All language subtitles for Hack My Life s01e05 Undercover Hacks

Life hacks are shortcuts designed to
make your life easier. The show is meant

help you, not hurt you. So hack at your
own risk.

Oh, look at all this soapy grit.

Can anything clean soap scum better than
this?

Oh. Orange and salt can.

The citrus penetrates soap scum while
the coarse salt scrubs it away.

You'll be left with a spotless tub that
smells like a Florida orchard.

Oh.

And tastes like the bottom of the ocean.

Orange and salt, the grime -fighting
fruit every bathroom should have.

Tonight on Hack of My Life. Cheers, my
friend. We've got more than 30 hacks to

make your life better, faster, cheaper,
and funner.

And yes, we know that funner isn't a
word.

That's amazing!

We'll give you tricks to throw a great
party that everyone will be talking

tomorrow. What?

You may never lose your phone again with
this clever hack.

And our hack of the week shows how a
cinder block can help satisfy your

This is Hack My Life.

You know, dads are great at a lot of
stuff.

But when it comes to doing their
daughter's hair, dads are pretty

Luckily, we've got a hack that's going
to help every papa make the perfect

ponytail each and every time.

The question is, is it more efficient
than the old -fashioned method?

So today, we're hacking the norm.

We've got two dads that are going to
compete to see who can make three

the fastest.

Dad one, he's all traditional, just his
hands. Dad two, got a hack.

I'm going to use my industrial vacuum
cleaner.

Round one of the hack -off begins now!

All right, ponytail one is coming along.

Expert form.

On to ponytail two.

Yeah, a little bit thicker here.

Is that the excuse that you're using?

No, no, just an observation.

Are you feeling, Dad, one?

Does it help when I help you with
questions during this process?

No, no, it keeps me focused.

And he's done. Wow.

Pretty quick. 40 .8.

Impressive. How do you feel about your
pace, Dad?

Yeah, I don't think the other guy can
beat that time.

All right. Well, the gauntlet's been
dropped.

Dad, two, you're in position.

You're ready? Yes.

We've got the vacuum ready.

Yes. Round two of the hack -off begins
now!

I like that confidence.

Ponytail one is done, not even eight
seconds in.

Ponytail two is done, 12 seconds.

That can't, that's not real. That's not
real.

That's amazing.

Thank you.

Could you do me a solid and maybe shut
off the vacuum?

Oh, sorry.

Thank you very much.

Wow, 18 .8 seconds, three ponytails.
That's correct.

I don't even have to do basic math. It's
not a competition.

Congratulations, Dad 2.

All right. You've done good. Thank you.

There are several hacks for cracking
open a beer bottle if you don't have a

traditional opener. We set up hidden
cameras, and we offered people free beer

they can hack their way inside using the
objects that we provided.

Let's see if these people are able to
open their beers in an undercover hack.

Free beer if you can open it with this.

With this?

Beer hack one, a tape dispenser.

Wait, what do I do? Help, I just want to
drink beer. How do I get the alcohol?

This could lead to some interesting
tactics.

Hey. Is that going to work?

She's not going to get that open.

Okay.

Oh, that's interesting. She's going to
reseal the beer with that scotch tape.

We have veered off of the path. Yeah.

She's going to hurt herself. Someone
take that tape away from her, please.

It may work.

I'm thinking no free beer for her.

The method behind this hack is that your
hand acts as the fulcrum supporting the

tape dispenser, which is your lever.
It'll grip the beer, put the dispenser

down, and the top could pop right off.

Beer? Really? Paper?

Our second beer hack involves nothing
but a single sheet of paper.

What?

They are guaranteed to get some paper
cuts.

They will not be drinking beer.

I'm doing the folding technique.

Now he's folding it into something that
could be dense enough and small enough

to get under the cap and pop for some
leverage.

Yeah,

there it is.

You can't try too many times because
you're going to fray the paper. He did

Free beer!

Fear hack three is a doozy.

Nail polish remover, matches, and
string.

