Ah, finally I can share mine that i learned a while ago.
Using hand soap , you know these soap bars when washing hands.
Put water on one hand, grab the soap bar with the DRY HAND and rub the var against the wet hand. Then put down the soap bar hand rub hands and wash like ordinary.
The bar will not be soggy, crack or look nasty or leave a puddle of half dilluted soap,instead it will stay in really good shape and almost no soap will be wasted on the puddle below it. And the soap will jist last for ages this way and still be effective.
Maybe we just forgot this way and that is why the liquid soap has taken over, in my house we have one toilet where guests usually uses and there the hand soap bar gets ruined really quickly so we replaced it with a liquid soap dispenser…but it always surpises me how often it needs to be refilled.
you just changed my life
Earlier this year I found out you’re supposed to run the sink water until it’s hot, then start your dishwasher. Also sprinkle in some powder detergent inside the door, especially if there is a tray for PreWash detergent.
You watched the video, didn’t you
A video, I don’t know if it’s the video.
Definitely the video
I haven’t watched any videos about dishwashers ever since I don’t own one but I’m 100% sure we’re talking about Technology Connections.
I haven’t watched it but if TC recommends it I’m onboard.
You are absolutely right!
The mad lad. He’s an international treasure. He has that CGP Grey about him that makes him one of my Hall of Fame educators/YouTubers. Can watch ANYTHING he makes for days.
Not recent, but I spent the majority of my teenage years dealing with awfully frizzy and unmanageable hair because I was shampooing daily (also using an excessive amount). I was under the impression that you need to thoroughly shampoo all oils away every time you shower in order to be “clean.” When I moved to university and no longer had parents around to tell me that I stink, my hygiene standards became more… relaxed, but I was surprised that my hair was a lot healthier!
it varies from person to person. I have very oily skin and hair.
about 30 minutes after a shower where I use an oil stripping soap my skin looks like I rubbed Vaseline all over it.
I have to routinely soak/bleach my sheets/pillows to remove all the oil.
at this point I’m surprised the US army hasn’t invaded my ass.
I also have very oily skin, albeit my hair isn’t quite as bad. Washing daily didn’t make it any less oily, just a lot less manageable
lmao
Same issue here. Turns out when you strip all the oil off your skin/scalp, your body puts a lot of work into re-oiling it up. Now I’ve got to a point where I only need to wash my hair a couple times per week. It took a while to get there, with some days when I would have greasy-looking hair, but the longer you can push back the next wash, the better.
sounds like you need a conditioner, certain shampoos do dry out the hair more.
Have relationships. Turns out I can’t do it all all by myself and if someone isn’t willing to or able to work with me it’s not a viable relationship
That sounds more like the other person(s) we’re doing it wrong.
Tying my shoes wrong my entire life.
I love that site. It’s such a weirdly specific thing to be obsessed with.
Ian is a legend. I’m so glad I saw his knot’s 30th anniversary video 2 decades ago & never looked back to any other kind of knot on regular shoes. Hiking & survival/useful knots is another whole story (one that I still am endeavoring into).
This discovery lead me to eventually changing to the Ian knot. Now I can’t even remember how to do it any other way.
Oh my god.
I do a square knot. It’s not going to come untied and I don’t need to double knot it. It’s also just as easy to untie.
Opening cereal/fruit/granola bars and similar foil wrappers. I would tear them on the serrated part and then only a sliver of the wrapper would come off and I’d have to try to widen the resulting hole in order to extract the bar, often crumbling part of it in the process. However, quite by accident I discovered that if I instead ignore the serration and tear against that foldy seam part that runs down the entire bar, then it separates right down the middle like magic and I can easily remove the bar. Often works on 8/16oz cheese too.
I traveled with some Thai monks who would tear the whole side off bags of chips turning them into a bowl to share.
Another kitchen one. I always assumed the strongest water flow was closest to the faucet, but actually the water just about to hit the sink works better. This discovery has been useful for rinsing out things like cake icing tips and tea infusers.
Potential energy getting converted to kinetic energy on the way down :)
Plus the stream seems to adhere into a narrower cross-section lower down, further increasing pressure, at least with aerated faucets. It could just be the result of lengthening from increased velocity, which may not actually lead to increased pressure.
when those types of wrappers were first introduced to things like mass market candy bars, some of them had instructions printed on them… ‘tear here’ with an arrow and such.
I started looking up basic stuff after I saw a video of that guy who would shit in his hand in the bathroom and thought that was normal.
