Life Hacks My Wife Taught Me

[@vlogbrothers]

I have terrible news for the many of you saying that it is possible to fully sterilize a sponge by microwaving it: www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/science/sponges-bacteria-microwaving-cleaning.html (That said, sponges do not generally transmit diseases; I am just a bit ... irrational on this front.) Also if you like learning life hacks from Sarah as much as I do, you'll love her videos about art history and practice: kzbin.info -John

[@shadowsfromolliesgraveyard6577]

What are the medical and hygienic consequences of the bacterial load of my sponge? You're being unfair to sponge bacteria.

[@jameswillis4961]

John, when is the looking for Alaska trailer coming?

[@grantdawson767]

Irrational in more ways than one. pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/135/3/e590

[@BardovBacchus]

In my experience, if you allow the dish sponge to dry completely you prolong it's life by increasing the amount of time before stink sets in... This may be easier for single people who may not have a full sink of dishes to wash every day... Also, once a sponge is past it's usefulness in the kitchen, I usually get some more use out of it in the bathroom... Full disclosure, I am not in the least concerned with bacteria and never have been... Thanks to the US Military, I had to spend most of my 20s exposing myself to as much yuck as possible to rebuild my immune system...

[@breannaeastman2864]

Wait, Sarah makes those videos? I never knew that.

[@carleebagnall9153]

You missed the opportunity to call this video "wife hacks"

[@JokesInBase13]

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[@hannaberg3459]

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[@GretaZewe]

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[@allisonavery7273]

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[@stephenrosene1505]

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[@scpg142]

These aren’t lifehacks so much as glimpses into the horror of 20 year-old John Green

[@coscorrodrift]

As a 21 year-old, it doesn't seem that horrific

[@coscorrodrift]

I do wash my towels though

[@majorfallacy5926]

I'm glad you felt the need to clarify that in a separate comment. How's the sponge colony holdin up?

[@vlogbrothers]

This made Sarah laugh very, very hard. -John

[@elektrotehnik94]

it was OK until the "my body cleans the shower towels" got me to the edge of my stool :D glad you survived until now :D

[@kmgx291]

A couple of years ago, I overheard my husband talking with a friend from the other room. They were a few drinks in, and in his adorable, slightly slurred voice, he said, "my best life hack is to marry my wife. But you can't do that, so just do the best you can." It gives me this stupid looking smile everytime I think about it.

[@kcallamajaji]

[@biancar5763]

Kayla Glackin gave me the stupid looking smile too. thx for sharing!

[@Emmahahah]

This is the cutest!

[@luqcrusher]

This is incredibly sweet.

[@Nicaea7]

Awww 🤗

[@hollynesbitt8173]

John don’t forget she also taught you that nostalgia is just longing for a past that never existed. We certainly won’t.

[@niharikakrishna429]

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[@ster8145]

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[@TheVistastube]

"Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia" - definitely not John Green.

[@elijahjohnson1952]

Except there was a time where Star Wars was good.

[@RhondaKL]

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[@ayushimody8382]

in which sarah teaches john to be an efficient human

[@RealToWonder]

I seriously cant believe she had to teach him to actually wash his bath towels....

[@jaceyjacobs4013]

RealToWonder right? People are calling this relationship goals but it sounds exhausting.

[@cynthialivingston4849]

@@jaceyjacobs4013 Yeah, being married to a talented and creative guy who educates people and helps build hospitals in Sierra Leone sounds like a real drag ;) Young guys can be gross sometimes. But if they're willing to listen and change their ways, and have other wonderful qualities, it's worth it. I've been with my husband over 30 years, so can vouch that this is true.

[@basithph8958]

“I brought a couple of beers down to the beach and I forgot the bottle opener” “So my wife proceeded to open the bottle with her two-day old wedding ring” Yup that’s true love right there

[@littleboylost1o1]

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[@movement2contact]

When it could have easily been done with the bottles themselves...

[@RhondaKL]

You knew then and there you had the perfect woman.

[@31redorange08]

I don't get it. Why wear it if you don't value it?

[@belindaweber7999]

😂😂😂 in Australia that'd be true love & a common practise for Bogans

[@ariannabuehler3813]

I feel like I know more about your relationship with Sarah from this video than all the other ones combined since I started watching in 2012 and, have to say, relationship goals

[@chloecorning8504]

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[@meganharris9252]

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[@joshuaychung]

What's the purpose of people doing these plus signs? What does it do? Does it raise the comment higher?

