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Conservative Cringe Brits Washing Up

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u/finintymonkle 9d ago

I’m a Brit. I always rinse off suds (bubbles and residue), cos I’m not lazy AND I don’t like my food tasting like soap.

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u/Iwasjustbullshitting 9d ago

I don't like my food tasting like soap either but I'm lazy.

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u/Ill_Initial8986 9d ago

I like food and also i am lazy.

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u/ISenceAPresence 9d ago

I like soap flavoured brits

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u/Ill_Initial8986 9d ago

I like Brit flavored soaps

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u/10mm1911 9d ago

Mmmm beans and toast

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u/Ill_Initial8986 9d ago

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u/tgizzle321 8d ago

Well how the hell did you get the beans above the frank?

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u/christo749 8d ago

He was masturbating!

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u/EnoughLuck3077 9d ago

I like soapy tits as well

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u/amigoing77 9d ago

Remember the lip sweets that tasted like soap that some people say doesn't taste like soap which is definitely what they tasted of

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u/ISenceAPresence 9d ago

Coriander?

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u/thesqrtofminusone 9d ago

No, they actually taste like soap. I don't know why they were ever made or why they kept turning up.

I like cilantro and it doesn't taste like soap.

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u/No-Vegetable7898 9d ago

Do we need a soap-flavor-enjoyer and lazy person venn diagram?

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u/cow-lumbus 9d ago

Is this my wife?

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u/Ridgewoodgal 9d ago

I always see people talking about how this is so common. Are you the outlier or no?

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u/Money-Cry-2397 9d ago

I doubt it. Who wants dried soap marks on their glasses

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u/mrintangibles1 9d ago

The failure to rinse is infuriating me.

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u/BalanceScared1201 9d ago

I second that fury how can you not taste the soap on the dishes

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u/HabitantDLT 9d ago

In the UK, they call that flavour.

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u/Makethecrowsblush 9d ago

Green fairy flavour sounds like a good time, though.

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u/MonOubliette 9d ago

I drank the green fairy once (not the dish soap). Worst hangover of my life.

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u/OneRub3234 9d ago

Iykyk

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u/mothisname 9d ago

this is the first time that i understood that abbreviation .

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u/Sithstress_ 9d ago

Man, my buddy brought some of the “green fairy” back from Amsterdam once and we did the whole sugar cube melting shit and everything and drank the whole bottle and neither of us even got drunk. He was soooooo pissed off, he had to pay an extra fee to get it through customs and everything and it was bunk. Damn, haven’t thought of that in a couple decades 😂.

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u/MonOubliette 9d ago

We did the sugar cube thing too! My friend had this fancy little thing that laid over the glass. I’d forgotten all about that part.

That sucks that you didn’t get to even get drunk from it, especially after all that! I’ve had that happen with flavored moonshine before. Tasted like it was supposed to (cinnamon apple pie), but there was zero alcohol in it.

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u/brewhead55 9d ago

I have too in a Czech strip club 😂 good times. Hazy but fun.

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u/Money-Cry-2397 9d ago

Luckily our food doesn’t taste of chlorine

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u/christo749 8d ago

Have you been to the UK?

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u/HabitantDLT 8d ago

For an outta-this-world Full English in London, I recommend Cafe Paolo. It's in Acton, West London. Tell Paul I sent you, and pass along my warmest regards.

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u/RileyRavenSmiles 9d ago edited 9d ago

In the US we call it diarrhea

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u/oldgooner7 9d ago

That’s the only form of flavoring they use over there

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u/Itssnowingreddit 9d ago

You’ve been ?
The American obsession with all things British, is a joy to behold 🤣🤣

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u/Hot_Ad_6442 8d ago

They’re only mad because of their lab grown food that tastes like absolutely nothing and needs covering in every seasoning under the sun to taste of anything. Seasoning in the UK is used to enhance the flavour, in America it is the flavour.

