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• groet@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  just… eww

  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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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?

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    • lobo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      solid metal cubes are probably too expensive and could break the glass

      although liquid filled would break or bow out if the liquid freezes

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  • isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why? Just clean them after every use. How is a plastic cube different than drinking from a plastic cup?

    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

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    • Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My partner went through a period where she dropped so many cups and glasses that I got a set of reusable plastic tumblers.

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• 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.

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  • 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.

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    • icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hair and lint can stick to the ice, but try it for yourself, ice isn’t a sponge. The only way for anything on the surface to work it’s way in is to melt it’s way in, and then freeze the outer shell again. Akin to dropping the ice, kicking it under the fridge, fishing it back out, tossing it back into the ice tray. In which case, you deserve all the hair in your cocktail.

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    • ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ooh ooh, I want to escalate this thread into entirely new levels of unrealistic pedantry by talking about both hydrogen atoms and our own neurology and perceptions.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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• 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.

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  • 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.

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• Revan343@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s generally not just water inside

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  • 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

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    • Revan343@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Propylene glycol/water mix would be my guess; they noticeably don’t crystalize the same way pure water does

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