[@ethanvelez2462]

@@joshuaychung I don't know if it's still true but the KZbin algorithm used to value comments way more than likes when deciding the order they show which has the unfortunate side effect of promoting visibility for comments that are negative, but provoke a reaction, over comments that are positive and worth reading but don't instigate arguments. The + is a Hank Green idea to promote visibility more effectively than "likes" by pushing comments you think others should read by tricking the algorithm

[@belindaweber7999]

@@joshuaychung I guess you could call it a Hank YT Hack. It games the algorithm so that good comments rise up and troll junk don't get any traction.

[@mariewikiwaka3851]

Getting into bed with warm sheets is truly one of the most reliable moments of pure bliss in the world and as someone who lives with mental health issues, reliable moments of bliss are essential.

[@Nerdnotwashere]

I am the almost the exact opposite, I need the bed to be cold when I get in or else I won’t fall asleep.

[@Bea_Esser]

So as a riff on that concept, as a person who shaves my legs I love the feeling of clean sheets on newly shaved legs....

[@HoRiGa94]

Cold sheets in an ice cold room ftw. The glory of warming them up with your body till its all snuggly just from your body's heat.

[@oof-rr5nf]

the best of luck to you in dealing with those problems ♡

[@SlyPearTree]

My doctor asked me when I last washed my bed sheets during our first session.I do not think washing them more often really helped with my anxiety issues though but I think it's because I hate having to put them back.

[@mattjohnstondev]

if you lost a thing, the thing is likely near or on top of an object of the same color, reducing contrast and keeping it hidden

[@cottage-core_]

Thank you for blowing my mind. 😮 Now please, psychic, tell me where my favorite t-shirt got off to :(

[@alechall7082]

Nah lets be honest its either in your couch or your bed or your car

[@petitecontrebassiste]

cool thanks for that tip!

[@ghostie7790]

Kaila A oh my gosh

[@piecesofstarlight]

And this is why I loathed and abhored our loaned black velour couch. You put your phone down on it and it was the black hole of couches. My black phone was instantly invisible. Whenever I could not find it I would literally go to the couch and start running my hands over it like I was looking for a small item. God forbid it got wedged between the cushions. Now we have a nice brown couch that I can actually find things on...mostly

[@jagrubster]

John: My life has been changed with hacks! Reality: John discovers adult hygine

[@sophiafried_]

John: life hacks that will change your life Me: cool John: wash your sheets Me: oh dear, here we go

[@beckylauer4158]

I came here for the advice that also allows me to be a lazy creative type.

[@sarah.weaver]

My exact thoughts

[@trevormm]

Now Sarah's turn to make a video 'Life Hacks My Husband Taught Me'

[@anna_alexandra]

P4A perk?

[@andrewknorpp9415]

I'm not sure there would be as many.

[@jengreenwich6148]

@@andrewknorpp9415 It's just a video of Sarah staring blankly into the camera for 4 minutes. Or her trying out the life hacks John tested in mental floss videos.

[@moiradarling97]

Don’t only put stuff on your walls, frame it! This is a life hack my mom taught me. I had a bunch of cards I bought because they were beautiful and but I had just tacked them up. They are now framed and look like art! The frames cost less than five bucks each. Frame stuff!

[@cottage-core_]

Frame posters too

[@sarar4901]

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[@marlascrafty5390]

As a framer, I agree. I have framed tons of different things for people over the years from a poster of David Lee Roth wearing nothing but chaps to a shopping bag that was decorated in fingerpaint from a beloved grandchild. Know what the owners had in common? They were images that made them smile.

[@TheWhisperingRebel]

@@marlascrafty5390the center piece of my living room is a framed front page of the newspaper the day after the moonlanding. Few things makes me as happy as the human endeavour of space discovery :-) I get it!

[@moiradarling97]

The shopping bag makes me so happy. I kind want to be a farmer now.

[@maddiejames9813]

Two Things: 1.) Watching John continuously talk about his love and admiration for his wife never ceases to be so genuinely sweet and refreshing in a culture that still has a running joke of treating wives like nuisances they expect to take care of their husbands. It’s so beautiful to see a marriage as a partnership that you grow and learn from together. Thank you for sharing that with us. 2.) I never noticed this before but John puts an uncomfortable amount of air quotes for single quotation 😂

[@ToyKeeper]

OMG yes. So sick of old men making misogynist "jokes" about how much they hate their wives. That's not a joke, it's a symptom of deep personal problems.

