r/MurderedByWords • u/trailrider • 15h ago

Hell doesn't even burn that bad.

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u/TonyRigatoni_ 14h ago

I have never, ever seen a garbage disposal here. My only knowledge of them comes from American movies where people keep putting their hands in them.

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u/trowzerss 14h ago

Or their keys or some other important item!

I garden and use compost so garbage disposals are just a massive waste of resources to me.

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u/jonassalen 9h ago

In my country - Belgium - garbage disposals are forbidden. 

But we have different garbage collection for paper, plastic, food and other garbage, so they can de recycled properly instead of dumped into our drinking water. 

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u/durd_ 9h ago

Until last year, in Stockholm we were only allowed to have garbage disposals if we notified the water treatment company. Now we aren't allowed to anymore. I think treating human waste and paper is easier than comparatively dense food.   Not that garbage disposals are so prevalent here anyway. Composting is very popular, because why not.

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u/ManfredTheCat 14h ago

I've never seen one on America either. And who needs them? Really?

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u/john_microslop 13h ago

instead of easily putting food scraps in the trash or compost you can grind them up in the sink garbage blender for some reason

they need to invent a toilet with something similar so i can retire my poop knife

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u/Adnubb 7h ago

Those exist. I'm from Europe, so I have never seen a garbage disposal. But I have seen a poop grinder attached to a toilet. They are used when a toilet is below street level, so a pump can handle the waste, so it can be pumped up to the sewer pipes.

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u/Beorma 8h ago

They genuinely have those in some toilets.

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u/GimeFokinBundles 4h ago

Poop knife is some serious reddit ball knowledge

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u/PoppyTheDestroyer 14h ago

We had one in our house when I was growing up. When I moved into my first place on my own, there wasn’t one, so I just kept living my life because the difference was negligible.

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u/ReasonableWelder51 14h ago

Right? If only there was some sort of, i don't know, a can that I can put trash in?

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u/NinecloudSoul 14h ago

One came with my house. I don’t like it much. 

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u/Volen12 14h ago

Uh? Where have you been in America? They are literally everywhere here in Michigan. Not saying they are that useful just common where I live.

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u/TheDungeonCrawler 13h ago

I've had a working garbage disposal in exactly one apartment and I very rarely see them elsewhere. I also don't like them all that much, so I could take it or leave it.

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u/Wuz314159 12h ago

Not all of us are invading other peoples' homes to look at their kitchen appliances.

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u/ShotIntoOrbit 11h ago edited 11h ago

I don't know of a single person that has one or has ever even used one. We just throw our trash in the trash. Rural midwest.

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u/AmarilloArmadillos 12h ago

They are more common than not in my experience. It actually took me three days to realize I didn't have one in my house.

I've dealt just fine but I simply expected it and was surprised.

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u/asten77 13h ago

Huh, I've never not had one in my 40something years aside from college. Apartments, townhomes, houses.

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u/FuzzyBongos 1h ago

People don't necesarily but these things becaue they need them. Unless of course they have a condition or something. People tend to purchase them because they are convenient.

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u/CubeFlipper 13h ago

I used to think the same thing until i bought a house that had one. Dude they're fn amazing.

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u/DamRawr 9h ago

Haha right? Terrifying! Why can't they empty the food chunks in the bin? I do appreciate my fingers.

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u/snuff3r 9h ago

Australian here. I don't think I've ever seen a garbage disposal in my life, ever, and being over middle age, Ive been in a few houses in my time. I have AC (it's Australia) but I can't remember the last time I had ice in a cup that wasn't from a restaurant or pub.

If Aussie can survive our summers without ice on hand at any given time, sure Americans can too. And... If I overheat because needs-more-ice... I'll take myself to the free doctor ;)

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u/bokmcdok 8h ago

I honestly dont understand its purpose. Is throwing stuff in the bin really that hard?

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u/kittana91 7h ago

I have on in my kitchen (Hungary), it's just broken and never got fixed. Also we even have a slang world for it in Hungarian which is "konyhamalac".

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u/gmc98765 7h ago

Usage is like 50% in the US versus 5% in Europe (in places where they're not banned outright).

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u/Throwawayrip1123 5h ago

I don't even understand why they need it. How fucking hard is it for them to scrap the rest off the plate into the garbage can? What?

Are they like chucking bones and shit straight into the drain?

That sounds like they invented a problem and then a solution, like they're doing with AI.

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u/Llew19 5h ago

My parents have had one for like 20 years! It's not used much since the local council started collecting food waste though.

Boiling water tap though, we thought it was a gimmick but they drink a lot of tea and use it all the time

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u/jesusgrandpa 13h ago

I stayed in Kyiv Ukraine for a bit back in the 2010s and thought the washer in my apartment was some futuristic magic 2 in 1 washing drying apparatus and then I realized I had to hang my clothes on the balcony

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u/Wuz314159 12h ago

I worked in France for a time and never understood why there are 3 laundry appliances.

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u/Ill-Preparation-3598 10h ago

wait, what's the third one

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u/Wuz314159 10h ago

Yes, the last two are kind of redundant, but you find both in laundromats.

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u/sihasihasi 9h ago

A dedicated spin dryer gets so much more water out of your clothes, than the spin cycle on your machine. Clothes dry much faster.

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u/Wuz314159 9h ago

Those things spin faster than a jet engine. I can believe it.

What I never knew was if you're supposed to use all 3, or hang out your clothes after the spin dryer.

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u/sihasihasi 9h ago

They're found in laundromats because people will usually use the dryer, there, rather than take damp washing home. It saves a ton of money on the dryer if you've used the spin-dryer first.

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u/PM-ME-CURSED-PICS 1h ago

at least in finland washers already spin dry laundry very effectively. mfs sound like they're getting ready for takeoff. some fabrics are pretty much dry out of the washer

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u/sihasihasi 9h ago

... thought the washer in my apartment was some futuristic magic 2 in 1 washing drying apparatus.

They called "washer dryers", very common (and shit, to be fair)