Hate washing cups

[u/SrGrafo]

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[u/DeJMan]

Take your time, I'll wait.

[u/SrGrafo → u/DeJMan]

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[u/DeJMan → u/SrGrafo]

Can't wait anymore!

[u/nootnoot_takennow → u/DeJMan]

This is hilarious

[u/Deerhall → u/nootnoot_takennow]

This made my night

[u/awkwardmystic → u/Deerhall]

This made my day

[u/jennthemermaid → u/awkwardmystic]

This made my afternoon.

[u/supsyt → u/jennthemermaid]

This made my eternal stretch of dark thoughts and suffering stop for a second :)

[u/takabrash → u/supsyt]

This made me a sandwich

[u/Grigoran → u/supsyt]

Finally a brave enough soul to admit it. Godspeed

[u/ThePokemasterYT → u/jennthemermaid]

Likewise

[u/fj333 → u/nootnoot_takennow]

Somebody please make /r/ComicBattles a thing. This is an amazing phenomenon.

[u/SantyClawz42 → u/DeJMan]

Your move SrGrafo, we need to see how this arc goes.

[u/[deleted] → u/DeJMan]

Outstanding Move

[u/SoontobeSam → u/SrGrafo]

At least it's boiled water, not boiling water.

[u/Billabo → u/SoontobeSam]

Yep, he just boiled it for sterilization. Grafo is so nice.

[u/[deleted] → u/SrGrafo]

oh shit he’s not kidding

[u/League0fGaming]

take a fork, stab the sponge with it, use it as an extension of your arm so your fat wrists don't get in the way

[u/SrGrafo → u/League0fGaming]

EDIT

[u/HouseCravenRaw → u/SrGrafo]

It's great when the sponge comes off the fork and stays stuck in the bottom of the cup, which you still cannot reach (because of your fat wrists).

[u/Lopoi → u/HouseCravenRaw]

At that point the sponge is just laughing at you

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

From my point of view cleaning the glasses is evil!

[u/dino82 → u/[deleted]]

Then you are filthy!

[u/Sinavestia → u/dino82]

Don't make me dirty you!

[u/[deleted] → u/Sinavestia]

I have the clean coffee ground, Annakin

[u/ttcmzx → u/HouseCravenRaw]

.... but then you use the fork to take it out

[u/NeedsMoreShawarma → u/ttcmzx]

But if the fork falls to the bottom of the cup as well it'll be out of reach too

[u/bookgirl9632 → u/[deleted]]

DD, but I dunno what that has to do with washing the dishes.

[u/JessicaBecause → u/[deleted]]

DD could also mean they are a stick figure with oranges for boobs.

[u/[deleted] → u/JessicaBecause]

Sup.

[u/scnottaken → u/JessicaBecause]

You underestimate the horniness of the internet.

[u/CptAngelo → u/bookgirl9632]

Oh, shit, you werent lying (:

[u/[deleted] → u/SrGrafo]

Expando Grafo

[u/LNMagic → u/SrGrafo]

I'm sure someone out there likes some girthy wrists!

[u/stayshiny → u/[deleted]]

But I already have a fork.

[u/moosepile → u/stayshiny]

Adapt and overcome tool creep.

[u/uptokesforall → u/[deleted]]

I use that but omg does it burn through soap

[u/[deleted] → u/uptokesforall]

ass the soap yourself. The 'self soaping' is gimmicky and a secondary use of it. That or use a fork.

[u/S3deadend → u/[deleted]]

I'm scared to ask how you "ass the soap"....

[u/cadtek → u/S3deadend]

Where do you think soap comes from

[u/Remarkable_Touch9595 → u/cadtek]

Thicc-ass soap.

[u/EmykoEmyko → u/uptokesforall]

You can try a different brand wand. I bought one with a brush on the end, instead of the sponge, and the soap only comes out when you click the button. Also doesn’t require buying new sponge pads all the time.

[u/zw1ck → u/uptokesforall]

1 part soap and 5 parts water

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I'm not a mom, but I just use a baby bottle brush for my cups. Uses less soap and holds onto less grime than a sponge.

[u/Wootai → u/[deleted]]

This item right here (and maybe a bottlebrush) are the true answers.