[@jackkraken3888]

One a related note I was watching a couple (ok more than a couple) of clips from the show 2 and a half men and couldn't help but notice what a cesspool the comment section was when it came to women. Apparently they viewers felt the character Judith in the show basically represented every women out there and not in a good light.

[@AndreaCrisp]

@@jackkraken3888 I'm not surprised considering the life and character of the main star.

[@AndreaCrisp]

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[@grandolddrummer]

I'm a woodworker who builds cutting boards and the thought of putting one in the dishwasher hurts me so much.

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

SO... not a believer in Phoenician Joinery or epoxy, huh... ;o)

[@Alex-ki1yr]

How would you recommend maintenance on a cutting board? Do different woods require different things? Thanks!

[@grandolddrummer]

@@Alex-ki1yr Biggest tip is to clean it right after using it. Warm soapy water. No harsh scrubbing, no steel wool or anything like that. Immediately dry it. Store it upright on a counter if possible. Every month or two rub it down with mineral oil. If it starts to show knife marks, you can sand it. I usually go 120 - 150 - 220 grits. Then give it a couple coats of mineral oil. They'll outlive you if you take good care of them. =)

[@Alex-ki1yr]

@@grandolddrummer Thank you!!

[@TheaHFrancis]

grandolddrummer thank you

[@charliewenzday]

Thank you to the Yeti for the helpful hints

[@firewordsparkler]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who still thinks of her as the Yeti

[@charliewenzday]

firewordsparkler well she’s still often spoken of and rarely seen

[@ohrwein7154]

That wedding ring bottle opener story might be the most romantic story you have told us so far!

[@kenna5225]

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[@kylielanc9395]

I guess I need to wash my sheets more, because I am in college and definitely do not do that enough

[@mariewikiwaka3851]

Kylie Lanc None of us do.

[@RK-ep8qy]

Kylie Lanc gross I’m surprised people don’t change them once a week, I thought that was the norm till now (btw I’m 18)

[@The_Reductionist]

@@RK-ep8qy Lol, i wash them once every 2-3 months.

[@annesmith9642]

@@The_Reductionist Seasonally

[@Emmahahah]

If you are a human who shaves their legs, coordinate leg shaving days with clean sheet days for an ultimate comfort experience!

[@robynm2121]

Clean sheets are one of life's most underrated pleasures, Sarah is truly a gem

[@lonestarr1490]

Yeah. But changing them once a week? My inner ecologist is not ok with that.

[@amandanance919]

Lone Starr perhaps if you have 2 sets and then wash both at the same time?

[@Legalmind2]

@@lonestarr1490 My inner lazy person is not ok with that. Also the stuff on the walls thing is something I definitely have not been doing. I've been living in this apartment for 4 years now and I have yet to place anything upon the walls.

[@YellaSpiceFamily]

@@lonestarr1490 tip: using a clothesline saves energy AND makes your bed smell like actual fresh air 👍

[@petitecontrebassiste]

@@YellaSpiceFamily I love fresh sheets dried outside in summer! I miss that smell when I have to hang them up inside when it's cold/wet.

[@HarrietJaneNorfolk]

My favourite part of this video is how obviously in love with your wife you are. (Not that it's any of my business nor was it in question. Still, it's always nice to see in people.)

[@Hevesh5]

John, you've inspired me to go out and buy some frames because I never really thought much about art work or decorations.. and I'm sick of the stuff my grandparents put on the walls. I got a pack of 6 11x17 frames, printed out some of my photographs of my dominoes on my photo printer, and hung them up all by myself. I feel good and having my own space feel like mine is really quite nice. thanks John :)

[@LePedant]

Go to your local Goodwill, they have tons of cheap crap you can put on your walls. It really does make your living area feel better.

[@Bea_Esser]

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[@derVlogdahalt]

I actually don't agree that much. It really depends on your lifestyle.I kind of get anxiety when I see walls without free space, so I love very scarce decoration (or none).

[@camelopardalis84]

Even if you refer to it as "cheap crap" yourself?

[@LePedant]

@@camelopardalis84 Yeah, that's kinda what I was getting at, putting anything on your wall, even cheap crap will change how your room feels for the better. Don't be intimidated that you aren't rich or an interior designer.

[@elenaj6283]

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[@SkwrHdz]

Saw you on "60 Minutes" last evening. Not just teenagers are your fans, I'm a 74-year-old who's been a fan for years.

[@lijohnyoutube101]

That show airing is what led me to this community. Am thankful!

