LPT: when buying a new household device, check out the sound it makes beforehand. Our old microwave made the most annoying beeps once done. When we purchased a new one, we made sure to review the done sound before and the one we have now makes a pleasing melody and stops after 3 times. We did not learn from this and recently bought a new dryer. The standard setting is that it makes an annoying beepbeeep once done, every few …

LPT: If you give someone flowers, arrange them in a nice vase beforehand I had a life event this week and have been given bouquets of flowers. The gesture is super sweet, but due to this life event I’m extremely busy and taking the time to cut down the stems and arrange flowers in a vase is just adding to my workload. If you give people flowers, either arrange them in a vase yourself or pay to have it done. That way …

LPT: If you’re making hot chocolate, but don’t have milk, unsalted butter (melted beforehand) works just as well You can either melt the butter in a pan/pot, or stir it in the mug after pouring the hot water – about thirty seconds of the latter is sufficient. Obviously this isn’t a solution for lactose intolerant folks, but for those who don’t usually have milk around, it’s a quick and cheap way to improve hot chocolate. It’s worth noting that many brands…

LPT: if you tend to overeat at restaurants, ask for a box before you start eating and portion out your meal beforehand submitted by /u/PluckPubes

Do artists ‘know’ beforehand which songs on an album are “the good ones”? When looking at the numbers on a streaming platform, albums usually have a few songs that, just going by the numbers, do a lot better than the others. Of course it sometimes happens that a song becomes a radio hit which of course makes the numbers skyrocket. But even for artists that don’t usually make it to your local radio station, this effect…

I am thinking about paying my student loans off in one go immediately. Anything I should consider beforehand? They have about 5% interest. Ive already considered the fact that I could likely make more interest income by paying this off monthly and putting the rest of the principle into an index to offset. But with uncertainty in the market and frankly the mental weight of the loan itself, I kind of just want to get rid of it. My question is more along t…

LPT: don’t try to script conversations beforehand. “Improvised” talk is more natural, convincing, and genuine. Whether it’s with socializing, flirting, sales, or just about anything to do with dialogue, don’t try to map out what will be said as in: “I will say X, he will say Y, and I will respond with Z”. It almost never goes the way you imagine or “plan” for the other person to say. Even if the person does magically say exactly as you planned it won’t b…