnish your home tastefully without spending a mint?", "How to find affordable furniture Whenever I go furniture shopping, I'm always sticker shocked. How do you furnish your home tastefully without spending a mint?" ]

[ "thrift stores, yard sales, estate sales, auctions. If you've never been, I suggest going to a handful of each to understand how they work and to get a taste. You will find high quality furniture for dollars. \n\nYou don't want to buy furniture from the store that isn't going to last. Let's face it, anything actually produced today isn't going to last 10 years looking the same, and nothing nice is affordable. \n\nAt estate sales, and auctions especially, people are practically begging you to take their stuff. You get high quality furniture for a steal! Recently, I just paid $50 for an antique walnut hutch that would have cost me $1200 if I wanted to buy it on ebay. But because I found it, I got a really nice piece of furniture for cheap! \n\nBut yeah, if you want a deal, you're going to have to look for it.", "Thrift store, thrift store, thrift store. Be very careful with upholstery (fleas are a nightmare, got them in my house years ago after petsitting :c). " ]

[ 3, 1 ]

[ "eliminating torn piece of fingernail at side of cuticle i frequently get these and not sure if i'm cutting my nails wrong, or vitamin deficient. to clarify, i'm talking about the nail hanging, not the skin (hangnail).", "eliminating torn piece of fingernail at side of cuticle i frequently get these and not sure if i'm cutting my nails wrong, or vitamin deficient. to clarify, i'm talking about the nail hanging, not the skin (hangnail).", "eliminating torn piece of fingernail at side of cuticle i frequently get these and not sure if i'm cutting my nails wrong, or vitamin deficient. to clarify, i'm talking about the nail hanging, not the skin (hangnail)." ]

[ "it's the edge of your nail, trimming it back will only cause it to grow back out at the same speed as the nail grows out. This is one of the reasons you should trim nails more across. Don't bite it off, it only furthers the tear. Filing your nails a bit after cutting will help also. File from the edge to the middle of the nail. if you file towards the edge, it will also cause small tears which will snag on things and tear more.", "This happens to me as well, I always just snip it off with clippers, can it actually be attributed to a vitamin deficiency? ", "Like the previous posters said, you can clip straight across. I was taught that filing in one direction is better than clipping. \n\nHave you tried a multivitamin? A biotin supplement on top of that should help with nail strength.\n\nKeep your hands out of water or if you must wash often, carry sweet almond oil to condition the cuticles/nails." ]

[ 5, 4, 1 ]

[ "How to be happy with yourself Just to add, I'm not a person who lacks self-confidence, but as of recently I haven't been happy with myself. I find myself lacking drive and determination to do anything. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you", "How to be happy with yourself Just to add, I'm not a person who lacks self-confidence, but as of recently I haven't been happy with myself. I find myself lacking drive and determination to do anything. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you" ]

[ "Happiness is created, NOT found. Make it. You can't wait until happiness falls on your lap, because you'll end up waiting forever.\n\nIf you lack drive and such, then find a goal, plan how to achieve that goal, and execute the plan. Keep doing this, and soon you'll realize these small wins and achievements make you a better person, AND make you happier with yourself.\n\nAnd NO, video game achievements and trophies don't count.", "That is a huge question. One that philosophers (a notoriously un-happy group) have wrestled with for centuries. A few thoughts. \n\nYou say that you are not happy with yourself. This means that somewhere your self-image does not match up with your desired self-image. Exactly where those two don't match will indicate what you need to do. You also mention lack of drive and determination. Oddly, that would indicate that at some level you *are* satisfied with the status quo. Humans will usually change a situation which makes them unhappy. Does your behavior need to change, or your expectations?\n\nTwo throw away pieces of advice applicable to anyone. If your body is not working correctly, your mind can't either. Make sure your diet is OK and exercise most days. You don't need a gym membership, but make sure you get regular somewhat active periods on a regular basis. Next m" ]

[ 4, 3 ]

[ "How to change my body clock? (solutions that have worked for you) I know this has been posted many times before in the past, but I still haven't been able to fix it myself for months. I have gone to my doctors and we have tried many different things and still have not fixed it. In fact, I'm still in the process of finding out what the heck is wrong with some other things.\n\nOver the months, I've observed that I get unwillingly knocked the fk out from 1-3 P.M and around 5-7 P.M. I have school until 3 P.M and was not able to figure this out recently. I've had sleeping problems for so long. I have not been able to get a full 8 hours of sleep in over a year. I get **extremely** tired at those periods of time everyday, and I have tried the following:\n\nMelatonin, 1mg and 3mg. Did this for like 4 weeks. No change.\n\nTrying to get the different lights at appropriate times such as waking up in the morning and having little at night. No change. Even if I have all the lights on at those times or my windows completely open, I can't resist sleeping at all. I get knocked out instantly even if I'm sitting down. If I try my hardest to wait past those time periods, I go completely awake as if I have never been tired. And this makes it difficult to sleep at somewhere around 10 \np.m to 3 a.m. I am wide awake.\n\nI have also tried the fasting method, but I'm not sure if I did it completely right. It did not work for me. If I try to sleep at say 10-11 p.m I'll eventually fall asleep though it is very difficult. I will wake up every 2-3 hours now. For the past month, every 2-3 hours at night, I wake up and fall back asleep. I've skipped drinking water and eating before bed, and that has not worked either. I also work out at around 2-3 p.m every other day.\n\nLuckily, I'm still working with my doctor to figure things out (he used to keep recommending me melatonin), but it has been a long journey so far and there is no solution in sight. \n\nWhat methods have worked for you? I see recommendations all over the place, and I have tried almost all of them, but nothing seems to work. Thanks", "How to change my body clock? (solutions that have worked for you) I know this has been posted many times before in the past, but I still haven't been able to fix it myself for months. I have gone to my doctors and we have tried many different things and still have not fixed it. In fact, I'm still in the process of finding out what the heck is wrong with some other things.\n\nOver the months, I've observed that I get unwillingly knocked the fk out from 1-3 P.M and around 5-7 P.M. I have school until 3 P.M and was not able to figure this out recently. I've had sleeping problems for so long. I have not been able to get a full 8 hours of sleep in over a year. I get **extremely** tired at those periods of time everyday, and I have tried the following:\n\nMelatonin, 1mg and 3mg. Did this for like 4 weeks. No change.\n\nTrying to get the different lights at appropriate times such as waking up in the morning and having little at night. No change. Even if I have all the lights on at those times or my windows completely open, I can't resist sleeping at all. I get knocked out instantly even if I'm sitting down. If I try my hardest to wait past those time periods, I go completely awake as if I have never been tired. And this makes it difficult to sleep at somewhere around 10 \np.m to 3 a.m. I am wide awake.\n\nI have also tried the fasting method, but I'm not sure if I did it completely right. It did not work for me. If I try to sleep at say 10-11 p.m I'll eventually fall asleep though it is very difficult. I will wake up every 2-3 hours now. For the past month, every 2-3 hours at night, I wake up and fall back asleep. I've skipped drinking water and eating before bed, and that has not worked either. I also work out at around 2-3 p.m every other day.\n\nLuckily, I'm still working with my doctor to figure things out (he used to keep recommending me melatonin), but it has been a long journey so far and there is no solution in sight. \n\nWhat methods have worked for you? I see recommendations all over the place, and I have tried almost all of them, but nothing seems to work. Thanks", "How to change my body clock? (solutions that have worked for you) I know this has been posted many times before in the past, but I still haven't been able to fix it myself for months. I have gone to my doctors and we have tried many different things and still have not fixed it. In fact, I'm still in the process of finding out what the heck is wrong with some other things.\n\nOver the months, I've observed that I get unwillingly knocked the fk out from 1-3 P.M and around 5-7 P.M. I have school until 3 P.M and was not able to figure this out recently. I've had sleeping problems for so long. I have not been able to get a full 8 hours of sleep in over a year. I get **extremely** tired at those periods of time everyday, and I have tried the following:\n\nMelatonin, 1mg and 3mg. Did this for like 4 weeks. No change.\n\nTrying to get the different lights at appropriate times such as waking up in the morning and having little at night. No change. Even if I have all the lights on at those times or my windows completely open, I can't resist sleeping at all. I get knocked out instantly even if I'm sitting down. If I try my hardest to wait past those time periods, I go completely awake as if I have never been tired. And this makes it difficult to sleep at somewhere around 10 \np.m to 3 a.m. I am wide awake.\n\nI have also tried the fasting method, but I'm not sure if I did it completely right. It did not work for me. If I try to sleep at say 10-11 p.m I'll eventually fall asleep though it is very difficult. I will wake up every 2-3 hours now. For the past month, every 2-3 hours at night, I wake up and fall back asleep. I've skipped drinking water and eating before bed, and that has not worked either. I also work out at around 2-3 p.m every other day.\n\nLuckily, I'm still working with my doctor to figure things out (he used to keep recommending me melatonin), but it has been a long journey so far and there is no solution in sight. \n\nWhat methods have worked for you? I see recommendations all over the place, and I have tried almost all of them, but nothing seems to work. Thanks" ]

