Comment on Anon visits a guy's house
allidoislietomyself@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My brother-in-law did this at my house the other day! My jaw almost hit the floor watching him try to kick that shit under the fridge. He did it in front of his son too. They didn’t seee behind them, so I bent over and picked up the cubes and told them we don’t do that in this house. I told my wife and she told her sister, they were both surprised. I had no idea people did this. Just pick them up and toss them in the sink.
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
It doesn’t work if you don’t pre-print this out.
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Can I just print the link too? How does it work out?
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Make it an QR code
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
My cats like to lick ice cubes so I’ll leave them for them to lick across the floor lol
Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Yeah I either let my cat play with the ice or put it in her waterbowl.
Salamand@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
told my wife and she told her sister
icelimit@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Rinse the ice and then keep using it. It’s literally pristine again.
javiwhite@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Something tells me we can trust this user on their knowledge of ice and its limits.
Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Between the 5 second rule and rinsing, the ice is probably cleaner than it was from the tray.
Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ice is naturally antimicrobial because North Face doesn’t make any coats small enough for bacteria and whatever so they get too cold and drive their little RVs down to Little Florida
And009@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
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isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
you are joking, but lately i’ve been seeing reusable ice cubes made of a plastic cube with water inside…
just… eww
groet@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Why? Just clean them after every use. How is a plastic cube different than drinking from a plastic cup?
I have steel cubes with liquid inside (not sure if water) and I love them. I can put ice cubes into beer and other drinks without watering them down.
Strakh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Metal ones seem nice. I agree with the plastic ones being shitty though. It just seems like more waste and microplastics being added to my brain fork.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I got tired of wondering what the random particles were that ended up in my ice, plus that smell and taste, so I tried getting a metal ice cube tray and now my ice is just ice. Dunno what but something was leeching from the plastic tray into the ice. It was old, so maybe that had something to do with it.
But yeah, I agree that there’s not much difference from drinking from a plastic cup, which is why most of my cups are glass and my water bottles are metal. I still have a few plastic cooking utensils but have been transitioning to wooden and metal. I stopped using non stick pans, too. Dunno how much of a difference it’s making in my life but I make an effort to minimize all plastic use.
Hoimo@ani.social 3 weeks ago
The steel cubes have liquid inside too? I figured that solid steel would have enough mass and thermal… dynamics? to act as an ice cube, but maybe water is still better. Actually, do they sink or float?
isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
the plastic cup is made to be thrown away, otherwise you’d be drinking out of a nice glass/ceramic cup if you were gonna wash it anyways
the plastic cubes would shred more and more microplastics as you wash them-and inevitably scuff the surface even more
icelimit@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I’m actually not joking, if you rinse an ice cube. Superficial ice immediately melts and is rinsed away. You could have dipped it in engine oil and it would be immediately pure ice after rinsing.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You’re assuming that all the contamination is on the surface, but there is hair, lint, and other particles under your fridge that will stick to the ice.
Also, your example of motor oil was a poor choice. Oil is probably not going to stick to your ice, unless it is in contact long enough to freeze, or get viscous enough to cling to it, and oil will not rinse away cleanly.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Yeah, it’s probably fine… but still, it’s just an ice cube. Maybe if it’s like… the last one or something.
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
My ice cubes are small enough that rinsing them would waste more water than just tossing the very few that fall. I toss em in the sink.
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I have metal versions. I don’t really use em, but they’re for stuff like alcoholic drinks or whiskey on ice but for if you don’t want it to get watered down, just cold. I have two that look like metal golf balls and 6 that are small cubes,and they generally just sit somewhere atm.
I’ve used em to cool booze before, but I haven’t drank any high percentage alcohol in a while.
Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Don’t put ice in your whisky. It’s supposed to be enjoyed at room temperature optionally with a splash of water. If you chill it the aromatic flavours are muted and it tastes bland.
Revan343@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
It’s generally not just water inside
isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
maybe some antibacterial agent but they can’t straight up put car coolant or it would kill people if accidentally ingested
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Melt the ice cube, boil the resulting water to evaporate it, collect the vapour in a condenser, refreeze it… boom!