You’re right that it would be ideal to simply wash the dishes before they accumulate, but I often find myself in situations where I don’t want to do dishes before and after I cook. Moving the tub takes 5 seconds, washing the accumulated dishes might take 5 minutes, and if all you wanna do is rinse some berries and make oatmeal before you run out the door taking 5 minutes to do dishes might not be on the table.

Ultimately the dish tub and keeping the sink clear is a strategy I learned to avoid domestic blockers. Regardless of what everyone else in the house is doing, I need to be able to use the sink without doing a bunch of extraneous labor first. And getting mad at them for being lazy or messy or whatever might feel good but it doesn’t solve my problem. There are edge benefits like the fact that I never find accidental mold in my sink, which is nice from a hygiene perspective, but mostly it’s that I want to be able to use the damn sink when I want to use the damn sink.

I would not. I separate staging from process.

It might be normal, that doesn’t mean it’s correct. I mean, your house, your rules, but imo the sink is a workspace and not a storage space. Same reason I put my clothes in the hamper instead of directly into the washing machine.

Any sink filled with dishes will accumulate water. I don’t understand what’s hard to imagine about dishes being haphazardly stacked in such a way that it makes it difficult to see what is underneath.

A dish tub is a tub in which you put your dishes. It’s like a bus tub but smaller. It’s useful because it stores dishes outside of the sink, and you can also use it to presoak. They’re honestly pretty killer if your apartment doesn’t come with a double sink. Someday I will have a triple sink, but for now I use the landlord special and a plastic tub.

“I don’t need a seatbelt because I don’t crash my car” ass argument

I also don’t put knives in the sink. You know who does sometimes? Roommates, girlfriends, children, and guests. Keeping the sink clear ensures that you have visibility into what goes in. I’ll use the sink as a temporary swap space when I’m cooking or w/e but after that everything goes in the dishwasher or the dish tub.

You might someday find yourself bleeding over the sink and blaming someone else for being an idiot. I will not.

“Just don’t be an idiot” is a great rule until someone decides to be an idiot. Accidents do happen, so structuring your habits and procedures to minimize risk is worth it.

It takes up space, which decreases the utility of the sink and thereby increases friction to actually do the dishes. That’s why I avoid doing it anyhow. Also it hides stabby things like knives, which is real dangerous, and if you’re gonna get got by a knife its better that it not happen in a breeding ground for bacteria

All hope is lost. Ganon will rule hyrule with an iron fist for one thousand years

move out, team

Can’t have the Romulans getting pissy.

It occurs to me that st some point this joke is going to flip directions.

Well I think it’s funny. But we’re all also strangers on the internet. Your husband will know his coworkers sense of humor better than us.

How long until he reaches ironic, post-ironic, post-post-ironic, and finally terminal brainrot?

Bad Lieutenant II. If you dont like it we can still be friends, but the harder you judge me for liking it the funnier it gets.

I love demodex

The question itself is solid, I’ll give drunk me that, but the vagueposting attached to it does not feel good to read the day after lmfao. I participate in capitalism, is all I can come up with. But we all participate in capitalism, idk what’s embarrassing about that

I have no idea what I was asking, but it’s probably a sign to take a break from substances for a while lmao. This post is mildly embarrassing, but I’ll leave it up because I hate when people nuke their posts.

That’s a great observation —the sycophantic nature of ChatGPT can be really offputting when you’re not used to the way the AI writes. Would you like:

• tips and tricks on using ChatGPT?
• advice on creating your own GPT prompt?
• suggestions on less sycophantic AI chatbots?

I’m here to help. Just let me kn

can’t do it anymore the bit isnt worth it ew ew ew

fantastic, now they can tell which specific parts of the jeep ad get my blood pumping