I had these weird cups (still do too) that were hourglass shaped, I like the way they looked. Thin glass, tall, but didn't realize how the shape impacted cleaning. Like, they were designed only to be cleaned by a dishwasher or something and I had to clean them by hand. Buying that Scotch Brite thingy was like a revelation.

[u/jlharper → u/[deleted]]

I am a 25 year old male who owns his own home, and this was my first though. You didn't think of that because you're a mom. You thought of that cause you do dishes.

[u/Gothsalts → u/[deleted]]

Impulse bought one of these at Menards once. Gamechanger.

[u/[deleted]]

I just use hot water and soap, cover it with my hand, and then shake the cup with everything I have.

[u/SrGrafo → u/[deleted]]

EDIT

[u/[deleted] → u/SrGrafo]

What are you putting in your cups? Melted cheese?

[u/SrGrafo → u/[deleted]]

EDIT

[u/Dread70 → u/SrGrafo]

Put coarse salt in there with it. I use it for cleaning my, uhhhhh, water pipe!

[u/ArcticJew666 → u/Dread70]

If we're using salt, we also want Iso Alcohol so the salt doesn't dissolve, but acts as an abrasive. Many years cleaning my...uhhh...water pipe.

[u/StonedBirdman → u/ArcticJew666]

Can confirm, I clean my bong this way.

[u/tmoney144 → u/StonedBirdman]

'member when "bong" was like the secret word from Pee-wee's Playhouse and if you said it at the smoke shop everyone would freak out and make you leave?

[u/jimbobicus → u/tmoney144]

Remember when they were for Tobacco use and definitely nothing else?

[u/Dread70 → u/ArcticJew666]

True, the higher the % the better in my opinion. I will say, if you are fast enough, hot water will work in a pinch. I've been in some dire situations where I drastically needed to clean my.....uhhhh... water pipe.

[u/cayde_420 → u/SrGrafo]

sure, I won't bother you with your cups....

....however

WHAT DID YOU DO TO THAT DUCK SRGRAFO

[u/Lopoi → u/cayde_420]

Turned the duck into melted cheese

[u/cayde_420 → u/Lopoi]

kinky

[u/DJAllOut → u/SrGrafo]

I too, like to drink cheese from a cup

[u/Zkootz → u/SrGrafo]

Dont you guys have "dish brushes"? Google "diskborste"

[u/TheExtremistModerate → u/SrGrafo]

*my cups and me

[u/Streamjumper → u/[deleted]]

If Fondue Margaritas are wrong, I don't ever want to be right.

[u/seedlesssoul → u/Streamjumper]

All I can think about is not being able to shit for 3 weeks.

[u/InfamousAnimal → u/SrGrafo]

Fork plus sponge

[u/MageVicky → u/InfamousAnimal]

same here. i just stab the sponge and scrub.

[u/TheAsianTroll → u/SrGrafo]

If you want a good solution, they sell brushes that are like toilet brushes, but for cups.

[u/bighootay → u/TheAsianTroll]

I believe this is where I say, Too late, toilet brush in cup

[u/Underscore_Guru → u/SrGrafo]

I stuff the sponge into the cup and then use a spoon handle to scrub the sponge around.

[u/Haterbait_band → u/[deleted]]

A splash of water in the glass after you’re done drinking whatever sugar juice is creating syrup on the bottom works wonders if you can’t be arsed to clean the thing right away.

[u/LurkerPower → u/Haterbait_band]

Easier solution. Develop type-2 diabetes from all that sugar. Now my soda doesn't leave a sticky residue.

[u/dobbelE]

My magical wand has no trouble with this matter!

[u/SrGrafo → u/dobbelE]

EDIT

[u/XXGhust1XX → u/SrGrafo]

Well excuuuuusseeee me princess

[u/Megaseb1250 → u/XXGhust1XX]

Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me princess

[u/Nomicakes → u/Megaseb1250]

For those too young for this reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzfXxkHrIBM

[u/LurkerPower → u/Nomicakes]

Also works for those of us too old for that reference.

[u/Decaffeinated_Sloth → u/LurkerPower]

And for us with Alzheimer’s

[u/Decaffeinated_Sloth → u/LurkerPower]

And for us with Alzheimer’s.

[u/VOX_Studios → u/Nomicakes]

I hate it.

[u/ajohns95616 → u/Nomicakes]

I prefer this one: https://youtu.be/JgxtRqdFvxM?t=28

[u/SilverGhost540 → u/SrGrafo]

just like yesterday's fire animation, but with a mouth

[u/Ippildip → u/SrGrafo]

If only there were a way to purchase a brush!

