14641st poster gets a cookie (cookie thread (Part 7)) (Part 10)

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#13087

it depends on the city

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#13088

Urban blue states be like: :arrow_heading_up: :moneybag:

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#13089

nope
air force 1s

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#13090

public transportation here sucks so i basically have to order groceries online. remind me to do that soon

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#13091

i do mostly like this one bedroom apartment but i wish it had a dishwasher, handwashing dishes is getting tedious

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#13092

Same! Except it’s also, like, required by my job and also covered by scholarships so its not actually bad

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#13093

maybe im crazy but i kinda love handwashing dishes. I feel cleaner when I handwash than with a dishwasher.

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#13094

And i like my dorm this year. I mean nothing can beat my first year because nothing beats the vibes of “my boyfriend and my best friend both live on the same floor as me” but this one has a little space that I’ve made into a garden (that doesn’t get any light so its fake flowers)

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#13095

come back to me when i’m actually on a grad student schedule

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#13096

If you dont care about the world paper plates

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#13097

this place doesn’t have recycling so i’d have to be especially evil

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#13098

This is almost certainly true. The real benefit of a dishwasher is its convenience and that it uses way, way less water. Also my dishes came out cleaner after I watched a Technology Connections video and found out my father had no idea how to use a dishwasher effectively and so I had also been doing it wrong.

This can vary on your model, but the water should be hot on the first cycle and a lot of models don’t check, so it can be good to run the sink on the same pipe until it’s hot for example. Powder detergents are marginally less convenient, but is more economical and can yield better results depending on how you wash dishes. Detergent packets are formulated for a full load, so if you run less than that, you’re wasting detergent and may leave dishes feel greasy because there was way too much detergent in the water for the dish load.

Also there are two cycles — a pre-wash and main wash — and both want some detergent which just isn’t possible with packets. The pre-wash will be pretty ineffective so the main wash needs to do everything which can also be less effective depending on what you’re washing etc. With powder, you can load the main detergent thing, close it, and then sprinkle some on top for the pre-wash. And you can properly dose the detergent for the load size with powder so it can avoid other issues. Doing some of these has lead me to minimal issues with the dishwasher when I had a lot more previously.

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#13099

This is almost certainly true. The real benefit of a dishwasher is its convenience and that it uses way, way less water. Also my dishes came out cleaner after I watched a Technology Connections video and found out my father had no idea how to use a dishwasher effectively and so I had also been doing it wrong.

This can vary on your model, but the water should be hot on the first cycle and a lot of models don’t check, so it can be good to run the sink on the same pipe until it’s hot for example. Powder detergents are marginally less convenient, but is more economical and can yield better results depending on how you wash dishes. Detergent packets are formulated for a full load, so if you run less than that, you’re wasting detergent and may leave dishes feel greasy because there was way too much detergent in the water for the dish load.

Also there are two cycles — a pre-wash and main wash — and both want some detergent which just isn’t possible with packets. The pre-wash will be pretty ineffective so the main wash needs to do everything which can also be less effective depending on what you’re washing etc. With powder, you can load the main detergent thing, close it, and then sprinkle some on top for the pre-wash. And you can properly dose the detergent for the load size with powder so it can avoid other issues. Doing some of these has lead me to minimal issues with the dishwasher when I had a lot more previously.

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#13100

lmao I’ve watched multiple of those videos

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#13101

This is almost certainly true. The real benefit of a dishwasher is its convenience and that it uses way, way less water. Also my dishes came out cleaner after I watched a Technology Connections video and found out my father had no idea how to use a dishwasher effectively and so I had also been doing it wrong.

This can vary on your model, but the water should be hot on the first cycle and a lot of models don’t check, so it can be good to run the sink on the same pipe until it’s hot for example. Powder detergents are marginally less convenient, but is more economical and can yield better results depending on how you wash dishes. Detergent packets are formulated for a full load, so if you run less than that, you’re wasting detergent and may leave dishes feel greasy because there was way too much detergent in the water for the dish load.

Also there are two cycles — a pre-wash and main wash — and both want some detergent which just isn’t possible with packets. The pre-wash will be pretty ineffective so the main wash needs to do everything which can also be less effective depending on what you’re washing etc. With powder, you can load the main detergent thing, close it, and then sprinkle some on top for the pre-wash. And you can properly dose the detergent for the load size with powder so it can avoid other issues. Doing some of these has lead me to minimal issues with the dishwasher when I had a lot more previously

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#13102

Dishwasher can use higher temps of water than I can safely with my hands so I trust it more

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#13103

idk how good of a job i’m actually doing cleaning my dishes

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#13104

Yesss but the company I’m working for is paying for the rent

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#13105

This is almost certainly true. The real benefit of a dishwasher is its convenience and that it uses way, way less water. Also my dishes came out cleaner after I watched a Technology Connections video and found out my father had no idea how to use a dishwasher effectively and so I had also been doing it wrong.

This can vary on your model, but the water should be hot on the first cycle and a lot of models don’t check, so it can be good to run the sink on the same pipe until it’s hot for example. Powder detergents are marginally less convenient, but is more economical and can yield better results depending on how you wash dishes. Detergent packets are formulated for a full load, so if you run less than that, you’re wasting detergent and may leave dishes feel greasy because there was way too much detergent in the water for the dish load.

Also there are two cycles — a pre-wash and main wash — and both want some detergent which just isn’t possible with packets. The pre-wash will be pretty ineffective so the main wash needs to do everything which can also be less effective depending on what you’re washing etc. With powder, you can load the main detergent thing, close it, and then sprinkle some on top for the pre-wash. And you can properly dose the detergent for the load size with powder so it can avoid other issues. Doing some of these has lead me to minimal issues with the dishwasher when I had a lot more previously.

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#13106

another day another no it

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