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Harvey656 Moderator Harvey656@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
#52 · Quote Reply

Uh, I do the dishes and the gaming and the laundry and vacuum and...

But she's hot and makes more money, so its all good.

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Retail4068 lemmy.world Retail4068@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-02-07
#53 · Quote Reply

Oh chill out. The entire premise of this strip is that the guy in the third panel usually DOES do the dishes. Don't be so fragile and masculine.

Worthless bickering that's divisive.

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GeneralEmergency lemmy.world GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
#54 · (edited) Quote Reply

Worthless bickering that's divisive.

Then why the fuck are you partaking?

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Retail4068 lemmy.world Retail4068@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-02-07
#55 · Quote Reply

Then why the fuck are you partaking?

Where did I post divisive comics or content designed based of 50 year old norms and stereotypes? I'm not quite following your logic.

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DaGeek247 fedia.io DaGeek247@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-02-16
#56 · Quote Reply

That makes sense, you do not want bubbles and it surely will overflow. But why should they burn out because of that? There is lower resistance etc. and cooling is still mostly working. I really see no way how it damages the machine. I repaired a bunch before, so this is not coming from nowhere. So I googled and found this: https://robertbair.com/blog/i-accidentally-put-dish-soap-dishwasher-now-...

Most dishwasher pumps rely on the water flow generated while running to remain cool under normal use. When I say that they burn out, I mean that the motor literally burns its wires bad enough that the electric signal no longer carries properly.

All it takes for this to happen is for the motor to run for a length of time without anything going through it, which bubbles can and do prevent happening. You will find this in nearly every single pump that pushes water: the design requires water running through it in order to maintain proper temperatures.

Dishwashers often have a single pump for water flow, so if the washer fills with bubbles and the water gets low enough, the one thing that cools the dishwasher motor can easily stop running for a couple hours, despite technically being surrounded by water.

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baguettefish discuss.tchncs.de baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-07-06
#57 · (edited) Quote Reply

My wife goes into complete reading trance when she gets her hands on a new novel. Nothing will get done until that book is finished. Any response will be delayed until the next chapter.

I have learned to stop anywhere in a book and it helps a lot with chores. My condolences to your wife for her addiction.

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limelight79 lemmy.world limelight79@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-04
#58 · Quote Reply

Liquid dish soap kills dishwashers. The bubbles mean the motor and/or pump fills with bubbles instead of water and often causes them to burn out.

There is liquid dishwasher detergent, too.

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LurkingLuddite piefed.social LurkingLuddite@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-02-04
#59 · Quote Reply

The easy fix TL;DW (though you should, Alex is great) is to, right before starting the dishwasher, run the hot water until the tap is as hot as it gets. Drastically improved outcomes.

Also clean the filter in the bottom. Do not forget proper maintenance or you'll just be cursing him for not listening to advice he does give.

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stephen01king piefed.zip stephen01king@piefed.zip
Joined: 2025-07-13
#60 · Quote Reply

Is it a bad sign that I instantly recognized ARC raiders?

I can't even remember the name of the game and I still recognised it. That's the sign of a game with a distinct artstyle and therefore probably not a bad sign on your part.

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SphereofWreckening lemmy.world SphereofWreckening@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#61 · Quote Reply

Where did I post divisive comics or content designed based of 50 year old norms and stereotypes? I'm not quite following your logic.

Men like you are constantly under comics like this bitching and moaning discrimination over the literal smallest issues. It's truly pathetic.

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Retail4068 lemmy.world Retail4068@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-02-07
#62 · Quote Reply

Men like you are constantly under comics like this bitching and moaning discrimination over the literal smallest issues. It's truly pathetic.

πŸ€£πŸ‘ŒπŸ‘

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binarytobis lemmy.world binarytobis@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-30
#63 · Quote Reply

Men like you are constantly under comics like this bitching and moaning discrimination over the literal smallest issues. It's truly pathetic.

If you check his comment history, this guy is a full time troll. An easy block.

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Madzielle lemmy.dbzer0.com Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-08-11
#64 · Quote Reply

this is me today, but tmy husband just getting in from work lol

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AndyMFK lemmy.dbzer0.com AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-03-09
#65 · Quote Reply

My trick is to do the chores first, then with any leftover time I can do whatever I want guilt free.

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SphereofWreckening lemmy.world SphereofWreckening@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#66 · Quote Reply

If you check his comment history, this guy is a full time troll. An easy block.

Thanks for the heads up. I see idiots like these all the time under comics like this, and didn't realize it was simply bait.

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boonhet sopuli.xyz boonhet@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-06-16
#67 · Quote Reply

Did you manage to get out?

