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[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 74 points 1 week ago (7 children)

It’s made even worse when you don’t have a dishwasher.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Dude, for real. Folks: do not take your dishwasher for granted!

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

He might just quit!

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[–] HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago (9 children)

This so much. Don't have a dishwasher currently and I spend upwards of 20 minutes a day in front of the sink. Makes my shoulders hurt hunching over like that all the time

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Only 20 minutes?!?! I do have a dishwasher, and I still spend well over 20 minutes hunched in front of the sink cleaning dishes that can't go in the dishwasher every day.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I let my dishwasher decide which dishes can be washed in there. They either survive or they end up in the trash.

No one in hell would I pay premium prices for something that is going to waste my time by requiring pampering.

Same with clothes.

It's all just stuff and I refuse to allow it to control me.

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[–] LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Getting a dishwasher was one of the things that has improved my quality of life the most. Even a crappy, cheapo dishwasher like mine will make a big difference.

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[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yeah, in my student single flat, I didn't had a dishwasher for quite some time.

Couldn't keep up in any way, although this shit kitchen wasn't even up to really cook something big, but hand washing every little thing, really put me off cooking for quite some time.

I think, I re-used the same set of plate and knife for years, just because I didn't want to use up more dishes, that I need to wash...

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[–] big_slap@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I got a countertop dishwasher last year, best 300 ive ever spent. looking forward to having a real dishwasher when I eventually move!

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[–] macncheese@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

When you start to level up in life, invest in a mid-tier or above dishwasher. Man that thing has changed my life. We had a dishwasher but it started leaking and caused water damage on the floor. That was a whole headache. Went to buy a new one once the floor was fixed, turns out I had a very basic, entry level dishwasher. It wasn't terrible (until it leaked) but upgrading to a better one, oooh baby, this thing cleans and dries like a dream! Ah such a midlife thrill acquiring an effective dishwasher.

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[–] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 64 points 1 week ago

Truly, this is the most relatable sisyphean trial of modernity.

[–] amlor@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I read this while cleaning the kitchen.

I read this while procrastinating about cleaning the kitchen

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 20 points 1 week ago
[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 41 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's taken me a while to realise that you don't ever "finish" cleaning up. I'm probably going to die while there are unwashed dishes that I need to do. There will be dirty laundry that needs doing. I will also have things that I've Been Meaning to Get Around To.

Not in a dreary way, but just that this is what it's like going through life. It helps put things in perspective when I realise I'm not actually capable of finishing all my todos. It's just a process that you go through while alive.

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I go commando because I just have no underwear while wearing two different socks. They will find me keeled over like this eating in a restaurant. Kitchen dirty of course.

I also don't care.

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[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

This was very frustrating for me when I went through it. I was in a growing phase, trying to get my life on tracks, and I HATED that I could never have all my clothes I love to wear washed while still being able to wear them. Obvious, I know. But it really wasn’t something I had encountered before, because I never really cared about keeping things tidy.

It’s funny that once you decide you want things tidy, you realize they never truly will be.

You can clean up all the cans, but you will crack another.

You can do all the laundry, you gotta wear it

You can clean the plates, still gotta eat off of them

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[–] gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (12 children)

The biggest culprit to a dirty kitchen is someone that has never heard the phrase "if you got time to lean, you got time to clean". My wife hates this philosophy, but when I'm done cooking and ready to plate, the kitchen is spotless. It must be witchcraft!

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 83 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The phrase is used to shame people for taking amy breaks at work, which is why people tend to hate it.

Cleaning as you go (if time is available) does result in a lot less work at the end and more about efficiency than laziness. For meals that create a lot of dishes, having someone else clean as you go is even better than puttibg it all on to cook!

[–] xpinchx@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I wish my kitchen was just a little bit bigger lol. My fiance gets mad when I'm all up in her space, kitchen is off limits when she's cooking.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We have had only tiny kitchens and it did take a decade to get the dance down to both be productive in the same space when making some meals. Opening the oven involves an announcement and a confirmation!

There are a few where she needs all the space and I just clean up after. Most of mine have breaks in between steps where I can clean things as I go.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I always refuse all helpers in the kitchen.

Not because of the size, but just fuck no. I don't want to clean up after some "helper" who managed to slice a single cucumber while getting in the way and leaving a chopping board, knife and excess cuttings all over the place because "I don't know where you want the dishes" or whatever. It's no help at all.

My mother in law is especially bad. She doesn't know where things are, how to cook or how to clean, but always insists on "helping".

I'm trying to cook here, not babysit a senior who doesn't accept that her role as provider is over. Go play with the grand kids. That's why we invited you as a guest.