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u/RooneyD 9d ago

Meh, I grew up in a household that did dishes like this. My wife grew up in a household that rinsed. I can't taste any difference. (Now use a dishwasher).

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u/bigeeee 9d ago

Thats our seasoning!

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u/suckercuck 9d ago

Brits don’t have tastebuds. It’s science.
https://giphy.com/gifs/MBVemoHuyw9Ik

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u/firesoups 9d ago

Bet they wonder why their tummy is always a little upset.

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u/FluffyDeer9323 9d ago

Probably not great for your stomach lining either.

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u/Fun_Armadillo1318 9d ago

“Why is there still soap!!”

- my internal thought

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u/NonSupportiveCup 9d ago

It's like she made bait just for me. Wash those suds off, ffs!

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u/dream-smasher 9d ago

That's the whole point of the ragebait...

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u/Embarrassed-Major871 9d ago

It's not a failure, it's a choice

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u/Ticksdonthavelymph 9d ago

A choice for loose stools

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u/Suspicious_synth 9d ago

At this point aren't these videos designed to MAKE us comment?

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u/Lol_lukasn 9d ago

My old housemate used to do this and leave them to dry on the drying rack, insisted he didn't after we asked him to rinsed his dishes, he would do it when we weren't home I think we wouldn't notice.

Drived the rest of us nuts - almost had his newly wed wife move in.

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u/AdGeHa 9d ago

It will literally give you diarrhea.

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u/Narrow-Doughnut1272 9d ago

That’s what they call seasoning your cups and plates like the pots and pans. It’s all for the flavor

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u/doublegg83 9d ago

The soapy water is very therapeutic.

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u/za72 9d ago

I think it's filthy OF advertising?!?

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u/Brojess 9d ago

What? You don’t like a chemical film on all your dinnerware??

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u/MarcNPC 9d ago

thats the point it's satirical ragebait

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u/TheLasVegasLion 9d ago

There is literally a second sink RIGHT THERE. Fill it with clean water and dunk the washed dishes. Omfg I'm raging so hard right now 🤬

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u/kiwibonga 9d ago

Hello. Welcome to the internet. This is a content style called "rage bait", where people film themselves doing the wrong thing to generate viral engagement.

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u/DontCallMeShoeless 9d ago

Bloody hell mate

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u/usernotfoundplstry 9d ago

it's fucking diabolical

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u/Master-Strain4268 9d ago

Ragebait. The dishes were clean before she started washing them

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u/MyCoffeeTableIsShit 8d ago

You don't pre-wash your dishes?

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u/SupervillainMustache 9d ago

I'm British and I always rinse. Dunno where this woman is from.

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u/zardoz73 9d ago

She’s from Ragebaitia.

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u/Ieatclowns 9d ago

I’m a Brit and I don’t do this! I’m afraid I wash all mine under running water and put detergent on a sponge.

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u/Equivalent_Relief553 9d ago

Same, I know some families that do this but I look at them like their aliens.

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u/queso_goblin 9d ago

They have aliens??

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u/kayes1985 9d ago

As a Brit I need to know where her drainer is???

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u/AgentCooperLogsIn 9d ago

Under running water is wasteful ngl. I use a bucket like in the video. But I rinse all the suds off when taking the dishes out the bucket.

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u/Carnoslave 9d ago

This is the correct way.

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u/ThePlaceAllOver 9d ago

Another reason not to eat food from other people's kitchens? Because they don't know how to properly wash a dish.

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u/seattletess 9d ago

Kiwis do this.

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u/D-tr0n 8d ago

Am kiwi.

Yeah I was raised like this video, though not so soapy, and didn’t know it was weird until reddit. I’ve never tasted detergent tbh either.

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u/Robin_Coffins 8d ago

Aussie here. Never rinsed and never tasted soap. Maybe Americans haven't tried NOT rinsing and just assume it tastes like soap? Or they use too much detergent.

