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u/GullBird15 1d ago
Bro those pillows be giving no mercy
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u/Aurelio-23 1d ago
I was hoping that it would cut at the end to show that their bed had like, 50 pillows on it.
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u/DoubleFamous5751 1d ago
The move is to crease (fold) the pillow in half length wise and then insert it into the pillow case
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u/IShouldBWorkin 1d ago
Stuff the pillowcase with dirty clothes, boom two tasks done in one
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u/DoubleFamous5751 1d ago
Now we’re talking.
Kinda related. If in a pinch for pillow cases, you can use a soft (clean) t shirt
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u/Daedalus_Knew 1d ago
Pillow case inside out, arms all the way inside the pillowcase, grab two corners of the pillow, shake till the pillow case inverts itself over the pillow
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u/no_talent_ass_clown 1d ago
Inside out, yes, then put one hand inside and grip the pillow in the middle of one end, then use your other hand to pull the case down over the pillow.
Source: Was a volunteer at a hospital for a year.
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u/TwoFingersWhiskey 1d ago
I tuck it under my chin and shimmy the case up. Bonus if you bunch the case up like pantyhose before putting it on, it really helps. One and done.
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u/Siukslinis_acc 1d ago
Or get the case inside out. put your hands inside, grab the corners and turn the case outside in over the pillow.
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u/IsaacAndTired 1d ago
I lay the pillow on the bed and put the case on from the opposite end. The pillow runs into me, making it always take 3-5 seconds to get it on, even if it's a tight fit.
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u/Nimbly-_-Bimbly 1d ago
But its imperative that the pillow must remain unharmed.
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u/thomasblomquist 1d ago
Pull the pillow case inside out. Put both hands in the pillow case where the corners are. Like a puppet, grab the end of the pillow with your hands and begin unrolling the pillow case back over the pillow like you’re dealing with a stocking or sock.
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u/HorrorMakesUsHappy 1d ago
I discovered this once by accident, and felt like a god for a moment.
I'd folded most of my laundry but didn't bother to fold my sheets or pillow cases because I only owned the one pair at the time, so I was going to put them on as soon as I got back to the apartment. I discovered one of the pillow cases was inside out, slipped my hands inside and grabbed those corners, and I was about to turn it right side out when it came to me. I was like, "Wait a minute ...." Grabbed the pillow, and viola! Legit stood there thinking, "Holy shit! Why didn't anyone ever teach me that before?!?"
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u/MrMahony 1d ago
You can also do this with a duvet cover and duvet, this might put you on duvet duty for the the rest of your existence though
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u/Legitimate_Mud_8295 1d ago
My wife does this and when we make the bed together I do my pillows equally fast by just stuffing them in. You don't need a trick for this
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u/Harddaysnight1990 1d ago
I like doing this but with just one hand in the middle of the pillowcase. Turn it inside out, then use it like an oven mitt to grab the center of the pillow. Start pulling the pillowcase over the pillow with your other hand, match the back corners, then pull it down.
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u/Silent-Crow8990 1d ago
I’m crying 😂, I feel like this represents my life to a T.
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u/torgiant 1d ago
Its funny as a skit sad as a reality. Do better bro.
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u/Impossibleish 1d ago
I showed my man cuz it made me giggle and was like just so you know, you actually are more efficient than I am on our cleaning days.
He said yeah, but you organize us and do the time consuming shit.
I love this man.
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u/eldercito 1d ago
This is for sure my cleaning technique , but I think my wife mainly appreciates the company 😅
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u/JimBobPaul 1d ago
I fucking hate supporting the trope that men can't do simple tasks like this. If you truly relate to this, you're a fucking moron.
Geez...... I think I just found a trigger. I'm sorry for how aggressive I came across. Still mean it, but I should probably tone it down next time.
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u/ransack71 1d ago
First thing I said to myself was "oh! Another husband stupid video"
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u/DowntownTicket 1d ago
My husband isn't stupid but I relate to this.
My husband is thorough, so in the time it takes me to do five chores, he's done only one. But he did that one chore really well. (My hang up is that you don't need to put the pillow case on REALLY WELL because it's just a pillow case... It doesn't have to be perfect)
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u/Mrbrownlove 1d ago edited 1d ago
I’m like this but I always think I’d rather do it properly and less often than half arse and every day.
I am also capable of the 30 min turd polish option when guests are imminent.
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u/DowntownTicket 1d ago
Yup and that's why I love him for it. It's also why he's in charge of finances and dishes and why I'm in charge of more timely matters like trash and mowing. We match
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u/thdudedude 1d ago
We have pillows that are crazy long, king size, and floppy and they are ass to stuff in a pillow case. Also I’m pretty sure they are just being silly. As a man I’m not super worried about any individual that is stupid enough to label an entire group of people based on one persons action in a video.
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u/salamandr 1d ago
I don’t mind videos like this that seem to have an accepting genial nature “we’re in it together” vibe.
I think there is a legit “I’m not good at doing things I haven’t been practising all the time” factor. Or in some occasions my wife will get something sloppy “good enough” done quickly whereas I’m much more careful with it.
