Questions tagged [comfort]
Hacks related to staying comfortable, reducing pain, and/or improving ergonomics in various situations.
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How to quickly warm up a toilet seat
In the winter, the porcelain toilet seats can get extremely cold and are just unpleasant to sit on in the event that 'doody' calls.
Is there a quick way to warm up the toilet seat to make it more ...
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Insulate pot lid
Is there something I can add to the knob on my pot lid to insulate it from the heat so I can pick it up ?
I currently have to use a pot holder to check on my chile, etc.
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Sound insulation over laminate flooring?
We recently moved in a new property it's a two bedroom flat with laminate flooring in the entrance hall and in the lounge. I bought a rug but downfloor neighbors complain when our children play, run ...
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How to reduce accidentally pressing the right-button on a trackball?
Instead of a computer mouse, I use a trackball for a pointing device. I find that it is much healthier for my wrist, elbow, and shoulder.
The only downside I experience is that I often accidentally ...
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How do one remove a muscle pain relieving patch or sticker without picking up leg hair?
How do one remove a muscle pain relieving patch or sticker without picking up leg hair? Or at least relieve the pain of picking? It is really painful.
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How do I live with noisy neighbors?
The situation
I live in a small appartment in a densely populated building (6 floors, 24 apartments per floor).
I have no furniture. I work on the floor. I sleep on the floor.
My downstairs neighbors ...
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Stopping my shirt from falling up when I run
I like jogging to school - it's good exercise, and it makes me wake up in the morning.
I have to run with my (moderately heavy) school bag on, and my bag makes the back of my shirt ride up as I run. ...
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Make a home massage bed alternative without drilling a hole in the bed?
For a professional massage, a massage bed with a hole for facing down and breathing is used. Is there any way to make one for our bed without drilling a face hole? For example, I tried to use an ...
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How to add a Headrest to this chair?
I have this chair:
Here's me sitting on the chair:
Pardon the pixelated face :)
So, my question is how do I add a headrest to this chair?
My neck starts hurting after long time sitting on the ...
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Efficient cheap way to make a door top which is glass material blurr for outsiders which prevents peeping
I live in a room where there is a transparent glass covered slot above the door. I want to cover it up but I don't want to make it completely opaque as it is the only way it wakes me up in the ...
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Jury-rig a walker for outdoor activity that might involve reaching
TL;DR:
I want to aide my mobility-limited father in modifying his walker, so it still provides some stabilty and support
even when he momentarily removes his hands from it.
Backstory
My father is ...
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Stop waking up with a crushed ear?
Sometimes when I sleep on my side, I wake up with terrific ear pain from my ear cartilage being crushed against the pillow overnight. Is there something I can use to protect my ear from being crushed ...
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Get Shampoo and Conditioner Out of My Eyes
I, and many others, have got shampoo and/or conditioner in our eyes while taking a shower. Opening your eyes will burn your eyes even more. So that means water won't help. Wiping your hands to get the ...
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What are some useful excercise which I can do to prevent back pain?
I work on desktop everyday in my office and due to this I am suffering from lower back pain. I want to know if I can really get relief from back pain by doing some form of exercise. And which physical ...
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How can I identify a pure cotton cloth?
Yesterday, i went to shop but all of the shirts of that shop was labelled with 100% cotton tag. But It don't seem to be truly 100% cotton if i touch them.
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How do I get rid of burning toothpaste in my throat?
Problem
I was brushing my teeth when a bit of toothpaste was on my lip and about to fall, I inhaled really hard and it when into my throat. My throat now burns and it feels like I have a sore throat ...
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How to comfortably carry a pen drive in any attire without risk of physical damage?
I often find pen drive necessary with me at all times. However, I'm having trouble finding an appropriate way to carry it with me.
Earlier, I used to keep it in my wallet. But carrying the wallet in ...
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How to quickly remove a splinter
Whenever I get a splinter, I have trouble getting it out. I pinch and pull at it. I bite it. I usually can't get it out for a while. When I can't get it out, it hurts to put pressure on the spot ...
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How to prevent my new shoes charging me? [duplicate]
I got already a few ideas from How can I avoid getting static shocks in the winter? .
But I think my question is still diferent in the solution being asked for, as a) I am well aware of what causes ...
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How to keep smelling fresh without perfume
I have a unknown allergy to perfumes. My breathing gets blocked from my nose up if someone near me wears perfume. I am okay with mild to low perfume.
But sometimes I feel I am not that fresh, and ...
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How to prevent static electricity/static current
I had been getting very much of static current to a point where I am afraid of touching things. Even the shock had me overturn my coffee mug on me and my laptop. But now I am afraid of touching a ...
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How To Keep Sleep Mask On While Sleeping
I have a Lewis N Clark sleep mask with a 3/4" elastic strap around the back. Trouble is it keeps falling off halfway through my sleep. If I tighten the strap then it presses uncomfortably around my ...
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Removing Pepper Juice From Eyes
I was wiping my eyes with my hands as they felt itchy and I immediately felt a sharp, burning sensation and realized that I let pepper juice (jalapeno) get into my eyes. I went to the sink and tried ...
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Prop up tablet computer angling display downwards
I like watching videos on my tablet computer while lying down on my sofa. In order to see the display without being forced to watch sideways or getting a kink in my neck, I have to hold the tablet in ...
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How to sleep with a stuffy / blocked nose?
I'm just getting over a cold, but my nose remains very stuffy / blocked. This makes sleeping difficult: I toss and turn or simply can't fall asleep at all. I've tried blowing my nose and using various ...
