Phrase I hate - "Life Hack(s)"

[iamgrace]

Is this new?  When did people start using this?  It's all over my FB and pinterest.  Dumb.

[Deleted]

Can you use it in a sentence please?

[Deleted]

What is the origin of the word?

[pursemeatballs]

I assume that the phrase originated from reddit. On the front page of r/foodhacks, there's a tutorial on how to break spaghetti noodles in half. Lol.

[elleblue]

Jun 9, 2013 10:33:52 GMT -5 pursemeatballs said:

I assume that the phrase originated from reddit. On the front page of r/foodhacks, there's a tutorial on how to break spaghetti noodles in half. Lol.

lol, wut?

[Deleted]

Jun 9, 2013 10:33:52 GMT -5 pursemeatballs said:

I assume that the phrase originated from reddit. On the front page of r/foodhacks, there's a tutorial on how to break spaghetti noodles in half. Lol.

Important life skill. 

[Jalapeñomel]

Never heard of it.

[iamgrace]

From context clues (lol), I have assumed it to mean ways of making life easier.

[pursemeatballs]

Jun 9, 2013 10:38:57 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Jun 9, 2013 10:33:52 GMT -5 pursemeatballs said:

I assume that the phrase originated from reddit. On the front page of r/foodhacks, there's a tutorial on how to break spaghetti noodles in half. Lol.

lol, wut?

imgur.com/a/GMb08

[TrickyBob]

Dodging the flying noodles is half the fun of breaking them in half.

[AmeliaBedelia]

It turns up in buzzfeed articles quite a bit.

I agree, it's a really annoying phrase.

[lilybug]

I've been hearing this a lot lately, too.

And most of the tips are either just as efficient as what I'm already doing, or they'd make things harder. I haven't come across anything life-changing.

[TrickyBob]

Jun 9, 2013 11:06:30 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

You're not supposed to break noodles. Not cool, people. Not cool.

Some of us don't want to use bigger pots and shove all the noodles in at once KEVIN, duhh. 

[elleblue]

Jun 9, 2013 10:59:56 GMT -5 pursemeatballs said:

Jun 9, 2013 10:38:57 GMT -5 elleblue said:

lol, wut?

imgur.com/a/GMb08

Omg, that's so hysterical that there's actually a tutorial for this!

[snickers]

I see where your coming from in terms of it being annoying.