[ "What worked for me was professional medical assistance.\n\nI slept for a couple sleep studies, visited a psychiatrist for some other issues, and when I want to sleep I take my medication, wait till I'm about to pass out, then put that damn mask on. \n\nI never have daytime sleepiness anymore.", "Have you done an actual sleep study? Where you go sleep a night at a clinic?\n\nWhen I switched back to day shift, I was OK for a bit, but then I started basically passing out in front of the TV by 7 PM or so, and sleeping until my alarm went off in the morning. On weekends, I wouldn't sleep at all. \n\nMy doctor got me hooked up for a sleep study. Turns out I had sleep apnea, and the sleep I was getting was basically worthless. I have to wear a damned CPAP now, but I sleep like a normal human again....", "I am not a medical professional, but in my experience, the number one thing that affects how well you sleep is physical exercise and a high level of exertion. If you go hard at the gym or another form of activity where you expend a fuckload of energy, you may get tired enough to the point where you will sleep through the night. \n\nWith me, without regular exercise, I gravitate towards staying up till like 3 am. " ]

[ 2, 2, 1 ]

[ "How to be convincing/persuasive Hello Reddit! I am in the process of convincing my parents that jailbreak is a good idea. (I am very familiar with it but it's new them them and they are scared of new) I was wondering if anyone can give me tips at not being manipulative but showing the benefits. Thanks!", "How to be convincing/persuasive Hello Reddit! I am in the process of convincing my parents that jailbreak is a good idea. (I am very familiar with it but it's new them them and they are scared of new) I was wondering if anyone can give me tips at not being manipulative but showing the benefits. Thanks!" ]

[ "Offer to buy them a new one if you brick it. You're screwing around with their property so consider it an insurance policy for them.\n\nThat being said, this topic might go against rule 7", "Two things that may help are social proof --show that lots of people do it-- and authority -- find some expert opinions in favor of it. A key point with both of these is to make sure the people in question are ones they trust or respect. Saying that all your friends jailbreak their phones is not going to carry much weight with your parents. A number like \"over [14 million iphone](http://www.businessinsider.com/jailbreak-statistics-2013-3) users have done it\" (you might skip the part about that being only 5%, though). A large number like that could imply that it is not just hackers and delinquents doing it, but also a large number of regular (if somewhat more advanced) users.\n\nAlso, describe the benefits. Give logical reasons without over selling it. Include potential drawbacks, too, but make sure you also describe how you'll mitigate those risks. That shows that you've considered the pros and cons, and understand the risks." ]

[ 2, 1 ]

[ "Any way to be less affectionate with my friends I always have been SO F*CKING affectionate with my two best friends, I always hug them, with one of them I sometimes slap her butt (And I think that she is uncomfortable with that, I don't really know, I should stop doing that, she always laughts and says to me with joking voice \"please, stop hahaha\", but never seriously), in general, I touch to them SO MUCH, and is something that in my head always say to myself \"stop doing that, stop doing that\" but BOOM, in less than 5min I'm hugging she (both are women), I think that can be a serious problem.\n\n\n\n\n\nPD: Reddit is not my free psychologist, I know", "Any way to be less affectionate with my friends I always have been SO F*CKING affectionate with my two best friends, I always hug them, with one of them I sometimes slap her butt (And I think that she is uncomfortable with that, I don't really know, I should stop doing that, she always laughts and says to me with joking voice \"please, stop hahaha\", but never seriously), in general, I touch to them SO MUCH, and is something that in my head always say to myself \"stop doing that, stop doing that\" but BOOM, in less than 5min I'm hugging she (both are women), I think that can be a serious problem.\n\n\n\n\n\nPD: Reddit is not my free psychologist, I know" ]

[ "1) Truly want to stop\n2) Think about it when you are together\n3 After a while you will have broken the habit", "Maybe check out the concept of love languages. The idea is that people express affection for friends/family/SO in 5 ways: physical touch, acts of service, reaffirming words, gifts, and quality time. Almost everyone favors one or two of these ways as the main way they express affection, but don't necessarily feel loved/cared for/good about the other forms. It looks like your main way of expressing that you like your friends is through physical touch.\n\nTry to figure out which of the 5 ways of expressing affection your friends use and match them.\nFor example, if you compliment her does it really seem to make her day? Then she probably expresses affection through reaffirming words. If she gives really thoughtful gifts she likely responds well to being given gifts herself, if she's the one to make plans and wants to hangout for hours at a time then she probably responds best to quality time, etc. \n\nIt seems to me like the excessive touching is because you like your friends, you want them to know that you care about them, and you want to feel liked yourself. Nothing wrong with that, but if you met them on their level and expressed affection in the ways that best resonate with them you'll still get the happy \"we all like each other and feel accepted\" feeling, but without being so handsy" ]

[ 5, 1 ]

[ "1:1 with skip level manager, what to discuss and not discuss? So I am having a 1 on 1 meeting with my skip level manager for the first time. What should I talk and not talk about?\n\nI was thinking these things to talk about:\n1. My current projects\n2. Projects done in the past\n3. Future state of our organization\n\nWhat not to talk about:\n1. Complain about anything in general\n\nAnything else? Please help.", "1:1 with skip level manager, what to discuss and not discuss? So I am having a 1 on 1 meeting with my skip level manager for the first time. What should I talk and not talk about?\n\nI was thinking these things to talk about:\n1. My current projects\n2. Projects done in the past\n3. Future state of our organization\n\nWhat not to talk about:\n1. Complain about anything in general\n\nAnything else? Please help.", "1:1 with skip level manager, what to discuss and not discuss? So I am having a 1 on 1 meeting with my skip level manager for the first time. What should I talk and not talk about?\n\nI was thinking these things to talk about:\n1. My current projects\n2. Projects done in the past\n3. Future state of our organization\n\nWhat not to talk about:\n1. Complain about anything in general\n\nAnything else? Please help." ]

[ "If there is something you do want changed then you can state it, just come in with ideas and solutions.\n\n- \"Our hiring practice is shit\" is not great.\n\n- \"I've noticed a few gaps in our onboarding, I'd really love the opportunity to do some training/documentation/mentoring/w.e\" is great, makes it obvious that you want to help and is a good way to seem motivated. \n\nAlso this is a great time to give positive feedback on your own manager or any co-workers that really stand out. ", "Great question. You are on the right track, I typically discuss the following:\n\n-Projects\n\n-What I am doing to standardize broken processes\n\n-Unique processes that could apply to the team\n\n-Growth/Development\n\n-Feedback to achieve long term career path\n\n\nWhat not to talk about\n\n-Talking negatively about others or another team", "Don't complain about everything because you will be labeled as a whiner.\n\nKeep it business only.\n\nKeep personal issues out of it. " ]

[ 2, 2, 2 ]

[ "how to waste less time with my online shopping I'm getting really sick of wasting hours with every purchase I make online, finding the right product, best price etc. Any tips that will make shopping online easier?", "how to waste less time with my online shopping I'm getting really sick of wasting hours with every purchase I make online, finding the right product, best price etc. Any tips that will make shopping online easier?" ]

[ "I used [Buyhandpicked](https://www.buyhandpicked.com) today and someone on there found me watchdogs for a lot cheaper than i could find it.", "Not sure on finding the right product, but there is a chrome extension called [Honey]\n(https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/honey/bmnlcjabgnpnenekpadlanbbkooimhnj?hl=en-US) which will automatically find coupon codes and try them for you to get the max amount of discount.\n\n" ]

[ 9, 2 ]

[ "How to be less anxious about upcoming events I've always been a super anxious person. I'm joining the military soon and we have a lot of meetings where everyone about to join has to come in and listen to presentations usually preparing us for whats ahead. The thing is I always get so nervous before these things. I know theres no danger, and I usually don't even have to talk to anyone, but my social anxiety just seems to get the better of me. I'm especially nervous about leaving to basic training at the end of this month. How can I calm myself down? I excersise 3-4 times a week which has helped a lot but my anxiety is still really bad.", "How to be less anxious about upcoming events I've always been a super anxious person. I'm joining the military soon and we have a lot of meetings where everyone about to join has to come in and listen to presentations usually preparing us for whats ahead. The thing is I always get so nervous before these things. I know theres no danger, and I usually don't even have to talk to anyone, but my social anxiety just seems to get the better of me. I'm especially nervous about leaving to basic training at the end of this month. How can I calm myself down? I excersise 3-4 times a week which has helped a lot but my anxiety is still really bad." ]

