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• Jerkface@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m over 40 and I’m just pissed I had to throw away the old one.

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  • proudblond@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Everything falls apart so fast these days!

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    • klemptor@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You can count on that

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  • Sarie@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I cut them in half with an scissors to get two for the same price. Honestly I don’t see how a smaller sponge differs from a bigger one.

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Same! Those things get crappier and more expensive every year.

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  • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Microwave it for about 15 seconds when you’re done doing the dishes (after you’ve wrung it out) and it will take longer before it gets stinky.

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• 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Dish brush gang here, with my cleaner and more hygienic washing up approach

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  • Duckingold@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Anyone else just use the plastic net that onions come in until it gets gross?

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    • jerkface@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      WELL I DO NOW

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  • elucubra@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m also brush as much as possible. When replacement time comes, I will get bamboo brushes.

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    • jerkface@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Brushes are the worst. If there’s a residue on the plate you can see that a plastic bristle brush just draws lines through the residue

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• agentshags@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  People make fun of me bc I’ll have like 3 at different stages, and my rule is first get the worst off a pot or pan or w/e with the oldest, clean with the middle and and finish off with the newest lol. I think I’m undiagnosed something or another.

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• alzymologist@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It makes me depressed thinking about more plastic waste fungi are not likely to digest anytime soon due to all the antimicrobal additives that prevent kitchen soap from molding and, well, the sponge material chosen to slow down decomposition while it is in use. It also shreds into microplastics really easily.

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  • ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I use loofahs for doing dishes. Anything it struggles with just needs another bathing in hot water with bicarb

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    • elucubra@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nice life pro tip! Thanks.

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’ve got some growing out back after my third year trying! I wanted the sponges but my wife is bugging me to chop them down to eat. “You people EAT those?!”

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  • Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You can also get small dish brushes like these:
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    They’re better at scrubbing stuff, and for the rest, you can use a normal washing cloth.

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    • Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh I need one of those

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    • jerkface@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Don’t understand how the same people that condemn sponges as unsanitary use a brush. Use a launderer cloth that can be regularly sterilized for crying out loud!

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    • bathing_in_bismuth@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You also have these with a soap reservoirs built in, you release soap by pressing a button on top of the handle. They’re amazing!

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    • alzymologist@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      but the bristles on those are almost always plastic too, even more inert and probably heavier than sponge of equivalent efficiency.

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• TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Let me be a chainmail scrubber evangelist. These things are fantastic, like steel wool that doesn’t fall apart. Safe for most things (though I wouldn’t use it on non-stick cause you’ll ruin the teflon). Easy as hell to wash, cause it’s stainless steel.

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  • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Don’t use it on glass or enameled cast iron either! Great for carbon steel and cast iron though.

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Shoot us a link for a style you like! Had no idea this was a thing.

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    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This isn’t the one I have, but something like this.

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• Captain_Baka@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  To be fair, having a new sponge is actually really nice. The feeling when you take it out of its package and it touches your skin the first time. When you dip it into the water and it absorbs the water at an incredible speed. The look it has compared to the old sponge. Well, stuff like that gets me in a certain mood. But then again, I am 38 years old, so I am probably not unbiased

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• rbos@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Trying to avoid microplastics. I have yet to find a scrub brush that isn’t plastic bristles. So i use dishcloths.

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  • TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Get you a stainless steel chainmail scrubber. Don’t use it on non-stick cause you’ll ruin the teflon coating, but on everything else it’s wonderful, like steel wool that doesn’t fall apart.

    Something like this, although personally I prefer a more fine chain.

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    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Also if you want to avoid plastic, get rid of the Teflon non-stick pans. Once you use stainless steel wool to clean, there isn’t much of a downside to using stainless steel pots and pans anyways.

      There’s cooking tricks to get the stuck on stuff off while you’re cooking, too, though I forget what it’s called.

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    • rbos@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have one but I do find it a bit difficult. Maybe the fine chain ones would work better for me.

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  • LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I've bought some reusable scourers recently, I figure not landfill is better than anything

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    • nathanjent@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have some bamboo pot scrapers that I prefer over scouring. Sometimes I use baking soda with a wet rag as an abrasive when the scraper isn’t working.

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• myrrh@ttrpg.network ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • datavoid@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Most people have a cloth in their sink that I can smell from 10 feet away, I feel like sponges are the least of our worries

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• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Change your sponges more often you cheap bastards.

  They’re literally a bacterial breeding ground that traps water and food by design.

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• elucubra@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m using a dish brush as much as possible now. If you must use scouring pads, use 3M scotch brand. They last way longer than other brands, so less waste.

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• lemmy12369@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  did the same with steel wool spongey thingy 😌

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