Do You Have a Dishwasher?

fenderbender · 05-06-2011, 09:36 PM

do you?

I've never had one.
I fucking hate washing dishes.

SmokeaJoint · 05-06-2011, 09:37 PM

Hell yeah I have a dishwasher! Washing dishes by hand sucks, hit up that craigslist yo!

Parallax · 05-06-2011, 09:39 PM

ive seen pictures of a dishwasher and im pretty sure i've seen at least one irl, but never used one.

shai_hulud · 05-06-2011, 09:46 PM

obligatory my girl is a/the dishwasher

OldMan&TheWeed · 05-07-2011, 12:04 AM

Yes I have a dishwasher, but we've never used it for its intended purpose because my Mexican/indigenous wife (who grew up without indoor plumbing or electricity) will not use it.

When we met, in her village, she did the laundry beside a stream on a rock.

She uses the dishwasher to store pots, pans, the blender, the grill, and other items we don't use every day.

Captain Cannabis · 05-07-2011, 12:47 AM

i have lived with a dishwasher, without one and with a girlfriend

Snowmayne · 05-07-2011, 01:37 AM

mine makes sandwhiches to

Xil · 05-07-2011, 02:33 AM

washing dishes at home, washing dishes at work, then washing more dishes at home. i fuckin hate it

growing up my parents had one for a while. hopefully i'll have one some day. if not, meh. if you keep your table clean enough who needs plates?
Also they have edible plates!

i hope they taste like communion wafers (with a little bit of wine they are divine)

**SageTree** · 05-07-2011, 04:49 AM

I grew up with a dishwasher, but haven't had a machine since I moved out.
I like to do tedious stuff like pull weeds, but dish washing still isn't my favourite necessity of life. Here is a passage I try to put into practice be only washing the dishes when I'm washing the dishes. I hope it helps you folks without one too.

Quote:

Bathing a Newborn Buddha
by Thich Nhat Hanh

To my mind, the idea that doing the dishes is unpleasant can occur only when you are not doing them. Once you are standing in front of the sink with your sleeves rolled up and your hands in warm water, it really is not so bad. I enjoy taking my time with each dish, being fully aware of the dish, the water, and each movement of my hands. I know that if I hurry in order to go and have a cup of tea, the time will be unpleasant and not worth living. That would be a pity, for each minute, each second of life is a miracle. The dishes themselves and the fact that I am here washing them are miracles! Each bowl I wash, each poem I compose, each time I invite a bell to sound is a miracle, each has exactly the same value. One day, while washing a bowl, I felt that my movements were as sacred and respectful as bathing a newborn Buddha. If he were to read this, that newborn Buddha would certainly be happy for me, and not at all insulted at being compared with a bowl.

Each thought, each action in the sunlight of awareness becomes sacred. In this light, no boundary exists between the sacred and the profane. I must confess it takes me a bit longer to do the dishes, but I live fully in every moment, and I am happy. Washing the dishes is at the same time a means and an end that is, not only do we do the dishes in order to have clean dishes, we also do the dishes just to do the dishes, to live fully in each moment while washing them.

If I am incapable of washing dishes joyfully, if I want to finish them quickly so I can go and have a cup of tea, I will be equally incapable of drinking the tea joyfully. With the cup in my hands I will be thinking about what to do next, and the fragrance and the flavor of the tea, together with the pleasure of drinking it, will be lost. I will always be dragged into the future, never able to live in the present moment.

fenderbender · 05-07-2011, 11:06 AM

i can tolerate it with some good music and marijuana...

barely

wellfleation · 05-07-2011, 12:20 PM

Dishwashers save water/are much more economical than washing by hand.

The Don · 05-07-2011, 12:29 PM

Nope I don't have on.

It's a money/space issue. Even if I had the money I wouldn't have any place to put it.

I'll manage. For now.

Kompressor · 05-07-2011, 02:39 PM

Didn't have one til I was 22, first time I used it I had put in regular hand dishwashing detergent and ended up flooding/sudsing my kitchen.

Went out and got the proper stuff after that.

But yes, I hate doing dishes by hand and cannot live without one now.

Captain Cannabis · 05-07-2011, 03:35 PM

i dont hate doing dishes more than i love cooking, so i guess it doesn't really bother me to wash dishes.

crookedhatinator45 · 05-07-2011, 06:01 PM

i hate doing dishes. ruins the love of cooking.
just come correct with your culinary steez and whoever you cook for will feel obliged to clean up. problem solved.

Captain Cannabis · 05-07-2011, 06:09 PM

i found that you can only pull that one so many times before it is obvious you are just lazy. cooking a complete meal and handling all the cleaning certainly is a nicer gesture than cooking and then expecting someone to clean after you.

wellfleation · 05-07-2011, 06:23 PM

Yeah, it's like throwing a party and expecting your guests to clean up. You do the fun part and expect others to do the shitty part? Lame

my_scatterheart · 05-07-2011, 06:37 PM

I never understood what's so hard about cooking AND doing the dishes. I do the dishes/cleanup while things are a'cookin.

wellfleation · 05-07-2011, 07:01 PM

I have known family to volunteer and then help, say, after Thanksgiving dinner. That is much different though.

my_scatterheart · 05-07-2011, 07:08 PM

fo sho. beers dishes and laughter is fun. people that dont like these things are suspect

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05-06-2011, 09:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
Parallax Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,739 Thanks: 160 Thanked 590 Times in 318 Posts	ive seen pictures of a dishwasher and im pretty sure i've seen at least one irl, but never used one. __________________ FUCK THE ROBOTS!!! NUKE THE WHALES!!!