Turns out I was brushing my teeth backwards, you’re supposed to use mouthwash, then floss, then brush, and don’t spit.
you’re supposed to use mouthwash, then floss, then brush, and don’t spit.
every dentist I have ever gone to in 50 years it’s always been; brush, floss, wash. always spit.
even people I have dated brushed like this.
not saying you’re wrong…but you might want to verify your sources.
Mouthwash not necessary. Statistically flossing first then brushing has cleaner teeth, but functionally dental professionals just want you to be flossing at all so we won’t judge you for flossing after. Spit and leave residual fluoride toothpaste on teeth.
That’s crazy, I do floss, brush, then mouthwash. It just makes more sense to me : flossing is mechanically speaking the “rawest” operation, as in it frees interdental space from big chunks which allows the brush to get in there and remove leftovers, and then mouthwash applies a protective film over it all. But maybe it’s all a movie I’m directing in my head
Funny that everyone here has different orders. After consulting a few sources, I settled on: floss (with a water flosser), (infrequent) mouthwash, brush.
Since I’m using a water flosser that’s thoroughly hitting all around my teeth, not just the gaps, it actually does the bulk of the physical gunk removal with not much else to it, so it goes first.
Mouthwash is next but I actually skip it more often than not and haven’t seen negative effects. It turns out that overusing mouthwash can harm the good biome in your mouth, though I imagine if you’re feeding your biome lots of sugar, soda and juices especially, you’ll need to prune it down with mouthwash more often. I drink water almost exclusively.
Brushing basically has to go last if you want the protective fluoride layer to not get washed out. Acting against that though, I know about the advice to not rinse, but that just feels wrong, so I still do a very quick rinse.
Why flossing after brushing? Thats like cleaning the floor then removing dirt and rocks off the bottom of your shoes onto the floor
that’s why I floss then mouthwash. no rinse.
swish for like 2 minutes spit, wipe, and on with my day.
While flossing either eay is far superior to not flossing at all, new studies show flossing before brushing helps the most
Every reply to this is about brushing teeth but I’m more interested in “that guy who would shit in his hand in the bathroom and thought that was normal”
What the fuck?!?
Are you talking about not spitting mouthwash or toothpaste? Either way, you absolutely are supposed to spit. Every toothpaste I’ve ever used has directions not to swallow it.
I feel like they might be confusing their terminology up a bit. Yes to spitting, but you aren’t then supposed to swill your mouth out with water (or mouthwash) afterwards.
Oh, gotcha! Someone else mentioned a similar thing in another comment lower down too, so that makes sense.
You shouldn’t be using antiseptic mouthwash all the time
I read it was too make a sterile environment for the micro abrasions from flossing and brushing but idk I’m not a mouth scientist.
Or you can just brush. For me mouthwash is something to use if you’re too tired to stand around brushing or in too much of a rush or need to re-clean your mouth after a snack.
But yeah when I use both I do mouthwash first because slushy liquids are more likely to remove toothpaste on the tooth surface.
i learned a trick, if you have water flosser you can fill it up partially with the mouthwash to help clean better before flossing with the strings. also another side thing, apparently you shouldnt use moutwash excessively as it reduces the good microbiome in your mouth.
the blue one with cpc does help with inflammation, of the gums, also works on canker sores(helps it heal faster, doesnt stop it if its already a fully formed one), and some forms of sore throat.
I learned that soap is a salt and that acids like vinegar break it down and kind of rerelease the fatty acid that made it up.
It was very gross.
Seems like a fun experiment. Especially with a kid who likes gross stuff
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I learned that, even though automotive fluid containers are #2: HPDE, they are not accepted by many recycling centers–including my local streetside pickup–because they’re not BPA free.
Oops.
Not me, but I just discovered that my spouse is inept at closing doors
Edit: I was angry when I commented this. Also my deleted comment was a result of Comment Mitosis™ Feel free to downdoot it just because. I did.
You gotta elaborate on this, lol
Nope. Live with the mystery. 😜
In all seriousness though, I was angry when I made that comment
My Aeropress, I just plunge right away now, all this hoo ha about steeping. I cannot tell the difference.
Saves me minutes every day and so much less effort.
also apparently with coffee-press you have to use filters, otherwise you also get the oily cafestol, which can potentially raise your cholesterol. i looked at the aeropress, they have thier own filters.
i find out the coffee people in the subs a little to excessive with thier coffe, you must steep it correctly, ooh we need this and that kettle, we need to bloom it this or that way. these people have way too time on thier hands, which is why its for people who are generally well off.
