- You won't get me, Mr. Kidnapper. Oh wait, Shar has on acrylics.
Maybe you just might have. (laughs)
- That's almost too good to be true.
♪ (rock intro) ♪
- (man) Alright, so this is probably... - (gasps) TikTok!
- (man) Solving the Rubik's Cube.
I almost considered not sharing this with you guys.
- You pick it up, and you just throw it on the floor.
- (man) You can solve any Rubik's Cube
starting in any position...
- Okay, I need to learn how to do this,
'cause my brother's gonna be like "what the heck?"
- I think I saw this one.
- (man) And then you're gonna turn the top clockwise,
so it looks like this. You're just gonna keep on repeating.
- I don't believe this.
- It's gotta be in some kind of order
that he put it in or something, right?
- No, but he switched it!
- This is a little sketch. (laughs)
- (man) You just keep going.
Sometimes it takes a little longer than others.
- Clearly.
- He probably just sat there and did this
for like 40 minutes or however long he did it.
- How?
- (man) Pretty simple.
- Oh my gosh.
Do you know how many hours I've probably spent in my life
trying to do that?
- I just wanna say this is sketch, 'cause I tried this,
and I was on the Rubik's Cube for like a good two hours.
Did it work? No!
- (man) This is how you make a homemade slushie.
- Ooh!
- Oh that looks so refreshing right now.
- (man) That's sealed.
- It's sealed.
- (man) Put it in the freezer for two hours.
- Oh, I don't wanna wait two hours. (laughs)
- This does work.
But it might not work with all things.
- Don't you just tap it and flip it upside down?
- (man) Just tap it. - Boom! (laughs)
- (man) And you see it slushify. - (laughs) Slushify.
- That's so weird! - (man) Simple.
- Just tap it, boom, and you got slush.
- That was believable. That one makes sense.
That's just how the world works.
- I accidentally left a can of beer in the freezer,
so I once had a beer slushie. (laughs) It wasn't very good.
- Maybe I'll try that, I don't know if it's true,
but I'll try it.
- (man) Gonna show you guys how to get out of zip ties
in 60 seconds, here we go.
- That, like what you wear when they arrest you?
- I like survival stuff, I've seen this.
- (man) ...which mine are pretty tight.
You're gonna try to put that aglet right between...
- What's he doing with the shoestrings?
- (man) The aglet's gonna pull itself out.
- He looks like he's struggling.
- This is too [bleep] hard, and will get you caught.
- (man) See, it's through the other side.
- (laughs) Wait.
- (man) I tied my shoelaces together.
- Oh and then you do the... - (man) Ready, and what you do is...
- The bicycle method, right?
- (man) You go back and forth.
- Oh my God!
- (man) You just burned through zip ties.
- Oh my God, that's brilliant!
- I've never been tied up with zip ties (laughs)
but just in case.
- I don't see what situation you would be in
where your hands are zip tied,
and you have access to your shoelaces, I guess.
- (FBE) So we have more to show you in a second,
but those were all some life hacks coming from
the social media platform TikTok. - TikTok, yeah.
- I definitely use TikTok.
I was not a big fan of TikTok when it was Musical.ly,
and then everyone was like "just download it",
and I did, and now I'm like addicted, and I feel like
that's everyone's story when it comes to TikTok.
- (FBE) Well, we've covered a few different crafts
and hacks here at FBE, but recently we have seen
a rise of TikTok life hacks.
So for this episode, we're gonna be showing you
a few, as well as having you try some out.
- Down. I love life hacks.
- (FBE) Before we show you some more videos,
we actually wanted to see if you could take on
one of the hacks that you just saw.
So we wanted to see if you can get out of
some zip tie handcuffs by only using your shoelaces,
like you saw in the video. - Okay, bet.
- I don't even remember the steps!
- Oh, they both go in here. Holy God.
- Okay, I think I got this.
The hard part is like trying to put it through, I'm assuming.
- I'm like Indiana Jones. (laughs)
- You won't get me, Mr. Kidnapper. Oh wait, Shar has on acrylics.
Maybe you just might have. (laughs)
- How are you supposed to do this?
See, it's falling out again! No, no! (laughs)
By the time I'm done with this,
the frickin' kidnapper's gonna come in.
- (Shar) Uh okay, this is serious.
This is gonna change someone's life, Shar, get it together.
- Oh, oh, oh, okay.
Okay, oh, I think I got it!
- I'm gonna look so stupid! (laughs)
- Ho! (grunts)
I'm free, I'm free! I'm free, that was so easy!
- Break it, break it!
I got it, I need Goku by my side! Oh.
