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Yeah, that’s t true. Even steel utensils come in a variety of prices. The nicer ones look cool, have interesting shapes are heavy etc. Moderately priced ones are just stamped steel, but still good and durable. The cheap ones, are stamped out of the thinnest low grade trash you can find. Those will bend if you just look at them wrong. Also, some cheap fruit knives have a plastic handle and aluminum rivets. Stick that into a washing machine and you’ll find out how soluble aluminum is at high pH.
I don't recommend putting any tableware into a washing machine.
How about normal steel forks and such? They should be fine.
When they grind down rocks (clothes), they put them in a really big drum (washing machine) and add ball bearings (stainless steel silverware). Even though the ball bearings (stainless) is much harder, it will exit the drum ground smooth and to a fraction of its original size. The drum itself is protected due to the stuff being thrown on itself (requires adequate clothes for dampening).
You will certainly loose any coatings and your knifes and forks (and sporks) will be dull. You might after many runs loose the fork tooths entirely, and your sporks might become spoons. You will also either need to sacrifice your old shirts to the silverware gods, or need to order a few replacement drums and change early before the silverware breaches containment and explores the electric and pump sections of your washer.