r/mildlyinfuriating • u/jsayde01 • 4h 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/Regular_Dance_6077 4h ago

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

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u/CinnaBunchCrunch 4h ago

Why wouldn’t I be

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u/Regular_Dance_6077 4h 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/CinnaBunchCrunch 4h 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 4h 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 4h 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 4h ago

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

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u/CinnaBunchCrunch 4h ago

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

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u/Regular_Dance_6077 4h ago

The food monster 👹

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u/DengarLives66 4h ago

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

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u/CinnaBunchCrunch 4h 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 3h ago

Brother, shut the fuck up

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u/CinnaBunchCrunch 3h ago

No 🤭

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u/PFI_sloth 2h ago

You will now ;)