Spyke

I've done lots of construction and many years ago I started wearing rubber gloves every time I do dishes. I used to not wear gloves but there's nothing like losing big chunks of your callouses from dish pan hands.

And if you play guitar and want to maintain callouses on your fingertips, you have to wear gloves all the time.

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I was just about to ask, it is one of the most important items in my kitchen and cleaning cupboard.

If you are getting disposable gloves, get nitrile ones, and make sure that they fit tight over your hands to seal the opening against water ingress.

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stoyreply
lemmy.zip

Real men get the tools they need for the job required.

In this case, rubber gloves.

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I worked as a dishwasher when I was in high school and you get over this real quick.

Because at least you're not cleaning up shit after someone destroyed the bathroom.

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Themereply
lemmy.blahaj.zone

Did you upload a youtube video to show a lemmy stranger your sink?

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tautalasreply
lemmy.world

I love washing dishes. I watch YouTube or listen to a podcast, and it's better than fishing for me. Especially after a party of some sort, when there's shitload of them

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Fishbonereply
lemmy.world

Is doing the dishes a requirement or can I just come over in cat ears and a maid outfit?

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Cheaper sinks without that mechanism still have the plug attached to a chain you can just yank, so you can unplug without reaching in either way.

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Euro sink

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lemmy.world

European sinks are typically much larger than American or Canadian sinks, so it's likely that the person climbed inside of their sink and was laughing while inside of it.

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My kitchen sink is massive as are my friend's. Where do you think we wash our SUVs?

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lemmy.world

Do you have a problem putting your hand into a toilet bowl filled with shit and piss? If so, what's the issue? Just wash your hand afterwards.

The issue isn't that your hand will be forever tainted. Disgusting things are disgusting, even if they don't have a lasting impact.

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lemmy.world

Brackish dish water smells too. Your hand shouldn't smell anymore after you wash it. So what's the difference?

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I'm not trying to "own" you, don't be childish. My whole point is: people find things disgusting even if they don't leave a permanent mark. For you, the threshold is somewhere between brackish dish water and a filled toilet bowl. For other people it's below brackish dish water. Just accept that other people find things disgusting that you don't find disgusting, don't try to tell them "but it doesn't leave a permanent mark, what's the issue".

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If you rinse your plates as soon as you finish eating then you need not worry about such things. Filth begets more filth.

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lemmy.world

Seeing these posts make me glad I worked in food service to power through my autism.

Like someone else said, washing a buffet for 100 will get you through that shit quick. Same with food pickieness. Making assembly line style food and seeing how much really goes on from start to finish was an eye opener.

Fucking hated it but was worth it for perspective.

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lemm.ee

I always have tongs next to the sink because of this. Nasty bones in the garbage disposal? Tongs. Clogged drain. Tongs.

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lemmy.dbzer0.com

Those are called thongs in some countries, but not tongs afaik. Also the US doesn't call them thongs, so this is for those people confused by this. Tongs are those things that are kind of like chop sticks but joined at the end so they can grab stuff - usually from hot places like a grill or stove.

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lemmy.world

that’s so clever i can’t believe i didn’t think of this

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programming.dev

I just wash under running water. I know, it's wasting water, but i have a dishwasher now, so i rarely have to do it manually.

My partner often uses a bowl for dishwashing, you can just tip the water out without inserting your hand.

If you have a plug it may be a good idea to use one with a chain.

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someguy3reply
lemmy.world

Then you have to wash it! Help I'm stuck in recursion!

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You have to clean the sink anyway if the water was dirty.

This whole post needs dishwashers ASAP. Doing the dishes is fine with 1.5 people or so, but with more folks it gets tedious quickly.

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woelkchenreply
lemmy.world

Why don't Americans just use a trash can to dispose of trash?

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I used to get "reusable gloves" but they wear out too easily so then I bought some industrial use silicone dipped gloves for handling lye but instead I use them exclusively for dishes and cleaning now. I have a second pair for handling lye and other caustic chemicals.

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lemmy.today

Use a steel rod just for that if you don't have one BUY ONE it's worth it .

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lemmy.world

All these creative solutions for doing this without sticking your hand in makes me wonder how people usually do the dishes that doesn't involve putting your hands in anyways? Like gloves would help with both, but the rest?

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