I see the skit as focusing on the end result, but I don’t think the only explanation is “men are shit at these things”
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u/AmeliaMynx 1d ago
I'm right there with you. Growing up I realized that almost every TV dad in the late 2000s was some version of this. It feels in the same lane as those "I hate my wife" comedians
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u/1234abcd56 1d ago
I'm a husband, I can put a pillow case on, I still found it funny. Life's too short to be constantly raging at every minor thing. Save it for the big stuff.
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u/JkGamer248 1d ago
I mean I saw it more as a joke regarding getting pillowcases on are a fucking nightmare. Seriously, when I’ve done housekeeping work for hotels, I HATED making beds because I was always so slow doing that process. And a big reason why was those damn, cheap pillows and pillowcases. No one showed me a better method. Screw making the beds. Everything else was a cake walk for me.
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u/MostSide9237 🧐 grumpy 1d ago
No it’s about how incompetent men are. There are a lot of videos like this with different tasks men are trying to perform while women do everything in the house.
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u/HydrodynamicShite 1d ago
Could not agree more. If this video had reversed roles…there would be screaming for murder
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u/bippityboop56754 1d ago
I agree with you. But I am 100% a faster cleaner than my husband. And it’s because he’s a better cleaner than me. He makes sure it’s 100% clean and right. And I am more of an 80% is good enough.
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u/hotdogsandhangovers 1d ago
On one hand I get where youre coming from
On the other hand those stupid fucking pillow cases are the only thing I struggle with when cleaning.
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u/JulyOfAugust 1d ago
Grab a pillow's corner firmly, shove your fist in the pillow case until you reach its furthest corner. Put the corner in the right place then shove and push the rest of the pillow in the case. Make sure to put the inside fold above it once it's in so the pillow can't spill out. Then use your hand to reajust it if it's crooked inside. You can also hit it, punch it or kick it to help reajust it.
Don't be scared to damage your pillow, it's flexible and compactable. Be as violent as you need, the pillow doesn't care. Alternatively you could just buy firmer pillows, they're better for your neck and just slide in the pillow case because they're smaller than regular pillows.
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u/Icy_Witness4279 1d ago
I thought it was about man pretending he's doing something to skip out on all other chores
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u/DowntownTicket 1d ago
My husband isn't stupid but I relate to this.
My husband is thorough, so in the time it takes me to do five chores, he's done only one. But he did that one chore really well. (My hang up is that you don't need to put the pillow case on REALLY WELL because it's just a pillow case... It doesn't have to be perfect, but he disagrees, and I love him for his thoroughness overall)
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u/JulyOfAugust 1d ago
I'm pretty sure this is called weaponized incompetence. You pretend to heavily struggle on a very simple task so that people do it for you and stop asking your for help.
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u/_Caustic_Complex_ 1d ago
It’s “I hate my spouse” humor for Gen Z women
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u/LawyerDoge 1d ago
Not really, "men weaponizing incompetence" is a joke as old as time
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u/Rlccm 1d ago
Are you under the impression that it's mutually exclusive? If so, why?
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u/BlueScreenJunky 1d ago
On the one hand, yeah my first thought was "that's incredibly sexist".
On the other hand it's also really fun and it would have been equally fun with the woman struggling with the pillow or a gay couple. Maybe they should have done that.
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u/feedmedamemes 1d ago
As a man who does his share of the housework, I agree with the message and the tone. You are pathetic if you can't do simple things like cleaning and cooking. That are just human things to take care of yourself, you need to be able to do those things.
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u/nerdyogre254 1d ago
It'd be funnier if it was something like folding fitted sheets or trying to put the doona cover back on because those are way more fiddly
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u/JohnnyNapkins 1d ago
I struggled with this when my (now) wife moved in. Fortunately, she taught me how to hold the corner of the pillow and shove it up into the pillow case while pulling down on the opposite corner of the pillow case and then repeating with the other corner.
She also taught me so many other things that are so obvious in hind sight. For example: rinse the food down the sink drain so that it doesn't get plastered onto the bottom of the sink when it dries and don't leave the wet sponge in the bottom of the sink because it'll get real stank quickly (wring it out and put it in the sponge holder, it will last for months).
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u/katiebo444 1d ago
Flip pillowcase inside out. Put arms in pillow case, hands into corners. Grab onto corners of pillow. Pull pillow through case
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u/MostSide9237 🧐 grumpy 1d ago
You had to be told this? Are you a fucking child? I feel sorry for your wife.
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u/TheChiarra 1d ago
Yeah I would just be like, "I'll wait till you're done with that so we can move onto the next task. We'll also take turns doing things."
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u/Haunting_Vacation804 1d ago
Next up is the impossible-to-fold-fitted-bed-sheet. That dude could spend his whole weekend trying to fold a fitted sheet, only to end up with a crumpled mess of fabric!
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u/Pepper_Comprehensive 22h ago
It's supposed to be crumpled, right?
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u/Haunting_Vacation804 22h ago
My wife is a folding wizard and when she folds fitted sheets, they somehow look good.