[@jarvis]

wow. real life hacks

[@guest8571]

Surprised this comment hasn’t blown up yet!

[@Olivia-hg6gc]

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[@SashaMaksimik]

The ring as a bottle opener is my party trick and it amazes and astounds. 10/10 highly recommend

[@deepthinkerpoet]

But how does it work? 🤔

[@SashaMaksimik]

William Remsen physics/lever mechanics. It works the same way a bottle opener does. You slip the edge of your ring under the edge of the bottle cap, curl you ring finger over the cap and lift from your wrist. Depending on the tightness of the cap you may have to readjust if your finger feels like it might snap off. Also, It does tend to ruin/roughen the edge of the ring after repeated uses but a price to pay for amazement.

[@adrianthoroughgood1191]

@@SashaMaksimik a high karat gold wedding ring is both import and soft, so I would think this would be pretty bad to do with that. If you had a random cheap ring not made of gold or silver then much more reasonable.

[@dilsdoes]

its been almost (and apparently, only) a year since ive seen this video for the first time and id like to extend a thank you to sarah (and john for sharing her wisdom) for the knowledge of the double loop. i have always tied shoelaces just fine, but they always, always come undone, and since i have very bad joints, my wonderful friends have had to assist me in tying them when we're walking between locations because i am not bending over to tie my shoes until i am certain i dont have to stand again for a good while. that life hack has literally been lifechanging, not only because my shoes stop coming undone (even though i know i tied them right why are they LOOSE-) but also because i no longer have to feel like a little kid having my shoes tied by someone else because i dont have the stamina to bend over and do it myself multiple times a day, and its helped way more than id expect. i just thought of this video while tying my shoes and i had to say thanks.

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[@Animekitty_]

I shall now go out and buy a second pair of sheets This "life hack" makes a lot of sense

[@claireschnatterbeck1747]

I’ve been using the shoe tying hack since you mentioned it on the pod and my life has improved drastically.

[@icedragon769]

Here's a diagram in case anybody came down to the comments for explanation: www.fieggen.com/shoelace/betterbowknot.htm

[@RockyJSquirrel06]

I always thoroughly enjoy how very in awe John appears to be of Sarah at ALL TIMES. To be fair, she seems to be extremely cool and awesome in the literal sense, so, that would be the appropriate response.

[@courtneyweaver6124]

MY DENTIST TAUGHT ME THE DOUBLE LOOP TRICK!!! My family thinks it's stupid, but I've stood by it since I was 8.

[@sallyibrahim9135]

Lol you're loyal

[@yevgeniygorbachev5152]

How is it done? I haven't been able to find anything that gives the same-looking result.

[@courtneyweaver6124]

@@yevgeniygorbachev5152 when u wrap the loop around like u normally do, wrap it twice and it's the same as a double knot in strength

[@yevgeniygorbachev5152]

@@courtneyweaver6124 Thanks for replying; I found another source. I was pulling the wrong part through the loop; it wasn't clear that the middle part of the double loop needs to be pulled through.

[@sensitivepetalflower]

Before my dad as married to my mom, he never knew to wet his toothbrush and paste before brushing. Great video. Sarah is a lovely lady.

[@MrEazyE357]

I've read that it's actually more effective if you don't so your Dad may have been onto something.

[@HouseMDaddict]

@@MrEazyE357 I've read that too

[@WintaAssefa]

now i learn this

[@MrEazyE357]

@@WintaAssefa I only read it a couple years ago so don't feel bad.

[@M1rela]

Wow. There really needs to be, like, a "basic hygiene for men" course taught in schools, huh. HOW DO YOU NOT WASH YOUR TOWELS, JOHN!

[@llearch]

I think of Dilbert. "Are towels supposed to bend?" -shudder-

[@04beni04]

This!! True story: My first week of living in a student residence, one guy who had never done his own laundry in his life didn't know how to tell the difference between a washer and a dryer. He put a massive load of laundry plus a whack load of powdered detergent into a commercial dryer, turned it on the highest setting, and walked away. It was a brand new machine in a brand new residence building, and the soap fused in a hard shell around the barrel before blocking the vent. The machine was destroyed, his reputation was set for life (or at least, until the current residents moved on and into history), and people told stories of catching whiffs of burnt smell for a long, long time.

[@PheOfTheFae]

I was wondering how he would think to wash a sponge but not the crusty towel. XD

[@dustinhiatt3835]

@@rickymaharaj7767 Think about what happens when a warm, wet, absorbant material sits in the open for days on end. Its going to be riddled with bacteria pretty quick. I'll re-use towels once or twice but I wouldn't trust doing it any longer.