Well, it looks like he knows the hack
somehow.

Now, this hack is super dangerous.

This involves pyrotechnics.

Okay, so he's going to dip the string
into nail polish remover. It's full of

acetone, which is highly flammable. Oh,
my God.

This is how you do this.

He's going to light a match, let it
burn, and it's supposed to get it so hot

douse it in the cold water that that
change in temperature pops the cap right

off.

We have ignition.

Well,

he had the right idea. I just don't
think he gave it enough time.

Well,

that wasn't the hack, but he did get
into the bottle.

Congratulations to you and your filling.

I wanted to show you a new way to get
into a beer bottle using only a wedding

ring. I have a question right off the
bat. Where did you get a wedding ring?

does it work? That's a great question.

You want to make sure that your wedding
ring is thick and strong enough so that

when you put it under the cap like so,
and you clamp down and pull back, you're

not going to do any damage to it.

And voila.

Oh. Beverage is ready. Ring is fine.

Like that.

I never knew you got married. That is
just, that is so sweet.

It's the hack that's important.

Sometimes an item is so useful, it
ascends into the pantheon of great

tools. Today we celebrate one of those
simple household items that truly has

become a hack all -star, the ballpoint
pen.

To keep chips from going stale, roll
down the top of the bag and clip a pen

to secure it.

Take the spring from a pen and wrap it
around your laptop charger cord. That

will prevent the cord from fraying. All
Star.

Make a capo for your guitar by placing a
pen on the fret and securing it with a

rubber band.

All Star.

A pen can become a money clip in a
pinch.

All Star.

Make a bun and stick a pen through it
for an easy updo.

All Star.

Use two pens as emergency chopsticks.

Just make sure you wash them first.

All Star.

Finally, use the pen as a gardening
tool.

Poke a hole in soil and drop in your
seed.

All -star.

Way to bring it, ballpoint pen.

You're a true all -star.

Coming up, we'll show you an easy way to
open a can without using a can opener.

Success! Plus, a surprising food you can
eat to help prevent hangovers.

You're just trying to have a fun night
out with the boys.

But there's always someone who pushes it
too far.

To protect yourself, you need a hack
line of defense against The Bachelor.

Cheers, my friend.

This is The Bachelor.

He can go through two packs of
cigarettes and three cigars in a single

But you and your outfit have to suffer
the stinky consequences.

To get the smoky smell out of your
clothes... Toss them in the freezer as

as you get home. The sub -zero
temperatures will kill much of the odor

bacteria. The bachelor always takes you
to a gentleman's club against your will.

Kiss him! Come on, kiss him!

Because your collar isn't lipstick
-proof, use a piece of bread to avoid a

stain.

Just remove the crust, roll the bread
into a ball, and blot up the lipstick.

The bread will soak up the oils in the
lipstick, and your washer will do the

rest.

Ah, the bachelor won't stop buying you
shot after shot.

Whoa, come on. But since you're not
immune to hangovers, protect yourself by

eating asparagus beforehand.

Asparagus has been found to boost the
enzymes in your body that break down

alcohol.

Finally, the bachelor is so eager to
rush to the next bar that you forget

cell phone.

Health guarantee its safe return by
changing your lock screen to an image of

your email address and emergency phone
number. Now the person who finds it can

contact you.

Hey, dude, thanks so much.

Happy Valentine's Day.

So now the dreaded bachelor won't ruin
your night because you have a hack line

of defense.

Last week it was my turn to do laundry,
and it turns out that I may have shrunk

when I'm catching shirts.

Look at it. I look like a boy band
reject. I researched some hacks so that

get your shirt back to normal size. You
can unshrink a shirt?

Yeah. I'm going to show you in this hack
experiment.

Now, this is just regular conditioner.

But is this going to leave my shirt
silky and smooth?

Well, that's kind of the idea. The
conditioner is going to relax the fibers

the cotton so that we can stretch it
back out. Now, drop in the T -shirt.

Power soak.

Yep, and we can go do something that
makes us happy for the next 30 minutes.

