30 Life Hacks That Totally Backfired
‘I knocked my toothbrush off the shelf and peed on it’
New tips and tricks crop up every day, each of them claiming to make our lives easier. Obviously, it’s impossible for all of them to work, and the following Redditors have the scars to prove it. One of them tried a hack to combat tiredness, which involved holding their breath to increase their heart rate, which supposedly staves off sleep. While he neglected to provide more details, he said that “driving down the highway at 2 a.m. isn’t a good time for that to backfire.” We’ll take his word for it.
Other Redditors revealed the life hacks they’ve attempted that resulted in catastrophe, and in more than one instance, it seems like a better idea to just scratch your bug bites.