[@namelessjavelin5444]

@@rickymaharaj7767 nasty stuff grows on things that get wet with water, no matter how clean that original wetness is

[@FigmentsMade]

I already do #3 with the soap bits! I feel like I have earned a gold star or something. Thank you for actual, real, working life hacks, John! I needed this today.

[@lonestarr1490]

I exclusively use liquid soap. And when it's nearly empty, I put some drops of water in it to get the rest out. Needless to say it then spills all over my shirt every. fucking. time.

[@cenedra20]

I taught my family about the knot trick after I heard it in Dear Hank and John, it IS a life changer

[@partyCSM]

I love this. I love this video. These aren’t life hacks that cut corners, instead it’s hacks on what tasks are actually worth spending time on. Thank you

[@Christina-xv7ml]

The mystery that is men surviving long enough with their limited knowledge about how to do stuff to reach adulthood continues to fascinate me...

[@GregTom2]

As a man with a six figure salary who lives in a two room appartement where all 8 walls are unadorned and white, who doesn't own a washing machine or a dish washer: send help. On a positive note I will have survived to my 26th birth day this week. Really, the reason we do this is that we've never experienced good quality of life, having just come out of absolute emotional destruction of university. Not knowing quality of life exists we make no effort to obtain it.

[@lijohnyoutube101]

@@GregTom2This needs an update and I think that’s not completely true. Sure some likely grow up in dysfunctional homes but it cannot be that solely as way too many men just seem comfortable At living in a manner of life that is of less quality.

[@crazykenna]

Maybe the real life hack was the friends we made along the way

[@immabemyself1]

Thank the yeti for these wonderful life hacks. I definitely change my sheets weekly and it’s the best thing ever. ☺️

[@enlathestrange]

I haven’t had sheets on my bed for two weeks and instead opted for a sleeping bag and blanket due to a lack of motivation caused by ADHD, poor mental health and laziness. Tonight at 00:10 I got up and put sheets on my bed. Thanks John and Sarah for being the adults i need to motivate my adulting.

[@RebeccaShores]

The double loop is the best advice I got. Fresh towels and sheets are SO lovely! I should actually put something up on my walls...

[@andrewknorpp9415]

Put double looped clean towels up on your walls. then you will reach life hack nirvana.

[@musiclover1995v]

I love the way John talks about his wife. Nothing over romantic but you can just tell he adores her

[@JulietteTLin]

omg i just moved into a new apartment and these tips are so useful! i used to think that putting things up on the wall or decorating in general was useless/wasteful but now i realize that it really can enhance your life and your space and i'm hoping to decorate my room more soon

[@reaganharder1480]

I used to care nothing for how things looked, so long as it functioned as I wanted it to, but it recent years I have slowly begun to see the usefulness in good looking things. Not that decorations have to be things that would normally be considered good looking... I have a keyboard I ripped out of an old laptop sitting around as a decoration.

[@hadinossanosam4459]

A while ago, I played my first piano recital (I'm not a pianist, but I had enough pieces together to make it work). It was wonderful, one of my proudest achievements so far. Anyway, afterwards, I had some of the printed programmes left over (of course we had printed too many), and I got this weird urge to hang it on the wall in my room... felt weird, but I decided to do so anyway, and it's been a great reminder of that moment, a reminder of something I'm proud of for those times when I don't feel too proud of what I'm currently doing. Looking back, it was this video that convinced me to hang it, so thank you (both)!

[@lushiousification]

The best feeling in the world is having a shower getting into freshly cleaned PJs and into freshly cleaned sheets. It’s amazing.

[@tilltheendoftheline.5340]

This is a beautiful example of love, while still being intellectual enough to tollerate. You and hank are definitely my favorite wholesome internet dads, have a nice existence.

[@Soysauceb4ketchup]

I feel as though my fiancé wrote the script for this video. There are likely many wives watching this thinking "well, yes, these are obvious things"

[@fugithegreat]

Yep, I have had to explain many common sense things to my husband, who is in his 40s... the sheets thing being one of them.

[@wickedly4]

this got recommended to me now a year later and I just want you to know that I use the soap trick to this day and I thank sarah for it mentally, every time.

