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GE Recalls Washing Machines That Failed To Pleasure Lonely Housewives (theonion.com)

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“Certain front-loading washer models have been recalled due to a motor issue that prevents the machines from properly bringing sexually frustrated housewives to shuddering climax,” said product safety coordinator Lisa Poundstone

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[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

you need to wrap a brick in some towels and put it in.
Every wife used to know this back in the day.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

A lot of modern machines have load imbalance sensors that stop the machine if it isn't balanced. Some will even try to correct the imbalance.

So the brick trick doesn't work, stupid technology oppressing women's sexual wellness.