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50 Surprising Cases Of "It Ain't Stupid If It Works"
CuriositiesAUG 31, 2020

50 Surprising Cases Of "It Ain't Stupid If It Works"

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Life is full of problems, big and small, and everyone has to deal with them. Running away from them to a remote island won't solve them; the pesky darn things seem to know how to get around, constantly finding a way to haunt us. Most of us mortals don't have the money for it in the first place.
So we have to solve them. And, believe it or not, we can do it even without having all the answers. All it takes is a little creativity. And to show you that human ingenuity has no limits when it comes to making life easier, Bored Panda has compiled a list of clever life hacks. Can't cut an onion without tearing up? Put on your ski goggles. Don't have a coin for a supermarket trolley? Use a round-headed key instead. In a way, I guess, we're all engineers, applying rational thinking to develop solutions. We just need to remember it.

#1 I Wanted Natural Light In A Basement That Has No Windows

I Wanted Natural Light In A Basement That Has No Windows
Paid $10 for two old windows, painted them, frosted the glass, installed them into my wall with LED lights behind them. Now it’s always 2 pm at the basement bar.
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Don't worry to implement an idea you've just come up with, even if you think it looks dumb. Bence Nanay Ph.D., who is a BOF Research Professor of Philosophy at the Centre for Philosophical Psychology at the University of Antwerp, for example, thinks that stupidity is part of human nature.

"We are influenced by various cognitive biases that we are not aware of," Nanay wrote in Psychology Today. "The music we are listening to influences our opinion of the wine we drink, the weight of the spoon influences how creamy we find the yogurt and our moral assessment of strangers depends on what movie we have just watched. I call this paradigm of empirical findings the 'We're All Stupid' paradigm."

#2 That’s Brilliant

That’s Brilliant
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According to Nanay, even expert probability-theorists are very easily fooled into making the most basic mistakes about probability and wine experts routinely mistake white wine with added odorless colorant for red wine.

"I argue that we should embrace our stupidity. Rather than setting ourselves up to fail all the time, we should take our emotion-infused, irrational, oversimplifying mental setup as the baseline," Nanay said, adding that it is only in those rare and exceptional moments when we manage to overcome our stupidity and achieve true rationality.

To put it simply, you won't come up with something extraordinary if you're afraid to fail -- we all do.

#3 After Repeating 6 Times That I Want To Cancel My Comcast Xfinity, I Finally Figured Out How To Get Them To Stop Arguing And Actually Do What I Asked

After Repeating 6 Times That I Want To Cancel My Comcast Xfinity, I Finally Figured Out How To Get Them To Stop Arguing And Actually Do What I Asked
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#4 My Dog Rolo Has Always Been A Messy Drinker, My Girlfriend Turned His Water Bowl Into A Moss Garden To Keep The Place Tidy

My Dog Rolo Has Always Been A Messy Drinker, My Girlfriend Turned His Water Bowl Into A Moss Garden To Keep The Place Tidy
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#5 My Dad’s T Got Splattered With Bleach, He Decided To Fix With More. I Found It Adorable

My Dad’s T Got Splattered With Bleach, He Decided To Fix With More. I Found It Adorable
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#6 My Grandpa Uses The Actual Hardware For Labeling The Drawers

My Grandpa Uses The Actual Hardware For Labeling The Drawers
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#7 This Gentleman At Target Who Reversed His Hooded Sweatshirt To Make A Puppy Pocket

This Gentleman At Target Who Reversed His Hooded Sweatshirt To Make A Puppy Pocket
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#8 I Should Do It Myself As Well

I Should Do It Myself As Well
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#9 Friend's Sister Lost Her Car Key While Jogging, Someone Else Made Sure She Found It

Friend's Sister Lost Her Car Key While Jogging, Someone Else Made Sure She Found It
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#10 Changed The One Earphone Rubber To Black To Quickly See Which Is Which

Changed The One Earphone Rubber To Black To Quickly See Which Is Which
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#11 Putting Together Furniture? Use Some Of Its Styrofoam Packaging For Keeping Small Parts From Disappearing

Putting Together Furniture? Use Some Of Its Styrofoam Packaging For Keeping Small Parts From Disappearing
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#12 Hand Sewing A 1/4 Inches Hem And I Hate Juggling The Ruler

Hand Sewing A 1/4 Inches Hem And I Hate Juggling The Ruler
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#13 He’s So Small He Can Sneak Through The Fence When He Goes Outside, So He Must Wear The Escape-Proof Wiener Bun Of Shame At Potty Time

He’s So Small He Can Sneak Through The Fence When He Goes Outside, So He Must Wear The Escape-Proof Wiener Bun Of Shame At Potty Time
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#14 Wearing A Face Mask For An Extended Period Of Time. Sew A Button To A Headband To Keep From Destroying Your Ears

Wearing A Face Mask For An Extended Period Of Time. Sew A Button To A Headband To Keep From Destroying Your Ears
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#15 This Bra Used To Protect A Horse's Infected Eye, Whilst Also Allowing It To See

This Bra Used To Protect A Horse's Infected Eye, Whilst Also Allowing It To See
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#16 Sneaky Grandpa

Sneaky Grandpa
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#17 You Can Connect Two Ziplock Bags By Flipping One Inside Out To Make A Larger One

You Can Connect Two Ziplock Bags By Flipping One Inside Out To Make A Larger One
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#18 "Grandma, Do You Have Some Rice That I Can Put My Phone In? It Got Wet." - She Pulls This Out Of A Cabinet

"Grandma, Do You Have Some Rice That I Can Put My Phone In? It Got Wet." - She Pulls This Out Of A Cabinet
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#19 My Husband Made This Book-Holder-Opener For Me To Ease Hand Cramping

My Husband Made This Book-Holder-Opener For Me To Ease Hand Cramping
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#20 A Life Hack For Anyone In Higher Education

A Life Hack For Anyone In Higher Education
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