[@oneboredjeu]

i paused the video to go wash my sheets & change my life thank u

[@quintusantell2912]

That decorate one really improved my quality of life with mental health issues; instead of staring at blank walls and getting lost in the *worst* of my intrusive thoughts, there are stories, oddities, and a liveliness that has saddened me as I have to move and take down all my artwork. It's gotten to the point that dating what year I made what painting has also taken on its own form of wonder like, "this feels pretentious as if I am somehow a painter worth remembering," and then I remember, "I AM," for some people. My child told me about a year ago he wants all of my tattoos preserved, and *THIS* is something I'm excited about: the journey of Quintus after Life began on a stretcher and it ended on canvas. I am sorry for ranting. I love this channel. Y'all make me feel safe in a world of terrible feelings and the people who feel them.

[@DynamiteTrujillo]

Clean sheets is the number one way to be a little bit happier. Sarah is very correct about everything. xo

[@JDog39617]

I’m particularly fond of my Zen Pencil - John Green print as a wall covering. It sits just above my desk and reminds me that my work and responsibility is not to money or in pursuit of fame, but a gift to those I love

[@teppi5119]

THAT ... WAS ... AWESOME! Sponge poop, clean sheets, wedding ring beer opener, YOU NEVER WASHED YOUR TOWELS!? Well done John. I love your wife. You aren’t so bad I suppose. 🤓

[@lonestarr1490]

Ikr. Overused towels literally beg for being washed. One just has to sniff them.

[@teppi5119]

Lone Starr there’s a Monty python bit in there

[@SimplyDudeFace]

I have been squeezing the old and new soap together for decades. Saves soap, saves money, and saves having to deal with all the little slivers of left over soap. Two huge thumbs up.

[@alechall7082]

This is the best comments section ever, nerdfighters are the best 🖖🖖

[@crochetingcanuck]

The only thing better than the feeling of clean sheets is the feeling of clean sheets when you have also just showered. Ultimate clean.

[@jupiter6628]

the first life hack - MY MOM TAUGHT ME THIS. although i still live at home, i wash my own sheets ... it has DRAMATICALLY improved my bed experience

[@KroK013]

Obviously, none of us know anything about your and Sarah's relationship, but the things you choose to share about it are inspiring. Also, love the suggestion about buying student art. I will definitely keep that in mind the next time I'm facing a bare wall.

[@DeusExHonda]

I too greatly benefitted from my wife teaching me about clean sheets

[@lonestarr1490]

That sounds wrong. But I don't know why.

[@trippinjay25]

This is beautiful. You have managed to provide small tidbits of wisdom but also highlight how the smaller things that our loved ones bring into our lives, like clean sheets, art filled walls, and improved cleaning methods act as small portals through which light shines into the darkness. PS: It would appear that there is a direct correlation between The Anthropocene Reviewed and an increased frequency of my favorite heart-warmingly thoughtful John Green moments. Thanks for everything!

[@brianvenua]

I miss John testing life hacks, specifically on mental floss

[@stuiesmb]

Brian Venua +++

[@mariewikiwaka3851]

Most especially when done poorly.

[@KellyKOScraps]

Was just thinking there are times I don't want to watch certain videos, but I always want to watch a Vlogbrothers video. I really love this video. Long live the love to Sarah & John.

[@FeatherMarauder]

It's been a good long while since I've been this early. Looking forward to the video! Just opened youtube hoping I'd missed the last vlogbrothers upload :D

[@tynebaker]

It is kind of a wonderful thing to see ordinary people through the eyes of someone who loves them.

[@fraxinus_ash]

I am going sceptically to try the double loop...

[@fraxinus_ash]

OH MY GOSH IT WORKS

[@amaramoss]

I began to do the double loop after hearing John talk about it on Dear Hank and John (or as he prefers to call it, Dear John and Hank). It works. It’s amazing. Thank you, Sarah.

[@squeekytoy123]

The first time vlogbrothers has failed me! The shoe thing John, I tried it yesterday and either I’m doing it wrong or it is your unbelieving faith in Sarah that keeps yours tied...

[@macLoscope]

I am amazed about the Katchadourian portraits. I'm googling it right now. Also you made me want to clean my sheets because it has been a while, since I moved (4-5 months) that I haven't cleaned them and I just remembered how it feels when I'm at somebody's and they offer me a bed with clean sheets. Man it just feels really great, like I was reborn to the world

[@TheElisabethMaria]

Getting into a clean bed after having a shower/bath and wearing clean pjs 😍😍😍

[@vlad-ns6yt]

Skin-gasm

[@lonestarr1490]

And then you fart.

