It was soft and squishy, luxuriously soft and deliciously juicy...just begging to be licked and sucked - I was happy to oblige. I pushed my fingers into the wet interior and enjoyed the feeling of flesh parting and the juice explosion in response...a glorious feeling and a moment that lingered.
Last week one of the girls at work was looking at Instagram, one of those good idea accounts that show little videos of (allegedly) really cool and handy little life hacks. I fucken hate social media but because she made such a song and dance about something she'd found I went over for a look. It turned out to be a method of cutting oranges that made them super-easy to peel and eat. I called bullshit on it but the work-girl thought it would work. Ok mate, let's try that shit out and see!
The next day I brought two oranges to work with the intention for her and I to each try one as per the video to see if it was legit.
I don't eat oranges because of the sugar content; there's 17g of carbohydrates in an orange and of that 17g a grand total of 17g is sugars...so, none for me - I like oranges though and because I'm a seeker of great wisdom, I wanted to find out if this method of cutting oranges was legit. (Yes, orange cutting could be considered great wisdom.)
We both followed the instructions perfectly and...the method for cutting oranges as per that Instagram video was not legit at all...in fact, it made the whole thing a fucken juicy mess...a cluster fuck indeed. (Although I ate a small piece of that orange and enjoyed it.)
Like I've said often, I'm not at all interested in social media but I know that sometimes a few good ideas are shared around - not this orange-cutting idea though - and I wonder if you've shared, or have found, a really handy tip or life hack on social media. If you have and want to share it in the comments please go ahead.
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I also fell for instructions from social networks several times.
once when I was looking for the easiest way to peel a pomegranate, and another time when I wanted to make ginger cakes.
The dough ended up in the garbage can, as did the pomegranate, which along the way destroyed my shirt with its juice 🤣
Since then, I only trust a video clip that has not gone through editing and that goes from piece to piece, without throwing out key, failed parts...
Lol, yeah fucken pomegranates are hard to eat, tasty though.
I'm not into those videos, I'd rather come up with my own way or read a book that describes the process step by step. Like you say, mostly edited to remove the parts that didn't work. They must think people are stupid, or are just treating people like they are.
I find some DIY repair videos on YouTube helpful. Usually, when I am looking to do some electrical, plumbing, or other home repair it has been a lifesaver. Other than that, I don't have much use for most social media anymore either.
I've done the same a time or two, a legit use for the Tube.
Also, great to see you're a power upper on your wallet, considering my last post.
YT has saved me from a repair bill a couple times. It has also led me to calling a repairman a time or two.
Read your last post earlier this morning. Yep, I am about powering up. I leave a little for on chain transactions and that is it.
I rarely use YT and if I do only got to where I need and don't get distracted. Ok, got distracted a time or two, battle footage, war stuff, tanks, jets, artillery, long range shooting, air craft carriers...that sort of stuff. 😊
I will watch documentary type stuff occasionally and it is usually along the lines of what you listed above or is related to some sort of history. Not very often though.
History for sure, yeah. Or war. 😬
I love oranges, in fact I eat two a day, or mandarins. I love citrus fruits, but those net tricks... they don't work haha.
I only watch YouTube as a social network, and for example there are videos on how to remove certain stains from clothes with natural methods, for example blood... baking soda helps a lot in that, that advice has helped me.
Then there are also some tutorials. But of those you mention... there are practically no legitimate ones.
Removing stains from clothes huh? Any videos of how to get the stains onto the clothing in the first place? (I bet there is, maybe some which are not suitable for audiences under the age of 18.)
They are likely to be for adults only, be careful with videos!🤣
Baking soda is very good for many things and cheap!
I wasn’t sure how the post is gonna go looking at the title.🤣 I’m glad you had A small piece of the orange after the life hack turned out to be a juicy mess. 🍊 One day, as I came to the kitchen, my mom told me about the hack she saw on her WhatsApp video. It was of how to get milk boiling, but not overflowing. All you have to keep is a spoon, write in the middle of the Vessels opening. But the trick is to keep the milk on the SIM flame and not on the highest setting.
I like to play around with my titles now and then.
That's a great tip, does it actually work?
Yes it absolutely does on sim. ✨
Excellent...I might give this one a go.
Maybe orange cutting should be the next olympic event. I can hear the announcers now lol
Oh fuck yeah! I can't believe I didn't think of this. You're so damned smart, cute too from what I've heard. 😉
Hahaaa....my head is still stuck on that break dancing 'sport'. Someone lied.
