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[–] ConstantPain@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Didn't know the dishes needed shampoo and conditioner...

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm handwashing until the day I die, big washing machine will never get me. Yell at corporations for their water usage, not me washing dishes for one once a week with zero electricity usage.

[–] Sleevezipper@feddit.nl 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How would one get the knives in and out?

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Same way as any other day: slowly and with a subtle smirk. Just, don't make the happy noises if anyone's watching. 🤓

[–] Uiop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

. * Dish-washing-machine *

  • much more water-efficient
  • much more time-efficient
  • ...

No nees for fancy weird plastics, that can make your dishes dirty with sink-water.

[–] 69420@lemmy.world 48 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Then you bring it home, set it all up, and you realize your sink is too wide and none of your dishes fit in the slots.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

So, like dating? That tracks.

[–] fishy@lemmy.today 8 points 2 days ago

The real danger is when you overload it because you put off doing the dishes, then the whole thing shifts because the screws have loosened, dumping all your shit onto the counter and floor.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)
[–] Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't pay for water in this house, but I do pay for electricity. Diswashers way too power intensive. Also, I simply cannot afford a dishwasher

A rack on the other hand...

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Said the "big tiddy goth GF" poster? Too easy, friend. 😝

[–] Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well I'm a gay man... The rack I need is big hairy meaty pecs

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

This is known, though the pun trail is undeniable...

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Is sanitization necessary for dishes though?

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago

Absolutely not if you do a half decent job at washing them. Sanitary is a pipe dream anyway. The cabinet they're going in isn't sanitary. The air in the kitchen is full of fecal coliform bacteria. People don't wash their hands before they handle plates.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean I don't want to eat off of dishes with bacteria on them but regardless there's no arguing that a dishwasher uses less water than handwashing. It's kind of hard to beat 3-4 gallons of total usage for both rinsing and washing an entire double-sinkload of dishes.

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I assure you no matter what your dishwasher does your dishes have bacteria on them when you eat. Only reason to care about the sanitize mode is if you do things like grow mushrooms and want to get as clean a surface as you can when preparing components.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

The number of people who believe there's such a thing as "no bacteria" and that it's healthy at all... is consistently disappointing. 😅

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

You can sanitize them submerged in the sink with dish sanitizer

[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And as a result you’re more likely to have allergies. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25713281/

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

just perform more rimjobs and you'll be fine.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I just lick the crossing light buttons once in a while.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

During winter if you want it extra spicy

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Mmmm... gut flora.

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[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

damnit @Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com, stop advertising to my absolute must haves.

[–] the_artic_one@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Every thread about these racks is full of comments shitting on them, meanwhile I've been enjoying mine for years with none of the issues in the comments.

FWIW I live in a rental with limited counter space and no dishwasher.

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

I want one even though i have a dishwasher. we still end up with things in a drying rack that takes up counter space.

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Legit, the quality of life bump for getting a dishwasher is massive. You can even get a standalone version as a renter.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

My dishwasher died an a time where I didn't have enough cash on hand to replace it. I ordered a wash pump from china, but it took nearly a month to show up.

We handwashed for 3.5 weeks, I started planning meals around less cooking vessels. We started getting disposable plates.

I baby the F out of that thing now. Filter cleaned every time, regularl degreased, sump regularly cleaned.

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Sharp knives are supposed to be dried manually, not on a rack.

I'm 71 and I want one.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 2 points 1 day ago

These look great in theory, but I find they clutter up your only kitchen sink where you can wash big pots and pans. A little side rack with a utensil holder works better. Honestly, even then, I'd still not bother with any of that nonsense and just dry all the dishes immediately.

Touch everything once instead of twice.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 6 points 2 days ago

I wanted one when I was young. The apartment was overpriced and cramped. A traditional drying rack was later than the counter.

Now, I am old. I do not want one.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago

I remember being young enough to believe affording this kind of stuff was still my future.

(It wasn't).

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I too have butcher block countertops on my wall next to my window.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Man that really fucks with me, I really quite like looking out the window and watching people mill up and down the street; check out the clouds; see the dog stare at me while he does a shit; or seeing which of the kids is finding new and inventive ways to seriously injure themselves in the garden.

It's a faint thread of contact with the outside world while doing housework 😊

[–] Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Unfortunately my kitchen window stares onto a fucking wall of my neighbors. All wall. Not even a window. Just siding. I hate it and them.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like an excuse to wear fewer clothes and stare at them.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Well, now we're all picturing @Stamets@lemmy.world scantily-dressed and crushing that siding with an unblinking stare from beyond.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Looks a lot like "not putting the dishes away just yet" with more steps...

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Haha, wow, you own one of these? That's, ha, well, are you busy tonight?

... wanna be?

[–] Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago

I do not own one... can we still be busy?

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 4 points 2 days ago

I prefer the one over the sink but built into a cabinet (Finnish style, I think?) for both clearance and living in an earthquake zone

[–] UnrefinedChihuahua@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My wife just made me buy one after showing her this meme. We're both pumped about the space we'll save.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Hold onto that feeling, fellow mortals.

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