[@elisecode2212]

that's my mom's favourite thing lol she always mentions when she does that

[@alechall7082]

Why do people wear clothes at night

[@lostleviathan2352]

@@alechall7082 cold

[@TheEmpressSophie]

Sarah doesn't get a lot of airtime on vlogbrothers and I get why because she's her own person with her own awesome things but I really loved hearing about your relationship and the way you love each other framed in this way of little things that make a big difference. Thank you for sharing, John. I can only hope that my husband has half of the happy changes because of me in his life as you have with yours. DFTBA. ♥️

[@basithph8958]

“Life backs I have learned from my wife” Best advice ever from Mr. Green

[@amijohnson8987]

That is SO true about clean sheets! Also, getting into a nicely made bed brings the fresh sheets to a whole other level! I’ve only skipped making my bed a few times in my adult life, and I’m so much happier climbing into a made bed with fresh sheets than just a bed with fresh sheets. It’s truly one of the greatest gifts my mother taught me.

[@ABigHatProduction]

"you can't put wooden cutting boards in the dishwasher" *sweats and looks at my dishwasher which contains my wooden cutting boards*

[@una_10bananas]

i had to come back here because the soap one is genuinely so good, thank you to sarah for improving my life

[@AlleyWater]

Hats and gloves also need to be washed!! Something I learned this year.

[@lonestarr1490]

Can you tell me: how exactly is one supposed to wash a hat? I once washed a hat of mine. I never managed to get it back in shape ...

[@AlleyWater]

@@lonestarr1490 I hand wash them in the sink with a bit of detergent. Then lay flat to dry.

[@representationmetaphorique]

I just started washing my sheets frequently this year, in my twenties because of this video!!!!

[@bambi3845]

Good timing opening up KZbin: 1 Notifications: 0

[@vlad-ns6yt]

Make it a 2-0

[@Ren-nw6oq]

This video came up today and the shoelaces hack is one that I use and has seriously made my life better. Thank you, Sarah.

[@JoinTheMadVender]

Not the dishwasher! You gotta microwave your sponges to sterilize them! But I guess regularly replacing is good advice regardless. :)

[@driverjayne]

Also microwaving a damp sponge (NEVER microwave a dry sponge it will catch on fire) does double duty in also loosening all the gunk on your microwave that you can then just wipe right off. But be careful, your sponge will be hot.

[@JoinTheMadVender]

@@driverjayne Oh, yeah. Obviously. Thanks. I shouldn't assume people wouldn't microwave dry sponges. xD

[@wiebkejohanna9621]

I feel like this might be disappointing, but even microwaving your sponge wont sterilize it. It will only make room for the really disgusting bacteria the microwave won't kill.

[@JoinTheMadVender]

@@wiebkejohanna9621 You could actually submerge it in water and let it boil for a bit? But yes, this shouldn't be an alternative for replacing the sponges regularly.

[@wiebkejohanna9621]

@@JoinTheMadVender There is this paper on it and it says: Sanitation by boiling or microwave treatment has been shown to significantly reduce the bacterial load of kitchen sponges19, 21 and can therefore be regarded as a reasonable hygiene measure. However, our data showed that regularly sanitized sponges (as indicated by their users) did not contain less bacteria than uncleaned ones. Moreover, “special cleaning” even increased the relative abundance of both the Moraxella- and Chryseobacterium-affiliated OTUs (Fig. 3B). Presumably, resistant bacteria survive the sanitation process and rapidly re-colonize the released niches until reaching a similar abundance as before the treatment (Fig. 6A). This effect resembles the effect of an antibiotic therapy on the gut microbiota40, 41, and might promote the establishment of higher shares of RG2-related species in the kitchen sponges. If you want to look it up, the link is www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-06055-9 Their conclusion was to keep the sponges as clean as possible, but change them once a week, as they probably get yucky pretty quickly. So I think you're right and cleaning and replacing them is the superior method

[@tweetthang96]

“Sarah proceeded to use her two day old wedding ring to open them. True love.” I am dying but also just....so touched? Love you guys

[@samrakita4279]

Clean sheets are one of the simple joys of life!

[@Spectacurl]

After watching many of your videos and the Art Assignment the luckiest thing in you life haven't been becoming a KZbinr but having her at your side, so you can became a KZbinr.

[@rift0tripper]

We have a little container of water and small part Clorox we dunk the sponges into before and after use.

