• @WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works
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        271 month ago

        There’s also just no point. What exactly would one hope to accomplish in having a window in their dishwasher? With a microwave, you can monitor food and make sure it’s not boiling over, smoking, exploding, etc. With an oven, you can monitor goods to see if they’re done or not. But a dishwasher? Unlike a cooking device, there’s no harm in leaving dishes in the dishwasher too long. You don’t need to pull them out at just the exact moment they’re fully clean.

        Unless you’re one of those weirdos that cooks things in their dishwasher, I can’t see any reason why you would need a window in one.

        • TJA!
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          231 month ago

          Okay, but why then is there a window in my washing machine?

          • AFK BRB Chocolate
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            171 month ago

            Usually only on front-loading models so you can see if there’s water in it before trying to open the door.

            • M137
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              81 month ago

              Which is what most of the world uses. And it’s also kinda nice to look at, which isn’t the case for dishwashers.

              • AFK BRB Chocolate
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                71 month ago

                They’re attractive, but they also have a much bigger problem with gaskets getting moldy, and I personally think getting clothes in and out of a top-loading is more convenient unless they’re stacked.

          • Sixty
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            51 month ago

            To see the mold growing in the side loader machine’s silicon gasket that never dries out of course!

            Also because that’s what the house came with and it didn’t break yet.

            I kill it with vinegar filled wash cycles now and then but it’s annoying and recurrent. Top loader with dumb knobs and a metal lid next if they die before me.

            • @Caesium@lemmy.world
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              my mom’ll never get a side-loaded washer for that exact reason. Clothes also may get a musty smell even when cleaned in one. We’ve got sensitive noses so it’d be unbearable for us

            • @Excrubulent@slrpnk.net
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              31 month ago

              You can get anti fungal liquid that you add to one of the secondary dispensers which should keep that at bay while also keeping mould off your clothes, and also you can leave the door open between cycles to dry it out. I’ve been told it’s important to leave the door open when it’s not in use.

              • Sixty
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                41 month ago

                Good advice for everyone.

                I leave the door open yep, clean the drain trap too.

                I should try anti fungal instead, we’ll see if it does better than vinegar. The cheap bulk white vinegar does work, I just have to do that twice a month and remember to wipe down the gasket frequently.

    • @ndupont@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      And my Amazon order for pre-wash detergent tells me it was already 4 years ago, OMG. It took 4 years to go through that bottle, we’re a family of 4.

  • @assembly@lemmy.world
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    871 month ago

    They don’t want you to know about the dish gnomes forced to work in tight spaces under terrible conditions.

    • @Excrubulent@slrpnk.net
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      241 month ago

      You don’t replace your dish gnome cartridge every 3 years? I was told it was a feature. They get tired.

      • @meep_launcher@lemm.ee
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        111 month ago

        Oh you absolutely need to replace the gnome cartridge, my dad would always freak out if we didn’t. That’s like day 1 of dishwasher school.

      • @Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf
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        First, you have to remove the dead gnomes. Straight to the compost heap, not in the regular garbage! Cause nature and stuff …

        • @Excrubulent@slrpnk.net
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          Your gnomes shouldn’t be dead, they’re technically immortal and a stint in the dishwasher is their ticket out of the salt mines. If you’ve got dead gnomes the last thing you want is to keep their bodies on the premises. If you leave them in the cartridge they can be revived when you exchange it for the new cartridge. If you put them in the ground they will find… other ways back to their realm, and they will remember what you did.

          And please remember to buy gnomane dishwashing tablets, I cannot stress enough how much they should not be dead.

          Also don’t ask me why the gnome salt mine slavery exists, I didn’t create it, I just benefit from it.

  • @whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Technology connections put a window in one, it’s just nasty water swirling around and a lot of people would be grossed out by that so they hide it lol

    • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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      I also don’t want to be looking at the dirty dishes throughout the week as I’m waiting for the machine to be full enough to run.

  • @Allero@lemmy.today
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    You don’t want to see it.

    For the purposes of saving water, your dishes are repeatedly washed in dirty greasy brown water before rinsing. This does not look good, but in fact it is alright.

    • Lord Wiggle
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      Not true. They are hiding the fact that there’s a group of tiny gnomes forced to work the dishes. No one wants to see tiny slaves in their kitchen. They are pathetic and do not fit the rest of the kitchen ambiance.

      • @ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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        They’re just in there licking all the food off the dishes after getting drunk on the “rinsing agent”.

        If you forget to fill their booze, they just piss all over your dishes, that’s where the spots come from.

            • Lord Wiggle
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              71 month ago

              But they eat the boogers out of each other’s noses. Which happen to be glow in the dark as well.

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              No. That’s why there’s no window. Otherwise all women would dump their partners for a glow in the dark big dick dish washer gnome.

              Edit: which happens to be the name of my future band: the Glow in the Dark Big Dick Dishwasher Gnomes

  • oppy1984
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    501 month ago

    Reading though the comments I think something I said earlier today is going to be true. Technology Connections is going to be the XKCD of video explainers.

  • mycelium underground
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    331 month ago

    It’s to keep people from seeing the reality of recycled dishwater being sprayed at the plates you eat off of.

    • @bitchkat@lemmy.world
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      21 month ago

      It’s because they are usually insulated and there is no point putting a clear surface over insulation.

            • @Sludgeyy@lemmy.world
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              Insulation on the dishwasher is mostly for noise and stopping moisture or heat from damaging surrounding cabinets.

              The dishwasher is using new water or heating water. It is not designed to keep the same water hot for an hour plus.

              The whole back of the dishwasher is a tiny piece of plastic. Not insulated at all. Some fancy ones now put a little insulation on back.

              But the idea isn’t to keep heat trapped to wash dishes, but to keep heat from being released and damaging things.

            • @bitchkat@lemmy.world
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              11 month ago

              I haven’t seen anything that says how hot it gets in the window . Just that it’s “super insulated”.

  • Brave Little Hitachi Wand
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    241 month ago

    I have a window in mine. It’s great, I can see when something’s not cleaning right and I fix it. Saves on redos.

    • MudMan
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      Same. I had a tiny countertop one with a little window on it.

      On the one hand I get that people with large dishwashers don’t want to learn how many times the same goopy water is recycled to splash over the things they put in their mouths, but it’s kinda mesmerizing, if I’m being honest.

  • @GooberEar@lemmy.wtf
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    211 month ago

    Duh. If they let you see how it’s done, then you’ll know how to do it yourself. And once you know how to do it yourself, you won’t need to buy one of their expensive machines every time you want to wash dishes.

  • Ricky Rigatoni
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    201 month ago

    I have a countertop dishwasher that has a giant window in the front. Wanna know what’s in there?

    Bubble bath shower for the dishes. It looks fun.

  • @cley_faye@lemmy.world
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    Knowing how “fun” it is to make a truly watertight window, even with low pressure, matching both cold and hot and detergent and whatever’s flying in there, I’m glad there isn’t a glass pane to view into the dishwasher.

    Also, I’m usually doing things that are not reliant on seeing what’s happening in a dishwasher when it is running, so the cost effectiveness would not be great there.

    • @pulsey@feddit.org
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      How is it different from a window in a washing machines, because those are quite common.

      • @cley_faye@lemmy.world
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        330 days ago

        I’m not sure… as my current washing machine don’t have one. It’s a top-loader. I do see washing machines with a round door, though. Maybe the difference is that the whole door is the glass part, so there’s no seal to make with the rest of the “door” part, but that’s not satisfying.

        I’d be curious to ear from an expert about this.