[ "Try to recognize and catch yourself when you begin to think about these upcoming events. You will catch yourself \"pre-planning\" for every possible scenario that may take place at these events. Recognize that although running through all the scenarios of what may or may not happen at these events may feel helpful, but in reality it is not. It serves no benefit to you. Recognize that you have been in situations like the one coming up before, and you have survived. Everything was okay after. You have nothing to fear because the thing you are most afraid of has already happened to you. Distract your mind from these fears and this anxiety. Focus and become very aware of what is happening around you at this exact moment. What do you smell? What do you hear? Drink a cold drink. How cold is it? What temperature exactly do you think it is? \n\nSome of this stuff sounds silly, obvious, etc. but with practice you will find a lot of it is actually very helpful. The way we think about things and our outlook on life, future events, and general worries is a skill like anything else. It's weird to conceptualize *practicing* thinking in a more positive and beneficial way, but this stuff really does work. Hope this helps at least a little bit for you. Good luck. ", "Daily m" ]

[ 1, 1 ]

[ "Too bored to fall asleep I realize how weird this sounds this, but I've had a very boring day with nothing to do, I grow restless when I try to fall asleep as I have nothing to think about.", "Too bored to fall asleep I realize how weird this sounds this, but I've had a very boring day with nothing to do, I grow restless when I try to fall asleep as I have nothing to think about.", "Too bored to fall asleep I realize how weird this sounds this, but I've had a very boring day with nothing to do, I grow restless when I try to fall asleep as I have nothing to think about." ]

[ "The entire modern world as it stands is a direct result of our history. Start connecting dots you've wondered about. idk hope it helps.", "Maybe get up and do some light excercise? Like some push ups, sit ups, squats etc. Have some water, quick shower, and your body should have less energy.", "Listen to a lecture about a topic that really interests you\n\n" ]

[ 1, 1, 1 ]

[ "How to freehand a perfectly straight line. How to easily draw a perfectly straight line without using a ruler or a straightedge?", "How to freehand a perfectly straight line. How to easily draw a perfectly straight line without using a ruler or a straightedge?", "How to freehand a perfectly straight line. How to easily draw a perfectly straight line without using a ruler or a straightedge?" ]

[ "Although it won't be a perfectly straight line, the best advice I have to offer is that while drawing the line, focus on the destination, as opposed to watching the tip of your pencil the entire way. Focusing on the destination will stop any minute corrections you might make in an effort to make a straight line when you're watching the tip. ", "If you're standing and drawing (like you would be in a drawing class), pull the line rather than pushing it- hold the pencil like they hold wands in harry potter, then turn your knuckles towards the paper and pull the lines this way. (Fun fact- you can draw with your non-dominant hand just as well if not better this way! I recently discovered I'm better drawing lefty even though I've gone my whole life as a righty).\n\nThat being said, if you just mean drawing a straight line on any old paper, all of the other suggestions below are excellent.", "If u can brace the surface your making your line on, put your less dominant hand in the small of your back and stand while you do this. Also do it at a brisk less frantic pace. Focusing on the destination is a good idea too. I learned the hand behind the back technique from commercial painting and staining. Works for me. Give it a shot." ]

[ 8, 1, 1 ]

[ "Can anyone help restore my discolored clothes? I was washing my clothes in the laundry the other day until I realize I made a terrible mistake, I mixed my mixed color shirt with one of my whites. I was using Out White Brite and Tide to whiten my whites and I washed it again with detergent and baking soda but I had no idea that I mixed my clothes up. Now one of my shirts has lost its color and I want to know how to restore my shirt back to its former glory?", "Can anyone help restore my discolored clothes? I was washing my clothes in the laundry the other day until I realize I made a terrible mistake, I mixed my mixed color shirt with one of my whites. I was using Out White Brite and Tide to whiten my whites and I washed it again with detergent and baking soda but I had no idea that I mixed my clothes up. Now one of my shirts has lost its color and I want to know how to restore my shirt back to its former glory?" ]

[ "You can try to dye it back with rit brand clothes dye if you’d like, but sadly you removed color so you have to add color back instead of ‘uncovering’ the old color and making the exact shade you want will probably be a bit janky. I do believe they have a guide online for how many drops of each color to get close to other colors so you could check that out.", "It doesn’t help you now, but when you first buy something wash it in salt to ensure the colour sticks.\n\nYou can try colour catchers?" ]

[ 2, 1 ]

[ "Getting rid of the smell of smoke from fabric furniture. Hello, fellow Redditors.\n\nMy boyfriend's parents recently gave us their old couch for free. Unfortunately, they had smoked on/around it for years and the entire thing REEKS of musky smoke. Putting anything on it for a few hours will lead to the item inheriting that smell.\n\nDo you guys have any tips for how to get rid of that smell, or at least make it lighter so that it doesn't permeate everything on it?", "Getting rid of the smell of smoke from fabric furniture. Hello, fellow Redditors.\n\nMy boyfriend's parents recently gave us their old couch for free. Unfortunately, they had smoked on/around it for years and the entire thing REEKS of musky smoke. Putting anything on it for a few hours will lead to the item inheriting that smell.\n\nDo you guys have any tips for how to get rid of that smell, or at least make it lighter so that it doesn't permeate everything on it?" ]

[ "baking soda and vinegar seems to get the smoke out of my hair, no reason it couldnt get the funk out of that. possibly just diluted vinegar sprayed on and give ethat a shot. if it doesnt work, disolve some baking soda in water and spray that on and let it dry and vacuum off", "Pay a service to clean it. Most carpet cleaning companies also steam clean furniture. It's not as expensive as it sounds, I got two carpeted rooms steam cleaned for 80 dollars, so your couch would probably be half of that." ]

[ 2, 1 ]

[ "Get toddler pee out of a couch. Potty training suffered multiple setbacks this week and my couch smells like pee. What do I do?", "Get toddler pee out of a couch. Potty training suffered multiple setbacks this week and my couch smells like pee. What do I do?" ]

[ "There is a product that is used to remove the urine smells of animals called, IIRC, Killz. As toddlers are mammals, much like cats and dogs, the product should work the same.", "\"Nature's Miracle\" is another good one for getting animal smells/stains out of carpeting and whatnot. Find it at any pet store, or grocery store with a decent pet food section." ]

[ 3, 3 ]

[ "How to keep an attic apartment cool without AC I live in an attic apartment that gets pretty hot real easy and isn't really insulated. I have two AC window units, but I'd like to run them as efficiently or infrequently as possible.", "How to keep an attic apartment cool without AC I live in an attic apartment that gets pretty hot real easy and isn't really insulated. I have two AC window units, but I'd like to run them as efficiently or infrequently as possible." ]

[ "An attic that isn't made properly is a world of hurt. You should really consider the option of adding wall and ceiling insulation, as well as insulation in the ceiling below you. But you can start with the followig. For any windows, add one those plastic clear window layers or two that adds another air layer between the room and the inner window, and utilize blackout curtains that are rated to reflect heat.", "Heavy curtains over all the windows. Keep them closed during the day, and at night open the place up and run fans to circulated the air through to get the place cooled off. In the morning, close it all up again. " ]

[ 2, 1 ]

[ "How to deal with difficult, incompetent, and rude coworkers without burning bridges Seriously, it's driving me insane and I am trying to be patient but I can't just stay quiet anymore. I would value suggestions for how to politely (it's okay if it is slightly passive aggressive) respond to such coworkers.", "How to deal with difficult, incompetent, and rude coworkers without burning bridges Seriously, it's driving me insane and I am trying to be patient but I can't just stay quiet anymore. I would value suggestions for how to politely (it's okay if it is slightly passive aggressive) respond to such coworkers." ]

[ "Speak with them directly. Don't be passive aggressive. If they are incompetent, show them the right way, if they are rude, call them out on it. Once you do, drop it and treat them like there was never an issue.", "Do they have a manager? Does your company have an HR department? These situations are why these roles exist." ]

[ 3, 1 ]

[ "How to deal with lazy peers when working in a group? It has happened to me multiple times in school that I have been put into a group and assigned a project, but my other group members are less dedicated/enthusiastic/bothered and only do a symbolic amount of work/don't contribute later as they promised/keep chatting, and accomplish little work.\nI usually end up having to do the whole group's work (which puts a lot of strain on me) instead of doing just _my_ portion, to prevent getting punished/graded down for my group not finishing the project.\nHow can I stop this from happening without being particularly bitter/snitching (I want to be seen as a friendly person)? Thanks in advance! [", "How to deal with lazy peers when working in a group? It has happened to me multiple times in school that I have been put into a group and assigned a project, but my other group members are less dedicated/enthusiastic/bothered and only do a symbolic amount of work/don't contribute later as they promised/keep chatting, and accomplish little work.\nI usually end up having to do the whole group's work (which puts a lot of strain on me) instead of doing just _my_ portion, to prevent getting punished/graded down for my group not finishing the project.\nHow can I stop this from happening without being particularly bitter/snitching (I want to be seen as a friendly person)? Thanks in advance! [", "How to deal with lazy peers when working in a group? It has happened to me multiple times in school that I have been put into a group and assigned a project, but my other group members are less dedicated/enthusiastic/bothered and only do a symbolic amount of work/don't contribute later as they promised/keep chatting, and accomplish little work.\nI usually end up having to do the whole group's work (which puts a lot of strain on me) instead of doing just _my_ portion, to prevent getting punished/graded down for my group not finishing the project.\nHow can I stop this from happening without being particularly bitter/snitching (I want to be seen as a friendly person)? Thanks in advance! [" ]

[ "Take the reins! If it's brainstorming or similar, go round the group and ask each person individually for their contribution. If it's a project, then dish out jobs. You might have to work to motivate your peers and you may have to be a bit tougher (although you can still do this in a pleasant way). If you have time, try picking up a book or watching you tube videos on leadership skills. ", "First of all realize this is going to happen to you at one point or another at school, work, volunteering, whatever it will happen. \n\nSecond, ask yourself \"are they working below a reasonable expectation\". So many times I've seen group arguments because one person wants the project \"perfect\" the others just want an A.\n\nIf they aren't doing their share of the work let your teacher/ boss know often times they will give you cr", "While facing a far from ideal situation like this, every action you take (including not doing anything) have their own benefits and consequences. \n\nYour situation is going to be much easier to handle if you have great leadership skill which you can use to motivate your group mates. Of course if you don't have it that option is not available for you. The easily available options are snitching (which I know is going to leave scary consequences) or bearing with it.\n\nFortunately, in my humble opinion, the more feasible option is generally quite easy to determine based on your age group. If you're in school, it's more feasible to grit your teeth and strain to do the extra work because the assignments are relatively easy compared to ones from university and work environment and snitching is going to have a relatively bigger impact because of the tightly knit social environment in school. " ]

[ 1, 1, 0 ]

[ "What are the best U.S. Veteran benefits that most veterans either don't use or know about? I was on active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard from '95-01. I do not have a service related disability. What are veterans benefits I don't know about but should be taking advantage of?", "What are the best U.S. Veteran benefits that most veterans either don't use or know about? I was on active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard from '95-01. I do not have a service related disability. What are veterans benefits I don't know about but should be taking advantage of?" ]

[ "Check out: https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits-portal/ebenefits.portal?_nfpb=true&_nfxr=false&_pageLabel=Home. \n\nI just retired, and the think I'd never known about was the free medical care for post 9/11 vets. Don't know if that will be you, but it's worth checking out. That was about the only one that surprised me, although that site details a ton a different things you may be interested in following up on.\n\n*thing", "Talk to your U.S Congressman or Senator. Their staff will help you with paperwork and what can be done on an individual basis.\nAlso some states have some so talk to your state rep/assemblyman or senator too. Just look them up. \nI work for one and help people with this offten. " ]

[ 3, 2 ]

[ "If you have a mustache, what are some tips on how to blow your nose without getting snot in your mustache? ", "If you have a mustache, what are some tips on how to blow your nose without getting snot in your mustache? " ]

[ "Buy some cotton handkerchiefs. It feels slightly old fashioned but you will be able to wipe cleanly and also not leave shredded paper in your moustache or beard. ", "When people normally blow their nose they hold the tissue in front of the nose to block spray, when you have a mustache hold the tissue normally and then use your thumbs to hold the bottom of the tissue up to the bottom of your nose, pressing against top of your upper lip so it never touches the stache." ]

[ 3, 2 ]

[ "Removing the smell from a container such as an M&M tube Wanna reuse the tube but dont want everything smellin like m&ms Thanks", "Removing the smell from a container such as an M&M tube Wanna reuse the tube but dont want everything smellin like m&ms Thanks" ]

[ "Sprinkle a little bit of baking soda and water in there to make a paste, rub it around the inside of the case, and rinse clean. This also works for plastic Tupperware that smells like old food, etc.\n\n\n\n", "Okay. I'm in Canada and I have not seen an M&M tube since my childhood. I thought they stopped making them. Getting very nostalgic right now." ]

[ 10, 1 ]

[ "hiring a house cleaner for a moving out clean. What can I do to make their job easier? Besides the obvious stuff like removing all of my things from the house", "hiring a house cleaner for a moving out clean. What can I do to make their job easier? Besides the obvious stuff like removing all of my things from the house" ]

[ "If you are leaving appliances please make sure they are sparkling, including the washer and dryer. The same with bathrooms and kitchen cupboards.", "Check if they bring their own equipment and what equipment they expect you to provide. Some cleaners bring stuff and some use yours. If they don’t bring stuff just ask what they need." ]

[ 3, 3 ]

[ "How to gracefully change the topic of conversation from football (or sports in general)? So it's football season once again, and I get to look forward to an office (and client list) full of football fans who assume everyone else in the world is obsessed with it as well. \n\nI really give no fucks about the sport, and in the past I usually slip away and put my headphones on, to avoid letting my inner monologue escape and telling them to shut the fuck up.\n\nWhat are some tricks to change the conversation away from it, without offending anyone?", "How to gracefully change the topic of conversation from football (or sports in general)? So it's football season once again, and I get to look forward to an office (and client list) full of football fans who assume everyone else in the world is obsessed with it as well. \n\nI really give no fucks about the sport, and in the past I usually slip away and put my headphones on, to avoid letting my inner monologue escape and telling them to shut the fuck up.\n\nWhat are some tricks to change the conversation away from it, without offending anyone?", "How to gracefully change the topic of conversation from football (or sports in general)? So it's football season once again, and I get to look forward to an office (and client list) full of football fans who assume everyone else in the world is obsessed with it as well. \n\nI really give no fucks about the sport, and in the past I usually slip away and put my headphones on, to avoid letting my inner monologue escape and telling them to shut the fuck up.\n\nWhat are some tricks to change the conversation away from it, without offending anyone?" ]

[ "Are you in a group that seems intent on talking about football? \nLet the group talk. Maybe we got together just to talk about football.\n\nIs everyone talking about football just to fill space, like talking about the weather? (Note, there will be few specifics and little passion). \nGo for the tangents. We're easily distracted.\n\nIs it just you and me? \nJust tell me straight up that you don't follow football, and then change the subject.\n\nI like talking about football. I'm gonna talk about football. Oh wait, are we talking about golf? Then I'm you. Screw golf conversations. \n\n", "You could grab onto a tangent topic - like ask if there were any cool car commercials during the game, to maybe get the conversation in the direction of cars, or what type of snacks people are eating while they watch, and maybe they'll talk about what beer they like, then take it to other places they've gotten good beer, or where the best prices for that beer is. Just pick somewhat tangential topics and pull them farther away subtly from football itself.", "Not sure if you're going to like my answer\n\nLearn some basic football questions/facts/whatever and engage as necessary in the conversations. It will be better for your career.\n\n I got a dude who loves talking about my colleges basketball team (he went there too), a dude who loves chatting about baseball, a couple dudes who love talking about hockey. None of those things interest me, but I have polite conversations with these guys about these topics and it makes them happy and makes me well liked around the office. \n\nThis accomplishes a couple things. 1) increases morale/vibe at work 2) I get the benefit of the doubt if I drop the ball. If I was sick or messed up an assignment my boss likes me and knows I'm liked so as long as I fix it he doesn't mind. 3) got me promoted. My boss was talking to some of his colleague friends (one who is the basketball guy, who I only see in the coffee room and don't actually work with at all) about how he couldn't decide and when he mentioned my name that guy said he loved me. Social politics tend to mean more than they should when it comes to office promotions/hiring\n\nAnd when it comes to clients if they love takin for all, as far as they know, so do you\n\nI'm not telling you to be fake or disingenuous or go buy a jersey and pretend you've been a charger for life. Your coworkers are a part of half of your day, take an interest in their interests. You'll probably be able to find things you like in it. For instance, with college basketball guy, I found a player on the team who had a really endearing story of hardship. So I followed his college career and it interested me. Whenever I talked to that guy i pretty much always talked about the kid who interested me, with an additional \"aw yeah tough loss/big win!\" Depending on the previous nights result " ]

[ 4, 3, 1 ]

[ "Improve Gas Mileage Just got a new car as a Christmas present, and it gets around 20 MPG (10 less than my previous car) and I was just wondering if anybody had any good tips on how to get the best gas mileage out of it? Thanks!", "Improve Gas Mileage Just got a new car as a Christmas present, and it gets around 20 MPG (10 less than my previous car) and I was just wondering if anybody had any good tips on how to get the best gas mileage out of it? Thanks!" ]

[ "The way you drive has a big impact on your gas mileage. Check out [this article](http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/01/Autos/driving_for_mpg/index.htm) from CNN about \"hypermiling\". Also, don't use the A/C unless absolutely necessary (though also don't have the windows open if you're going over 30mph).", "A regular tune-up is always the best way to get the best mileage. Ensure that your oil and your filters are clean makes your engines work better.\n\nAs for your day-to-day use try \"hypermiling\". for example if your car allows go on Neutral or turn the engine off to coast on a small incline. There are other tips such as these that hypermilers do, but be warned, they are not the most comfortable nor safe." ]

[ 2, 2 ]

[ "How to play a YouTube video that is blocked in your country. Some times an account won't make a video available in a certain country and then [this happens](http://i.imgur.com/pXYTN7P.jpg?1). Is there anyway to get around it?", "How to play a YouTube video that is blocked in your country. Some times an account won't make a video available in a certain country and then [this happens](http://i.imgur.com/pXYTN7P.jpg?1). Is there anyway to get around it?", "How to play a YouTube video that is blocked in your country. Some times an account won't make a video available in a certain country and then [this happens](http://i.imgur.com/pXYTN7P.jpg?1). Is there anyway to get around it?" ]

[ "The media hint addon for Chrome and Firefox might work. Haven't tried it for YouTube, but it works for Netflix and Hulu", "I live in Iceland and when I tried using hidemyass.com it worked fine. I think you just need to view it through a site based in a country that allows the video (if that makes any sense).", "Happy customer of a VPN service like http://www.unblock-us.com/ Sometimes there is a little lag, but you can watch any website as if you were in the States." ]

[ 2, 1, 1 ]

[ "Is it rude to tell someone to turn their phone sideways when taking videos to get the whole shot? Im in an online group and the leader is constantly taking videos of things, and holding the phone vertical so it only gets like 30% of the shot.\nI want to tell him to turn his camera sideways SO BAD but I dont want to be rude.", "Is it rude to tell someone to turn their phone sideways when taking videos to get the whole shot? Im in an online group and the leader is constantly taking videos of things, and holding the phone vertical so it only gets like 30% of the shot.\nI want to tell him to turn his camera sideways SO BAD but I dont want to be rude." ]

[ "Give the feedback as honest advice. If he/she or you ever wanted to use the footage to create a well produced video, having portrait oriented footage really detracts from it.", "It's not rude unless you speak in a ridiculing way about it. He probably doesn't know about it, so just be like \"If you turn your phone sideways, you'll get much more in the shot\" and it should be fine." ]

[ 2, 1 ]

[ "What is the best way to open the windows in your car to minimize noise/wind? Assuming I have a 4 door car", "What is the best way to open the windows in your car to minimize noise/wind? Assuming I have a 4 door car", "What is the best way to open the windows in your car to minimize noise/wind? Assuming I have a 4 door car" ]

[ "I find that in my car (Subaru outback 2011), opening only the back windows results in a low frequency whistle (that annoying fast thumping sound). Also, when just the front windows are open, there is more turbulence inside the car, leading to wind and noise. For me, its optimal to have all 4 windows open at the same height to reduce noise.", "For me I have my window (driver) and the rear passenger window down. \nI can be going 70 on the interstate and there is barely any noise and great air flow ", "Best thing is to have the back windows down further than the front. Specially if you smoke and no one is in the back. " ]

[ 3, 1, 1 ]

[ "When to actually read Terms of Service Most of the time, I do not read the ToS and just accept it without a second thought. However, how do I know that the terms that I am accepting won't actually contain anything that would cause a negative effect on me? Reading the terms in full would prevent that but ToSs are usually long.", "When to actually read Terms of Service Most of the time, I do not read the ToS and just accept it without a second thought. However, how do I know that the terms that I am accepting won't actually contain anything that would cause a negative effect on me? Reading the terms in full would prevent that but ToSs are usually long." ]

[ "All the time. Not sure what sort of identifier you are looking for to see 'Oh I should read this one'.\n\nRead them, after reading a few you will understand what is standard filler and what is malicious.", "When installing a software never. But when signing a deal or investing in a mutual bond or something in which you are investing the real money you must read terms of service." ]

[ 4, 1 ]

[ "getting rid of second hand smoke smell? I did a search and could not find this addressed before.\n\nI live in Japan where smoking is still legal in restaurants. No matter if I sit in the non-smoking section, my hair and clothing reeks of cigarettes. It gives me a headache and I dislike the smell too. I currently live with a small child and get the stink eye for carrying trace amounts of carcinogens into the house. \n\nUsually I just avoid these places but many of my colleagues and friends smoke or ask to meet at a cafe, donut shop, and even McDonald's where the guests huff and puff away all day. I would like a way to air myself out after leaving these places.\n\nShowering will remove the smell from my skin and hair. Running rhe laundry usually takes the smell out of my clothes and scarves. However what can I do about dry clean only winter coats? And bags? My leather work bag and my canvas student backpack all stink.\n\n", "getting rid of second hand smoke smell? I did a search and could not find this addressed before.\n\nI live in Japan where smoking is still legal in restaurants. No matter if I sit in the non-smoking section, my hair and clothing reeks of cigarettes. It gives me a headache and I dislike the smell too. I currently live with a small child and get the stink eye for carrying trace amounts of carcinogens into the house. \n\nUsually I just avoid these places but many of my colleagues and friends smoke or ask to meet at a cafe, donut shop, and even McDonald's where the guests huff and puff away all day. I would like a way to air myself out after leaving these places.\n\nShowering will remove the smell from my skin and hair. Running rhe laundry usually takes the smell out of my clothes and scarves. However what can I do about dry clean only winter coats? And bags? My leather work bag and my canvas student backpack all stink.\n\n" ]

[ "I used to smoke in my house, and what worked for de-odorizing rooms for me, and I imagine this would help near clothing as well, is putting white vinegar in a cup and letting it hang out in the affected areas. I put cotton balls in there as well to help reduce spill-potential too, but it's not neccesary. Replace the vinegar every other month. ", "Baking soda works wonders to remove the stench of cigarette smoke. I put the baking soda into old stockings (yet another use for old pantyhose) and tie off the top so the baking soda doesn't spill. Put the stocking full of baking soda inside a purse or bag and close it. ALSO place a second (or 3rd depending on how strong the odor and how large the item) into a plastic bag and place your purse, knapsack, briefcase into the plastic bag. Close the plastic bag and wait a couple of days. The baking soda in the stocking will absorb most, if not all, of the stench. Some of the baking soda my need to be vacuumed out of crevices but its harmless. Sometimes I just dump the baking soda into a purse or other item. For some reason, putting it in the sun will make the baking soda work faster if the item is warmed by the sun. \n\nYou can use the stocking full of baking soda at least a few times over to fumigate items. Then put it into your boots, running shoes or other sweaty potentially stinky shoes, it will absorb sweat and odors. Then use the baking soda to clean out your drains." ]

[ 2, 2 ]

[ "How to continue reading a book you haven't read for a long time? Had this issue alot, I just get confused if I continue and at the same time when you start all over again it becomes sort of boring, but I still want to read it", "How to continue reading a book you haven't read for a long time? Had this issue alot, I just get confused if I continue and at the same time when you start all over again it becomes sort of boring, but I still want to read it" ]

[ "Start over again and commit. Commit like you commit to finishing your fap even though you've already masturbated 5 times today.", "I did this today in fact. Re-read the last chapter, things click into place quite quickly when you read it. After all we have no issues picking up on a TV series we haven't seen for some time, or the sequel to films. You could also take a (careful) look through the wikipedia article, either for chapter summaries or an overview of the characters. " ]

[ 3, 3 ]

[ "How to NOT shrink a t-shirt. I just got a new t-shirt that fits me perfectly and I want to make sure I don't shrink it in the washer/dryer and make it too small. Any ideas?", "How to NOT shrink a t-shirt. I just got a new t-shirt that fits me perfectly and I want to make sure I don't shrink it in the washer/dryer and make it too small. Any ideas?", "How to NOT shrink a t-shirt. I just got a new t-shirt that fits me perfectly and I want to make sure I don't shrink it in the washer/dryer and make it too small. Any ideas?" ]

[ "Wash it in cold water and don't put it in the dryer.\n\n\nOther tips to make it last as long as possible:\n\n * Use a delicate wash cycle\n\n * If possible, use a front loading washer\n\n * Don't put it in the same load with abrasive things like jeans\n\n * Use a gentle detergent like Woolite (or Woolite Dark if it's a dark color)\n\n * If it has a screen print image on it, turn it inside out before washing", "Cotton will tend to shrink a little purely because of it's construction. You can minimise this by washing at 30 and hang drying but you should still expect some shrinkage. \n\nIt should also stretch back out with wear but this won't always affect length in body/ sleeves. ", "Also I just learned this trick.\n\nIf your shirt shrinks in the wash, take it out and dump it into a solution of hair conditioner (or fabric softener) place it on a towel or a piece of paper and stretch it out to it's original dimensions then pin it down to something. Also stretching it over a chair would work, too." ]

[ 3, 1, 1 ]

[ "Any tips for online/skype interviews? I imagine a lot of stuff is similar to face-to-face interviews, but is there anything in particular with online interviews I should keep in mind? ", "Any tips for online/skype interviews? I imagine a lot of stuff is similar to face-to-face interviews, but is there anything in particular with online interviews I should keep in mind? ", "Any tips for online/skype interviews? I imagine a lot of stuff is similar to face-to-face interviews, but is there anything in particular with online interviews I should keep in mind? " ]