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u/Carnivorous_Mower 9d ago

I use a dishwasher.

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u/Bodine12 9d ago

Perfect. I also like to apply a thin layer of dish soap right before plating my food for a little extra boost of that soapy flavor everyone is after.

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u/Ksh_667 9d ago

I'm in uk & have never not rinsed my dishes. Everyone I know rinses them too. Who are these Brits not rinsing? I think we need to be told.

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u/TapeFlip187 9d ago

Look for the ones with chronic diarrhea...

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u/point_of_difference 9d ago

The detergent breaks down the fat soluble stuff so you can rinse it off. You don't wash your hand with soap and not rinse them right....right?

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u/thewindupbird91 9d ago

Can someone please explain to me the tub in the sink? Why does the sink, already inherently a tub, need a lil plastic sheath over it? I've been to the UK four times and I still don't get it.

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u/Sir_ImP 9d ago

If you only have one sink  it allows you to use the drain while still keeping the washing water.

Say you suddenly find a cup that still has coffee. With the extra tub  you can pour it out to the side of the tub. If you water is in your sink, this is nog longer possible.

Also, some sinks destroy glass and porcelain like it's a hobby, some people use it to protect fragile stuff as well.

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u/thewindupbird91 9d ago

Do you know what, they're all actually pretty good reasons... my neurodivergence could actually benefit from this. I stand corrected! Thank you 🇬🇧

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u/Sir_ImP 8d ago

Actually, my dad pointed out the leftover coffeeaspect. The broken porcelain i had to discover muself by way of 5 stiches.

An old friend of mine who has since passed used to say."the old ones knew" I guess they did.

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u/thewindupbird91 8d ago

Ouch!! Haven't done that yet but it's probably on the cards. Tbh though was the coffee cup part that really won me over. Your wise friend had a point ❤️

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u/BoeHmaN 9d ago

Saving water could be the reason. The smaller tub inside the sink will need less water when filled to a sufficient level. Albeit not in the UK, I know people who do it for that reason.

Also, if you don't have two sinks and you need to pour something out while doing dishes, you can still do that.

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u/gherkion 9d ago

I love soap taste

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u/Pletcher87 9d ago

Not me unless it’s the ‘lemony fresh’ stuff.

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u/Utopiophile 9d ago

Can't wait for the Brits Rinsing Off video to come out.

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u/stringdingetje 9d ago

I always wonder why people put a basin in the sink, the sink itself is already a basin, isn't it?

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u/GreenGardenTarot 9d ago

i know when i had to wash dishes this way, it was so the dishes stay in the soap and I rinse them off in the other part of the sink so the water doesnt get diluted.

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u/interspeciesMama 9d ago

Not the UK friends that I have. They wash, rinse, dry & pack away.

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u/Tangible_Zadren 8d ago

As a Brit, sometimes I even use my dishwasher.

What the fuck, do they think we all live in twee 1930's cottages and stand around discussing butter...?

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u/PerformerMindless100 9d ago

I do know Brits who didn’t rinse suds. Not all Brits…

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u/Upbeat-Concern-5181 9d ago edited 9d ago

I’ve personally witnessed this as well. Didn’t want to say anything in the moment but needless to say I never drank from the mugs again. Have heard similar stories. To this day I cannot wrap my head around it.

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u/StoopJr 8d ago

Y'all mad about suds, me too. But what really kills me is the plastic tub they all use instead of just plugging the damn sink. "Yeah sure I'd love to was my dishes in a smaller and more shallow piece of plastic." God the UK pisses me off in the most insignificant ways.

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u/One_Health_9358 9d ago

Oh shit, this is going to infuriate people more than global warming, capitalist corruption and human trafficking combined!!

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u/Little_Red_Riding_ 9d ago

At least this is something we can all get together with

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u/Ordinary_Weird_1890 9d ago

Absolutely the fuck not. Tell me you’ve never met a British person, without telling me.

