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LPT: When trimming your facial hair with an electric razor, line your sink with a paper towel.

Submitted by Hello_IM_FBI t3_10lyfdc on January 26, 2023 at 6:15 PM

61 comments

LPT : When grilling marshmallows on a fire camp, NEVER ever shake your stick to extinguish a burning one. Some people have lost eyes from receiving melting hot marshmallows in the face.

Submitted by noddintestudine t3_zzfjrz on December 30, 2022 at 11:54 PM

20 comments

LPT Computer Hardrive full? There are tools to visualise your folder and file sizes to make deleting old files a lot easier!

Submitted by mallenwho t3_11ahhil on February 24, 2023 at 3:38 AM

23 comments

LPT: Check your email settings periodically. People can hack into your account and set up a forwarding rule that sends them a copy of all your emails, and you'll never know since there's no notification. Changing your password doesn't erase the rule.

Submitted by LineChatter t3_127u2i5 on March 31, 2023 at 6:14 PM

6 comments

LPT - if living in the USA and want to know whether to go retrieve your mail, or want to keep track of what is being delivered, say, while you're on vacation, subscribe to USPS's free "Informed Delivery"

Submitted by [deleted] t3_10nnmlp on January 28, 2023 at 7:43 PM

16 comments

LPT: make new resolutions on your birthday, not New Year's

Submitted by departing_from_world t3_znxw91 on December 17, 2022 at 4:19 AM

15 comments

LPT: If you have sick children, they should stay at home. This will help them get better faster and is a basic public health guideline.

Submitted by ntrrrmilf t3_10q346p on January 31, 2023 at 4:17 PM

32 comments

LPT Request: To dos and Don'ts for a student who has just started living alone far away from home.

Submitted by Other-Anybody-6686 t3_z5ltbl on November 26, 2022 at 11:53 PM

77 comments

LPT Request: How do you find time to clean/maintain the clean house while working fulltime and other responsibilities?

Submitted by MoonlightPotatoes t3_z3mac0 on November 24, 2022 at 3:07 PM

55 comments

LPT: That voice inside our head is not you. Those are just thoughts. You are your actions. Those thoughts are just from the processing center between your ears.

Submitted by Potential_Meringue_6 t3_11avv9t on February 24, 2023 at 4:46 PM

25 comments

LPT: Turn your phone to grayscale to help with your phone addiction

Submitted by EnteAusKuba t3_zw0k8k on December 26, 2022 at 11:43 PM

16 comments

LPT: When travelling and in charge of multiple passports (such as a parent holding them for kids), assign and attach a different coloured paper clip to the front cover of each. It makes it super easy to identify whose is whose without having to open it to the picture page.

Submitted by travelingsoul83 t3_z8x37r on November 30, 2022 at 5:16 PM

14 comments

LPT Request - how to respond to people who constantly try to one-up you and diminish your accomplishments?

Submitted by idkifik t3_11e6png on February 28, 2023 at 1:59 PM

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LPT: Don’t drain yourself continually trying to explain yourself. People can only meet you as deeply as they have met themselves.

Submitted by Itsjustfireworks t3_y4nrz3 on October 15, 2022 at 1:18 PM

7 comments

LPT REQUEST: What to say when someone brings up the death of their loved one that happened years ago.

Submitted by Interesting_Ad7785 t3_zziihm on December 31, 2022 at 2:08 AM

36 comments

LPT - As a meddling professor, I urge my students to try making dinner for a date. It is amazing to see the goodwill that is created by a jar of pasta sauce and some noodles.

Submitted by the_undertow t3_zyu5kp on December 30, 2022 at 7:19 AM

27 comments

LPT: Break in new shoes in the kitchen.

Submitted by almostwithyou t3_10na5ac on January 28, 2023 at 8:26 AM

21 comments

LPT: Got something on your mind you just cant let go, try to make a meal from scratch. Helps you focus on something different and if you know what you like you got something tasty to look forward to after all the hard work.

Submitted by oimin0y t3_zwtq6p on December 27, 2022 at 11:27 PM

11 comments

LPT: If you react emotionally about someone else using one brand or technology vs. another, you should take a step back and evaluate your priorities, or "touch grass" as the kids say these days.

Submitted by RehabilitatedAsshole t3_11dhuqm on February 27, 2023 at 5:45 PM

21 comments

LPT: Never agree with anything the same day you hear it

Submitted by [deleted] t3_10pwdsj on January 31, 2023 at 11:10 AM

15 comments

LPT: Pack a "Go" bag.

Submitted by Chris_Moyn t3_z72j2n on November 28, 2022 at 5:28 PM

17 comments

LPT: trick yourself into being interested in/excited about something you’re not.

Submitted by piutartufi t3_11a61pm on February 23, 2023 at 7:16 PM

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LPT: Buy a comforter/quilt/bedspread one size larger than your mattress

Submitted by BlondeDingbat t3_1176pqw on February 20, 2023 at 1:31 PM

10 comments

LPT: Gaming chairs suck, buy an office chair

Submitted by sandwichboy41 t3_10d2xpw on January 16, 2023 at 2:46 AM

30 comments

LPT: before buying a new computer part (e.g. a GPU), google its name followed by "issue" or "malfunction" so you know what are the possible problems and how common they are

Submitted by ilikecappuccino t3_z8ed53 on November 30, 2022 at 2:26 AM

14 comments