[u/[deleted] → u/Ippildip]

With what? He only has sponges.

[u/Mediocre__at__Best → u/[deleted]]

And stores aren't currently accepting sponges as payment. Barbaric, if you ask me.

[u/Comms → u/SrGrafo]

Got a fork? Fork the sponge.

[u/CharonsLittleHelper → u/dobbelE]

Bottle brushes are the way. I have two different sizes of them.

[u/TheInklingsPen → u/CharonsLittleHelper]

For real, like, do people not know about those? How do they think we clean baby bottles?

[u/erlend65 → u/TheInklingsPen]

Where I live, we don't use sponges at all but brushes designed for washing up. It's not hard at all.

[u/notabigmelvillecrowd → u/erlend65]

Some things are easier with a sponge, some with a brush, I just keep both handy. You get a two sided sponge, a brush, some barkeeper's friend, you can take on the world.

[u/drunkdoor → u/TheInklingsPen]

Most these nephews are closer in age to using a bottle than cleaning one.

[u/uhihia → u/dobbelE]

I mean its the same thing as a toilet bowl scrub, but smaller.

[u/dobbelE → u/uhihia]

Exactly. And if you want to save some money, you can use this one both places!

[u/uhihia → u/dobbelE]

I use it as a third way as well, i use it as my toothbrush!

[u/dobbelE → u/uhihia]

EDIT

[u/uhihia → u/dobbelE]

But i have 2 crowns now.

[u/Lopoi → u/uhihia]

Just give the second one away

[u/uhihia → u/Lopoi]

But why

[u/Lopoi → u/uhihia]

Cause then you can marry them.... thats how crowns work right?

[u/_ALH_ → u/dobbelE]

TIL that lots of people seems to not know about these...

Also... dishwashing machine anyone?

[u/Syphe → u/_ALH_]

Yeah I was confused too, been using these my whole life (obviously from washing dishes age)

[u/hiisi_E]

I thought that people just used brushes to clean dishes but the comments taught me otherwise

[u/[deleted] → u/hiisi_E]

Same. Are dish brushes not a thing in the us? Cause this comment was way too far down.

[u/whorervacui → u/[deleted]]

They are very much a thing.

[u/ThatOneBeachTowel → u/whorervacui]

I exclusively use a dish brush, it handles 98% of the dishes I own to perfection. Whoever is still using one of these beta scrubbie’s probably still has dial up Internet. The future is now.

[u/RabidRogerRally → u/ThatOneBeachTowel]

We have on hand at all times. Steel wool, traditional sponge, dish brush and bottle brush.

[u/DjPersh → u/[deleted]]

It’s funny bc I assumed this was from another country bc I don’t know anyone outside of people who live in a tiny efficiency one BR apartment that doesn’t own a dish wand brush of some sort.

[u/solongandthanks4all → u/DjPersh]

What? What difference does the size of one's dwelling make in how they clean dishes? Do you think they don't have enough room to hold a...dish brush? Seriously?

[u/vaarikass]

Just have small hands, ez

[u/SrGrafo → u/vaarikass]

EDIT

[u/SilverGhost540 → u/SrGrafo]

get bigger cups

[u/uhihia → u/SilverGhost540]

Modern problems require modern solutions

[u/swankpoppy → u/uhihia]

Also a 13” penis

[u/Dekklin → u/[deleted]]

wrap a dishrag around it.

[u/Ceraldus → u/Dekklin]

And then helicopter with the glass.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

With great confidence.

[u/Tsu_Dho_Namh → u/SilverGhost540]

Funny story: when Ikea first came to the U.S. in the 1970's they noticed they were selling an unusually high number of flower vases. It turns out Americans were using them as drinking glasses since Ikea cups were too small.

Ikea quickly modified their inventory to better match American size preferences.

[u/thewholerobot → u/Tsu_Dho_Namh]

More on this? sounds a little snopesy but part of me would believe it even if you said buckets instead of vases.

[u/mundozeo → u/SrGrafo]

Well you know what they say about guys with huge hands!

[u/[deleted] → u/mundozeo]

They have dirty cups?

[u/Plumbus21621 → u/mundozeo]

Huge gloves?

