Simple ideas that are borderline genius

Nov 8, 2013 2:49 PM

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There is no way that's 35 grams of marij- er, I mean jalapeno.

13 years ago | Likes 72 Dislikes 1

Some of these are fantastic! I particularly love the tape+hacksaw blade idea. What is the tape between masking and duct?

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Looks like brown packing tape

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

10/10 Would totally use cuttingboard to grind weed and weight it at the same time. Get stoned with efficiency.

13 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 1

Friend tried the sheet-fort for her sons until, while the youngest was in there, the eldest farted into the box fan.

13 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Has anyone even tried to lean back in a cardboard box? It doesn't work

13 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Thank god that picture was labeled. I almost filled a chips ahoy cookie tray with semen.

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Most of these aren't so much "genius" as they are "ways to store things that would be really difficult to design and build."

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

"and incredibly impractical"

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

step 1: acquire money

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

What's wrong with a straw?

10 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

I want it all

13 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 5

Imagine sticking your dick in that corn scraper.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I need those cardboard cars, NOW!

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And I want it nooooow

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

I'm a man with a one track mind

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

TIL cupcake hot air balloons are considered as borderline genius

13 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

I don't understand what the idea is.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I know! I would use this...never.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I kept scrolling down like--why has NO ONE commented on these things yet.

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

That last one, saving rainwater, illegal in a lot of States and provinces in Canada, FYI.

13 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

Yup! Stupid fucking government, governing fucking rainwater....

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 7

I always thought rainwater laws had to do with your municipalities. Especially provinces in Canada...?

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I'm guessing those are laws in arid states, to allow water to return to the watershed? There's no such law against rain barrels in Ohio.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Tends to be states that are near headwaters , bigger impact on stream flow

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

In some states it's because people were drinking roof runoff which can be dangerous to consume because of chemicals - or so I'm told.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Any untreated water can be dangerous to drink, but we just use our rain barrel to water the garden which I think is what most people do.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

I just looked it up and in Oregon it's legal if you collect it off a roof, parking lot or shed, but not a watershed.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

You're not supposed to store potatoes and onions together because the gasses that escape from one cause the other to rot. :(

13 years ago | Likes 121 Dislikes 0

Yes and they should be stored in a dark place!

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I don't even get what the clever idea is there. It's just a bigass drawer.

13 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

Trufax. As a former farmer, I just laughed at this one.

13 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Well that explains a lot. :(

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I've seen a shoe-rack before...don't know if I'd classify it as genius

13 years ago | Likes 60 Dislikes 0

but its a shoe rack disguised as a regular drawer....yeah I was underwhelmed too. My mom actually has one of those. It's nice I guess.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

They sell them at IKEA, several models.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah, they sell that at Ikea. Snooze.

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

I haven't seen one like THAT. My mom has so many damn shoes that a regular rack doesn't work (she needs like 4.) This would be awesome!

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Fuck that bottom stair shelf. Who the fuck is going to get on their knees to get a book?

13 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 3

I was with you until you attached a muffin to a balloon.

13 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

I'm still not sure what they're trying to accomplish with that.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Who the fuck needs that many onions/potatoes on hand at any one time??

13 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 1

I'd use them, but that's a crap way of storing them.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

They need to take a bunch of pictures of crying people...

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

My grandma almost always had that many if not more of those. We'd use them all in a week or two. Her meals were homecooked and delicious :)

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I do.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

People with big families or who cook meals ahead?

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

If the meals are being cooked ahead do you really need the space to store them like that though?

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

I don't do all my cooking within 1 or 2 days of shopping.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Well if you did it would solve the problem.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

I wondered that too! And like 10 garlic cloves? they must have 10 kids.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You mean "heads". The cloves are the inner pieces.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

LOL. 10 cloves maybe lasts me a week.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

yeah? what do you do with it? I cook a lot, albeit only for myself. A clove lasts me 2 weeks.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Also - roasting garlic for future use, sauteed or grated into nearly every dish I make, rubbed on bread, and more.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Do you mean a clove or a head? A clove is a single piece. A head of garlic has 10-15 cloves on it.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

yeah, I meant a head. (been a long week!)

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I eat a whole head of garlic, roasted as a vegetable and goddamn that is some FINE living right there.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Smush it on bread or mix into potatoes. Rub it on ears of corn, mash it with butter and serve over steaks. OMG...

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Put it on pizza, toss roasted cloves in a salad, eat with fried eggs.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Corn gadget scares my penis

13 years ago | Likes 34 Dislikes 0

I want to know what you do if you have big corn cobs, little corn cobs, medium size corn cobs, etc. Is it adjustable at all?