Yeah, that break dancing thing was fucktardary at its finest.
lol@fucktardary. My word of the day...gonna see how many times I can squeeze that in. Going grocery shopping soon so should be able to get a sizeable number lol
Oh yeah, the supermarket is the perfect place to deploy it...so many fucktards committing many acts of fucktardary.
or maybe I delve into the saying... curiosity kills the cat hahahahahahahahahahahah, it happens to me consecutively not with video because I do not believe everything I see today as more things are made just to market but it has happened to me....
In fact once I wanted to make a hot punch and I had run out of cornstarch at home, I had seen in a video that using wheat flour to thicken it would be good and but it did not meet my expectations at all.
Haha, yeah I reckon many people have tried things that didn't meet expectations but worked perfectly in the doctored (edited) video they saw it on.
I'm not into social media so rarely see these videos but people seem to be addicted to them. I'd rather use the trial and error method that helped humans learn how to do things since the the beginning of the species.
AHAHA YES, a truthful form
Recently I learned always to handle pastry with wet hands. Now that's saved me a lot of time and grief. As to oranges, I reckon I've peeled and eaten thousands of them and as to 17g of carbs, I say nobody ever got ill from over eating oranges.
17g of sugar for a diabetic is bad news. Sure, insulin counteracts, but it's straight sugar and a sensible diabetic eats accordingly. Fortunately I'm sensible.
My apologies. I wasn't aware you were diabetic. I've never been ill so I tend not to think of these things before I shoot my mouth off. When I ran an office in Palermo years ago, one of the staff was diabetic. I juiced for her every day and while at first she was wary and thought it would spike her sugar level, in fact it had the opposite effect. That said, I juice a lot of veggies with just a little fruit thrown in for sweetness.
It dominates my life and a misdiagnosis of it 15 years ago has taken 10-15 years of my lifespan. I'm on the right path now though. So, an orange is not something I'm willing to risk. I'm stringent with it, fortunately I'm a disciplined chap. The only fruit I eat is some strawberries now and then. I eat loads of vegetables though, and few carbs. As I said, I'm stringent and have educated myself on those things I need to know...but I take injections of insulin to eat and will until I die, or don't want to live anymore.
No apologies needed, you didn't know.
Ever had an Ugly Orange? Or 'Tangelo' (I think they're imperceptibly different but basically the same).
It's an orange-pomelo hybrid and it's objectively the greatest fruit on the planet. Objectively.
It's an orange with superior texture and flavour, a cushion of air inside that allows you to simply pop it open, and less sugar content than you cited for oranges. Keep an eye out!
Yeah, I've seen and eaten these back in the day, a friend had a tree. Not too bad and no peeling issues as you say!
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Haha! I can't help myself.
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Good lord... Food porn.!!
I had a strong foodgasm reading that opening.
You should see the "Oh" faces I make when sucking the lemon slices they always seem to put in my sweet tea even tho I do not ask for them. But like a blazing hot sauce chicken wing. I am a sucker for a pucker...
Haha, sucker for a pucker! I reckon pooky loves your lemon face huh?
Maybe not quite as much as she used to. But I still get a laugh now and then.
She has tolerated 30 yrs. Of my goofy arse on Feb 7th 2025
Like a life sentence. 😉
It gets even worse when there’s idiots splicing videos to then pass it off as the same one lol. A lot of these life hacks are pretty stupid.
Yeah, it's mostly shit and I'm happy I don't have to waste any time looking at it. The girl at work was devastated it didn't work like in the video, I'm like, I can't believe you expected it to. Although, it would have been cool if it did.
I'm sure I have seen one or two over the years. None of them come to mind right now though, so they couldn't have been that life altering. I feel like a lot of those hacks are really just horrible and by the end you realize you just wasted ten minutes of your life. I think the videos where they make fun of how ridiculous the hacks are tend to be much better.
I've not seen those parody ones but yeah, that'd be funny. I'm not on social media so don't see much, just what someone shows me from time to time. I don't think I'm missing much at all.
I'm probably on it more than I would like to admit, but not nearly as much as some other folks out there. Also not as much as I probably was ten years ago.
I had a Facebook account once but obliterated it, deleted everything, changed the email and all, then destroyed the password to that email. It was years ago, that email address probably has a trillion, your friends miss you, emails on it.
Haha, you are probably right!
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STOPWell I can tell you that I do not believe in these supposed "influencer" accounts, because generally the content they make is focused on creating noise, it is only to generate views and that the traffic generates dividends... it is a wild way that they use to capitalize fools.
However, I have found some interesting life hacks, I share the video with you
(I have tried opening the beer with paper and have been able to do it many times.)
There's some good life hacks and some terrible made up ones that don't work...I like the former. Thanks for sharing.
Galen is not your buddy:)
Not in the least little bit. ✅