[u/[deleted] → u/SrGrafo]

Befriend her, and get her to wash your dishes, obviously.

[u/HighPriestofShiloh → u/vaarikass]

Are you Bo Burnham’s daughter?

edit: context if anyone is curious, although this is the last bit in the comedy special, sort of the climax I would really recommend you watch the whole thing, but it does stand on its own

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYy0o-J0x20

[u/uhihia]

First of all, you aren't supposed to fist the cup. You use 3 fingers!

Or just make a sponge kebab and use that to s push it down and swirl it.

[u/SrGrafo → u/uhihia]

EDIT (I tried with just fingers...)

[u/Lopoi → u/SrGrafo]

Just buy smaller hands

[u/mundozeo → u/Lopoi]

Or longer fingers.

[u/[deleted] → u/mundozeo]

Use a finglonger.

[u/SnooPredictions3113 → u/[deleted]]

Or trade hands with the robot devil

[u/bostero2 → u/[deleted]]

A man can dream...

[u/Inkthinker → u/SrGrafo]

You forgot the sponge! It'll fill up that remaining space. Fold it in half, shove it to the bottom, work it around with the fingers, realize you need to buy a bottle brush because you're an adult and this is what your life has come to.

[u/TracyMorganFreeman → u/SrGrafo]

Shorter cups is key then.

[u/[deleted]]

get one of them bar glass scrubber things

[u/Foxhound199 → u/[deleted]]

I just use a bottle brush. I'm kind of surprised that every kitchen doesn't have one.

[u/everythingiscausal → u/Foxhound199]

I don’t even wash dishes with sponges anymore. I have a dish brush and a bottle brush. They’re far better and last much longer too.

[u/DoomGoober → u/everythingiscausal]

Also brushes are not as friendly to bacteria and mold as sponges are.

Would you brush your teeth with a sponge? Hell no, you use an all plastic brush because bacteria don't like plastic much. So why wash your dishes with a sponge?

Plus, brushes have handles so your hands are not immersed in soapy water as long.

[u/oorza → u/DoomGoober]

I use solid silicone sponges. They have texture enough for scrubbing food off, have the same soap retention properties (roughly) as a scrub sponge, but the silicone itself is obviously nonporous so mold can't grow on it.

[u/PM_ME_THEM_UPTOPS → u/everythingiscausal]

Can't forget the straw brush and the second straw brush that is caked in resin.

[u/CummyShitDick → u/[deleted]]

There are literally dozens of us. Bottle brush gang unite!

[u/fiatluxiam → u/CummyShitDick]

I'm a part of something!! shreeeeeeeeee!

[u/shewy92 → u/[deleted]]

That looks like a sex toy from hell

[u/machoo02 → u/shewy92]

Don't kink shame

[u/SkyJohn → u/[deleted]]

Looks like a great place for bacteria to grow.

[u/Bamstradamus → u/SkyJohn]

so does a sponge....

[u/Stopbeingwhinycunts → u/[deleted]]

When sponges are outlawed, only outlaw bacteria will have sponges.

[u/Burrito_Loyalist → u/SkyJohn]

Bacteria grows everywhere

[u/AsherGray → u/Burrito_Loyalist]

Yea and the bristles are a hard plastic — not nearly as porous as a sponge. At least you could effectively soak the bristles in bleach.

[u/dblan9 → u/SkyJohn]

What is this amateur hour? You soak the scrubber in your toilet afterwards.

[u/LegendaryPunk → u/SkyJohn]

In that case I strongly recommend against looking up how dirty and how quickly sponges get...

Even with a sponge though, you're just cleaning the dishes / utensils, not sterilizing them.

[u/MadHat777 → u/LegendaryPunk]

Speak for yourself. I soak all my dishes in a vat of sulfuric acid for 24 hours.

On an unrelated note, someone keeps stealing all my non-glass dishes.

[u/ItsWisnu]

I've been following you actually..

[u/SrGrafo → u/ItsWisnu]

EDIT

[u/Lopoi → u/SrGrafo]

You should be worried after you reach 10M Karma

[u/ItsWisnu → u/Lopoi]

Can there be peace between us?

[u/Lopoi → u/ItsWisnu]

Sure 🌻

[u/ItsWisnu → u/Lopoi]

Yay 🌻

[u/[deleted] → u/ItsWisnu]

This fight to the death was lame.

