The internet is a great place for finding out that you’ve been using an everyday object incorrectly your whole life.

But while some viral tips may actually change the way you cook, clean, or even eat pineapples, others fall apart under scrutiny.

Recently, for example, some people were unconvinced after seeing a cutting-board “hack” circulating online.

The trick, which was first featured in a video by YouTube channel 5-Minute Crafts GIRLY, entails positioning the hole in your cutting board over a bowl and pushing ingredients through the cutout, ostensibly to avoid making a mess.

Twitter users caught wind of the hack after Edmonton Journal's Twitter account shared an article the National Post had written about the tip on Tuesday.

Many people expressed doubts that the trick would be useful, especially for larger cuts of ingredients.

Read more: 9 cost-saving food 'hacks' that don't actually work

Others pointed out that some cutting boards don't have cutout handles, or have smaller holes so you can hang them up.

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One Twitter user, QueerPlatypus7, even referenced a patent for a cutting board design - filed by Todd O. Ladwig in April 1993 and granted in February 1995 - in which the horizontal hole at one end is called a handle.

It's worth noting that Ladwig's patent application expired today, on March 27, 2019, according to Google Patents.

The patent appears to be for a "substantially rectangular" cutting board with a hinge at one end that could be flipped downwards, extending its surface area.

In the patent's abstract, the claim is made that the "movement [of] the lower portion of the cutting board is particularly useful for sweeping cut objects, such as vegetables, meats, or other objects into a bowl or a pan."

Watch 5-Minute Crafts GIRLY's full video about kitchen tips below: