Life hacks: Do they really work?

• FireIce

  1 Jan 17, 21:29

  You would have seen them on your social media feeds.

  Lists and lists of supposedly useful tips and tricks to make your days go by more easily.

  They used to be a staple of women’s magazines. Now they are online, they are called the much cooler-sounding “life hacks”. But do they work? And even if they do, do they really make life easier? We put 10 to the test.

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  UNCORK A BOTTLE OF WINE WITH A SHOE

  You have wine, but no corkscrew. No worries, supposedly.

  You can try to uncork a wine bottle using a shoe.TNP PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR

  HOW

  Remove the foil "capsule" from the top.

  Place the bottle in the shoe, making sure it is a tight fit.

  With one hand grasping the neck and one holding the shoe, start hitting the heel of the shoe against a wall - hard. The wall must be solid.

  The cork should come out far enough for you to be able to pull it out by hand.

  You can try to uncork a wine bottle using a shoe. TNP PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR

  DOES IT WORK?

  Yes! Sort of. In our experiment, it only worked for the bottle with the traditional cork. It was useless on a modern plastic cork.

   

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  what are your tried and tested ones?

• gekpohboy

  1 Jan 17, 21:30

  What's the science (mechanism) behind it?
• ValueEssay

  5 Jan 17, 20:06

  air pressure

• Mcopeland

  6 Feb 17, 15:51

  I've tried the wine and shoes trick-- does not work! It's only worked 1 our of 3 times but there are many life hacks that do work and really help 

• Kayenne

  9 Feb 17, 16:21

  i saw people do it, and it works. maybe you just need to hit it with the right strength?

• FireIce

  10 Mar 17, 18:10

  the type of bottle, type of cork, type of wall, type of shoe, amount of force, angle 

  all affect

  (or maybe u will break the bottle instead.....................)
  
  

  by the time u mastered this, the time and effort taken is more than enough to make 20 trips to the store to get a proper wine bottle opener

• DanTheBrand

  11 Mar 17, 13:57

  Personally tried it, doesn't work

• Jeff3.miller123

  13 Mar 17, 15:00

  I've tried, but it didn't work

• FireIce

  13 Mar 17, 23:01

  wah, u all so free yo

• EmmaBrennan

  16 Mar 17, 20:04

  Are these hacks seriously helpful? I mean I have never heard about these kind of hacks.

• FireIce

  17 Mar 17, 02:13

  now u do

  and u can give them a try

   

   

   

   

   

   

  results not guaranteed

• Georgiy.D

  20 Mar 17, 04:12

  sure works

• applepen

  21 Mar 17, 22:15

  tried it and it work!

• Ken Tong Hui

  26 Mar 17, 10:28

  Some hacks work, and some don't. Personally never tried this before. 

• DelwinK

  4 Apr 17, 00:51

  I think i tried a little too hard.
  Well, now I am in the hospital after trying that. 
  Now on my 3rd blood bag.

• gekpohboy

  4 Apr 17, 01:18

  Instead of banging the wall, why not just burn that fucking bottle on fire, to heat it up, build up air pressure inside, and "pop"?
• jlcesg

  6 Apr 17, 12:29

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• Shikangninjagold

  8 Apr 17, 21:09

  thx for the help!

• Singaporebeta1

  11 Apr 17, 17:04

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• incognitoo

  17 Apr 17, 18:20

  good idea

• Sirjulianhade

  25 Apr 17, 20:08

  I'm still puzzled at how coke can clean a toilet

• Ponders

  27 Apr 17, 12:50

  Originally posted by gekpohboy:

  Instead of banging the wall, why not just burn that fucking bottle on fire, to heat it up, build up air pressure inside, and “pop”?

  Wine will taste horrible after heating up.

• Ciefiren21

  3 May 17, 13:41

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• Frenziness1793

  4 May 17, 10:30

  never knew this things before o.o

  I'll try it and comeback later XD

• mkjr_

  18 May 17, 01:03

  MOst useless life hack?