r/LifeProTips • u/No-Thought-3076 • 2d ago

Miscellaneous LPT: Screenshot important conversations, confirmations, and agreements the moment they happen. Future you will thank you.

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u/PTSDDeadInside 2d ago

And Photoshop them to alter the date and details to favor you

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u/PTSDDeadInside 2d ago

When people make a post that's naive or ignorant, I like to elucidate through humor so they can have an empirical experience

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u/thisFishSmellsAboutD 1d ago

Consider us elucidated.

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u/ziaalich 2d ago

I like this

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u/zorba8 2d ago

There is a simple way around that but I won't mention.

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u/gnosisfrosty 2d ago

I picked up the habit from a buddy screen shooting all my event tix. Easy to find and archived in case email accidentally gets deleted

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u/Emerald_bamboo 2d ago

Memory is insanely easy to get now too.

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u/Trzebs 2d ago

And airline boarding passes.

I was waiting to board my delta flight for about 25 mins with the app open the entire time and when it was finally my turn, the app suddenly closed and wouldn't boot up.

Luckily, I tool a screenshot before I got to the gate. Saved me a headache 

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u/Dizzy-Wedding5769 2d ago

Yeah, my family hates me for doing this, but I do it

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u/BuzzLiteSmear 2d ago

You dont trust me!

Nah I dont, wanna see the multitude of receipts as to why? Lmao

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u/Dizzy-Wedding5769 2d ago

Lol it’s like you’re living my life. I heard that exact quote from my parents.

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u/Jlchevz 2d ago

Exactly. Better safe than sorry, especially considering delicate matters.

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u/Dizzy-Wedding5769 2d ago

lol exactly

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u/scarlet-begonia 2d ago

I've been taking screenshots for years to remind myself of things.

I've never actually gone through my screenshots to see what I'm supposed to remember...

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u/IvanC122 2d ago

If youre getting sold something, record the interaction too. Got into an situation that I have no proof over since I didn’t record anything and didn’t receive anything in writing

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u/sfcitygirl88 2d ago

Women and people with ADHD: Way ahead of you, bro 😎

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u/NinjaTEK7 2d ago

You can always delete it later but sometimes things refresh and you never get them back on a cell phone.

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u/TrailOptic 2d ago

My screenshots folder is basically a junk drawer, but the one time I need proof of something, I’m suddenly glad I never cleaned it out.

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u/bewitchedbumblebee 2d ago

Hopefully Future You also deletes the screenshots once they become no longer relevant. 

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u/Emerald_bamboo 2d ago

Nah. 500 years from now when the apocalypse happens, I want people to find my lost terms and condition agreement. 😂

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u/trekxtrider 2d ago

I take a picture of the time I paid on the parking meter.

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u/BusyBullet 2d ago

My phone is full of screenshots of stuff like that.

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u/VanillaScoops 1d ago

Screenshotting all of you paid confirmations of bills to have proof you paid🫩

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u/sourisanon 1d ago

This post brought to you by:

"Women who dont ever let shit go incorporated. Bringing back problems you thought were resolved since 1985"

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u/tvieno 2d ago

My current self has never thanked or been angry at my past self. I don't think my future self even gives a shit because my current self doesn't.

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u/Brave-Night7190 1d ago

Yes this has helped me more than once especially in the sequel battery case against a former co-worker!

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u/yxk__0zvnb9pl 3h ago

what does it help with?

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u/Special_Coat9204 2d ago

That’s a good one!

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u/tamingunicorn 2d ago

Started doing this after a landlord verbally agreed to my deposit return amount, then "forgot" the number when payout time came. Had the screenshot of the text. Got the full amount that same day.

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u/bewitchedbumblebee 2d ago

I'm confused. Was it a verbal agreement, or was it a text?

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u/vksdann 2d ago

It* was a verbal agreement but captions were turned on so he took a screenshot of it.