People Are Listing Things That Sound Stupid But Actually Work

Sometimes the best pieces of advice come from the most unexpected places.

Recently, Reddit user NecessaryPrudence asked people to share some things that are stupid but actually work and received hundreds of useful pieces of advice you’d never find inside any book.
Sometimes the best pieces of advice come from the most unexpected places.

Check out a collection of stupid things that actually work in the gallery below!

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Telling your little kids to clean their room is a guaranteed way to get them to spend the day playing with their toys.

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If you think someone is watching you in a crowd, yawn. If they yawn too, they are watching you. Yawning is contagious!

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If you think someone is following you, literally act as crazy and stupid as you can. It is so stupid but the other person is usually so freaked out they leave you alone

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Taking a shower to remedy any ailment. Prescribed by my mother. Headache? Take a shower. Anxious? Go take a shower with lavender. Have a cold? Get in the shower with Vix vapor rub. It’s not a cure all, but I guarantee it always makes me feel less bad than before.

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Dressing well at work. You can be an amazing worker but people really do judge you by how you look. And by well I mean looking put together and professional. This applies for trades/blue collar work as well as white collar. I’ve worked both.

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If you want someone you don’t know well to like you, ask them for a small favor.When I get new coworkers I go out of my way to ask them for something little, like borrowing a stapler or giving an opinion on something I’m working on.Then they feel like they can ask me for something next time they need help, and soon I’ve tricked them into thinking I’m a nice person.I don’t know why it works but it does.