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[–] pudcollar@lemmy.ml 35 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I feel even better replacing a new or old sponge with a brush that will never get that awful sponge smell

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)
[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My ass smells like blueberry muffins.

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

Gonna eat that ass like a muffin

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 8 months ago

I'm calling the authorities. All of them.

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

With a long stick attached so you don't need to touch it

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I bought a few "Jetz Scrubz Scrubber Sponges". They're synthetic but suds up and work as well as real sponges. I've been swapping back and forth between two of them for 6 months and they still look feel and smell great. Most of my dishes get the dishwasher but non dw safe stuff or things that need scrubbed clean first get these used on them and then I throw it in the dishwasher as well. I use two so I still have one if the other is in the dishwasher.

5/5 sponge experience. Would recommend.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Oh I see

Use a[ny] foaming soap dispenser, and get suds even if your sponge/cloth doesn’t sud - I think that was the rationale.

Your all-caps product rec intrigues me!

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[–] WallEx@feddit.de 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I just think about the fact that I'm throwing away something I paid for and that used up resources. Doesn't make me feel that good honestly ^^

[–] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Tbh we wash them and use them for really dirty stuff. Like when you need to remove mold with a chlorine spray or poop from your shoes. Then they get tossed because there's no way I am washing that again.

We're phasing out single use sponges though, but now I don't know what to use for the really dirty stuff.

[–] WallEx@feddit.de 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah like scrubbing the bathtub, cleaning spills, carpets, that kind of stuff.

Is there a sensible alternative to single use sponges? If so, would you point one out for me? Obviously I would be interested.

[–] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We use a combination of brushes with wooden heads (I don't like stuff with handles though), structured cotton towels from the drug store, and sponges from Ikea called "Pepprig" which I think work best for most things. They are also plastic but you can wash them easily.

[–] WallEx@feddit.de 2 points 8 months ago
[–] makeasnek@lemmy.ml 21 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Hot take: there is no food safety reason to replace a sponge if it's still good at removing food from dishes. If you remove the food source, and the soap removes whatever is living on the dish, whatever is left over will die due to lack of nutrients and water. It's why in food safety courses you are taught that dishes have to dry completely. Even a sponge which has been used once will be depositing "new" pathogens onto the dish. Stuff is gonna live in the sponge. The sponge doesn't kill pathogens. Removal, soap, and desiccation do. The sponge's job is almost purely mechanical.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Old sponges are smelly as shit though.

New sponges have an unnaturally nice chemical smell.

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[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 9 points 8 months ago

There is absolutely a food safety reason to replace a sponge. Most bacteria don't just die when they're in dry nutrient poor environments. They desiccate themselves into a spore form. Those spores can stay like that for very long periods of time until their environment becomes more wet. Then they can continue their lifecycle until they dry out again. Dry doesn't mean sterile.

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[–] clemdemort@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] Pogbom@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The internet has told me you don't enjoy changing sponges then.

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[–] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Fuck sponges. I get a dopamine rush replacing my brush.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 months ago

My brush has lasted a decade and is still going strong. I hate how gross sponges get

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I get a dopamine rush fucking sponges.

[–] Sigh_Bafanada@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Great mood? Nah

Better mood? Yeah

Meme fits, cause I'm 25.

[–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago

Well, better mood, yeah 👍.

[–] CableMonster@lemmy.ml 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I get really excited about getting new socks, I think that makes me middle aged.

[–] xpinchx@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No joke at a company outing someone pointed out my socks were Darn Tough brand and he lifted up his pants to show his. Then my boss too, and we all talked about socks and lifetime warranties for 5 minutes and holy fuck I'm old. Or at least no longer young.

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[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)
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[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

cleaning a skillet with a sponge and soap?

heathen!

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[–] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago

Warm new sponges get me so wet but not in a weird way I just fuck em

[–] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

I guess I was over 30 when I was 25

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't feel good until after a couple washes

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

That's what she said

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

I was always told I was an old soul

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Don't use sponges. They have tiny holes, where bacteria live.

Use brushes instead.

Example (Amazon link)

[–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

So, what you're saying is, bacteria can't get stuck in brushes... I say that's not true. Bacteria can live in almost anything.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's correct. Still, brushes dry much faster than sponges. So the bacteria have less time to grow.

[–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

Oh... OK, now that makes sense.

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[–] wafflez@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Just use a kitchen washcloth instead of a sponge and get a silicon gentle scrubber in addition that you can put in the dishwasher. Less microplastics and more environmentally friendly

[–] HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

I HAVE SHOWN RESPONSIBILITY.

[–] don@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

I feel so good that I high five myself and dance the floss dance for ten minutes. Am definitely over 30.

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago

It's satisfying of course... but I'm pretty sure you don't have to be over 30 to do so...

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