Then you bring it home, set it all up, and you realize your sink is too wide and none of your dishes fit in the slots.

Man that really fucks with me, I really quite like looking out the window and watching people mill up and down the street; check out the clouds; see the dog stare at me while he does a shit; or seeing which of the kids is finding new and inventive ways to seriously injure themselves in the garden.

It's a faint thread of contact with the outside world while doing housework 😊

I own a dishwasher. I'm good.

Handwashing is a waste of water and doesn't properly sanitize, because you'd literally burn your hands in seconds if you got the water hot enough to actually do so.

I remember being young enough to believe affording this kind of stuff was still my future.

(It wasn't).

Haha, wow, you own one of these? That's, ha, well, are you busy tonight?

... wanna be?

Legit, the quality of life bump for getting a dishwasher is massive. You can even get a standalone version as a renter.

How would one get the knives in and out?

My wife just made me buy one after showing her this meme. We're both pumped about the space we'll save.

I wanted one when I was young. The apartment was overpriced and cramped. A traditional drying rack was later than the counter.

Now, I am old. I do not want one.

Have this exact one. It is great. Solid, grates are right sizes, somehow doesn't block the window either.

you mean as soon as you are old enough to do the dishes?

I have a regular old dishrack, the normal kind you sit on the counter. It fits high in the sink, so its raised and gets air. Most of the time its in the lefthand sink. If I have a big load, I move it back to the counter while I wash, and then back to the sink. I was gonna get something fancy till I started doing this. No need. Looks nice and neat. No counter used. Cost: $1.

I prefer the one over the sink but built into a cabinet (Finnish style, I think?) for both clearance and living in an earthquake zone

Every thread about these racks is full of comments shitting on them, meanwhile I've been enjoying mine for years with none of the issues in the comments.

FWIW I live in a rental with limited counter space and no dishwasher.

. * Dish-washing-machine *

• much more water-efficient
• much more time-efficient
• ...

No nees for fancy weird plastics, that can make your dishes dirty with sink-water.

damnit @Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com, stop advertising to my absolute must haves.

I'm not going to lie, I got a over the sink dishrack after I first saw this meme like 2 years ago

No thanks, things drop. I'd like my drying rack lower so anything that drops doesn't smash into a trillion pieces

I feel like I'll have anxiety of someone going to unintentionally knock it with a plate or a dish to start a chain reaction and I'll be watching anyone doing anything near it.

These look great in theory, but I find they clutter up your only kitchen sink where you can wash big pots and pans. A little side rack with a utensil holder works better. Honestly, even then, I'd still not bother with any of that nonsense and just dry all the dishes immediately.

Touch everything once instead of twice.

Didn't know the dishes needed shampoo and conditioner...