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Please don't stick your penis in the cornhole.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Dear god, please let the instructions be clear...

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Penis gadget scares my corn.

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

As great as the power strip legos are, there's no grounding prong, telling me it's a giant fire hazard.

13 years ago | Likes 101 Dislikes 7

Also just switch the big plug with the one on the end. Problem solved.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Wallwarts are hard ;__;

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

All of that pales into insignificance compared to the ease at which live ac power can be exposed by the male plugs on each colored block.

13 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 2

I thought of that, it looks like the hot line is inside the center of the barrel neutral part. But, I wouldn't use that in a house w/ kids.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

To be fair, these could easily be designed in a way that didn't expose the contacts.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

how about that exposed contact? ZAP ZAP muthufuckah

13 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 1

+1 for muthufuckah!

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Another "solution" from a designer that thinks they are smarter than engineers.

13 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

Not to mention it's solving a problem that's already taken care of: http://amzn.com/B000CRFOMK

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Even better: http://amzn.com/B004LZ5XMU

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's also 3x more expensive and leaves your adapters sitting in a lump rather than a neat line

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

...the right way

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yeah... there's a reason ground exists on equipment

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

There's even more of a reason why the electrical contacts are recessed within the outlets...

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The ground has nothing to do with fire safety, but I'd be worried about so many connections and them being movable.

13 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 1

and the award to the most cool looking but realistically impractical home modifications go too....

13 years ago | Likes 127 Dislikes 6

........Well? Don't keep us in suspense!

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

*to, Mr. President

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

The cookies and milk one.

13 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

As someone who has a craving for some biscuits and milk - I definitely agree.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

...the plastic bins hanging on the garage ceiling. Most of my plastic storage bins are way too heavy for that.

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

USB DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY.

13 years ago | Likes 42 Dislikes 2

Thank you, first thought when I saw that.

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

GOODNIGHT!

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Each plug could have usb hub circuitry built into it

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

NO

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Sure but the bigger problem is power draw, a USB port can only source 500mA, so the sum of every device on that port needs to be less.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

it would be windy as hell in that fort

13 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

I'm 26, and I live in a condo with centralized air conditioning that goes out sometimes for days so this fort has saved me a couple times

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

And completely awesome!

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

It's the best-ever. I slept like this for years of my life as a child. Sadly I now own a sleigh bed.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

perfect in the heat of the summer

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

You haven't lived until you get to the bottom of the stairs & fall into an open pit.

13 years ago | Likes 1775 Dislikes 7

Haven't died either.

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

I would hide in there and scare the SHIT out of people!!

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

You haven't lived until you stick your dick in that corn scraper.

13 years ago | Likes 68 Dislikes 1

You, my friend, have obviously never had a toothy blowjob.

13 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 1

*died (from the blood loss).

13 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Calm down satan.

13 years ago | Likes 33 Dislikes 0

I SHIT MY PANTS ON MILK AND COOKIES HACK. SHIT. MY. PANTS.

13 years ago | Likes 47 Dislikes 1

FUCK YEAH CAPS LOCK, AM I YELLING? MAYBE, WHO KNOWS

13 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 0

That was wonderful

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Died*

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Also, those USB plugs are human-centipeding

13 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 1

like apple adaptors

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That didn't even happen in the Navidson house.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I'd be more worried about falling off the edge of the stairs, where is the balustrade???

13 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Ugh I love when you use awesome diction on me.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

As a secret agent, I can 100% confirm this is true.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

FULL OF SOFT PILLOW-Y GOODNESS

13 years ago | Likes 218 Dislikes 0

A balloon attached to a cupcake. Borderline genius.

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

why?

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

I don't understand what they're going for with that one. Seems like that'd just make it hard to eat.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

"Favorited never to be seen again" - Every person commenting on a life hack post

13 years ago | Likes 84 Dislikes 31

This is life hack? This is more like shit I'm too poor to even hope to own. Except for a couple like the cardboard car (I'd need a big box)

13 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

Don't worry most of the images have flaws that don't work in practice.

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

the storage ones are a great idea. i'm a builder and they look like they would work well

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

it's INGENIOUS DESIGN, not a life hack.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

If Imgur had a way to categorize favorites, it wouldn't get so lost in the sauce.

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

I feel you on that

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Pintrest is leaking again

13 years ago | Likes 884 Dislikes 25

I was just going to say "We meet again, Pintrest".

13 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

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13 years ago (deleted Nov 8, 2013 5:58 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

'-'

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

This is just about the ONLY time I've liked more than 50% of the ideas. And this one I actually like much more than 50%.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Shhhh it's okay

13 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 2

If this is what pinterest is then I think I might like pinterest.