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How to warm up milk for the baby during a trip?
Especially during winters, it is necessary to warm up the baby's food to room temperature, relatively quickly.
We usually end up hunting a restaurant or a cafe with a microwave/hot water (and ...
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How can I “wear in” my shoes without wearing them?
I have a new pair of leather shoes, and "wearing them in" promises to be uncomfortable for a little while. In the past, I've tried to solve this problem by wearing my shoes, which isn't preferable ...
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How to prevent headphones from getting entangled? [duplicate]
As a lot of people, I am using headphones daily in order to listen music, as I don't plan to buy bluetooth one, I was wondering if you had any lifehacks to prevent them from getting tangled everytime ...
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How do I get dogs to stop chronically barking?
I have a neighbor that never shuts up their hunting dogs, and they bark constantly day and night. Is there a device or life hack to make dogs shut up?
I would like to try more passive approaches to ...
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How to minimise food spitting from sneezing
I experience this embarrassing scenario of sneezing while my mouth is full with food, and it has been happening again quite often recently(Well count myself unlucky, even when I took a friend's advice ...
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How can I increase my eating speed?
My eating speed is not as fast as normal people. In parties and other events I can't eat according to my need because of speed issue. In friends circle when we eat something they make fun of my eating ...
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How can I save my season dresses properly without any wardrobe and box?
I live in a little room don't have enough space for any wardrobe and box for saving clothes. I face difficulty when season off and I did not save my season dresses properly. So I waste a huge ...
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How to keep kajal stay in place?
I have bulging eyes so whenever I put kajal in my eyes it spread around my eyes and it looks bad.How can I keep kajal stay in eyes and do not spread.
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How can I tight jeans without stitching it?
As some of my jeans are loosed and I have to tight all these so I Can wear these again. Is there any other way to tight jeans except stitching?
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Making a comfortable noise-canceler
As someone who is oversensitive to touch, I find headphone to be painful. I can't wear an "on-hear" headphone and even the "around-hear" can be painful if I wear them for too long. Worst, if I need to ...
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How to counteract the burning sensation after eating spicy food?
Last month I bit into an unlabeled pepper that turned out to be a cayenne pepper. I spent the next two hours dunking my head into a sink full of water while my mouth burned, my eyes teared up, and my ...
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How to hide rough finished laminate/sunmica edges on furniture
I have recently did the furniture on my home. And they have not did the perfect job. All the sunmicas have rough edges at all the bends. They look very bad. Whole wardrobe and all the drawers have the ...
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How to change an unfair situation in an online community? [closed]
I have tried to post in a Reddit subdirectory and I got censor. I disagree with their rule and tried to have a private conversation with the mods and I got ban.
I created a public post on their ...
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Method for discouraging my bad habit [closed]
I have a probably-not-dangerous habit that I'd like to break. I've heard of people wearing a rubber band on their wrist and stinging themselves with it when they catch themselves doing something they'...
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In ear headphones are painful to wear, increase comfort or convert to earbuds somehow?
Update: I just sucked it up and used the tiniest tip. It was never particularly comfortable but I got used to it. Used them for a couple years for running. They broke (accidentally snapped a bud in ...
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Fast and Easy way to put-on pants (that need a belt)
Problem:
I get a lot of people dressed and when I do most of them wear belts. I usually have to put the belts on myself, but my arm span sometimes doesn't cover their waist so I have to dodge around ...
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How to keep together two mattresses placed side by side?
I have a sofa bed that can be used either as a single bed, or as a double bed when I unfold the bed frame. I generally use it as a single bed: it is more convenient and allows me to have more space in ...
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Sitting pillows of a couch keeps moving from place
I have a couch, and the sitting pillows always move from their place after a few days and I need to rearrange them.
I thought about using a strong velcro, but I'm not sure it will do the work.
Any ...
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How to make a bee go away from me?
If a bee is circling around me, how can I make it go away, without killing her (including letting her sting me)?
Today it happened (it wasn't the first time), and the bee was around for 10 minutes ...
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How can I wear my headset and glasses in a way that doesn't hurt?
I recently bought this Corsair Gaming Headset. I also wear glasses, which have thick library temples. It sometimes feels a bit uncomfortable when I'm wearing the headset, and the glasses' temples ...
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Inhaling less chalk dust while erasing blackboard during teaching
While erasing stuff written using a chalk on a blackboard, with a duster, it is commonly observed that a lot of chalkdust is released in to the air, some part of which is inhaled (largely) by the ...
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How could you get a chair with very high arm rests with large surface area parallel to ground?
Imagine this:
- Sit upright in a chair
- Stick arms out to the side so your upper body forms a T
- Using your biceps, bend your elbow 90 degrees so your fists are pointing in front of you
That's ...
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How to make sure face is not ugly without any mirror/smart phone?
The though of the presence of food items on lips or near to them after eating, presence of mucus after bathing or while suffering with cold bothers a lot.
Sometimes I realize about their presence ...
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Preventing socks from leaving marks on skin
I have a pair of socks that leave marks on the skin. Since I can't throw them away, I need a solution that helps me wear these socks without leaving any mark and feel comfortable as well. Any ...
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How to make my bony shoulder comfortable for resting head on?
I am not underweight, but I am tall and skinny. I have basically zero fat on my shoulder, and so my clavicle and acromion poke through, making a very uncomfortable resting place for a head.
My best ...
