I see you’ve never spent extended periods of time with shitty dishwashers and hard water

It's not necessarily washing them first, but I do get the "chunks" out. As the only person in the house who remembers that the food doesn't just magically disappear, and eventually has to clean the filter, I prefer to do the cleaning before the food gets to the filter. Everyone else, on the other hand, seems perfectly content to put a half-full bowl of spaghetti in the dishwasher.

Galaxy brain right here

What’s the point of using a dishwasher if you’re going to clean the dishes beforehand…

Wiping off food debris =\= "cleaning the dishes"

Also don't use pans to hold professional solvents while trying to scrub factory oil off of foot long pipes. That can really do some damage

Hey chef: if enough plates are coming back with enough food on them to break the dishwasher maybe it’s time to work on the recipes eh?

Okay well I worked fast food and now I’m a software engineer so I don’t see myself being fired by a chef any time soon

I chuck food into my own home dishwasher all the time and no problem, so maybe you just aren’t doing it right lol