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Not too long ago I learned that you’re not supposed to rinse your mouth out after brushing your teeth, but instead just spit out the toothpaste. Apparently you’re supposed to leave a coating of it on your teeth for it to work properly.
As a kid I learned from the dentist that you should massage your gums with the toothbrush. I’ve recently learned that you should absolutely not and this is why I have retracted gums and exposed roots that hurt like a motherfucker.
Childhood dentist that is probably long dead, I wish you bad thoughts wherever you are.
I learned that same lie from that liar ass little dinosaur cartoon fucker.
Supposedly it depends on how hard your bristles are and how hard you brushed. Soft and gentle is the key as I heard (hadnt yet had my date to confirm it.
not with the toothbrush head lol. there are gum massages which are soft silicone points.
My dental hygienist recently said that if you vomit you’re not supposed to brush your teeth right away. You’re supposed to rinse your mouth out with water to balance the pH levels and after a little while then you can brush.
Yep, same with drinks especially acidic stuff! I was told NOT to brush straight after juice, soda, etc. because it actually screws up your enamel. Bit late, my enamel is fkd but yeah my dentist said to wait an hour after drinking and eating. And then not to have anything including water for half an hour after brushing! They say to leave a coating of toothpaste on my teeth for as long as possible after brushing. I hate it honestly lol, I always want water 😭
Growing up I was definitely told the opposite lol especially with vomiting and with soft drink (soda, coke etc)!
rinsing with water should help neutralize the acidity/balance it, i always rinse with water before brushing. also it keeps the toothbrush cleaner.
… who would not rinse their mouth first thing after vomiting …?
Some people want to brush immediately to get the taste out faster, but that can damage teeth
the acid from the vomit/stomach acid eats away at the enamel, brushing increasing the degradation faster. also could eat a tablet or 2 of tums or equivalent.
Fair enough.
I like to savour the flavor 🤤
I’ve heard this before too, but no way, need a good rinse, and don’t get toothpaste residue on the towel or anywhere, rinse well, mouth, hands and brush. The dentist has given my teeth great reviews for decades now from brush 2x a day, floss as needed and rinse the tp well. I get fluoride in the water too so it hasn’t been an issue for my teeth at least.
It takes long enough after brushing and rinsing well to not have the odd tastes from eating as it is, but maybe not an issue for others and that would be nice.
Same, dentists said my teeth were excellent when I didn’t follow various tips like: don’t rinse, don’t use more than a pea of toothpaste, brush in circles. I do the 2nd and 3rd one now but I’m never going to stop doing water rinse. I’ve tried, but it doesn’t really help. the water rinse allows me to feel clean
Eye opening
Where did you learn this? I’ve never heard this recommendation before and it sounds pretty out there.
Edit: it turns out that apparently both the American Dental Association and the National Health Service of the UK recommend not rinsing immediately after brushing. Huh, TIL.
I noticed a big decrease in plaque after I stopped rinsing.
That would be a great result that I look forward to.
i mean… how else would flouride do its job if you rinse it off immediately? my routine is: floss, mouthwash, brush.
Sure, it makes sense now that I’ve seen the recommendations, but previously I just assumed that it worked instantly on contact. I’m guessing that the majority of people haven’t considered the mineral deposition rate of fluoride in toothpaste. :)
I heard it straight from my Dentist (in Canada) just this last month. I was also blown away, been rinsing for decades…
Same here. I’m glad your dentist told you though.
The flouride in toothpaste doesn’t work if you rinse it off immediately. You should not eat or drink for at least 30 minutes after brushing.
Get a mouthwash with floride in it. Floss to get everything out, rinse, brush to clean everything, rinse, take a drink of water cause you won’t have any for a bit, mouthwash to polish everything up, don’t eat or drink for as long as possible (like right before bed so it stays clean)
Funny, those 30 minutes I something I did by default since it feels wrong to directly bring those clean, vulnerable teeth into immediate contact with anything.
i just reapply it sometimes, granted it uses more. but its cheap enough you can get toothpaste in bulk. i use stannous flouride, and potassium nitrate.
Got it, thanks, I’ve updated my comment.
It makes sense if you think about it. The flouride needs to rest on your teeth to harden them properly.
I’ve updated my comment. I wouldn’t have intuitively thought about this because why would I think that it would take time for Fluoride to take effect, or that whatever is left after rinsing wouldn’t do the job? Thanks.
I’m not them, but I first heard this in one of the early episodes of A Problem Squared podcast. Edutainment, baby!