Not the person you replied to, but I did. She's been trying to get me back ever since, despite living with her new boyfriend. He's as abusive as she is but she needs him for his car so I keep telling her she's met her perfect match and I'm not coming between them lol

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Aqarius lemmy.world Aqarius@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
#68 · Quote Reply

My trick is to do the chores first, then with any leftover time I can do whatever I want guilt free.

leftover time

Get a load of the optimist over here

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FuyuhikoDate feddit.org FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-07-06
#69 · Quote Reply

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toast retrolemmy.com toast@retrolemmy.com
Joined: 2023-11-08
#70 · Quote Reply

Did you manage to get out?

I did - almost 10 years ago. Still think about it all the time

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Jerkface (any/all) lemmy.ca jerkface@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-06
#71 · Quote Reply

Worthless bickering that's divisive.

Fragile! Masculine! You!

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TrumpetX programming.dev TrumpetX@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-06-11
#72 · Quote Reply

My trick is to do the chores first, then with any leftover time I can do whatever I want guilt free.

Andy is short for Andrea, right? IMPOSTER EVERYONE!

/s

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Retail4068 lemmy.world Retail4068@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-02-07
#73 · Quote Reply

Fragile! Masculine! You!

Sick burn. Do you feel like you're winning? Browns and queers are being round up and put in camps but you get your dopamine hits punching up at half the base πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ.

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Tangent5280 lemmy.world Tangent5280@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-14
#74 · Quote Reply

Did you manage to get out?

Yo are you still in aforementioned relationship hell?

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ohshit604 sh.itjust.works ohshit604@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-08
#75 · (edited) Quote Reply

Be @FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org.

Finds a comic strip that i don’t like.

This must be before my time, I must make my opinion known to all.

Proceeds to publicly talk down on the comic for being ”old and out of touch”.

Realizes Arc Raiders released in 2025.

Shit.

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YiddishMcSquidish lemmy.today YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-03-10
#76 · Quote Reply

Be @FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org. Finds a comic strip that i don’t like. This must be before my time, I must make my opinion known to all. Proceeds to publicly talk down on the comic for being ”old and out of touch”. Realizes Arc Raiders released in 2025. Shit.

Alternatively, is too young to be married.

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toynbee lemmy.world toynbee@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-02
#77 · Quote Reply

leftover time Get a load of the optimist over here

They have all of the time of the age of Aquarius leftover.

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Jerkface (any/all) lemmy.ca jerkface@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-06
#78 · Quote Reply

My trick is to do the chores first, then with any leftover time I can do whatever I want guilt free.

Yeah, I got a similar trick. I just never get tired, bored, or distracted. You should try that!

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Jerkface (any/all) lemmy.ca jerkface@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-06
#79 · Quote Reply

Sick burn. Do you feel like you're winning? Browns and queers are being round up and put in camps but you get your dopamine hits punching up at half the base πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ.

You're the one bringing up culture war bullshit because you're so fragile and so value your precious precious masculinity.

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πŸ‰ DrRedOctopus πŸ™πŸ‰ lemmy.world IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-29
#80 · Quote Reply

Yo are you still in aforementioned relationship hell?

no, she still is a nightmare because kids and custody battles, but I'm not in a much healthy poly thing.

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Anna lemmy.ml AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-11
#81 · Quote Reply

The solution :-

Divorce.

/s

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Jackcooper lemmy.world Jackcooper@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#82 · Quote Reply

The solution :- Divorce. /s

Oh hi r/relationships

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Fushuan [he/him] lemmy.blahaj.zone fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-06-08
#83 · (edited) Quote Reply

Jesus fuck how have you not burned out your motor yet. I did that once and ruined my dishwasher instantly.

We use a liquid specific for dishwashers. It's way cheaper than pods and our dishwasher even has marks on the soap spot for different amounts.

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usernamefactory lemmy.ca usernamefactory@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-11
#84 · Quote Reply

leftover time Get a load of the optimist over here

I know, when are chores ever done? If I didn’t allot free time for myself I’d never have any.

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rbos lemmy.ca rbos@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-08
#85 · Quote Reply

Get out of our house.

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Ibuthyr lemmy.wtf Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf
Joined: 2024-05-05
#86 · Quote Reply

That makes sense, you do not want bubbles and it surely will overflow. But why should they burn out because of that? There is lower resistance etc. and cooling is still mostly working. I really see no way how it damages the machine. I repaired a bunch before, so this is not coming from nowhere. So I googled and found this: https://robertbair.com/blog/i-accidentally-put-dish-soap-dishwasher-now-...

Pumps really don't like running dry. But this doesn't happen with dishwasher soap, as it doesn't foam.

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Ibuthyr lemmy.wtf Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf
Joined: 2024-05-05
#87 · Quote Reply

πŸ€£πŸ‘ŒπŸ‘

This is some AfD tier shit-post.

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Ibuthyr lemmy.wtf Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf
Joined: 2024-05-05
#88 · Quote Reply

If you check his comment history, this guy is a full time troll. An easy block.

His comments read like 4chan ca. 20 years ago. Extremely embarrassing.