I'm going to go fire up the TV.

Now, bring out all the excess water.

Now is the step where we stretch it.

We're just going to tug on it? Yeah,
we're going to reshape it. Okay, so we

give it a good tug. So this is already
looking bigger, much bigger than what

were wearing earlier. Yeah.

So then our final step, hang it to let
it drip dry into the new shape that we

really stretched out to have.

Moment of truth?

It totally worked.

Let me see.

Look at it. All right. Now it's roomy
again.

A totally viable hack. It worked.

Two hacks to solve one very simple
problem.

How do you open a can without a can
opener?

Today we're going to find out if spoon
beats cinder blocks in this Hack vs.

Hack.

To my left, John and his trusty cinder
blocks. The hack here is that the seal

this can is apparently so weak that if
you just kind of scrape it aggressively

for a minute or two, you should be able
to squeeze it and pop it open or hit it

against the cinder block. To the right
of me, Jared, you have...

A very versatile weapon here. It's a
spoon.

You should be able to weaken the groove
around the rim of the can and with some

resistance, pry it open.

Do you think this is going to work? I
believe so.

You think so? I'm determined, yeah. In
three, two, na, let's go.

Woo!

Let's take some of your protective glove
off. That is some hardcore scraping.

Don't lose any fingertips.

Oh, but I see some juice.

Yes.

You're making serious headway.

Liquid's coming out. If you squeeze, do
you see any juice coming out at all?

Ah!

That was the sound of success.

A minute and 29 seconds. That was no
effort at all. You can see some shavings

here, like along the sides. There are a
handful of flakes, but I don't know that

you got a whole bunch in the tuna.

Yeah, and you know, all I need to get it
out is a spoon.

Oh, man.

All right, I feel like you're making
some progress over here. There it is.

we're breaking on through.

Don't get tuna on your pants. Be
careful.

Oh, now we're just brute forcing that
tuna. Beating that tuna up.

Oh, he's already chowing down over
there. That's got to make you jealous.

It's all about working the outside.

Oh, there we go.

At this point, I'm pretty sure I can eat
all the tuna. You know, got to dig deep

in. I think we can call it 12 and a half
minutes.

With a spoon to get into that tuna can.
The takeaway here is that both hacks

absolutely work, but in a pinch, zombie
apocalypse, wherever you are without a

can opener, a cinder block, or just
plain old concrete, it's the easiest way

get to your tuna.

Parties are a lot of fun to go to, but
hosting them, oh, can be real champagne

in the glass.

You know what I mean?

Threaten us!

We've got hacks that will help. Here is
how to hack your house party.

Use that carabiner you bought for the
rock climbing class you never took to

carry all of your party groceries in a
single trip.

If the party food in your fridge needs
no room for beverages, just toss ice in

your washing machine for a makeshift
cooler.

Your guests are going to need somewhere
to put their coats. So pop the top on a

can and slide it over a hanger and then
just attach another hanger. You just

doubled your closet space.

You can hack your booze by pouring cheap
alcohol through a water filter. The

charcoal in the filter will remove
impurities, making it taste like some

-shelf booze.

And if the champagne's gone flat, just
drop in a couple of raisins to bring

the bubble.

Pringles aren't just a delicious snack
food. You can hack the can into a

speaker. What?

Remove the bottom of the can with a can
opener and cut a smartphone -sized slit

on the side.

Using the lid as a template to trace the
correct size, cut holes in the sides of

two cups so they slide over each end.
Put your phone in the slit and turn up

volume. Hey, ain't no party like a
hacked house party.

Congratulations.

You just hacked your house party.

Coming up. These strips of bacon.

Pack your morning with a delicious
breakfast trick from the lazy cook.

Time to flip them.

And we'll show you how to turn a plunger
and a bucket into a washing machine.

I think that's about it.

Let's make some bacon and pancakes in
just two easy steps.

What you're going to need are several
strips of bacon and some pancake batter,

preferably made by someone else.

Thank you.

