The newest avocado pit hack makes it easier than ever to enjoy fruits of your labor.

All you have to do is press the pit with your fingers.

Those little gadgets meant to help feel like a waste of money.

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And stabbing the pit with a knife is straight-up dangerous.

Avocado-related injuries sent an average of 24 peopleto the hospital per day in 2018.

Turns out, theres been an easy hack to remove avocado pit all alongno special tools required.

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Apply gentle pressure and just like that, your pit pops out.

This avocado pit hack looks almost too easy to be real.

Have we really been wasting our time with elaborate pit-removal methods for nothing?

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Heres how it went.

Does that viral TikTok avocado pit hack really work?

Once I began pressing, the pit was halfway across my kitchen within seconds.

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Aside from a deep thumb dent in the back of the avocado, the flesh was left unscathed.

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The pit bounced out with force and went straight to the floor.

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Medium

This avocado is about two days shy of being perfect.

From a mess and required-force perspective, this pit was the easier out of the five to remove.

Medium-soft

This is a beautifully ripened avocado.

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Still, my fingers werent super messy and the pit didnt go far.

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*Chefs kiss.

The verdict

Its safe to say that the viral TikTok avocado pit hack does in fact work.

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