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30 People Who Are Ridiculously Clever And Winning At Life
Work smart, not hard.
D.G. Sciortino
05.16.19

Life can be hard sometimes. But every now and then some of us are clever enough to slightly bend the rules to make our lives a little easier.

It’s called innovation… OK! And humans are exceptionally bright when it comes to innovation.

Some of these innovations can save us time and money. But sometimes human can be less than honest to achieve their desired results. Still, their brilliance should count for something and be applauded.

Here Are 30 People Who Are Ridiculously Clever And Winning At Life:

1) Giving The Finger To Baggage Fees

Airlines used to allow a piece of luggage and a carry-on bag with your ticket. Now they charge you for luggage by weighing it because modern-day capitalism requires companies to continually grow their profits. This guy doesn’t give a crap about making sure this airline’s CEO grows its profits. He’s beating the system and trying to make his bag weigh a little less.

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2) How To Win Arguments With Your Spouse

Good relationships are built on honesty. But if you’re not really interested in that type of thing, this guy has a solution for you. Who knows if it’s real but he is definitely charging a hefty rate for his services. I guess dishonesty and manipulation come at a high price.

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3) How To Get Found First

Is your area prone to earthquakes or other natural disasters? This person has a great survivalist tip. Put sausages in your pockets. It will help the search dogs find you faster.

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4) Fighting Depression With Food

Many people will fight depression with food. Here’s a clever hack for that. Crying and eating caramel gives you salted caramel. No extra cooking necessary.

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5) Cheating The Word Count

Think about all the time (and money) you’ve spent in school learning useless information and working on projects that have no real-world applications. Yes, it’s disheartening. So, this person thought it was fair to cheat a little on their paper. Good for them!

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6) Making Bath Time Lots of Fun

Giving our pets a bath can be a truly stressful situation. But this person figured out how to make it a breeze but putting a little peanut butter on the wall to distract the dog. This is absolutely genius.

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7) Pizza Iron

Is your osven and or toaster oven broken? Are you traveling and don’t have access to one? Some people use irons to heat up their leftover pizza in a pinch.

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8) Some Of Us Are Born With It

Some people are just born with that genius gene. Take this kid for example. He used a sturdy plastic bag and used it like he was in a sack race to cover his shoes while walking in the snow.

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9) Best Way To Hide Your Goods

Need to hide your valuables? This is a brilliant idea. Just stick it in a clean diaper and roll it up. This way it looks like a dirty diaper which people will be sure to steer clear of.

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10) Lifehack For Cheap Dudes

This guy came up with what he thinks is a clever lifehack to save him some money. But he’s probably never used it and probably doesn’t date much if this is the way he thinks. Try it at your own risk!

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11) How To Find A Seat On The Subway

Want a nice seat on the subway? Take a tip from this guy. He made a scene so people would run away and leave their seats empty.

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12) DIY Hedge Trimmer

Trimming the hedges can be labor intensive. This guy came up with a great way to make it easier. He’s also saving money by buying only one piece of equipment. Behold the DIY hedge trimmer.

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13) Scheme For Hugs

This guy wanted hugs so he devised a scheme to get them. And it worked. He also probably could have just asked.

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14) DIY Windshield Wiper

Humans are amazingly resilient. They have the ability to overcome and adapt to a great many things. Like this guy whose windshield wiper broke and had to improvise.

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15) Spoon Security

Want to make sure nobody is spying on you while you’re cruising on the internet? Get yourself some spoon security. It’s real cheap.

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16) Megaroll

Tired of paying for toilet paper all the time? You can save lots of money with the mega roll. You’ll also never be stranded on the john.

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17) How To Get Everyone Off Of Your Back

This is another brilliant for-hire idea. It’s the perfect way to get your relatives off your back when it comes to marriage and having children. I wonder what this guy charges.

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18) Help Your Buddy Become A Citizen

This guy discovered a great way to help people with their immigration status. All he has to do is marry one of his friends. He’ll even pretend to be gay if it helps his friend.

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19) AirPods

Do you have AirPods? Do you often lose them? You might want to try piercing your ears to keep them in place.

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20) Boot Hero

Have you ever gotten your car booted? It’s a major pain in the butt. This guy got around it in a most brilliant way. He just changed the tire on his car.

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21) No Wheels… Except

This place has a lot of rules. This guy found the perfect work around. They never said anything about unicycles.

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22) Let The People Drink

Companies will come up with crazy rules just to overcharge people. This establishment had a workaround. They gave it away for free with the purchase of a single peanut.

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23) Too Smart

This kid is going places. He was told he couldn’t bring the tablet into the kitchen and food isn’t allowed in the living room. Here’s what he came up with.

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24) One Smart Cookie

Marcus must have gotten the wrong impression about Denise. Her response to him is pretty clever though. Technically he got what he asked for. This is the best hack when asked to send inappropriate pictures.

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25) What Agreement?

If you break the seal, you accept this license. But he didn’t’ break the seal. So, agreement not accepted.

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26) Not Paying

The signs are very clear here. And so is this guy’s intention. Payment avoided.

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27) How To Get On The Guest List

Want something? Go get it. Your confidence will get you there more often than not.

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28) Subway Work Around

New York City banned dogs on the subway. Unless that dog can fit in a bag. So the people of NYC improvised with their big dogs.

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29) You Can’t Stop A Party

This kid wanted to throw a party when his parents were away. But his parent installed a camera to spy on him. So he printed a picture of what the camera was pointed at and then he pointed the camera at the picture. Problem solved!

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30) Where Are You?

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He told a girl he was at home. In bed. And he had the picture to prove it.

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