13 years ago | Likes 56 Dislikes 3

Pinterest is actually really really amazing for recipes and DIY beauty ideas.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yeah, I found some good shit in this post, I might do when I get a bigger house soon.

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

oof, so many depend on having a good finish carpenter

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Its pretty addicting. I've seen some genius stuff on there.

13 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

ADDICTIVE AAAAAAAAAAARGH WHY DOES THIS MAKE ME SO ANGRY!?

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Its not incorrect. Its just not overly preferred. At least I didn't call it swagtacular. :-)

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And a +1 for you any way

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I got really excited about the chopping board. Turns out it's only a concept :(

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I hate this comment.

13 years ago | Likes 25 Dislikes 10

Me too! Jesus christ since when did cool ideas about organization become a bad thing?

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Me, too.

13 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 4

Careful on the last one. Check the water laws in your area before you start collecting the rain that fall on your own roof. (Seriously.)

13 years ago | Likes 90 Dislikes 5

...and water pressure would be just terrible.

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

TheNextBestUsermame is right. Water usage rights are a state law issue. Depending on whether your state is riparian or prior use and (1/2)

13 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 1

What doctrine your state applies (I.e.) natural flow or reasonable use, rainwater use can be limited to non-diversion.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

im really just thinking >how are you surposed to build pressure, to make the water come out of the hose at a fast enough rate<

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Pumps? Buckets? Drip tubes? I'm not this green; I have no idea how it works.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The fuller the barrel is, and the higher the barrel is in relation to the spray nozzle, the higher the pressure.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Well ye, but if your gonna have a normal working hose, you are gonna need something like 3,5 bars of pressure.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

true, but this is one of those laws I'd give no fucks about breaking. I can't have water from the sky? Fuck you! (not you personally)

13 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 1

Water laws? Like the puddle in my back yard is illegal to water my grass with?...

13 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

It's more to do with harvesting water. Big containers of water breed pathogens, so there are laws. But what the government don't know... ;)

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

What a preposterous idea, isn't it?

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Yes.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

It all depends on where you live.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

...why?

13 years ago | Likes 30 Dislikes 3

Mosquito colonies are one risk. Water stored like that is a real health risk.

13 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 3

This comment is kind of wrong. Mosquito larvae really cannot thrive in water containers with vertical walls, especially water +2' deep.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Diverting rainwater, even to a small barrel like that for personal use, is illegal in some places.

13 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 0

LMAO, so now "people" can own the rain water too?

13 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 5

People, not person. If everybody captured all their rain water the aquifers would dry up. You have much less water rights than you think.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What you laughing about? I heard Spain owns the Sun.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Yes. More specifically, the watertable underneath.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

And this is not new. Most of these laws go back many decades. They're just not widely known.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

It's very important if there's agricultural areas downstream. That's why cities in CO can't do it.

13 years ago | Likes 34 Dislikes 1

But he's spraying the water onto his lawn like 10 ft away. Isn't it better to be on the grass than the driveway?

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

The first post that actually makes sense. Have an upvote :)

13 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

Within a watershed. Some lawmakers consider rain to become property of the city once it hits the ground.

13 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 1

But technically you're collecting it before it hits the ground.

13 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Pretty sure this being illegal would just make me more likely to do it

13 years ago | Likes 47 Dislikes 1

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13 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 3

...I love that you're living up to your username xD 2

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

In no way am I trying to be a badass. That's just one of those cases where wtf why is that illegal, fuck the police. As a side note though

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Oh I know you weren't, I just thought it was funny ;)

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 2

In Germany you see those a lot. We are even encouraged to use rain water to save drinking water.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Also, I'm not sure that there would be enough water pressure to push water out of the hose the way the pic shows. Anyone agree with me?

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The gravity method actually works but it's only really useful when the bucket is full. You'd also want a pump.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Water wouldn't even come out of the hose. You'd need a flood pump or a water-butt pump. (Mobile detailer using filtered rain water)

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It seems to work pretty well in my yard without a pump.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You must have more gravity in your part of the world.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

A couple of years ago my hometown began taxing you for the rain that falls on your property. They claim they have to deal with it.

13 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

We have this in the entire fucking state of Maryland.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

What ridiculous town is this? Can you collect all of it and become exempt from the tax?

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

It's a small, rural Finnish town drowning in debt, so I guess they'll grasp any straw they can for more tax income. It's by land area.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

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13 years ago (deleted Jan 21, 2014 4:57 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

What areas do you know of that have laws against collecting rainwater?

