“Independent and assisted living. Most are owned by investors who really don't care about your loved ones. Especially the larger corporate ones with multiple units in different states. Some people are paying thousands per month for the bare minimum of care and facilities. The stuff I see and hear will make your skin crawl.”

“Almost all good glues, tapes, thermal pads, and lamination foils that hold things like cars together, are made by Sekisui in Japan. The PVB that everyone in the world uses to make laminated glass? Sekisui. Half of any given Tesla is held together or cooled by Sekisui materials.”

“Some plus size models get liposuction on their face and necks to be more aesthetically pleasing.”

“Hospitals stink at cyber security.”

“Ever had those expensive Ghirardelli sundaes at their stores? Yeah that’s Dyers ice cream with homemade hot fudge. Save yourself $16.02 and just buy the $4.95 bottle of Ghirardelli hot fudge and get the rest at the store.”

“Thrift shops throw away a lot of donations and have a lot of bugs.”

“Nutrition labels on small, lesser-known brands can be inaccurate, and nobody will ever know.”

“The stuff that makes movie theater popcorn taste like movie theater popcorn is called Flavacol. It's a salt-like additive that you can buy yourself and add to your popcorn at home.”

“If you give one website your name, another website your number, and another website your email, there are services that merge info together by scanning the web and build a profile of you for ad targeting and sales. Some of you may assume this already but it is standard practice and utilized more frequently than you might think.”

“Job ‘requirements’ are more of a wish-list situation. Never let some unchecked boxes deter you from applying.”

“When your pets are hospitalized or need to stay at the clinic, they get lots of positive attention from staff.”

“The blue flakes in your laundry detergent are just the white flakes dyed blue.”

“If you’re shopping online, start the checkout process and then before paying, close your window. You’ll very likely get a coupon with a discount over the next few days in your email.”

“I'm repair tech at Chuck E Cheese. There are some games we can adjust the payout for and some we can't. We have a number called "ticket per play" or "ticket per tap" that we have to try to maintain. EVERY game and ride is adjusted somehow so we can get to that average number.”

“There’s a good chance your college TA is surviving lectures by staying one chapter ahead of you in the textbook.”

“When you’re buying a higher end refrigerator, you’re basically only paying for fancier doors. Most of the inner workings are the same.”

“If a radio station says they're taking the Xth caller, they're not. They're just taking a random caller.”

“I’m a fire sprinkler tech. Hollywood always shows every head going off during a fire. Only the head that gets hot goes off. If it’s a ten story building and a fire is on the first floor why would the heads on the tenth floor go off?”

“Theatre seats aren’t all the same size. Some are narrower than others. We use a variety to manipulate the “sawtooth” arrangement.”

“I was told during my driver training for a public bus company, that if a car pulls out in front of you causing you to slam the brakes, you should hit it. Let the passengers claim insurance from the car driver. If you slam the brakes and avoid the collision, the injured passengers can sue the bus company.”