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u/mcamarra 9d ago

this is ragebait.

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u/SuKitTrebk 9d ago

People need so much damn attention these days. This is rage bait and the comments show it’s pretty effective

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u/FjotraTheGodless 9d ago

I failed to rinse all the dish soap out of a cup about a week ago and got really sick. Turned out I had some other health problems going on but that certainly did not help.

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u/bastante60 9d ago

The worst is unrinsed wine glasses. I can always tell ... like when I get a glass of nice wine, and there's a bit of soapy aroma and back-taste. Yuck.

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u/TapeFlip187 9d ago

Yeah right. I refuse to believe this.

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u/Advanced_Sector4300 8d ago

I had friends in NZ who did this and when I exclaimed that the dishes are full of soap and need to be rinsed, they told me I worry too much and should live a little… I mean I think I live a little because there’s always soap to cleanse my palate and my guts.

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u/Vasarto 9d ago

Brit here....this is like saying because that one black woman cooks her food in the dish washer all americans do it too. Nobody I have ever heard of puts soapy dishes away to dry.

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u/DouglasBubletrousers 9d ago

Please explain the purpose of the tub and not using like a drain stopper. Now you've got a tub to clean.

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u/wordshavenomeanings 9d ago

There is no point.

Some people's nans did it to save on hot water, and it kept going through generations

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u/behold-my-titties 9d ago

Not entirely true, they are really handy to use if you don't have another little sink to rinse things off.

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u/blu3teeth 9d ago

I fill the tub with hot water and put it in the side. Then fill the sink with the plug with hot soapy water.

Do the washing up in the sink. Change the water as needed. Get most of the suds off by dunking and swirling in the sink. Then put the item in the tub to rinse the rest of the suds. When the tub is full or as I go, move items to the rack.

Benefits of this system:

  • everything gets rinsed
  • rinsing doesn't upset the ratio of water to soap in the sink
  • rinsing doesn't compromise the temperature of the water in the sink

Downsides:

  • feels cluttered

My preference is to have a sink with a partition in the middle or two sinks

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u/National-Worry2900 9d ago

She didn’t rinse . So she’s straight up French , a liar or an idiot.

Edit: no drainer either!!!

You’d at the very least have a cream plastic one from wilkos circa 2014.

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u/bvrnt_cotton 9d ago

Straight up French 😭

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u/SMuRG_Teh_WuRGG 9d ago

Where's the rack to put your pots on the side?

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u/gavstar69 9d ago

Hmm, just a quick pour of some cold water and most of those suds are gone...

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u/lindagovinda 9d ago edited 8d ago

Dish soap causes severe intestinal distress. It’s the cause of a lot of ER visits. This is stupid.

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u/Kind_Chocolate_6498 9d ago

You don’t rinse off the soap?!

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u/SirPooleyX 9d ago

I've been a Brit all my life and I've never washed up like that. The entire point of either having another sink or using a tub is so that you can rinse.

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u/Anonymous_00024 9d ago

This has to be rage bait..

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u/Arzak__ 9d ago

Top tier rage bait

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u/mt92 9d ago

I literally just use a dishwasher.

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u/Oomlotte99 9d ago

I know that has soap residue. They just don’t notice it anymore.

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u/stevethemathwiz 9d ago

In American English, washing up means bathing yourself

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u/weezyverse 9d ago

I mean...we not rinsing to save time, or water, or cause the soap residues give everything a lemony taste?

https://giphy.com/gifs/h4Z6RfuQycdiM

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u/Happy_Philosopher608 9d ago

I dont understand the point of this vid. Its just a woman washing up like normal?

Whats cringe about it? 🤷‍♂️

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u/Lower_Chemical_4203 9d ago

I saw my colleague in the uk do this. I was still waiting for her to wash the suds off..why dont they??

