Spyke

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.

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feddit.uk

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 😊

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Stametsreply
lemmy.dbzer0.com

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.

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Stametsreply
lemmy.dbzer0.com

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...

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howrarreply
lemmy.ca

Is sanitization necessary for dishes though?

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Psythikreply
lemmy.world

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.

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

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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.

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Obireply
sopuli.xyz

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

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

(It wasn't).

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lemmy.world

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

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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.

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

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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.

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lemmy.world

Have this exact one. It is great. Solid, grates are right sizes, somehow doesn't block the window either.

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I have a regular old dishrack, the normal kind you sit on the counter. It fits high in the sink, so its raised and gets air. Most of the time its in the lefthand sink. If I have a big load, I move it back to the counter while I wash, and then back to the sink. I was gonna get something fancy till I started doing this. No need. Looks nice and neat. No counter used. Cost: $1.

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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

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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.

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How are you supposed to get the knives out of there? What am I supposed to do with the rest of my knives?

Also, this just blocks access to the sink from my angle

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. * 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.

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No thanks, things drop. I'd like my drying rack lower so anything that drops doesn't smash into a trillion pieces

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I'm not going to lie, I got a over the sink dishrack after I first saw this meme like 2 years ago

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I feel like I'll have anxiety of someone going to unintentionally knock it with a plate or a dish to start a chain reaction and I'll be watching anyone doing anything near it.

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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.

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

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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.

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