- I'm just gonna like break it. It's not gonna like, eh.
Oh my God, oh my God, I did it!
- Now what do you do?
My shoes are tied together.
How do I run away from the bad guy?
- I have an easier way to get out of zip ties.
You wanna actually tighten them with your mouth.
Tighter, as tight as they go,
and then you wanna put your elbows like this, right?
And then you're gonna, you're gonna really quickly
force your hands like this, and that motion
will rip your hands apart and break zip ties.
I'm gonna be so embarrassed if this doesn't work now.
Right, so you got it kinda loose.
You wanna like tighten it even more with your mouth.
Get it as tight as you can go, and then just go.
What was that? [Bleep] five seconds?
My [bleep], 60 seconds, TikTok guy!
- (man) Is your Expo pen dried out?
- (laughs) Always.
- (man) Grab the nearest rope like thing.
- Lanyard, you mean?
- (man) Tie it on nice and tight.
Use gravity. - Not gravity.
- (man) Doesn't hit you. - Centrifugal force.
Or centripetal force, actually.
- (man) Gravity! (Ruby laughs)
Look at that. - I believe it.
Gravity! (laughs)
- Now see, that's another thing. That's so useful.
- It makes sense, because you're spinning,
and it's making the ink, whatever's left in the marker,
go to the tip, so that makes sense.
That's nice to know.
- My teachers could really use that one.
TikTok is just saving everyone.
♪ (upbeat rock music) ♪
- I'm pretty sure that one's just broken.
- I didn't know that you could do that.
- Oh my goodness! That's worth knowing!
- I never knew you could do that, but I also have not used
a water fountain since I was maybe in middle school.
All it took was that one time,
I think we've all seen it in some capacity or another.
It's typically a boy that's coming from PE class,
and he puts his whole mouth over that little spigot thing for the...
I was like oh no. Shar's done with this.
So it's nice in theory, but I guess it's nice to know
if you still use public water fountains.
Not this girl, though.
- Best Starbucks.
- Order a venti and then three cups of ice.
- That is so smart.
- I like that, that's clever.
- Hmm, well that's good to know, I guess.
- That's cool, but I just like drink the whole thing.
Like, I wouldn't share with my friends.
I'd be like "get your own!"
- You learn that too, when you're young
is don't order your cocktails over ice or with water,
'cause it stays stronger, sometimes they'll give you
a little more liquor in it.
- I worked as a barista.
Most of the time when they ask for ice drinks,
I fill the entire thing up with ice and then put the drink in,
because that saved like half the drink.
Half the volume is now occupied by ice.
- (FBE) Now for this round, we wanna see
if you can test out that Starbucks drink hack,
and we'll see if it actually works. - Okay.
- Yeah, I guess.
I mean that's, you can do that at Jack in the Box,
you can do that at, I think it's McDonald's.
- Alright.
- (Ruby) It's got real strawberries in it.
- (Michelle) Two cups.
- One to go!
Woohoo!
I can even top these off!
- Yeah, it works, definitely.
And then you still have some still in there.
- You know, I had never dreamed about getting a big drink,
and then making smaller drinks for friends.
Drinks are on me.
- That is one cracked screen.
- Toothpaste?
- Oh, I think I've heard about this one before.
- Oh, I've seen this. It didn't work.
- Gotta get that minty fresh phone screen. (laughs)
- You're just filling the cracks and crevices with toothpaste!
- And now people are gonna think that's real.
- No way! Oh my gosh!
That's almost too good to be true.
- There is no way that putting toothpaste
on your super cracked phone magically makes it look
like there was never a crack.
- Honestly, I feel like natural selection
should just be a thing again, you know?
If you believe that's real, what are you doing here?
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- Hold on, hold the phone!
- Does this actually work?
- What?
It's like a one size fit all universal remote?
I don't believe that.
- I call BS.
If Alexa's not doing it, there's no way
that your little at-home clicky clacker is doing it.
- My friend, he said that he tried that out one time,
and then he was disappointed when nothing happened.
♪ (playful music) ♪
- When you want ice cream.
- No, you don't! Oh my God, sir! (laughs)
- No, mm-mm.
You're never supposed to heat up silverware!
- My God.
I can see kids on TikTok actually doing this!
- In retrospect, it would work,
until you're like "oh wait". (laughs) My microwave's gonna explode.
- Never put a spoon in the microwave. (laughs)
Run it through some hot water. My gosh.
- (FBE) So for our final hack, we wanna see
if you can try and fix a phone screen
by only using some toothpaste and a towel.
- (laughs) Okay, I'll try my best.
- It's really broken, see I'm scratching it
and it's really broken, okay.