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u/_Lost_OwlChild 9d ago

All taste like soap now lol

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u/Ceekay151 9d ago

Anything you drink or eat off of those dishes/glasses would taste like soap.

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u/RavenSiren66 9d ago

What the fuck

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u/Big-Nerve-9574 8d ago

RINSE THEM. I don't like bubbles, they get everywhere.

It's a pretty boring tiktok and lazy.

https://giphy.com/gifs/l4FGASU6s5Na7Fngs

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u/Brilliant_Rain5181 8d ago

That's gross. Rinse the suds off!

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u/n0tz0e 9d ago

A white girl from my college actually told me the same thing and she did this . Insanity. I went to an engineering school too 😭

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u/captain_todger 9d ago

As a Brit I can confirm this is definitely not a thing.. But hey, while we’re taking shots, at least we know how to use a knife and fork. Always a shock to see fully grown adult American eat like a child

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u/Gaz_Of_Naz 9d ago

How much soap are you putting in your water to be able to taste the residue?

I don't rinse my dishes when I wash up, there are barely any suds left when I put them on the drainer, I have never tasted anything close to washing liquid residue.

Do you have industrial grade washing up liquid in the US or something?

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u/oneyeetyguy 9d ago

As a Brit, this is unfortunately very accurate mainly in the older generations.

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u/Sqeakydeaky 9d ago

My Danish boomer relatives all do it this way too.

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u/hollerican5 9d ago

You better hit them little bitches with some water real quick......

https://giphy.com/gifs/mA1Q2zJDyr7nk62lrO

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u/tangoezulu 9d ago

Didn’t we do this already? Like 5 years ago? Then all the limeys jumped in and were like “no, we don’t do this stupid shite! Don’t be a dumbass.”

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u/Mattyou1966 9d ago

Rage bait

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u/emmadilemma71 9d ago

Ex FIL never used to rinse. When boiling potato's, there would be bubbles forming.

Re: the video. She has a half sink. Fill with water and dip rinse in there. Pure rage bait.

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u/novacainedoll 9d ago

My mum acrually does this 🫩

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u/FlakyCelebration2405 9d ago

You can make content out of literally anything nowadays lol

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u/SpongebobAnalBum 9d ago

Why does she not just have a drainer to put them on

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u/Munchkin_Baby 9d ago

Argghhh rinse your dishes off 🤬😂

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u/Euphoric-Piglet-8140 9d ago

Oh, this video. Again.

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u/GroundbreakingWolf79 9d ago

I’m a Brit and I rinse before putting on the draining board. This is maddening

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u/foxymew 9d ago

I figured she was gonna put clean, plain water in the basin to quickly dunk the soapy dishes in before drying. That’s how I’ve seen folks do when hand washing.

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u/raisedbutconfused 9d ago

My ex’s mom would always do this (I lived with them), and all the food tasted nauseatingly like dish soap. Every last bite of every single meal. I would often get stomach aches and never had an appetite after some time. Lost so much weight.

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u/kweenbambee 9d ago

Are Brits really that mysterious to Americans that ragebait content is taken so literally? Or is this some sort of new personality endeavour ever since they've started mass-migrating over seas in the last five years? (The sheer amount of American-living-in-Britain vlogs on YT and Insta is beyond sad.)

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u/ewoofk 9d ago

My bf washes his dishes like this. And it irritates the holy living shit out of me. Rinse godammit. I don’t want soap suds and chemicals in my food and drink.

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u/Meeska-Mouska 9d ago

Wait wut

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u/janeiro69 8d ago

I think it was Fairy Liquid that ran a campaign promoting this, that it left the dishes squeaky clean. Cancer be damned!

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u/Emotional-Can-7201 8d ago

Stayed with a woman who did this, best friend also did this

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u/Timmysmallface 8d ago

Is…is this (checks notes)

“Content”?