[ "Make absolutely sure your videoconference setup is working before the interview. Make test calls. You do *not* want to spend the first 10-15 min of the interview trying to figure out why your webcam isn't working or some shit.", "I'm not sure if anyone else agrees with me but I would suggest using earphones (not headphones, as they can be distracting) if you can. Every time I have an interview, I always forget and start worrying about echo (of them hearing themselves through your speaker/mic). Oh, and try to remember to keep eye contact by looking into the camera every now and then. Good luck!", "Think about the background, then think about lighting so they can see you well. Think about these things A LOT.\n\nI usually setup in front of my dark gray curtain for contrast, then move two lights, one on each side of the camera to eliminate shadows.\nThe bonus was that I was so worried about the \"production value\" I wasn't as nervous when it came time for the call.\n" ]

[ 3, 3, 2 ]

[ "Living in a lofted bedroom Hi reddit,\nI'm about to sublet in NYC in a lofted bedroom for the summer. It's a flat square space shoved between a closet on the floor and the ceiling. It's approximately 4 feet high by 15 feet wide. \nAny advice at all on how to most efficiently live in such a situation? ", "Living in a lofted bedroom Hi reddit,\nI'm about to sublet in NYC in a lofted bedroom for the summer. It's a flat square space shoved between a closet on the floor and the ceiling. It's approximately 4 feet high by 15 feet wide. \nAny advice at all on how to most efficiently live in such a situation? " ]

[ "If I'm understanding you correctly, 4 feet high, meaning you can't stand upright in the space? If so, get a smaller size office chair on wheels, and use that to zip around in the space if you'll be putting a desk up there. (Ikea would likely be the cheapest.) ", "a cot from bass pro covered in a memory foam eggshell cover you cut in half and double up makes a bed that takes up little space and can be folded up when not in use. Plastic storage drawers from walmart are normally modular, and pretty small as well." ]

[ 5, 3 ]

[ "What to do if a stranger bothers you in public? Hi everyone,\n\nWhen walking through a big city in the evening, a random stranger often walks up to me and starts talking and doesn't stop. I regard myself as a social guy and therefore don't like cutting off people when they're talking to me. How do I do this without being too rude?\n\n", "What to do if a stranger bothers you in public? Hi everyone,\n\nWhen walking through a big city in the evening, a random stranger often walks up to me and starts talking and doesn't stop. I regard myself as a social guy and therefore don't like cutting off people when they're talking to me. How do I do this without being too rude?\n\n", "What to do if a stranger bothers you in public? Hi everyone,\n\nWhen walking through a big city in the evening, a random stranger often walks up to me and starts talking and doesn't stop. I regard myself as a social guy and therefore don't like cutting off people when they're talking to me. How do I do this without being too rude?\n\n" ]

[ "Be cautious and vigilant at all times. Just say \"sorry I don't have the time right now\" and keep walking.", "Keep your eyes down before you enter areas like this. Normally, it's a good thing to keep your eyes on the horizon and hyper aware of your surroundings but people always always try to make eye contact before trying to start a 'cold-open' conversation with a stranger. If they're trying to sell you something, panhandle or just mentally unstable they'll always make eye contact first and try to insinuate themselves into your field o f view. Practice being aware of other people's presence but without making eye contact. Works for me.", "I just say \"Go away\". \n\nIn Paris last year, I was approached by many vagrants and sidewalk vendors begging for my attention and money. I just learned how to say \"Allez-vous\" and kept walking." ]

[ 8, 3, 1 ]

[ "Stop your hair from sticking up? Sometimes when I need a haircut a little bit of hair sticks up, what is an easy way to remove it? (And I am referring to on my head) ", "Stop your hair from sticking up? Sometimes when I need a haircut a little bit of hair sticks up, what is an easy way to remove it? (And I am referring to on my head) ", "Stop your hair from sticking up? Sometimes when I need a haircut a little bit of hair sticks up, what is an easy way to remove it? (And I am referring to on my head) " ]

[ "I have a very similar problem. When my hair is short, the right side sticks almost straight out. I bought some product last time I was at the barber (product placement: [Woody's Clay])(http://www.woodysgrooming.com/products/product-90544.html). Using a very small amount of that, I can keep the hair down, and it doesn't look like I have anything in my hair (none of that shine/crunch that you get from gel). You can also use it to shape/style if you so desire.", "I feel your pain, I have pretty wiry hair, so this is my standard post-haircut routine.\n\nFrizz reducing leave-in conditioners weigh down hair and make it softer and more manageable, working on two fronts. Use more on the alfalfa.\n\nI use high-powered spiking gel in smaller quantities to get the hold needed, but not the gel look. Plus, very frugal since you use so little.\n\nExtreme measures calls for wearing a bandana to bed, knotted in the front, Tupac style. This is assuming you have the problem on the back of your head. \n\nWash hair, comb into general style, apply bandana, sleep. Trains it real fast, only need to do it once or twice and then it's done.", "Remove? Cut it.. \nTo tame, it you're gonna have to get a lightweight balm..stick up hairs will stay standing unless weighed down..I hate putting product of any kind in my hair (barring Straight Sexy Hair Smooth & Seal of course) but sometimes it must be done.. \nRubbing dryer sheets on your hair removes static (just figured I'd add that, bonus protip)" ]

[ 6, 3, 1 ]

[ "What's a good way to make it so you don't have to ask your friend every time to be included in activities they do? I've been noticing my friend is getting really chummy with a new friend. I've been close to my friend in question for years now and we talk all the time. I've started to see my friend including his new friend in some of the activities I've always wanted to do with him. Often times when I ask my friend to be included I feel really shitty afterwards and I feel like I was too pushy. I feel like if my friend doesn't ask first I'm imposing or I'm pushy. Both of us have bad social anxiety so I’m not sure if that’s part of the reason why. I’ve always made it a point to include my friend in my activities and he does enjoy being part of them, I would never leave him out. I'm not jealous over his new friend or anything of that nature, bear in mind. \n\nIs there a way for me to talk to my friend and ask them if they could start to think of me more often and include me in his activities like his new friend? I got my friend to include me in one of his activities and I feel so shitty I feel like I have to send them something just to show I appreciate that they included me, I feel like if I do that my friend will think of me next time and he’ll ask me first before I ask him. I’ve expressed that I feel left out when I’m not asked to participate with my friend in his activities and it seems like we were able to work out the bigger issue, but I still feel like asking him is pushy. I have this underlying fear that if I never asked and waited for him to ask me, he would think I lost interest or just doesn’t care anymore. I’m really stumped on how to make things right. I understand he won’t always be able to include me in his activities but I still want to feel like he’ll remember me next time, right now it doesn’t feel so certain that it will because I’m always asking. \n", "What's a good way to make it so you don't have to ask your friend every time to be included in activities they do? I've been noticing my friend is getting really chummy with a new friend. I've been close to my friend in question for years now and we talk all the time. I've started to see my friend including his new friend in some of the activities I've always wanted to do with him. Often times when I ask my friend to be included I feel really shitty afterwards and I feel like I was too pushy. I feel like if my friend doesn't ask first I'm imposing or I'm pushy. Both of us have bad social anxiety so I’m not sure if that’s part of the reason why. I’ve always made it a point to include my friend in my activities and he does enjoy being part of them, I would never leave him out. I'm not jealous over his new friend or anything of that nature, bear in mind. \n\nIs there a way for me to talk to my friend and ask them if they could start to think of me more often and include me in his activities like his new friend? I got my friend to include me in one of his activities and I feel so shitty I feel like I have to send them something just to show I appreciate that they included me, I feel like if I do that my friend will think of me next time and he’ll ask me first before I ask him. I’ve expressed that I feel left out when I’m not asked to participate with my friend in his activities and it seems like we were able to work out the bigger issue, but I still feel like asking him is pushy. I have this underlying fear that if I never asked and waited for him to ask me, he would think I lost interest or just doesn’t care anymore. I’m really stumped on how to make things right. I understand he won’t always be able to include me in his activities but I still want to feel like he’ll remember me next time, right now it doesn’t feel so certain that it will because I’m always asking. \n" ]

[ "Let it go for a couple weeks. The new friend-crush will begin to subside and you'll start getting invited again.", "Ask what he is doing over the weekend and ask him if he wants to go somewhere where you want to go. If he says yes, great! It makes your life easier. If he already has plans, say we can go there instead." ]

[ 3, 3 ]

[ "When to go food/grocery shopping? When is it best to go grocery shopping so the MEAT and BREAD are marked down the cheapest?\n\nI live in Massachusetts/New Hampshire border for college. I know around 8-9 PM when most store closes, the desserts and salads are marked down; not sure for red meats or bread.", "When to go food/grocery shopping? When is it best to go grocery shopping so the MEAT and BREAD are marked down the cheapest?\n\nI live in Massachusetts/New Hampshire border for college. I know around 8-9 PM when most store closes, the desserts and salads are marked down; not sure for red meats or bread.", "When to go food/grocery shopping? When is it best to go grocery shopping so the MEAT and BREAD are marked down the cheapest?\n\nI live in Massachusetts/New Hampshire border for college. I know around 8-9 PM when most store closes, the desserts and salads are marked down; not sure for red meats or bread." ]