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

(Rephrasing my initial response of "I don't.") I don't know -specific- areas, but in the U.S. most Western states have water diversion laws.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That's usually about diverting streams and rivers. But I know of one case for "rainwater" but it was permit issue. 1/2

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Are you kidding me?

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

no. they are not

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Jesus christ, how could this even be illegal?

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

I read an article a little while about a guy who was in legal trouble cause he "stole" several PONDS worth of water, but a drum? FEH.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

If everyone does this at the source, you impede stream flow down river, so people who need it for the crops cant water

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

That makes sense, I suppose. Still sucks.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

Why would that ever be disallowed?

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

i wouldn't really consider this grounds for making it illegal, but if not sealed properly, will become a breeding area for mosquitoes

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Maintenance of the underlying water table.

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

As if the private citizens collecting water in 50 gallon drums would ever make a dent.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

But in this case, that water is still going to the water table. I can see how it would make sense if the water was being diverted elsewhere.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

not necessarily. If watering plants, the water gets into the soil, goes into the roots, and gets transpired out the leaves into the atmo.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

Our usernames are related.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And if it's illegal, new project: pass a new law!

13 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

It's not always that easy. If there are local ordinances against it it's often due to interstate access, & there may be overriding Fed. regs

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Rationalize all the things!! For the glory of civilization, of course.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Easy there. I didn't make the laws! To better understand, go look at a map of the Colorado River & look at how many states need that water.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Consensus seems to be that widespread rainwater harvesting reduces dependency on rivers.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

My aunt and uncle have had one for at least 15 years in the socialist dystopia of Denmark.

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 2

There's not really any shortage of ground water there.

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

So to you that's what seemed out of place, rather than "socialist dystopia"?

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

If you make less than 250k$ a year: go socialism. its the only way. and we have learned to live with mercias uneducated shit.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The laws in my area promote it, and all the home improvement stores sell those cistern barrels.

13 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

My area, too, The Pacific Northwest. But most of us don't get our water from the water table. it's usually straight from run-off here.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I collect my own rainwater in Oregon too. Mostly used for the garden, otherwise I'd be spending $200/month on water just for that.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Burlington, VT actually just recently gave some cisterns away to help promote collecting rain water.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Neat :0

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You don't put onions and potatoes next to each other!!

13 years ago | Likes 631 Dislikes 4

My thoughts exactly.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

THANK YOU!! So few people know this!

13 years ago | Likes 70 Dislikes 2

I know! I was about to complain!

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I was not particularly disrupted by the Ethylene gas, it was just sooo unorganized... comparatively.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

*disturbed? lulz

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Not to mention that keeping produce in an enclosed space will make all of it go bad faster. Look up Ethylene gas if you want to know why.

13 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 1

I don't see a solid drawer front. Looks like the whole thing is mesh and quite breathable.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

ALSO, I'm doubting most households use that many potatoes before they would start to rot. You gonna have rotten taters at the bottom.

13 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 0

I cook for two and these potatoes wouldn't last a week.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

Seriously, y'all? We eat a lot of potatoes, but thats a LOT of potatoes.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Worse : they start to grow tentacles. That shit freaks me out.

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Once I had a sweet potato that grew branches so I named it and kept it as a pet for a year. It was a really weird year.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Did you put it in the ground, or a flowerpot? I tried planting one once, it gave me 3 or 4 grape sized babies. I ate them. So proud.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Actually I kept it on my kitchen counter to scare my niece and unwanted guests. Then when I moved I buried it in in the garden by the roses.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Then you don't know how much potatoes a Russian family eats.

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Or the Irish.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

exactly!

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

why not?

13 years ago | Likes 76 Dislikes 2

Potatoes have eyes too :(

13 years ago | Likes 75 Dislikes 2

and corn has ears. And the beanstalk.

13 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

holy shit that's great! stealing that line.

13 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Me too.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

The old joke goes: Why shouldn't you tell secrets in a garden? Because the potatoes have eyes, the corn have ears and the beanstalk.

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

The gases each give off cause the other to rot.

13 years ago | Likes 156 Dislikes 0

TMYK!

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

You mean Ethylene? My potatoes actually never tented to rot.

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

Yes, ethylene. And lucky you! I have not been so fortunate.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

The trick is..... use them in the first 3 weeks.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

hahaha onion farts

13 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 1

Well that explains a lot...

13 years ago | Likes 34 Dislikes 0

Yep. Look up Ethylene gas if you want to know more.