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[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 15 points 1 week ago

It's one of the reasons I hate having one person cook and the other clean


the incentives are misaligned, and it just breeds bad habits and reckless cooking IMHO. If you do both cooking and cleaning, you'll hopefully learn to clean as you go.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Yeah you gotta do it straight away or very soon after. I try to wash dishes as we go but anything left, if we're watching TV over dinner or whatever, I pause that after we eat and go wash the remaining dishes. Otherwise they aren't going to get done

[–] tpihkal@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Mine isn't usually spotless because when it's time to eat it's time to eat, but I always clean as I go. Everything I do in the kitchen starts with a piping hot sink of soapy water.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

My wife hates this philosophy, but when I’m done cooking and ready to plate, the kitchen is spotless.

You know, I'm firmly of the philosophy that a big part of being a good chef is sweeping up behind yourself as you go. Minimizing the volume of cookware and number of appliances I use is also important.

But come on, dude. You're not wiping splattered oil off a hot stove unless you're a masochist. That cast-iron isn't getting touched until it's had time to cool down.

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[–] Bieren@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Clean the toilet. Leave for 3 weeks, toilet hasn’t been used. Come back and the bowl is dirty.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The call is coming from in the house.

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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

You got hard water?

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The kitchen exists as a place where you can make a mess and quickly clean it up.

Imagine trying to do all the stuff you do in your kitchen, but in your living room or bedroom?

[–] Buffalobuffalo@reddthat.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That was my thought. If you take your take out to the couch directly you don’t need to clean the kitchen. #life hack

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 16 points 1 week ago

I have just learned to be at peace with a certain amount of squalor.

[–] oyzmo@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

...and folding clothes! That's how you know you're alive 😅

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Only if you want things clean. No one says it needs to be clean but you.

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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Always keep your kitchen and bathroom clean, boys.

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[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Have kids, the floor has to be cleaned every day throughout the house.

[–] zloubida@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Have kids and an incontinent cat, and despair.

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[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (20 children)

I want true cleaning hacks. I just got a dishwasher last week for the first time in my life and it's a huge time saver. What else is like that? The most common sense of course is putting things away after you use them, and another hack is cleaning the kitchen before bed, but what else? Does wiping down the shower every time I use it help? Should I get a used roomba? Are there any roomba-type-objects that mop? Give me the knowledge please.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

When I cook I follow the restaurant kitchen principle of cleaning as you go, meaning constantly clear your workspace and clean your essential tools so they're immediately ready. When you get an inspiration to cook, nothing deflates it like finding you have 20 minutes of work to do first, or that the special utensil or machine you only have one of needs soaking to get the crusty dried crud off it.

[–] immutable@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

The absolute best life hack I have is the 5 minute rule.

If I see something that needs doing I ask one question, “can I do this in less than 5 minutes?” If the answer is yes, I do it.

Over time I’ve realized how many things I used to put off and let pile up because I didn’t have the time and how many of those things take less than 5 minutes, less than 2 minutes.

It’s amazing how many things you can do in basically no time. I used to put off so much, I won’t empty the dishwasher because it “takes too long” takes about 2 minutes. I won’t load the dishwasher because it “takes too long” takes about 2 minutes. The counter is messy but it would take forever to clean it, nope, 3 minutes.

I think it’s a good hack though because it works in 3 different dimensions

  • First, and most obvious, you do whatever thing you’ve identified will take less than 5 minutes.
  • Second, and less obvious, once you start doing this you find the number of times you need to stop and clean all afternoon going down greatly. It just changes the relationship you have with cleaning (or at least I had with cleaning). Cleaning time used to be this block I would set aside and dread, but now even when I need to stop and do the things that take more than 5 minutes there aren’t 100 5 minus tasks also piled up in the way.
  • Third, and maybe least obvious, it helps you really gauge how much work stuff is. I don’t know why I thought unloading the dishwasher was some big ordeal, it takes 2 minutes tops. The longer I use the 5 minute rule the more things I’ve thought to try to see if I can do in 5 minutes. And it’s not like I’m speed running these chores. A lot of the things I put off and let pile up just aren’t that much work if you do them when they need doing.

So that’s my cleaning life hack. It has completely changed the way I think about cleaning. It’s not something I stop and do and dread Saturday because I’ve got to do a big clean of the kitchen. My kitchen is always pretty clean now and on Sunday I spend 30-60 minutes mopping and spraying everything down for a nice squeaky clean.

Living in a nice clean place also rules.

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Any day now I'll catch up on getting that sucker finally clean.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 7 points 1 week ago

You own the kitchen, or the mice own it and you just have a timeshare.

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

With kids it's so much worse. I clean the entire kitchen at least 3 times a day, usually more.

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[–] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Make it a goal. Make it a hobby to clean. Put on some great music and clean away. Then, when you are of old age and looking back at that nice clean......filthy f##k'n kitchen, you clean it again.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If only Doordash would also clean your kitchen!

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I'm living alone again for the first time since I was 22. I brought back my old ways. I use the same dishes every day, and wash as I go. One fork, one knife, one spoon, a plate, a bowl, a glass, etc. They sit rinsed-off in the sink till I need them, then I quickly wash what I need, and use it, and put it back in the sink.

Much better than filling a dishwasher every few days, then having to run it and put the dishes away.

[–] nekothegamer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

misread kitchen as chicken and got really confused

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