Toothpaste instructions often tell you to rinse with a small amount of water, but dentists here always say not to.
And floss before brushing, so you can rinse goop out before the toothpaste goes in.
i floss after. rinse with water>brush>floss.
I have the same logic about flossing personally, but I’ve asked my dentist/dental hygenist multiple times and they’ve all said the order for flossing doesn’t matter.
My dentist said the same, but I still think it’s gross that people brush first and then dig the rotting food and bacteria out of their gums and into their clean mouths.
it’s more about practicalilty. when in flossing, stuff might get loosened but still be partially stuck in my wire, or just stick to be back of my teeth
if I floss first, I can just go straight to brushing and not have to get that little piece unstuck separately
this really helps to optimize my time efficiency in my life, allowing me precious more seconds to doomscroll
My dentist has also said the order doesn’t matter. My guess is that the benefits of flossing at all outweigh any small benefits from doing it in a specific order. I’m also assuming most dentists are just happy if you floss and don’t want to nitpick on technique unless it’s causing issues.
i heard some people from my dentist, floss to excessively, like sawing too aggresively, and not sliding. i dont used the waxed version now, apparently people dont like the pfas chemicals on it, so people do use expanding floss
this is nonsense.
you’re not suppose to eat/drink after brushing, esp anything acidic.
because you want the fluoride in the toothpaste to stay on your teeth. and it’s like 10-15m.
you are suppose to rinse your mouth. just like you rinse the flouride treatment at the dentist.
After a a treatment at the dentist you spit, not rinse.
you need to rinse to spit.
How long does the treatment sit on your teeth before rinsing?
flouride treatment? it was like 10-15m. then they took out the trays and you rinsed your mouth out. and they told you to not eat anything for 20m so the flouride had more time to absorb, because any friction on your teeth would scrap it off.
toothpaste also has fluoride and the idea is the same.
So you’re saying it sat on your teeth for 15 minutes prior to rinsing?
yes, that’s how ever flouride treatment I ever had worked… because your in a dentists office.
toothpaste isn’t a flouride treatment. it’s toothpaste.
My dentist has never asked me to rinse my mouth with water after the flouride mouthwash (or the trays back in the day)
cool, mine tells me to rinse my mouth after everything. every visit i rinse my mouth like six times.
You may want to find out why.
https://staging.aapd.org/globalassets/media/publications/archives/stookey-08-02.pdf
There are studies from 40 years ago saying it’s a bad idea.
Still plenty of toothpastes without fluoride.
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At some point there is a limit.
Yes but that limit is not in toothpaste.
You have been misinformed about fluoride in toothpaste and water. Please take the time to inform yourself and trust in facts, not propaganda.
Not meaning any disrespect or negativity towards you, just a heads up.
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Are you imagining that toothpaste and municipal water supplies contain hydrofluoric acid? That’s like saying hydrogen peroxide, H2O2, contains water, H2O.
And what the hell is fluoride jelly and why do you need it?
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I think you need to retake chemistry then, right now you’re the one spreading misinformation. The Wikipedia article is about a completely unrelated compound.
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Maybe because it is far more concentrated than the fluoride in toothpaste or water.
You know, like the difference in alcohol between a 4% alcohol beer and 95% alcohol Everclear
The fluoride concentration in toothpaste is not high enough to cause toxicity if not rinsed out. Don’t eat mouthfuls of it, but the small amount left after brushing is beneficial for enamel. Ask literally any qualified dentist. Literally a couple weeks back, my dentist suggested that I can put a little dab on a tender spot of my tooth after brushing before going to sleep to target it.
i do that, sometimes i do postbrush, apply some toothpaste if i somehow rinsed after brushing. the sensitivity toothpaste works best for a tooth that maybe sensitive. you have to eat so much toothpaste to even get poisoned by the flouride. it was only ever concerns for children that are still going. some adults actually believe you still can get flourosis from toothpaste.
while i was looking at toothpastes to buy, online people are obsessed with the ones that whiten thier teeth(mildly or otherwise), they think flouride free they feel “more cleaner” they dont realize some of these off-brand toothpaste that has whitening, especially nHA(is apparently abrasive too) is just cleaning the plaque, food better than normal colgate, or crest. because its more abrasive, obviously some complained it dint change thier teeth health, thier cavaties returned, or it did nothing because its non-abrasive.
alot of these toothpaste has so much mintoil it can cause a burning sensation and some can cause allergies on the lips.
I’m flabbergasted