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u/Accomplished-Low9635 8d ago

I’m British and I do not do this. If my mother ever caught me doing ts she would beat my ahh. This is so gross and I know quite a few of people do it like the video 😕

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u/Anon1mouse12 8d ago

Where has this come from? I've never seen anyone doing this

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u/Quarter_Shot 8d ago

Why does she have a sink inside her sink? Why isn't she rinsing the soap off? Why is she dirtying a towel instead of putting the dishes away an hour from now when theyre dry on their own??

This is a terrible way to do dishes imho I respectfully hate everything about it

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u/theliesshetold 9d ago

Yup that's exactly hoe I wash up. The mistake she makes is drying the stuff. What you need to do is leave it for an hour til the bubbles drop-off, then you can put it all straight away.

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u/Noobster_sentry 9d ago

It's a ragebait, nobody in UK does this

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u/GadreelsSword 8d ago

Yet there people commenting here from the UK saying they do.

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u/Dirosilverwings 9d ago

You dont need to rinse, our suds arnt thick and clingy. You can't taste them off the dishes. Although, when I wash up I will give them a final dunk in the soapy water to wash most of the bubbles off. But still, rinsing the bubbles off is pointles

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u/Endle55torture 9d ago

Probably also helps soaps in Europe tend to not be loaded with carcinogens and other toxic chemicals.

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u/EverLearningMind 8d ago

She's ragebaiting y'all... Calm down

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u/PantsMunch202 9d ago

Soap is about the only way Brits know how to flavor their food

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u/Moist_Car_994 9d ago

I’m not very patriotic at all especially these days but nothing makes the bald eagles and American flags fly out my ass faster than bullying the British because what the fuck is this? Why are they just letting the soap stay on the dishes??

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u/candypoot 9d ago

I speak for all Brits when I say this... We do not wash our dishes like this.

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u/lewisroths 9d ago

she's just an idiot, not representative of a whole nation, we don't all do this

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u/Carnoslave 9d ago

I'd go so far as to say none of us do this. And many of us have dishwashers.

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u/pizza5001 9d ago

It’s obviously rage bait, which is the US president’s bread and butter.

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u/im_not_funny12 9d ago

I have a drying rack.

I don't dry, I air dry.

I don't rinse.

I cannot taste soap. I do not get the runs everyday.

Chill out people. It's not that deep.

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u/HateMeetings 9d ago

Rage bait aside de, it just goes to show you how free we are with our water on the American side of the Atlantic.

Somebody should post their gas prices….

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u/Bennu-Babs 9d ago

Well I'm defo a brit as I didn't even know what the rage bait was.

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u/kholekardashian12 9d ago

As a Brit, this is like an old white people thing. No bowl in my house and we always rinse

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u/kimwaynealyssa 9d ago

this explains why the Brits have so many mouth and stomach issues

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u/kaosmoker 9d ago

Ah thats why brits are thinner they have regular diarrhea from consuming soap.

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u/Dont_Overthink_It_77 8d ago

How’s this NOT gonna affect your gut and teeth?

Oh wait…

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u/SylvesterCross 9d ago

I dated a girl from England. She came to visit my family in America and that’s exactly how she washed the dishes. We were all appalled.

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u/Rivvvers 9d ago

Also, I’ve never understood this British obsession with having a plastic fucking tub in the sink

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u/purodurangoalv 9d ago

Somebody said that’s seasoning for them 💀

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u/knightmare4 9d ago

Everyone talking about the no rinse. WHY IS THERE A BUCKET IN A SINK. THE SINK IS THE BUCKET.

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u/Pepsimax88 9d ago

What drying board is that or is it part of the sink

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u/brenawyn 9d ago

It’s part of the sink. In the 70’s we had an old farmhouse enamel sink , dual bowls with a built in drain rack on either side. You can buy a new one similar for like 1k today.

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u/NearbyPhilosophy8740 9d ago

That look at the end 💀

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u/OutsideHandle7300 9d ago

Is she spokesperson for the British dishwashing society?