Put Stockings Over Drains to Stop Insects From Coming Out

If there's one thing we hate in this world, it's bugs invading our private space. Seriously, we need to reach some kind of agreement with the bug leadership so that they stay out of our territory. But, until that happens, you may want to stack up on stockings. Wrapping the bathroom drain with a stocking will help keep any curious bugs from going where they shouldn't be.

If bugs ever crawl into your home through the drain, this trick should do it. Drains are an effective infiltration strategy bugs have at their disposal, and this stocking trick counters it.

A Quick Fix for That Professional LinkedIn Shot

If you've ever found yourself in dire need of a professional-looking photo, such as the ones people seem to be uploading to LinkedIn all of the time, then you might be familiar with how difficult it can be to pull off that formal look. You need the right clothes, the right haircut, and so on. Thankfully, this creative solution can make the clothes part easier to improvise. Just look at how well it worked for this guy!

This hack will get you a "blazer" jacket at a moment's notice. Just take a pair of black jeans, wrap them around your shoulders as in the picture, and there you have it.

Put That Wet Phone in Rice Immediately

The thing about modern phones is that they're very sophisticated. Yet, with sophistication comes frailty, and boy, oh boy, are our modern phones both sophisticated and frail. Seriously, these things can go berserk if a tiny drop of water hits them in the wrong place. And that's why we recommend having a container filled with rice stored and ready to go for any phone emergency, just like this grandma does.

If your phone ever gets a little too wet for its own good, just stick it in a bowl of rice (or alternatively: salt). This little trick may just save your phone!

Make Sure Everyone Knows if the Coffee Is Fresh

If there's one thing that every office has, it's coffee politics. There are a lot of things to say and a lot of decisions to be made when it comes to the office's coffee supply. That's why we believe in coffee co-existence, and this person is a proponent of that too. Look at this; he devised a way to let his colleagues know the office brew's freshness so that no one has to suffer through a single sip of old coffee.

And his methods are so simple, too; all he did was take two styrofoam cups of coffee and make a neat, adjustable freshness gauge with them. Now, if only it were automatic.

Save Your Shirts by Transforming Bleach Stains Into Artistic Designs

Anyone who's ever had the displeasure of staining their shirts with bleach knows that there's pretty much nothing that can be done about a bleach-stained shirt. That is until this man pioneered his way out of this well-known deadlock. Yeah, this guy came up with something ingenious - he used the bleach to his benefit. After his shirt got bleach stained, he used more bleach as paint and turned it into a neat design.

This is exactly the way to make the most out of a bad situation; to make lemonade out of the lemons you were given. This life hack isn't just about shirts; it's about doing the best with what you've got.

Keep Your Dog's Drinking Area Permanently Clean

Anybody who has had the displeasure of cleaning up day in and day out after their messy dog knows just how much of a pain it can be. It is not only tireless work but also a thankless job. One that you do and gain nothing from it. That's why this person's inventiveness is so welcome - he surrounded his dog's water bowl with a small little garden. That's plain genius!

The reasoning behind the whole thing is that the plants will suck up all the excess spilled water instead of having it just mess up the floor. This is something that should be normalized.

How to Cancel Any Service Without An Annoying Back-And-Forth

It's an unfortunate fact of modern life that getting rid of a subscription or service of some sort is often much harder than signing up for it. You may find yourself bombarded on a day-to-day basis by a whole bunch of people with different titles and jobs, all trying to persuade you to rethink your unsubscribing. Sometimes, it can get really overwhelming when they just won't let you be.

That's where this neat trick comes into play: next time you find yourself in a sticky situation such as this one, just tell them something so absurd and absolute that they have nothing to do but cancel your subscription. For this person, their go-to line is, "I am going to prison." The customer service representatives quickly agree to cancel his subscriptions each time.