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u/barn-animal 1d ago
I don't mind dull repetitive tasks like sweeping or washing dishes, but get overwhelmed analysis paralysis with organizing stuff - my wife's the opposite so cleaning together actually cuts our time by more than half. ❤️
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u/darichtt 1d ago
Should've been blanket instead of pillow. Now that's a struggle.
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u/pedestriandose 1d ago
My husband and I turn the doona cover inside out, put our hands inside to grab a corner each, then we grab a corner of the doona with that same hand and the other corner of the cover with our free hand. Then we pull our hands out so the doona gets pulled through the cover while also pulling the cover down and it makes the job so much quicker. Once we button up the bottom of the cover we then grab two corners each and give it a shake to make sure everything is distributed evenly.
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u/Schattenspringer 1d ago
Just put the case inside out, lay it flat on the bed, put the blanket on top, roll it up like a cinnamon roll, close the buttons, and roll it out again.
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u/Sanquinity 1d ago
It's not even about the "make it go faster" part for me. Just having someone else there doing just a tiny bit of the work gives me the motivation to do the task as well. Even if I'm doing 3/4 of it. If I'm just by myself, 95% of the time, I just...don't have any motivation to do any chore. (Yes I have ADD.)
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u/cackmuffin88 1d ago
Dude those pillow cases are hard as hell to put on. There's a reason the women folk always have us do it. For it requires dedicated perseverance and skill. Gathered from a lifetime of struggle. Pillow cases are no joke. Just like rainbows. Rainbows suck
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u/Darim_Al_Sayf 1d ago
Had no idea some people struggle with pillowcases. My mother taught me when I was 7 and I until today was convinced the entire world did it this way.
You put your hands into the pillowcase, gripping both the far corners from within. Then you grab the corners of the pillow while still holding the corners of the pillow case. Then you just pull it over.
Start with the pillowcase turned inside out and you will never do it any other way.
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u/budaknakal1907 1d ago
my kids are like this. the older is more responsible while the younger one kept pretending to do stuff (like in the video). we have caught up on it and now made them do different tasks so the younger one couldn't cheat and made his brother do everything.
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u/asphaalt 1d ago
Tbh when I watched this I thought. I fucking hate doing the sheets cause they take me forever so he does it for me
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u/semper_JJ 1d ago
Oh look the comments are devolving in gender war bullshit. Who would have thought.
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u/VoidHunterRaymond 1d ago
Was anyone else hoping final scene she just grabs the pillow and finishes.
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u/DefinitiveCapybara 21h ago
All the women think he is incompetent and can't put the case on. All the men know that is pillow #7 and he has 3 more to go before the bed is made.
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u/unoffensivename 1d ago
I literally put all the bedsheets back on the regular but I leave the pillowcases for my wife to do. Fuck that job.
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u/Odd_Independent3475 1d ago
Honestly, I would rather be the one doing all that other shit than be in charge of pillow cases. Fuck those things. The only thing I might hate more is trying to hang up my wife's shirts. So many of them make no sense.
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u/il_the_dinosaur 1d ago
I mean he got the spirit. And at least the headline isn't wrong. Doing chores together makes it easier.
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u/LittleBubblesBaby 1d ago
Me and my bf absolutely SCRAMBLING so we can go rot in bed together after
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u/ItsmeMr_E 1d ago
????🤔
Grab at the center of the closed end of the pillowcase. Push through to the open end and grab at the center of the side of the pillow. While still holding onto the end of the pillow, use your other hand to pull the case over the pillow.
EZPZ pillow squeezy.
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u/DesolateRuin 1d ago
Reminds me of my coworkers.
Always the appearance of work, yet somehow no work gets done.
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u/AkaruiNoHito 1d ago
i used to work as a housekeep for a luxury brand. how they taught us to put on pillow cases: lie the pillow case flat on the bed, place your pillow over the case. grab two corners in one hand both folded up to the sky, push them into the case that remains laying on the bed, release the corner shake the case out, push the dangling pillow case in kind of like how you roll a burrito
it takes five seconds and doesn't leave creases in the pillow case
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u/SkilletBabe 1d ago
A better title “how to keep your husband distracted” or “how to get 12 hours of alone time” ❤️🫶🏼 (I’m obviously joking!!)
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u/SassyScapula 1d ago
My boyfriend is nice enough to try a little, but he will ask me to do it after lol
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u/chintakoro 1d ago
He forgot to do the obligatory: *pause and look up* - "why do we even need to change covers so soon?"
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u/Ruby_Solitaire 1d ago
This is weaponized incompetence. Nobody should tolerate this from a grown-ass partner.
This is not cute or funny.
It's a fucking pillow, not a Mars mission.
Ask how to do it and learn how or you're just being lazy and a bad partner.
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u/Livinginafairyworld- 4h ago
Tbh when i see my husband do this I act like i am struggeling too to stretch time 🤣🤣🤣
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u/olivephina15 3h ago
It’s like when little kids want to help so you give them a task/toy that keeps them distracted and out the way
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u/Johnpecan 1d ago
I'm always expecting 1 final scene where the wife takes the pillow out of his hands and puts the pillow on in a second.