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[-] elvis_depresley@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

premature optimisation

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 7 points 4 hours ago

I did this for a few years and it was amazing.

[-] st0v@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 hours ago

as a single dad living with one teenager kid, the two plate strategy was a total game changer.

[-] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 hours ago

That's one beautiful teaspoon

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 hours ago

He dishwashes daily? How inefficient.

[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 hours ago

He is not your friend, he is just keeping you around for a time when he can't find some else and feels the urge to kill again.

[-] Subverb@lemmy.world 28 points 14 hours ago

We're a family of three with a 19 year old, so our cutlery drawer looks just like this unless we ask him to bring all the dishes from his room.

[-] d00phy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

That struggle is real and universal! We found utensils buried in our back yard, at a friend’s house… it’s nuts!

[-] strawberrysocial@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago

He's 19 years old, and you have to ask him to bring his dirty dishes out from his room because he is leaving them all in there?

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Dude I'm 38 soon and I have to bring dishes in from the WFH office once in a while. Watching some YouTube during lunch or whatever. Then back to working. Then family comes home and it's up out of the chair to start dinner and whatnot, sometimes the dishes get forgotten and left behind.

[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 8 points 13 hours ago
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[-] AraJuSanja@lemm.ee 5 points 10 hours ago

I actually love this. It’s clean organized and simplified!

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

It's all he needs

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

I mean it at least forces you to do your dishes

[-] P1k1e@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

That would make sense, it's the only ones iv ever bought so I wouldn't know

[-] Loce@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

Been there done that

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

lol two spoons and a fork, what a waste. i only use one spoon for everything.

edit: ooh i get it now, they have a significant other who sometimes visits. (big spoon, small spoon)

[-] Steak@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 hours ago

Sometimes I use a small spoon for ice cream. Big spoon for cereal though I'm not fuckin around.

[-] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 5 points 14 hours ago

He never has dishes

[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 15 hours ago

Is your friend Bill Dauterive?

[-] PDFuego@lemmy.world 97 points 1 day ago

I've got 2 of everything just in case. Dirty dishes can't pile up if they don't exist.

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 29 points 1 day ago

You underestimate some of us

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[-] cellardoor@lemmy.world 40 points 22 hours ago

Excuse me, it goes: Fork->Knife->Spoon->tea spoon.

I don't know what this is but it's certainly not in keeping with the lord's way.

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 30 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Right chopstick -> left chopstick -> porcelain soup spoon -> packets of unused plastic foldable forks that came with the instant noodles

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[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 10 points 19 hours ago

you can honestly get by with just a spoon. need a butter knife? use the spoon handle. need to jab something? just scoop it instead. need to cut something? just cook it a little more so it gets soft

[-] ALilOff@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago

Did they borrow these from a restaurant. I just find it more menacing to just buy 1 of each, searched online and I can’t find a single reasonably priced utensil set that only sells 1 of each in the set.

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago

2 words: Thrift. Shop.

[-] Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 18 hours ago

Walmart sometimes sells utensils individually in store, they're loose in bins with a little plastic price barcode attached

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[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 21 points 22 hours ago

I was so bad at keeping on top of washing my dishes in Uni that I absolutely decided to have exactly 1 plate, cup, mug,and each cutlery. Can't have more dirty dishes than you have dishes.

[-] MuffinHeeler@aussie.zone 2 points 11 hours ago

Been travelling in an RV for a while now. Family of 3. Have 3 forks, 2 knives (because adults cut the kid's food) and 4 plates since you need somewhere to put food off the BBQ that isn't someone's plate. It's glorious. So easy to clean up.

[-] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago

This is the way. Friends think I really like this one bowl. Truth is I like an empty sink, so I force myself to wash it by only owning one bowl.

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[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago

No pie server - what kind of barbarian is this?

[-] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 14 points 17 hours ago

They live alone, why have a pie server if you are just gonna eat it yourself?

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[-] GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world 12 points 21 hours ago

OP is a fancy one with their actual silverware. When i was a bachelor, it was box of plastic forks, box of plastic spoons, and box of plastic knives.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 17 points 20 hours ago

Saving up for singular silverware would probably save you money in the long run

[-] randombullet@programming.dev 8 points 19 hours ago

I usually get them from take out places or the cafeteria. Never bought any single use items during my bachelor years.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 7 points 20 hours ago
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[-] Mango@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

Knife should be on the left and the spoons on the right. Fite me.

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 19 points 23 hours ago

You think I'm worried about fighting someone that has to reach over the gentry silverware to grab the knife?

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[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago

You cannot convince me this man is not a serial killer.

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