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Life Hacks Debunked: Sorry to Burst Your Bubble

Plastic Cups Don’t Amplify Your Speakers

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Source: wikihow.com

Apparently, the idea here was to cut a plastic cup in half and place both halves over your laptop to create volume-boosting speakers. But the thing is it doesn’t work. This isn’t like the smartphone-in-the-bowl hack (which does work). The plastic cups don’t make the sound waves bounce up and out. They just funnel them back down into your keyboard.

Speaking of speakers, see the next bogus hack…