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rb666 ◴[04 Sep 18 04:15 UTC] No.17906594[source]▶

"And toddlers are great at rinsing dishes before putting them into the dishwasher."

Don't teach them kids to waste water rinsing dishes! The dishwasher works most efficiently if chunks of food are removed (scrape into trash), but not rinsed.

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orasis ◴[04 Sep 18 04:30 UTC] No.17906649[source]▶

>>17906594 #

Your values aren’t universal. In some places water is abundant.

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1. Rapzid ◴[04 Sep 18 07:01 UTC] No.17907146[source]▶

>>17906649 #

This reminds me of the Kiwi skit with the water police going around making people turn on their sprinklers and spigots so the country didn't flood.

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