So your first step is you're going to
want to take a few strips of bacon and

place them on the griddle. So your next
step is going to be to take just a small

spoonful of the pancake batter, kind of
like a Snuggie for your tasty pig

treat. Great, and then we're going to
let them cook all the way through.

Okay, time to flip them. Let them cook
on this side as well.

You're going to want to plate them up
like so.

And then you want to shovel them into
your face as fast as possible.

I used to think that I used to spend all
this time eating my bacon and pancakes

separately.

Idiot.

Maybe you like to go camping.

Maybe your wife took everything in the
divorce.

I don't know.

Point is, you need a washing machine and
you don't have one.

But if you have a plunger, a bucket, a
drill, maybe a knife, you got a washing

machine, my friend.

Let me show you.

I'm going to take a knife and cut a hole
into the top of our bucket.

Oh, look at that.

Now we take our plunger. This is going
to be used to stir or agitate our

clothing once it is within this bucket.
So take our drill. We're going to put

some holes into the plunger.

And that is going to allow the water to
circulate through.

Good to have maybe a friend help you out
here and hold on to this so it doesn't

jiggle around. But if you're building
one of these, it's pretty clear you're

alone.

Again, we got our bucket with the hole.

I've got some water inside.

All right, that's pretty important when
it comes to washing things.

Go ahead and put a nice little load in
there.

Clothing is in. Plunder is in. We're
going to add just a hint of the old

detergent.

And just churn and butter, my friends.

As you splotch it around, those holes,
those make a difference.

So does the lid.

You can sit there and just stir some
clothing around and think about all the

mistakes you've made in your life that
led you to this point.

There are many of them.

But you're going to have clean clothes
when you're done.

So I'm throwing a party, but I keep my
economy -sized trash can in the

I can't move it or ask guests to go up
and down the stairs, so now what?

Turn a dryer hose into a garbage chute.

Problem solved.

Okay, well, someone spilled beer all
over my chute, and my dryer's down

I ingeniously removed the hose.

Now what?

Settle down.

Crumble newspaper into your chute to
make it dry much faster.

All right, well, I want to get a fire
going, but I used the newspaper to dry

shoes, so now what?

I got it. Use a few dollops of hand
sanitizer to get a fire going without

kindling. Okay, but now my hands are
dirty, and I'm out of hand sanitizer,

Genia. Now what?

Relax. Lemon juice removes the bacteria
just as well.

I want to make lemonade, but I don't
have any lemons because I just sanitized

hands. Now what?

Okay, make lemonade for free by using
the freebies.

You know, lemon slices, sugar, and
water, all from your local coffee shop.

No, seriously.

Yeah, that was kind of a stretch, wasn't
it?

Sorry about that.

Coming up,

which hack could save you hundreds of
dollars and countless trips to the mall?

But never go hungry.

Thanks to our Hack of the Week.

We've shown you a lot of hacks today.

But before we send you on your way,
let's delve a little deeper into four of

best to help you become a true hacker.

Best time -saving hack. The vacuum
ponytail.

The clock doesn't lie.

Say the average ponytail takes 12
seconds to style by hand, but just three

seconds by vacuum.

And nine seconds can be the difference
between catching the bus to school and

having to walk.

Biggest money -saving hack, unshrinking
your T -shirt. Just think of all this

shopping you won't have to do. If you
shrink four shirts a year at an average

$35 a shirt, that's $140 saved.

And fewer ruined T -shirts means less
garbage. Americans throw away more than

million tons of clothing a year.

Least likely to succeed, opening a beer
with string, acetone, and fire.

Only attempt this hack if you want
singed eyebrows and glassy beer.

Finally, our hack of the week, using a
cinder block to open a can.

Maybe you lost your can opener, or maybe
you broke it. It doesn't matter,

because with this hack, you can open a
can anywhere.

Grab a cinder block, or just go outside
and use the sidewalk.

And the best part?

It takes less than two minutes.

And it's totally free.

Bon appetit.

Thank you, Tuna Bros. No problem.