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leaptosleep posted:But most washing machines and dryers are pretty simple and intuitive. Nowadays laundry isn't really much of a task. You don't really know that until you try and even if you do it helps to have somebody there to say "Yes, it really is that simple. No, you aren't missing something." And even more helpful if that person doesn't get on your case for doing anything wrong at all, and doesn't just snatch the task away the moment they get a little bit frustrated.
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I think not being able to figure out how to do laundry does in fact make you an idiot The real argument here is whether calling someone an idiot is too mean for the thread, there are a lot of idiots in here
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May 4, 2024 14:17
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hawowanlawow posted:I think not being able to figure out how to do laundry does in fact make you an idiot
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May 4, 2024 14:21
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Ghost Leviathan posted:
Oh so you know my dad
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May 4, 2024 14:21
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I love the housework posts because every time a bunch of goons come out of the woodwork to out themselves for thinking basic housekeeping is some kind of word of mouth knowledge that can only be passed from generation to generation
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May 4, 2024 14:32
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Sorry, I can’t attend Garden Hoses 102 today, I gotta do some studying for my final exam in Getting The Mail.
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May 4, 2024 14:34
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Splicer posted:He's not so much saying he can't figure out laundry as much as he's saying he refuses to learn anything without being shown it. Not just chores specifically, the OP says he objects to the concept of independent learning in its entirety. Which is infinitely worse. Does he know how to jerk off? Did someone have to show him? 
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My [32F] husband [36M] found out that his ex wife [35F] DIDN’T cheat on himquote:My husband and I have been married for two years, together for four. He’s divorced and has (had?) an extremely hostile relationship with his ex. They don’t even speak. A nanny transports their son back and forth between them. They divorced because he had proof that she had cheated on him and she refused to admit it. He asked for a paternity test on their son and she filed for the divorce. The test was eventually done and his son was obviously proven to be his but the co-parenting relationship between them is damaged. They are (maybe were) very hostile to one another. I met my husband a couple of years after their breakup and learned all of this from him. His family also filled in the blanks and they refer to her as “That Whore” (not when his son is around of course). There is no love lost around either party and to my knowledge my husband and his ex didn’t even speak unless they had to. Everything was communicated through the nanny or by email.
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Big Bowie Bonanza posted:I love the housework posts because every time a bunch of goons come out of the woodwork to out themselves for thinking basic housekeeping is some kind of word of mouth knowledge that can only be passed from generation to generation Of course it's simple, you should be able to figure this out, I don't need to teach you. Also I will spend hours screaming at you for doing it wrong, and won't coherently explain what you did wrong.
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May 4, 2024 14:40
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Some awfully notable walking back and worsening in the latter half of this onequote:AITA for no longer making 10 yo step daughter lunch but putting goldfish on a tray for 2 year old son "I never told her she couldn't get lunch made, I just heard my husband telling her and assumed she didn't want it when she never asked again"
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May 4, 2024 14:42
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Shanghaied posted:Does he know how to jerk off? Did someone have to show him? What do you think the bonobo exhibit at the zoo is for???
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May 4, 2024 14:43
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During my plumbing apprenticeship, I had to figure out a lot of things on my own, and that often involved just loving trying. If you don't have the wherewithal to figure out a hose, you might be an imbecile. The dude's in college for Christ sake.
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May 4, 2024 14:44
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Of course it's simple, you should be able to figure this out, I don't need to teach you. Also I will spend hours screaming at you for doing it wrong, and won't coherently explain what you did wrong. I suspect it’s been long enough for most goons since this actually happened that you can probably just get over it and wipe the counters after you finish loading the dishwasher
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May 4, 2024 14:44
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Clearly lots of posts by goons who have never tried to face the labyrinthine intricacies of the puzzle box know as the modern hose.
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May 4, 2024 14:51
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the trick is to screw the hose onto the spigot before you turn the water on
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May 4, 2024 14:53
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Adding to laundry chat: I can do regular laundry just fine on the rags I wear as clothing, but if I had to wash some nice sweater or an old dress or something, I'd have no idea and be totally clueless.
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May 4, 2024 14:54
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Just read the instructions on the tag or google it
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May 4, 2024 14:55
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Big Bowie Bonanza posted:I suspect it’s been long enough for most goons since this actually happened that you can probably just get over it and wipe the counters after you finish loading the dishwasher You're trying to kick people when they're down but they've already got up and walked away.
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May 4, 2024 14:55
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hawowanlawow posted:the trick is to screw the hose onto the spigot before you turn the water on wow it’s just so easy for you isn’t it??? Not all of us are geniuses. But I bet you can’t get the mail like I can!