[ "LPT that I used to do for years: go food shopping around kickoff for Patriots games. Store is a ghost town.", "For me, it's Sunday. That's when I can find whole chickens marked down and other decent deals. Plus, it means I'm prepared for the week, which begins the following day.", "Talk to the meat manager to find out what time they put out the discounted meat in the morning. In my town it goes out at 10:00 a.m., in my sister's there are three stores that put the meat out at 9:30 a.m. and another does it at 9:00. \n\nMaking your own salads is cheaper than buying premixed and the same goes for deserts. For the price of 3 store bought cakes you can buy enough ingredients to make 10. Baking is is not hard to do nor does it take much time after you have done it a few times. " ]

[ 2, 2, 1 ]

[ "Accepting A Non-Necessary Kind of Apology So, I've been in a situation a few times where people have apologized profusely for things that are not their fault, or things which I genuinely do not mind. Most recently, a friend of mine would not stop apologizing for something which I knew was an honest mistake (she lost a book of mine). Sometimes I know it is because the other person harbors some insecurities and blames themselves for insignificant things, and I am generally a passive person when it comes to small offenses like these anyway. I just don't know how to handle them without seeming belittling or insincere.\n\nSo, how do I accept these kinds of apologies? ", "Accepting A Non-Necessary Kind of Apology So, I've been in a situation a few times where people have apologized profusely for things that are not their fault, or things which I genuinely do not mind. Most recently, a friend of mine would not stop apologizing for something which I knew was an honest mistake (she lost a book of mine). Sometimes I know it is because the other person harbors some insecurities and blames themselves for insignificant things, and I am generally a passive person when it comes to small offenses like these anyway. I just don't know how to handle them without seeming belittling or insincere.\n\nSo, how do I accept these kinds of apologies? ", "Accepting A Non-Necessary Kind of Apology So, I've been in a situation a few times where people have apologized profusely for things that are not their fault, or things which I genuinely do not mind. Most recently, a friend of mine would not stop apologizing for something which I knew was an honest mistake (she lost a book of mine). Sometimes I know it is because the other person harbors some insecurities and blames themselves for insignificant things, and I am generally a passive person when it comes to small offenses like these anyway. I just don't know how to handle them without seeming belittling or insincere.\n\nSo, how do I accept these kinds of apologies? " ]

[ "Just smile, look them in the eye and say with sincerity that it's ok and you really don't mind. Maybe make up an excuse to make them feel better e.g. you never really liked that book anyway. ", "I've boiled it down to a simple formula.\n\n\"You keep apologizing. Do I look upset?\"\n\n\"No\"\n\n\"Because I'm not; but I will be if you don't stop apologizing.\"", "I think most effective is to let them know you feel their pain because you've been there too, and you know how they feel but really in this circumstance it's not a big loss/inconvenience. \n\n*\"It's not a problem. Same thing also happened to me when I couldn't believe I forgot to X my Y ... right before an international flight no less! But this is really no big deal.\"* ;)" ]

[ 1, 1, 1 ]

[ "How to remove small scratches from glass A while ago i dropped my watch, leaving small scratches all over the glass face of the watch. It isn't obscuring it but flares up my OCD every time i check the time. Any tips on how to easily remove these scratches?", "How to remove small scratches from glass A while ago i dropped my watch, leaving small scratches all over the glass face of the watch. It isn't obscuring it but flares up my OCD every time i check the time. Any tips on how to easily remove these scratches?" ]

[ "Rub it with toothpaste. Then wipe off. Fixed\n", "Someone once told me that cigarette ashes were fine enough to do the trick, but I don't smoke so no ashes when I need em." ]

[ 2, 0 ]

[ "cheese sticking to sandwich maker's surface Reddit, I need you to enlighten my life. I own a sandwich maker like this: http://www.wellpromo.com/upload/upimg07/Sandwich-Maker-121307.jpg . I often fill the sandwich breads with ham and cheese slices. The thing is, the cheese ALWAYS spills out of the breads onto the heating surface, as it becomes liquid after heating it, and removing the cheese spills is pretty annoying, even though it's teflon surface. I found it is best done right after finishing the sandwich making, while the maker is still hot, but that prevents me from eating my sandwiches immediately. Do you have any trick as how to prevent cheese spilling all over the maker, or how to clean it easily? Perhaps by using some oil? That'd really help me out.", "cheese sticking to sandwich maker's surface Reddit, I need you to enlighten my life. I own a sandwich maker like this: http://www.wellpromo.com/upload/upimg07/Sandwich-Maker-121307.jpg . I often fill the sandwich breads with ham and cheese slices. The thing is, the cheese ALWAYS spills out of the breads onto the heating surface, as it becomes liquid after heating it, and removing the cheese spills is pretty annoying, even though it's teflon surface. I found it is best done right after finishing the sandwich making, while the maker is still hot, but that prevents me from eating my sandwiches immediately. Do you have any trick as how to prevent cheese spilling all over the maker, or how to clean it easily? Perhaps by using some oil? That'd really help me out.", "cheese sticking to sandwich maker's surface Reddit, I need you to enlighten my life. I own a sandwich maker like this: http://www.wellpromo.com/upload/upimg07/Sandwich-Maker-121307.jpg . I often fill the sandwich breads with ham and cheese slices. The thing is, the cheese ALWAYS spills out of the breads onto the heating surface, as it becomes liquid after heating it, and removing the cheese spills is pretty annoying, even though it's teflon surface. I found it is best done right after finishing the sandwich making, while the maker is still hot, but that prevents me from eating my sandwiches immediately. Do you have any trick as how to prevent cheese spilling all over the maker, or how to clean it easily? Perhaps by using some oil? That'd really help me out." ]

[ "Keep a wet rag handy and as soon as you pull the sandwiches off, wipe the surface down. The sandwiches are too hot to eat when they come out anyway, so use the cool down time to your advantage.", "What has worked for me was to put a wet paper towel on top of the greasy ball of melted cheese wait for a while and then clean it off. I think oil would only make it worse. But damn those sandwiches are delicious.", "Remove sandwich. Unplug sandwich maker. Place 2-3 wet paper towels on sandwich maker. Close sandwich maker and let it happily steam while you happily eat sandwich. After you've had your lovely lunch/dinner, wipe down sandwich maker." ]

[ 4, 2, 2 ]

[ "Efficiently detecting wet spots on carpet We adopted a French Bulldog around a year ago and we're having the absolute hardest time housebreaking her. I've never had an issue with a dog like this before. She's getting better, but she still has accidents in the house. We're hoping a change of scenery (and scent) may help us in the next phase of breaking her.\n\nHowever, I'm not here to ask how to house train an animal.\n\nThere are times when we know she has gone somewhere when she gets out of our watchful eyes, but it's extremely hard to detect on carpet. Obviously, we want to clean the spot up as quick as possible, but sometimes we just can't find the location. The best we've tried so far is simply walking around in our socks until we hit a spot (pretty disgusting) or using a black light. The black light seems good in theory, but the fresh spots don't seem to glow. Either way, it's extremely inefficient and unreliable.\n\n**Anyone have any ideas on a way to search a confined room of carpet for wet spots?**\n\nThe only idea I can come up with is possibly using a long handled paint roller wrapped with a layer of paper towels. Maybe just walk the entirety of the floor to verify that there is nothing there.\n\nObviously, we want to break her completely, but I'd like to be 100% sure in the meantime that no accidents go unnoticed.\n", "Efficiently detecting wet spots on carpet We adopted a French Bulldog around a year ago and we're having the absolute hardest time housebreaking her. I've never had an issue with a dog like this before. She's getting better, but she still has accidents in the house. We're hoping a change of scenery (and scent) may help us in the next phase of breaking her.\n\nHowever, I'm not here to ask how to house train an animal.\n\nThere are times when we know she has gone somewhere when she gets out of our watchful eyes, but it's extremely hard to detect on carpet. Obviously, we want to clean the spot up as quick as possible, but sometimes we just can't find the location. The best we've tried so far is simply walking around in our socks until we hit a spot (pretty disgusting) or using a black light. The black light seems good in theory, but the fresh spots don't seem to glow. Either way, it's extremely inefficient and unreliable.\n\n**Anyone have any ideas on a way to search a confined room of carpet for wet spots?**\n\nThe only idea I can come up with is possibly using a long handled paint roller wrapped with a layer of paper towels. Maybe just walk the entirety of the floor to verify that there is nothing there.\n\nObviously, we want to break her completely, but I'd like to be 100% sure in the meantime that no accidents go unnoticed.\n", "Efficiently detecting wet spots on carpet We adopted a French Bulldog around a year ago and we're having the absolute hardest time housebreaking her. I've never had an issue with a dog like this before. She's getting better, but she still has accidents in the house. We're hoping a change of scenery (and scent) may help us in the next phase of breaking her.\n\nHowever, I'm not here to ask how to house train an animal.\n\nThere are times when we know she has gone somewhere when she gets out of our watchful eyes, but it's extremely hard to detect on carpet. Obviously, we want to clean the spot up as quick as possible, but sometimes we just can't find the location. The best we've tried so far is simply walking around in our socks until we hit a spot (pretty disgusting) or using a black light. The black light seems good in theory, but the fresh spots don't seem to glow. Either way, it's extremely inefficient and unreliable.\n\n**Anyone have any ideas on a way to search a confined room of carpet for wet spots?**\n\nThe only idea I can come up with is possibly using a long handled paint roller wrapped with a layer of paper towels. Maybe just walk the entirety of the floor to verify that there is nothing there.\n\nObviously, we want to break her completely, but I'd like to be 100% sure in the meantime that no accidents go unnoticed.\n" ]