[@flyingvorka1369]

This is so pure. I love it!! I hope you and your wife will keep exchanging lifehacks for a long long long time. On my way to change my bedsheets. Thanks Sarah!

[@katrhinehart6188]

Hello! Hope everyone is having a amazing day, DFTBA friends.

[@jaclyn70]

Hello! I’m a huge fan of you and hank and I just learned that I passed my European history AP test (which only has a 50% pass rate) and crash course had a big part of the reason why I passed so thank you!

[@micahphilson]

I just cycle sponges somewhat regularly when they start to degrade, because those things are horrifying. I actually only use them for counters and stuff. Though for sterilization, I imagine soaking them in like Everclear would work wonders!

[@A.K_Music]

Just when I had been wishing for more Mental Floss life hack videos, this popped up in my subscription feed. Thanks, John!

[@gargieagnihotri]

Wife teaches John how to live like a normal human being

[@cosmiclightbulb7056]

oh my gosh...that knot-tying trick has immediately changed my life. Thank you thank you thank you thank you....

[@sarty]

Love the video and love the life hacks. Clean sheets are a blessing from the stars and changing your pillow cases also, and I've been told this by a real doctor, helps to prevent facial blemishes. See you at VidCon!

[@sallyibrahim9135]

My face is clearer than ever

[@mschrisfrank2420]

I wash my sheets every week and I use fabric conditioner-the scent of which makes me so happy.

[@alechall7082]

Do you have a favorite brand? I dont use it so im interested

[@claytonhawn7301]

Looking for Alaska, Alternate ending I loved your book, but it could have been even more spicy. It should have ended with Alaska surviving the crash and she crawled in the woods because she was paralyzed from the waist down. They had a closed casket funeral because her dad was in on it. Sadly though Jake committed suicide which would be the only downside the the ending.

[@meganconner5539]

Might i also add kind sir: The eagle should have a heart attack, when he sees alaska alive. She also contemplates suicide now because she cant enjoy her hobbies anymore. . . . R.i.p. jake :(

[@mtndewcodered4885]

Jake should live so Lara and Jake can date because they're the only two likeable characters

[@meganconner5539]

@@mtndewcodered4885 felt that

[@producerjjones9976]

If that were to happen, it could have ended with a cliff hanger... Maybe

[@lenastipeksherbert7179]

I bought an obnoxious amount of prints at Otakon this past weekend. I promise it helps. I remember last year I had the thought, "By technicalities, I spend the most time in this room compared to any other room in my life. It's *my room*. I should make it like me." I vowed to be more unapologetically myself than ever before. I've lost some people and had annoying disputes about some of my actions and traits, but it's brought more amazing people to and closer to me than ever before as well as having grown over just this year. It's amazing how much décor can help.

[@Megnificentness]

One day John will come to his senses and make a video about women's soccer...until then I'll just have to get by with still never putting my wooden cutting boards in the dishwasher 👍

[@vlogbrothers]

The WWC is discussed extensively in the next episode of dear hank and john! Not being able to livetweet the games was one of the very (very very) few things I've missed about twitter this year. -John

[@Megnificentness]

@@vlogbrothers Then I look forward to listening to the next pod! You're someone who got me into soccer and it would mean a lot if you talked about the women on this platform. Just a thought if you're ever blanking on a video idea. Thanks John ☺

[@emilylittle123]

It’s truly lovely to hear John & Hank talk lovingly & honestly about their marriage & their wives. It’s so refreshing compared to how media portrays marriages as over idealized or as “holding people down”.

[@Carina5707]

I just bleach my sponges. And I wash my sheets like every 4 months so maybe I could up my game lol

[@hownottomedic539]

4 months? Even the sheet you sleep on and the thing that envelops your pillow ? I think that's a bit too much indeed. I started changing them every week and sometimes every two days when it's hot and sweaty and my acne reduced incredibly. We sometimes underestimate how much our close environment impacts our immediate health

[@alechall7082]

Jesus man do better

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

Awh hell... if it's not busted, don't fix it. I'm just starting to graduate to the couch from sleeping on the damn floor! ;o)

[@josefinajordan1997]

I came back to this video only to thank you and the yeti for the double loop, it HAS change my day to day life

[@alexandrebier4581]

So you're saying that we should marry smart? And I was always thinking about marrying rich!

[@robertjarman3703]

Kim Kardashian may have a million dollars worth of clothing and jewels on her at all time, but they make her look like an empty shell to be honest and far less like a complex human.

[@what._._._]

that shoelace thing is a real gamechanger!