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Splicer posted:You're trying to kick people when they're down but they've already got up and walked away. I don’t know if we are reading the same thread but it doesn’t sound like they have
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May 4, 2024 14:58
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Big Bowie Bonanza posted:I don’t know if we are reading the same thread but it doesn’t sound like they have I mean that. I wish everyone had had your life. But growing up in a nice environment isn't an excuse to be a prick.
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May 4, 2024 15:07
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Barudak posted:What do you think the bonobo exhibit at the zoo is for??? I tried that, but the bonobos weren't able to explain how it's better than Super Mario Bros.
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May 4, 2024 15:25
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I'm trying to imagine how that dude won't end up homeless eventually if he's so against learning anything on his own. Or dead from self-caused health issues because nobody told him you shouldn't eat that mushroom, or eat only chicken nuggets for every meal "I'm against all forms of self-improvement. Other people need to slowly walk me through every improvement I can make in my life. I just won't remember if I try to improve on my own!" 
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May 4, 2024 15:25
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Kenshin posted:I'm trying to imagine how that dude won't end up homeless eventually if he's so against learning anything on his own.
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May 4, 2024 15:32
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Kenshin posted:I'm trying to imagine how that dude won't end up homeless eventually if he's so against learning anything on his own. My brother is like this and I can tell you once they’re in their mid 30s and have gotten evicted yet again & keep getting fired from jobs it’s actually way less cute
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May 4, 2024 15:35
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leaptosleep posted:But most washing machines and dryers are pretty simple and intuitive. Nowadays laundry isn't really much of a task. This one's kind of funny, because I'm constantly befuddled whenever I do laundry while visiting my folks, their washer has fancy electronic keypad controls that take like ten steps to set up a load and were not created by someone concerned with intuitive design. Fortunately, my apartment has a cheaper lovely one that only requires you to turn the dial and press start, I can handle that.
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May 4, 2024 15:39
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Big Bowie Bonanza posted:My brother is like this and I can tell you once they’re in their mid 30s and have gotten evicted yet again & keep getting fired from jobs it’s actually way less cute After that he can just move back home to mummy and be a full-time son to her. He will weaponise incompetence to avoid doing the most basic household tasks, and the home will fall into disrepair as the mother ages and her health fails. He will inherit the home once she dies, as no sibling will want anything to do with that hovel. He'll then live there on government assistance, until one day his own health fails and he dies. This was basically the last thirty years of life for my uncle (my mother's younger brother).
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people can post their first-hand accounts of abusive parents and lovely life situations and physical or mental health issues all day and other goons will always, always roll through afterwards and summarize those posts as "goons are lazy and incompetent"
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May 4, 2024 16:07
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what the gently caress is laundry
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peachy... posted:what the gently caress is laundry
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(Looks at end of hose, then looks at spigot) I just, i don’t get it. Why are these infernal contraptions always so inscrutable?
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May 4, 2024 16:18
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mystes posted:a miserable pile of dirty clothes But enough talk, have at you! * throws cap full of laundry detergent at the floor *
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Maybe do the dishes in the shower, while clothed?
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Biplane posted:Maybe do the dishes in the shower, while clothed? This is why I bought an above ground pool. Clothes, dishes, children, dogs. Throw them all in the soapy pool. This year we're thinking about getting a rinse pool.
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Big Bowie Bonanza posted:I love the housework posts because every time a bunch of goons come out of the woodwork to out themselves for thinking basic housekeeping is some kind of word of mouth knowledge that can only be passed from generation to generation The part that has to be passed from generation to generation is how to do it without being screamed at for doing it wrong. I've personally been yelled at and had a wooden spoon snatched out of my hand for stirring tomato sauce wrong. Grow up in that kind of household and you get a very different attitude about chores than you apparently were.
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Put everything in the bathtub and fill it with lye.
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hawowanlawow posted:the trick is to screw the hose onto the spigot before you turn the water on How will I know if the water's on then?
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*Takes the washboard down to the crick
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Look, maybe this guy has a point. I’ve watched plenty of youtube videos about car detailing and not a single one covers how to turn on, let alone turn OFF, the hose. I hate it when people just gatekeep knowledge like that.
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mllaneza posted:The part that has to be passed from generation to generation is how to do it without being screamed at for doing it wrong. I've personally been yelled at and had a wooden spoon snatched out of my hand for stirring tomato sauce wrong. Grow up in that kind of household and you get a very different attitude about chores than you apparently were. that's not in the story that was posted, people just jumped at the opportunity to talk about themselves and made it about that
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