[ "May work may not, and may very well give some iffy results. \n\nI have in the last used a black Light. Bought it at Spencer's or something. It was portable battery powered, so I just turned the lights in the room off, closed the curtain and turned it on. Showed me the areas where there were dog urine on the carpet wet or dry. \n\nMy godfather cleans carpets for a living and he uses this wand that detects the chemicals in the urine on the carpet. It is pretty useful however it's not large and you'd have to check pretty much the whole floor it only has a small radius of around 12inches or so.", "Not exactly what you asked for, but I have the same struggle with my pup. He's mostly housebroken, but if he's alone in the house and something startles him - he scaredy-pees. \n\nI sop it up and then drench the area with Urine Gone (I buy it at BB&B). It supposedly breaks down the enzymes that make the pee smell, so it doesn't tell the dog \"you can pee here! This is a pee spot!\" You just drench the spot - you want it to soak down to the carpet pad - and let it air dry.", "How about this? Get that carpet powder stuff that you are supposed\nsprinkle on and then vacuum up. Carefully sprinkle it evenly and then just look for any area that does not have it. Bonus is the the carpet product is made to remove odors. I could not live with a dusty carpet for ever but on a temp basis this may work. " ]

[ 5, 2, 2 ]

[ "Tips on improving focus and productivity. I am a 20 year old trying to find an edge over others in the office so I want something to keep me focused at work. Something that does work.", "Tips on improving focus and productivity. I am a 20 year old trying to find an edge over others in the office so I want something to keep me focused at work. Something that does work.", "Tips on improving focus and productivity. I am a 20 year old trying to find an edge over others in the office so I want something to keep me focused at work. Something that does work." ]

[ "1. Be organised\n2. Do what you say you’re going to do, when you promise\n3. Be flexible\n4. Develop your own system to manage your time and priorities\n5. Ask for, and act on, feedback\n6. When you make a mistake, own it and learn from it. Ask yourself what you would do differently if you could rewind time and do the thing again", "Set a timer to see how long you can study or work without getting distracted. It could be as few as 3 minutes to start. If you switch to another tab or get distracted in some other way before the timer is up, set it for 3 minutes again. Do it as many times until you actually focus on work for the full 3 minutes with no distractions. Then add another minute or another 30 seconds to the timer. Keep doing that the whole workday and see how high you can get the timer by the end of the day. Compete with yourself the next day and the day after that and so on. Try to get to where the timer is as long as possible without any distractions - a great goal would be 25 minutes so that you can easily use the Pomodoro method later on. Be pretty strict with yourself (don't move up to a higher timer setting before you're ready), but don't forget to take breaks as it is normal and healthy to do that.", "Never gossip about other employees or complain about them to others. Don’t complain about the company or its policies to co-workers." ]

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[ "How to 'clone' a favourite t-shirt (copy designs/logos etc. to a new item of clothing)?? I've got this favourite long sleeve Foo Fighters shirt that I've been wearing pretty constantly since around 1999/2000. It's actually hard to believe it hasn't fallen apart yet. I've been sleeping in it on and off for probably the last 5-6 years, and now it's really starting to show its age - the artwork is fading, the stitching is coming apart, there's one or two small holes in it... although I'm really impressed it's lasted this long (it's only a cheap 'Fruit Of The Loom' style knockoff with some artwork printed on the back/front/arms).\n\nI'm kinda stupidly in love with this thing and I'll be genuinely sad when the day finally comes that it's more a rag rather than an article of clothing.... With this in mind, I'm wondering whether there's any good way to 'clone' the shirt, that is, to somehow capture the designs on it, maybe convert them to a vector image, and then have them screen printed onto a new shirt... The artwork is already kinda faded but I reckon I could probably get a decent capture and then doctor it back to full health in Illustrator or similar.... Does anybody have any tips on turning real-world things into digital designs? Should I just put the clothing as flat as possible into a scanner? Or would I be better off taking a photograph of the design??", "How to 'clone' a favourite t-shirt (copy designs/logos etc. to a new item of clothing)?? I've got this favourite long sleeve Foo Fighters shirt that I've been wearing pretty constantly since around 1999/2000. It's actually hard to believe it hasn't fallen apart yet. I've been sleeping in it on and off for probably the last 5-6 years, and now it's really starting to show its age - the artwork is fading, the stitching is coming apart, there's one or two small holes in it... although I'm really impressed it's lasted this long (it's only a cheap 'Fruit Of The Loom' style knockoff with some artwork printed on the back/front/arms).\n\nI'm kinda stupidly in love with this thing and I'll be genuinely sad when the day finally comes that it's more a rag rather than an article of clothing.... With this in mind, I'm wondering whether there's any good way to 'clone' the shirt, that is, to somehow capture the designs on it, maybe convert them to a vector image, and then have them screen printed onto a new shirt... The artwork is already kinda faded but I reckon I could probably get a decent capture and then doctor it back to full health in Illustrator or similar.... Does anybody have any tips on turning real-world things into digital designs? Should I just put the clothing as flat as possible into a scanner? Or would I be better off taking a photograph of the design??", "How to 'clone' a favourite t-shirt (copy designs/logos etc. to a new item of clothing)?? I've got this favourite long sleeve Foo Fighters shirt that I've been wearing pretty constantly since around 1999/2000. It's actually hard to believe it hasn't fallen apart yet. I've been sleeping in it on and off for probably the last 5-6 years, and now it's really starting to show its age - the artwork is fading, the stitching is coming apart, there's one or two small holes in it... although I'm really impressed it's lasted this long (it's only a cheap 'Fruit Of The Loom' style knockoff with some artwork printed on the back/front/arms).\n\nI'm kinda stupidly in love with this thing and I'll be genuinely sad when the day finally comes that it's more a rag rather than an article of clothing.... With this in mind, I'm wondering whether there's any good way to 'clone' the shirt, that is, to somehow capture the designs on it, maybe convert them to a vector image, and then have them screen printed onto a new shirt... The artwork is already kinda faded but I reckon I could probably get a decent capture and then doctor it back to full health in Illustrator or similar.... Does anybody have any tips on turning real-world things into digital designs? Should I just put the clothing as flat as possible into a scanner? Or would I be better off taking a photograph of the design??" ]

[ "Scan it then you can print it onto fabric transfer paper; the paper will come with instructions on how to iron it.\n\nYou can also turn the current t-shirt into a pillow by sewing it up and adding stuffing.", "OMG.i just opened google to see if i could find my favourite Dave Grohl T shirt that is starting to wear thin and I find this post.Too funny.\n\nI hope you found a solution!! \n\nI knew i should of bought 2, but it was random facebook link that i took a gamble on. Turned out to be my all time favourite shirt.", "I've Seen a lot ideas with old shirts: they cut out the Logo and sew it to a new black short/Backpacker/vest/pillow/frame it to the wall etc. \nEspecially in fall a lot of used band shirts were sold in special Facebook groups. Maybe you can find your shirt again or even buy a new one" ]

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[ "tips on determining if you'll fit into a parallel parking spot or not it's so hard to gauge from inside your car! any tips!?", "tips on determining if you'll fit into a parallel parking spot or not it's so hard to gauge from inside your car! any tips!?" ]

[ "Line your car up next to the spot, then get out of the car and take a look. Eventually you will get pretty good at judging this from inside the car.", "Practice where you can, empty car parks are a great place , I have to parallel park at my home each day in an LS400, but it gets easier" ]

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[ "How to approximate the size/weight of objects. I'm trying to eat healthier, so when I want to eat 6 ounces of something or 3 cups of something, how can I tell about how much is the right amount.\nSorry if this sounds super confusing.", "How to approximate the size/weight of objects. I'm trying to eat healthier, so when I want to eat 6 ounces of something or 3 cups of something, how can I tell about how much is the right amount.\nSorry if this sounds super confusing." ]

[ "Buy a scale, seriously. Because foods vary greatly in density a scale is the best way to measure once you've done it a bit you will be better at eyeballing it.", "It's hard because I am at school so I eat from the cafeteria. I don't have the chance to prepare my own food. I just see a sight that says the servings size and some nutrition information, but I have no idea how to judge the serving size. \nE: spelling " ]

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