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Stegget lemmy.world Stegget@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
#89 · Quote Reply

I'm the one who did the dishes, cleaning, groceries, kids, after I cleaned she would make a mess then yell at me for being a slob and not keeping the house clean, also I worked full-time. When the dishwasher broke she blamed me because I'm the only one who loaded/unloaded it. when I fixed it with proof it wasn't my fault, it was still my fault. abusive relationships really mess with your senses...

Dude are you me? Similar situation, my ex was/is a raging narcissist who would absolutely trash the house. Kitchen was a disaster because she was an aspiring cake decorator who never bothered to clean up after herself and would fill entire 8 foot folding tables with her crap for weeks on end. Never lifted a finger with the rest of the house, actively trashed everything and her strategy was to wait for me to reach a breaking point where I had to rage clean for my own sanity, then she'd do it all over again. She was and is a shit parent and a deadbeat. There's sooo much more and it all ended poorly... For her, at least. I'm out of that situation now, but it took me a long time to admit I was in an abusive relationship.

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πŸ‰ DrRedOctopus πŸ™πŸ‰ lemmy.world IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-29
#90 · Quote Reply

Dude are you me? Similar situation, my ex was/is a raging narcissist who would absolutely trash the house. Kitchen was a disaster because she was an aspiring cake decorator who never bothered to clean up after herself and would fill entire 8 foot folding tables with her crap for weeks on end. Never lifted a finger with the rest of the house, actively trashed everything and her strategy was to w...

However little resources are for women escaping abusive relationship, there are even less for men. there should be more resources. When I called the police when I was being hit, all they told me is that if I were to touch her they would take me away. but me getting mauled is OK for them.

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Texas_Hangover lemmy.radio Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio
Joined: 2024-11-09
#91 · Quote Reply

Being a stay at home dad was fucking awesome!

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ZombiFrancis sh.itjust.works ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-24
#92 · Quote Reply

We both work from home. We have neither excuses nor anyone to blame.

We're just the third panel twice in a standoff with the dishes.

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iga_no_ika sh.itjust.works iga_no_ika@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-04-21
#93 · Quote Reply

Is it a bad sign that I instantly recognized ARC raiders?

Only if it’s bad that I recognized he’s on buried city, wielding a kettle in front of a wasp and a rocketeer

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Retail4068 lemmy.world Retail4068@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-02-07
#94 · Quote Reply

This is some AfD tier shit-post.

πŸ‘ŒπŸ‘

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Retail4068 lemmy.world Retail4068@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-02-07
#95 · Quote Reply

You're the one bringing up culture war bullshit because you're so fragile and so value your precious precious masculinity.

So much winning.

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FuyuhikoDate feddit.org FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-07-06
#96 · Quote Reply

Be @FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org. Finds a comic strip that i don’t like. This must be before my time, I must make my opinion known to all. Proceeds to publicly talk down on the comic for being ”old and out of touch”. Realizes Arc Raiders released in 2025. Shit.

You could replace the game with every other title and I still would think the same about it ;)

Yeah i didnt recognized the game in the picture. But the idea behind this 3 Panel Comic would not change if its resident evil requiem or Monty on the run ;)

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FuyuhikoDate feddit.org FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-07-06
#97 · Quote Reply

Alternatively, is too young to be married.

Hmm... Would being married change the narrative? And if yes, is it mandatory that its a hetero marriage or could it be a same sex marriage? ;)

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MonkderVierte lemmy.zip MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-05-30
#98 · Quote Reply

Do dishes after you used them. Much easier.

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Psythik lemmy.world Psythik@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-21
#99 · Quote Reply

Not really. As a millennial this is a problem I have (and am not proud of). Hell, it's a problem for a person from any generation with Executive Disfunction. The only Boomerish behavior I see in this thread is from you, for assuming that this is a single-generational issue.

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FuyuhikoDate feddit.org FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-07-06
#100 · Quote Reply

Not really. As a millennial this is a problem I have (and am not proud of). Hell, it's a problem for a person from any generation with Executive Disfunction. The only Boomerish behavior I see in this thread is from you, for assuming that this is a single-generational issue.

Hmm... Nah I dont see a "single generation" issue there and now I kinda assume to understand what your problem is, so thanks for explaining.

I dont get it why you assume think "saying something is boomer" equals "single generation issue". I mean yeah even milleanials and gen z are suffering from patriachic issues. And its not like that they try to hide it...

But interestingly enough that you defend a comic which tries to point a multilayer problem down to a single issue. Executive Dysfunction is a hell of a problem and I am deeply sorry to hear that.

But those comics boil the problem more down to a "haha guy is always on the computer instead of doing dishes..."

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YiddishMcSquidish lemmy.today YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-03-10
#101 · Quote Reply

Hmm... Would being married change the narrative? And if yes, is it mandatory that its a hetero marriage or could it be a same sex marriage? ;)

My mom is in a non hetero marriage very much like this. But if you were married, you would know that mutual respect is key to making it last and be worth it.

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