13 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

You forgot tomatoes. Tomatoes does the same thing. But then, maybe they eat it all before it goes bad.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I refrigerate tomatoes. Keep them isolated and lonely.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Not only do they lose flavor when refrigerated, but they also lose most of their nutritional value. Too bad grocery stores already cool them

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

they lose loads of taste in the fridge, but they do stay fresh longer that way.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

They also lose most of their nutritional value. Cooking them increases their nutritional value.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That looks like garlic too me...

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Garlic and onions are fine.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

why don't you watch me

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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13 years ago (deleted Oct 3, 2021 8:02 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

Or use a pair of goggles and a snorkel.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Keeping them in the fridge causes them to lose flavour as well though because most of the flavour comes from your tears.

13 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

The trick is an extremely sharp knife.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Onions shouldn't be kept in the fridge if you want them to maintain their quality.

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

Or you can chew gum, or burn a candle, or rinse them under water as you cut.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I'm insanely sensitive to onions, but when cutting them, if I don't need the whole thing, I avoid the core and it seems to help.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I've found that breathing through your mouth while cutting them helps a lot, too.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That's the chewing on gum part, that makes you breathe through your mouth.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I heard someone at a culinary school once say to freeze onions before using and they won't make you cry.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

They will, but it's because the knife will slip and your frozen fingers will bleed. Once you regain feeling, you'll cry from pain.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

chewing gum doesn't work for me, i heard about letting your tounge hang out, which also didnt work :D but dont want to waste water.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

maybe i'm going to try the candle next.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

..Is it just me or does that look like bread though? Would be a very big potato otherwise.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 5

Wrong photo reference.

13 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Oh, my bad then. Didn't go through all of them.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

THANK YOU.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

THAT WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT!!!

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The magnetic tool storage has been a thing for ages. It's a big thing in kitchens too.

13 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 0

Yeah. I had one in my old apartment.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Personally, I don't want my drills or knives to be magnetized. It's just annoying when drilling/sharpening.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Not to mention that it's stupid. Why would you want your precision tools exposed to the open air and the possibility of being dropped?

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

In kitchens it means that they're out the way but still within arms reach. You need all the space you can get most nights.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Those are useful for all kinds of tools. Sockets, screwdrivers, driver bits, etc. They've been around for a long time.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's out of the way and gives you a bit more room to work with in a kitchen. Also, if you don't dick around it won't get dropped.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Also it's a kitchen knife, they going to be exposed to the kitchen air wherever you store them...

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm referring more to the drill bits and driver tips shown in the picture. You want to keep them oiled in a case to prevent corrosion.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Surely you could store them at your work bench whilst working there and then move them to a securer location?

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

More trouble than it's worth. Taking a drill bit out of a case isn't very challenging.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah I have a couple behind my wood lathe to hold the chisels, mandrels and other stuff for easy access. I got them from Ikea

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I can't wait to get a magnetic board for my knives when I get a new place.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I used to throw the knives at it at my old wokrplace. Before you try this, after about a weeks they won't stick very well...

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Most of these are really stupid.

13 years ago | Likes 450 Dislikes 23

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

stupid and useless

13 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

also, if your kitchen cabinets have bird's eye maple inlays - you're not genius; you're rich.

13 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

I own the rolling pin things and they are really annoying. I use them anyway.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

My sentiments exactly!

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

So basically I just need to know how to store stuff

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

BALLOON MUFFINS

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I own a lot of these. And they're awesome. Clearly you were talking about the OTHER things.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 7

Most of these look kind of pretty but are very impractical for extremely obvious reasons.

13 years ago | Likes 84 Dislikes 0

I'm sure slamming your scale with a knife is completely fine.

13 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

You don't have enough upvotes.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

Whenever these are posted, my reaction is: "Yeah, cool idea... ..no, actually that would be impractical for reason X."

13 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

EVERYONE LOVES DRIVE IN MOVIES

13 years ago | Likes 32 Dislikes 0

SO LET'S SIT IN A CARDBOARD BOX AND WATCH MOVIES

13 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

A bunch of these are so well known already. Practically every house with stairs like these has some sort of storage under them.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Also: rainwater tanks, magnetic drillbit storage, and drawers that pull out to give a flat surface are all pretty damn common.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The one for pulling your garage ceiling down is useful!

13 years ago | Likes 33 Dislikes 1

the lid couldn't hold the weight

13 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 4

If it could it would be an awesome place to store things you never want to see again

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

It's the lip of the box that hangs on the rail.

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

would still fall

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

You don't pick plastic stacker boxes up by the lip? If yours flex so much, you need to stop buying cheap ones.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What lid? The flange of the tub is bearing the weight.

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

mmmm, tub flange

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Even then. The plastic would just bend

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

I feel like they are too flimsy, the tub wouldn't retain it's shape with anything slightly heavy.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

would still fall

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1