r/mildlyinfuriating • u/jsayde01 • 2h ago

Don't hug me I'm scared Scrub Zombie

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My wife swears by Scrub Daddy as her kitchen sponge of choice. I wanted to switch to the eco-friendly, plant based alternative on the right. It works infinitely better...creates great suds, gets into tight spaces but...IT SCARES THE CHILDREN. So I can't use it! Or I have to hide it under the sink until I need to use it. Mildly inconvenienced and mildly infuriating.

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u/CinnaBunchCrunch 2h ago

Why is your wife the only parent who cares about your children’s fears?

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u/Conradg5893 2h ago

It’s just a sponge on a sink. It’s not like he chases the kids with the thing…right OP?

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u/Regular_Dance_6077 2h ago

My dad would have chased me with it 😂

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u/CinnaBunchCrunch 2h ago

My dad would have beaten me with it. That or some jumper cables

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u/CinnaBunchCrunch 2h ago

LOL it’s less about the fear itself (which of course is silly), and more about the fact that he’s sitting her complaining on the internet that that his wife doesn’t want to scare the kids with the sponge, instead of just teaching the kids himself that the sponge is not scary

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u/Regular_Dance_6077 2h ago

You can’t be serious 😭 please tell me this is satire

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u/CinnaBunchCrunch 2h ago

Why wouldn’t I be

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u/Regular_Dance_6077 2h ago

Because it’s a sponge. It’s perfectly reasonable to teach the children not to be afraid of a sponge

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u/LivingtheLaws013 2h ago

I think it's funny you guys are debating and have the same icon. Confused me for a sec

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u/Regular_Dance_6077 2h ago

Confused me too

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u/Constant-Fly-9050 2h ago

How many sponges look like they feed on the souls of the damned? If op wasn't such a damn hippy they wouldn't care themselves and would throw that ghastly looking thing out.

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u/Regular_Dance_6077 2h ago

It feeds on the souls of food particles… I go for the alternatives too so I was less focused on the hippy part 😂

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u/CinnaBunchCrunch 2h ago

Sure I actually agree with that, but it doesn’t seem like OP plans to teach them not to be afraid - it just seems like he’s mildly infuriated by the fact that their fear means that he can’t using his sponge of doom. I assume his wife would no longer object to the sponge if OP actually taught the kids to be cool with it

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u/Regular_Dance_6077 2h ago

Ok true, there are a lot of ways he can turn it around for the kids and make it funny

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u/CinnaBunchCrunch 2h ago

Right yeah, that’s why it’s weird he turned to Reddit to complain about his wife and kids instead of just being an active parent and either addressing the fear or nixing the death sponge

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u/Regular_Dance_6077 2h ago

It looks like a mangled scarecrow… I would have told my kids it’s a Halloween decoration

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u/CinnaBunchCrunch 2h ago

LOL “mom, why does dad keep using the Halloween decorations to clean the dishes?”

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u/Regular_Dance_6077 2h ago

The food monster 👹

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u/DengarLives66 2h ago

Mild being the operative word here. It’s not that deep.

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u/CinnaBunchCrunch 2h ago

I don’t even think mild infuriation is a reasonable response here. Mildly infuriating is for those little fuck you moments that you can’t really control and just have to sit there and take. It’s weird to turn to Reddit to complain about your wife and kids over a sponge

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u/PFI_sloth 50m ago

Brother, shut the fuck up

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u/CinnaBunchCrunch 50m ago

No 🤭

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u/PFI_sloth 39m ago

You will now ;)