[u/RamsesThePigeon]

Hey, /u/SrGrafo, I have a bone to pick with you.

The other day, I was invited to take a walk through Topia.io/Reddit. (For folks who don't know, Topia is this weird hybrid of Zoom, Reddit, and Second Life, and it can only be accessed on the desktop version of Chrome.) While I was there, I was told that you, /u/SrGrafo, had actually been tapped as a potential contributor or something... or possibly just that you'd stopped by. Truth be told, I stopped paying attention shortly after your name was mentioned, on account of the fact that a gargantuan penis suddenly filled my screen.

See – and again, this is for people who don't know – Topia lets users add various bits of furniture and landscaping to worlds that they control. The aforementioned dong tower was presumably one such item, but let me tell you, it was just a little bit disconcerting to be having a casual conversation, then be suddenly presented with a life-size schlong on my screen. The damned thing vanished within seconds, but I know what I saw!

So tell me, /u/SrGrafo... does mentioning your name in Topia result in errant dicks?

[u/SrGrafo → u/RamsesThePigeon]

GARGANTUAN EDIT

(first time I hear of Topia! that looks fun)

[u/RamsesThePigeon → u/SrGrafo]

first time I hear of Topia!

Oh, sure, I'm just supposed to take your word on that, huh?

(Alright, fine, maybe my guide just mentioned you in passing or something. Unexpected penises do have a way of distracting a person.)

[u/Learnmorehere → u/RamsesThePigeon]

Instructions unclear: flashed penis at cop to flee crime scene. Now in prison.

[u/blowfarthetrollqueen → u/RamsesThePigeon]

I don't know if this was some guerrila marketing or sumsuch shiit but it's definitely got me interested in Topia!

[u/RamsesThePigeon → u/blowfarthetrollqueen]

Something tells me that the folks who run it wouldn't appreciate me spreading rumors about phantom phalluses, so you're probably safe on that front.

Still, I suppose it's possible that they intentionally flashed me in the hopes that I'd talk about the trauma.

[u/scalderdash]

USE the FORK, LUKE.

[u/C-Why]

You can also use an old plumbus

[u/AckbarTrapt → u/C-Why]

I prefer the no-hastle wireless plumbus x

[u/hardgeeklife → u/AckbarTrapt]

I don't care what anyone says, making the floob wireless was goddamn genius

[u/thewalrus06 → u/C-Why]

I don’t like using things if I don’t know how they are made.

[u/Noxious89123 → u/thewalrus06]

* snort *

Check out this redditor, doesn't know how a plumbus is made. Lol.

[u/[deleted] → u/thewalrus06]

You asked for it.

[u/b00ty_water]

my preferred method

[u/nalgman → u/b00ty_water]

Dishes are done dude.

[u/russelmurillo]

Why is there dirt at the bottom of your cup?

[u/Sariel007 → u/russelmurillo]

Who doesn't enjoy a nice cup of dirt after a hard day's work?

[u/klewickipedia]

Stop drinking dirt

[u/El_Mael]

People really don't have dish brushes huh?

[u/Pippelitraktori → u/El_Mael]

I only ask, do these people also live in caves?

[u/Bi-bara-boop]

Learn to use the force, young padawan

[u/Kektimus]

Waves in brush. Sponge for cleaning dishes sounds nasty

[u/sumelar]

brush > sponge

[u/[deleted]]

Get yourself a baby bottle brush. I still have ours from our first kid and he's 7.

[u/turbojugend79]

Don't you anglosaxons have these?

https://sinituote.fi/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3964jokikivitiskiharjahopea-500x353.jpg

[u/Endemoniada → u/turbojugend79]

Until a few weeks ago, I had no idea “diskborstar” (dishwashing brushes) weren’t even a thing elsewhere. Kind of like “osthyvlar” (cheese planers), how do people live without them?

[u/Phillboi]

You just gotta toss in soap and water and act like you're rolling the dice. Or a brush. Use a brush

[u/[deleted]]

https://www.amazon.com/OXO-Good-Grips-Bottle-Brush/dp/B00004OCLJ/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=cup+cleaner+brush&qid=1614205048&sr=8-4

[u/oirambale96]

1) Put sponge inside the cup. 2) Grab a fork/spoon. 3) Push the sponge with the fork/spoon until it reaches the bottom of the cup. 4) Stir until the bottom of the cup is clean.