Why? Because if the item turns out to be damaged or missing, you'll have an easier time when attempting to dispute charges with seller or financial institution.

Not just for packages, but any thing you buy at a store, you should just film yourself when opening them so you have evidence in case anything goes wrong.

Also secondary LPT related to this topic: In some countries (in the USA at least), using a credit card has better consumer protections than a debit card. Just make sure to pay off the balance at the end of the month so you don't incur interest.

I used to be in the small beer business and I can tell you that 95% of the time a microbrewery randomly has a raspberry or strawberry or blueberry ot whatever offering its almost without fail a beer that has gone "off" when fermenting. A beer being "off" won't make you sick or anything, but it does impart a harsh flavor, many times it will be bacto infection that hints towards vinegar. Smaller breweries don't want to toss whole cycles (shortsighted, I know), so instead they dump massive amounts of fruit flavorings to cover it up. Or turn it into a "shandy"

I implore you all to stop purchasing any seasonal shandys or fruit beers that they don't regularly advertise. The whole thing is a bruise on the industry.

Edit: Some people are interpreting this to say that fruit beers are bad, or are all repurposed. The point is just buyer beware, it's an incredibly common way to save batches that don't taste right.

And yeah... most small brewers despise brett and adjacent bacterias, with a passion... it's just stupid invasive in any system that isn't all metal and glass, and even then still can somehow find it's way.

This is something I honed during grad school. It helped me when I lived with a roommate, myself, and now with a young family (although kids will actively reverse this process so its a challenge).

-Tidying is an all day long, active process that you should master breaking down to the minutiae. For example, start with identifying an object in one room that belongs in another room. When you go to that room, take the object with you and put it away. I've now come to a point that as I put a stack of clean plates away, on my way back I'll grab dirty dishes from the table. This way Im unloading the dishwasher and tidying the table at the same time. Try not to make tidying a chore, but rather something you do along the way. If you have a lot of objects that don't belong in your room, I find a crate or something to isolate them into is a good start. Multiple crates or bags for different rooms is even better. -cleaning is a chore. Washing dishes, cleaning the toilet, etc. Tidying is to assist in this process by eliminating an extra objects and to help setup (ex: I like to bring my cleaning products to the bathroom when I go and just set them aside)

Then your password text won't look like a password, but as a meaningless text inside the mess.

It can be on any handwritten paper, such as outdated invoice, old unused reminders or notes, etc.

For the last few months my airpods have been a very quiet. I thought it was because they were getting old and the batteries were dying. After a quick scrub with some cotton buds dipped in isopropyl alcohol they sound like new again!

Really let the cleaning alcohol soak in there and dissolve all of that nasty earwax, and don't forget to let them dry before using them.

Do it now if you can, it only takes a minute :)

If you will be stuck with having to pay back student loan debt, you may have an out. Many times, these loans have been purchased, re-purchased, and generally passed around through various debt servicers. Someone along the way may have dropped the ball, i.e. the chain of ownership of the debt. Regardless, sending a debt validation letter will provide you more information about whom the original owner was, the amount claimed that you owe, who currently owns the debt, etc.

Here is a site that walks you through creating a debt validation letter for a fee:

https://www.solosuit.com/posts/make-debt-validation-letter-guide

They even provide a template if you don't want to pay:

https://dgkb7ybxr0cqd.cloudfront.net/Debt-Validation-Letter-template.pdf

What to do if the debt collector cannot validate your debt but is still demanding you pay:

https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/debt-collection-faqs#report

If you really don't want someone to read what you've written in any way you can't use tipex (whiteout) since the inpression of the pen or pencil might be visible through the paper. Scribbling over with straight lines might still let someone pick out letters. The best way is, with the same writing device preferably, to write random words/letters over your text until it's sufficient obfuscated. It becomes almost impossible to discern what was originally written.

If someone you know constantly makes reproductive anatomy or other borderline jokes and you think they should stop just play dumb. After the joke just say (with a straight face) that you don't get it. When they have to explain it it the joke satisfaction is gone and then more technical words need to be used to explain it making red flags pop up for them and anyone listening. They might get in trouble and you won't need to confront the behavior directly.

Works especially well in the military (even better if it's a superior).

It might be hard distinct between the things you need to the things you want.

If you do see the distinction, prefer the things you need, even though they are not going along with the things you want, and even though you are used to prefer the things you want.

The things you need might be unique to yourself, than the things you want which might be unique to your surroundings.

This is a quite simple tutorial on how to get services for free. I won't waste your time, and get straight too it...

1. Go to one of the following: ApkMody PlatinMods Sbenny

2. Look up the service you want for free, for example, if you wanted spotify, then look up Spotify

3. Download the modded app

4. Install & enjoy your free service

All three of these sites are well known in the modding community to provide good content. You don't have to worry about viruses, or malware. And if you are that worried, then you can scan them with something like Exodus.

Modders will typically not only mod the service to get it for free, but also remove trackers, loggers, etc. from the apps.

ApkMody has some adjunk, so make sure to have an adblocker. PlatinMods & Sbenny are private forums for HQ mods, roms, etc. They don't have any ads, but will require you to sign up, and participate a little bit to get your content. It's more of a give & take system, rather than just take.

Hope you all enjoy!