I am anxious to see if this works.
- I am going to give a tutorial on how to fix your phone.
You just squeeze out, oh my God.
That pained me, that pained me.
- In the video, he did a swirl pattern.
Alright, I'm gonna keep it clean, do one corner.
I'm gonna do this.
- I'm not feeling the cracks as much in my fingers.
- Oh my gosh, this is helping so much.
Ah, it's on my hands now. Ah!
- So he just did this until it's about that complexion,
is that the right word? That consistency.
Then he wipes it off!
- I am so thankful to those who gave me that life hack,
because now it's a sticky phone, sticky fingers,
and the screen, look, good as new.
- Aw, well at least it smells minty fresh.
Well, it didn't work. Who would've thunk?
- Okay, close up, it's still broken.
It's just too improbable.
It's just, toothpaste is gonna fix your busted cell phone screen, nah!
- (FBE) So life hacks have been popular for years and years.
Whether they're hacks from the 1800s
that were printed on how to do it cards,
or life hack compilation videos that you can find on YouTube,
this kind of content has been shared and loved
by many people.
So why do you think this this kind of stuff
has been prominent for so long?
- People just want convenience and efficiency.
I know I do, so why wouldn't anyone else wanna be?
- Because it makes life easier, and they're fun.
Even if they don't work, they're just, they're fun!
- I think people just want to find reasons
to make their life easier.
And then you got the whole other group of people
that just want people to suffer and [bleep] up.
- (FBE) As you may have noticed,
some of the hacks in these videos appear to be fake,
but to an unknowing person, they could come across as very real.
- Yes, I can imagine all of the kids on TikTok
microwaving a spoon when they try to get ice cream.
Oh my gosh, what a catastrophe!
- (FBE) Do you feel like it could be dangerous
to be posting fake hacks that could damage property
or seriously injure the person trying the hack,
or is it all in good fun for making a joke?
- I think that it could be dangerous if the right person is watching it,
but I think it's mostly just for fun.
- Cut and dry, I think it's up to the person
trying this at home, it's their job.
Whether they're gonna be stupid enough to try it or not.
- I don't see it as harmful, I find it kinda funny, I think.
A lot of people learn from their mistakes.
- No, no, no, like the microwave one, that coulda hurt somebody,
'cause they do, I did it when I was young.
I just didn't know, and there, it just blew out the microwave.
They see it's a lifehack, they don't know it's fake,
unless there was a disclaimer at the beginning.
- I feel like you should put a little disclaimer though,
like "it's a joke".
If you like do that, then it's fine.
- Granted, it depends on the hack,
but I think that for the most part
it's irresponsible to put things out there if they're not,
like, what are you contributing to?
Do you think it's cute,
do you think it's funny that people's microwaves are blowing up?
You know, that seven year olds are looking at their TikTok
thinking that they can warm up silverware for their ice cream?
- (FBE) Finally, do you think that your generation
will use more life hacks from TikTok in the future?
- Definitely. Definitely, 100%.
I use life hacks every day.
- Oh yeah, the thing about TikTok is that it's really fast.
Like, it just shows you and that's it,
and you're like (gasps) amazing!
And that's the thing, people don't care to research,
'cause it's just, it looks so real, and it's like might as well try it.
- I think so, I mean TikTok is huge,
and there are so many viral life hack videos.
- Sure, why not? (laughs)
- Yeah, 'cause like everybody has TikTok.
- I do look at life hack videos, but they're just fun
and I enjoy going "how stupid am I?"
But as far as elders going on TikTok,
I don't think most of us do.
- I feel like for me, TikTok is such a space
for me to just waste time,
so I don't wanna waste more time on doing life hacks.
- I think that my generation is kind of like
leading the hacks right now.
'Cause the Gen-Z-ers don't care.
They're out there, you know,
watching Euphoria and doing their thing,
like they don't care, and then the boomers,
they are set in their ways.
So I feel like the millennials, we are the ones
that are really open to experimenting and trying, and inventing new things.
- Yes, 'cause you know, we old school!
Home remedies! That's what we like.
We grew up on that. (laughs)
- (FBE) I guess you'll have to make a TikTok
and start putting some life hacks on it yourself.
- Right, we could!
So they should get about 100 of us in a room
and ask for ideas.
We could get a channel going.
Elders TikTok how about that? (laughs)
- Thanks for watching Generations React.
Shout out to ZAC FLIPS.
- What's your favorite life hack? Let us know in the comments.
- If you liked these TikToks, then make sure to hit the like button.
- Bye guys!
- Hey everyone, Lauren, producer here at FBE.
Thank you so much for watching this episode.
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