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to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago

What life hack is so simple yet so effective, you're shocked more people don't know about it?

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What life hack is so simple yet so effective, you're shocked more people don't know about it?

@return2ozma@lemmy.world
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  • @livingcoder@programming.dev
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    78•1 year ago

    You can just pinch the end of a banana to start peeling it. The effort required is far less than trying to overcome the ripping force of the stem.

    • @AchtungDrempels@lemmy.world
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      12•1 year ago

      Monkeys peel bananas also like this.

      • @Ogeon@programming.dev
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        6•1 year ago

        https://youtube.com/shorts/c6kNX2HusaM

        • @IMongoose@lemmy.world
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          8•1 year ago

          I love how it skillfully peels the banana and then eats the peel anyway. Amazing.

          • @5too@lemmy.world
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            2•1 year ago

            But not the stem!

      • AnyOldName3
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        6•1 year ago

        Bananas are the way they are through millenia of selective breeding, so there’s no reason to think that monkeys know anything we don’t. If pinching the bottom is easier than bending the stem, your banana isn’t ripe yet and doesn’t want to be eaten until later.

        • @Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca
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          7•1 year ago

          A) that seems backwards: an under ripe banana will be stiff inside so you can snap the peel around the stem when you bend it, while a riper, softer banana will mush inside when you bend the stem. And,

          B) like I give a fuck what a banana wants

          • AnyOldName3
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            9•1 year ago

            A) The peel becomes easier to tear faster than the inside gets softer. You don’t need to snap it, it doesn’t need nearly enough tension to count as a snap once it’s ripe.

            B) The banana’s been selectively bred to want to be as delicious as possible. It only wants you to be happy.

            • @Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca
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              10•1 year ago

              I’d like to apologize for my remarks regarding banana

        • @AchtungDrempels@lemmy.world
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          7•1 year ago

          Have you ever tried opening a banana from the bottom like described in the comment?

          • AnyOldName3
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            8•1 year ago

            Yes. Every time, it’s gone less well than opening a banana from the stem end, unless the banana was horrendously underripe. I’ve never had the problem the alternative approach is claiming to fix unless I’ve intentionally opened the banana badly on purpose to prove a point about the problem really being people opening from the stem end incompetently.

            • @Twista713@lemmy.world
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              5•1 year ago

              While I can concede your point that it’s feasible and possibly even more practical to open from the stem, I gotta say that since switching to the other end years ago(because I saw a similar thread on reddit), it’s been super easy and I’ve had zero issues. The stem just has a higher rate of fucking up, but it’s not like either end will fully decimate the banana. Peeling properly after it’s opened is an easy fix either way.

      • @AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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        4•1 year ago

        Exactly. The professionals showed us the way.

    • @ShadowAndFlame@mander.xyz
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      11•1 year ago

      And then you have a handle to hold it by when you get to the end (beginning?)!

    • @marx2k@lemmy.world
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      10•1 year ago

      I just use my fingernail to make a small cut at the stem end and then it’s super easy to peel that back

      • @absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz
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        1•1 year ago

        This is the way.

    • @DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca
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      That’s way too slow.

      Take one end in each hand, hold it “like a frown” in front of you.
      Bend it in half downward and bite the peak of the bend with one of your canines.
      when it snaps open, shove one half of the banana into your mouth, (chew if needed, then) swallow.
      Shovel the other half into your mount, (chew if needed, then) swallow.

      • @livingcoder@programming.dev
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        5•1 year ago

        I was today-years-old when I learned the ideal way to eat a banana.

        • @irreticent@lemmy.world
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          3•1 year ago

          And that’s only the oral method.

    • @EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9•1 year ago

      My partner hates when I open bananas like this because there’s a little dark part of the banana under that end of the peel that she calls “The Ban-anus” and thinks it’s gross even if I pick off that part and don’t eat it.

    • @Faresh@lemmy.ml
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      6•1 year ago

      I don’t get the banana trick. What do I do after pinching? I just end up ripping through the skin of one while trying it out.

      • @livingcoder@programming.dev
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        1•1 year ago

        It basically allows you to start peeling immediately.

    • @Zahille7@lemmy.world
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      5•1 year ago

      Fuck you, I’ll keep peeling the banana stem-first!

    • @zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
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      5•1 year ago

      This also prevents those weird banana strings from forming!

    • _thisdot
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      3•1 year ago

      That feels wrong! Also what’s the scale of the banana in your picture? 2 bananas?

    • @CyberMonkey404@lemmy.ml
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      3•1 year ago

      People peel from the stem? What?!

    • @gazter@aussie.zone
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      1•1 year ago

      Why even peel at all? https://youtu.be/L1QVp55ehvs?si=W1vfyguSovNK7SmG

      • @livingcoder@programming.dev
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        5•1 year ago

        Just reposting without the tracker: https://youtu.be/L1QVp55ehvs

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