How I lifehacked my way into a corner

[Richard_Kirk]

@GulliverFoyle

Also, why not allocate a portion of your time for trying those speculative things out? The value of a laboratory isn’t a return on it’s immediate costs, but the unexpected gains you’d miss if you never experimented.

I think it may be a bit worse than that. Cory has 20 feet of books to read. He can’t afford to re-read old books. That sounds like someone saying they have a lot of work to do, and they just haven’t the time to calibrate their instrument.

Also, my favourite quote: “Rules are made for the guidance of wise men, and the obedience of fools.” (Douglas Bader).

But Cory’s a clever guy, and he’s aware of the problem, so doubtless he’ll come up with something. My personal suggestion would be for Cory to grant himself one token per week, redeemable that week only so you can’t stockpile them, for one subversive, non-lifehack-optimal activity.

[Israel_B]

@marence

But hipsters and Pinterest users like to think they invented all the shortcuts.

Every generation thinks they invented sex

@noahdjango

It’s way easier to just grab and scoop up a bite in the chopsticks

Even easier to use your fingers for salad!

[PhasmaFelis]

Cory loves mentioning his personal connections with the people he’s writing about, but this is the first time I’ve seen him do it with an abstract concept.

[anon67018654]

@anon75430791

Now picture someone using chopsticks in a movie theater.

I don’t even want to imagine popcorn in movie theaters. Last time I went there I gave them up for good. Constantly flashing screen and the horrible munching sounds like cattle feeding.

[anon67018654]

@Amstrad

They make chopsticks designed specifically for that second one (cooking). The basic difference is that they’re at least twice as long as normal chopsticks.

We call them “tongs”.

@chuck007

Hipster much?

I carry a set of cutlery and titanium chopsticks, so probably yes. Still means that I can eat halfway decently even on the go instead of bothering with mostly useless plastic or flimsy wood forks and spoons and keep my fingers clean.

[someguy]

Man, I spent an hour trying to land the joke before I realized it wasn’t a game.

[sarc]

did ‘life hacking’ replace that word …hobbies

[Gyrofrog]

@kennykb

I’ve never been terribly fond of the more ‘extreme’ variants of the ‘lifehacking’ culture. Their proponents sound like overzealous HR managers, always exhorting me that everything I do in life has to be oriented toward some goal or other.

You made me think of this guy. John Dos Passos’ fictionalized version portrayed him as dying with his thumb on a stopwatch.

[Gyrofrog]

That said, I still miss this:

[shmello]

It’s cool. In your 50’s, choice starts coming back…

Let’s see… Meds or food?