Clean as you go.

I do this. My roommate doesn't. Drives me nuts. It'd be so much faster and easier if you don't let it sit in and harden. But he keeps doing it.

Well, you're going in the dishwasher unsafely then.

It's the only way.
Start clean, end clean.

This! Absolutely ridiculous this post even had to be made. Who in they're right mind would waste their time making this comic for there to be such an easy solution? Next time, just ask the damn question!!

Either they are worthy and survive and get cleaned or they don't. There's no 3rd option.

Dark Gods! My cast Iron cookware and my carbon steel pan have gotten me in the habit of doing dishes directly, because those motherfuckers will rust like a cybertruck when I let them sit three to four days. But on the plus side, I can mostly just use a paper towel or for harder stuff hot water and a brush and they are so very nice again. Dry and oil them after and they'll remain good for months and the seasoning only gets better with every use. (Except if I do something with tomatos or vinegar, the seasoning really doesn't like acid)

Next time, just ask the damn question!!

Uh... um.... I really hadn't planned for it to go this way. I had this whole romantic evening planned out and...

Ok. Ok. I can do this.

Sweetie Pumpkin, do you want to join the Columbia Record Club?

Life isn't safe. Welcome to the Thunderdome. Best of luck to you.

Agreed. The dishwasher is the gauntlet through which all items must pass. They either survive to get used again or they don't.

Ridiculous. Next you want me to separate clothes by color before washing. I will never.

my dishwasher safe items turn out to be unsafe as well anyway so fuck em

Nah, dishwasher. Good luck.

If you are not my cast iron pan or my Angora sweater you are getting cleaned in a machine. Welcome to 2020s, adapt or perish.