05-06-2011, 09:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
shai_hulud Om nom Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ab, ca Posts: 2,161 Thanks: 440 Thanked 600 Times in 335 Posts	obligatory my girl is a/the dishwasher __________________ "There are only three useless things in this world. Nuns' nipples, bishops' balls and an employer's praise without a raise."

05-07-2011, 12:04 AM	#5 (permalink)
OldMan&TheWeed been there done that Join Date: May 2006 Location: The West Posts: 2,281 Thanks: 294 Thanked 800 Times in 406 Posts	Yes I have a dishwasher, but we've never used it for its intended purpose because my Mexican/indigenous wife (who grew up without indoor plumbing or electricity) will not use it. When we met, in her village, she did the laundry beside a stream on a rock. She uses the dishwasher to store pots, pans, the blender, the grill, and other items we don't use every day. __________________ Nintey-three percent of what I say is brilliant, factual information and seven percent is complete bullshit. Have fun deciding which is which.

05-07-2011, 12:47 AM	#6 (permalink)
Captain Cannabis safety word: more Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: m.i.a. Posts: 13,922 Thanks: 2,705 Thanked 3,174 Times in 1,812 Posts	i have lived with a dishwasher, without one and with a girlfriend __________________ fuck the monkeys

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Snowmayne Hero of the Internet Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,740 Thanks: 494 Thanked 4,294,967,295 Times in 958 Posts	mine makes sandwhiches to __________________ We women, we gain weight because we accumulate so much wisdom and knowledge that there isn't enough space in our heads, and it spreads all over our bodies. We are not fat, we are greatly cultivated. Every time I see my curves in the mirror, I tell myself: "How amazing am I ?! "

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Xil OD'ing on sobriety Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mizzura Posts: 3,334 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 1,158 Times in 717 Posts	washing dishes at home, washing dishes at work, then washing more dishes at home. i fuckin hate it growing up my parents had one for a while. hopefully i'll have one some day. if not, meh. if you keep your table clean enough who needs plates? Also they have edible plates! i hope they taste like communion wafers (with a little bit of wine they are divine) __________________ "we'll show these fascists what a couple of hillbillies can do"

05-07-2011, 12:20 PM	#11 (permalink)
wellfleation Old School Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Methuen, MASSHOLE Posts: 3,854 Thanks: 196 Thanked 601 Times in 427 Posts	Dishwashers save water/are much more economical than washing by hand. __________________ FIGHTPOWER

05-07-2011, 12:29 PM	#12 (permalink)
The Don You follow? Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 11,151 Thanks: 544 Thanked 781 Times in 426 Posts	Nope I don't have on. It's a money/space issue. Even if I had the money I wouldn't have any place to put it. I'll manage. For now. __________________ I am genuienly sad about my thanks:post ratio

05-07-2011, 02:39 PM	#13 (permalink)
Kompressor Voice of Reason Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Illinois Posts: 8,361 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3,069 Times in 1,634 Posts	Didn't have one til I was 22, first time I used it I had put in regular hand dishwashing detergent and ended up flooding/sudsing my kitchen. Went out and got the proper stuff after that. But yes, I hate doing dishes by hand and cannot live without one now. __________________ Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. -H. Bergson

05-07-2011, 03:35 PM	#14 (permalink)
Captain Cannabis safety word: more Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: m.i.a. Posts: 13,922 Thanks: 2,705 Thanked 3,174 Times in 1,812 Posts	i dont hate doing dishes more than i love cooking, so i guess it doesn't really bother me to wash dishes. __________________ fuck the monkeys

05-07-2011, 06:09 PM	#16 (permalink)
Captain Cannabis safety word: more Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: m.i.a. Posts: 13,922 Thanks: 2,705 Thanked 3,174 Times in 1,812 Posts	i found that you can only pull that one so many times before it is obvious you are just lazy. cooking a complete meal and handling all the cleaning certainly is a nicer gesture than cooking and then expecting someone to clean after you. __________________ fuck the monkeys

05-07-2011, 06:23 PM	#17 (permalink)
wellfleation Old School Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Methuen, MASSHOLE Posts: 3,854 Thanks: 196 Thanked 601 Times in 427 Posts	Yeah, it's like throwing a party and expecting your guests to clean up. You do the fun part and expect others to do the shitty part? Lame __________________ FIGHTPOWER

05-07-2011, 06:37 PM	#18 (permalink)
my_scatterheart Today, I am alive. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 3,553 Thanks: 1,487 Thanked 3,328 Times in 1,870 Posts	I never understood what's so hard about cooking AND doing the dishes. I do the dishes/cleanup while things are a'cookin. __________________ Be mindful even if your mind is full. -J. De La Vega

05-07-2011, 07:01 PM	#19 (permalink)
wellfleation Old School Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Methuen, MASSHOLE Posts: 3,854 Thanks: 196 Thanked 601 Times in 427 Posts	I have known family to volunteer and then help, say, after Thanksgiving dinner. That is much different though. __________________ FIGHTPOWER

05-07-2011, 07:08 PM	#20 (permalink)
my_scatterheart Today, I am alive. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 3,553 Thanks: 1,487 Thanked 3,328 Times in 1,870 Posts	fo sho. beers dishes and laughter is fun. people that dont like these things are suspect __________________ Be mindful even if your mind is full. -J. De La Vega

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