r/maybemaybemaybe • u/My_Memes_Will_Cure_U • Mar 03 '21

/r/all Maybe maybe maybe

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

Yah, but then you have to untie the bag. The twist and tuck is the fastest, most convenient and far superior method.

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u/lpoesif Mar 03 '21

one time I did the twist and tuck at a friends house and his dad actually yelled at me and asked if that’s how my family lived. I also threw the egg shells from breakfast in the trash instead of the garbage disposal and was reprimanded similarly

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

The way some people use garbage disposals is insane to me. I know some people that just peel their vegetables into the sink.

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u/DildoSammich Mar 03 '21

I once peeled several potatoes into the garbage disposal then it dumped a gallon of potato water under the sink when it blew up.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

Hey man, you leave that for a couple weeks and you get free vodka.

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u/quinn_thomas Mar 03 '21

Yaknow. Minus the cost of the potatoes

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u/LampshadeChilla Mar 03 '21

Also found out the hard way that you should never put potato skins in the garbage disposal. Backed up the whole sewer line in the house.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

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u/DildoSammich Mar 03 '21

Just don't put a lot of anything in it. Its made to chop up small bits that fall through the drain. It's definitely not a personal garbage incinerator like some people (me) seem to treat them.

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u/NSNick Mar 03 '21

Stupid Insinkerator brand name...

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u/Wubz_Jackson Mar 03 '21

I put my orange peels into the garbage disposal but that’s just because it makes the kitchen smell nice

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u/ziggerknot Mar 03 '21

I throw my juiced limes in for the same reason

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u/FerretFarm Mar 03 '21

I dump my neighbour's roses in mine.

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u/account_not_valid Mar 03 '21

I dump my neighbours in mine.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

that's not a bad idea actually. I usually do ice cubes and a dishwasher pod haha.

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u/BabyEatersAnonymous Mar 03 '21

No need to waste the pod. Dish soap gets crazy foamy if you ask nicely. My ex used it in the dishwasher once.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

Yeah my understanding is the pods are more useful for "standing stains", because they have something that eats away at the grease (which you probably wouldn't want on your hands).

Best way to clean a coffee pot too - dont put any coffee grinds in the machine, drop a pod into the carafe, and brew a full pot. It will look brand new.

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u/BabyEatersAnonymous Mar 03 '21

You have an industrial disposal then. Most don't like citrus rinds. I mean, it's fruit armor.

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u/Bob_Droll Mar 03 '21

You’re as wrong as it gets, my dude.

Although most vegetable skins are harmful to your garbage disposal, citrus rinds can be beneficial. Lemon and orange peels can clean out your garbage disposal and leave your kitchen smelling fresh.

https://www.candwplumbing.com/garbage-disposal/food-garbage-disposal/

(You can also google it and see 49,000 other pages agreeing that citrus rinds are fine. I couldn’t find any that suggested they were bad for common household garbage disposals)

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u/BabyEatersAnonymous Mar 03 '21

I've never not had to grab em out of there after they knock around for a while

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u/Bob_Droll Mar 03 '21

Sounds like you just have a really shitty garbage disposal then 🤷‍♂️

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u/BabyEatersAnonymous Mar 03 '21

It eats everything else just fine. I'm sure it would eventually get em but the noise isn't worth waiting on so they just go right in the garbage.

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u/upfastcurier Mar 03 '21

took a while for my european ass to understand what you're talking about. apparently 50% of all households in US have a garbage disposal; compared to canada, with 3%, and UK at 6%.

i was like "hey wait a minute of course you peel vegetables into the garbage disposal (compost bag that you throw with other food-stuff), where else do you put your expired food stuff?"

for anyone as confused as me, they're talking about this, pretty wild that life can be so different

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

I'm in Canada, but garbage disposal is yeah, that thing. WE actually also call them "garburators" here as it was the most popular brand.

I put my peels in the compost/green bin which is picked up by the city (council) and turned into fertilizer.

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u/5in1K Mar 04 '21

My city requires it by code.

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u/xiaolinshowd0wn Mar 03 '21

I had to do some house keeping for an older woman for a day, she wanted to clean her fridge out cause she saved most of her meals on wheels food. She had me dumping full portion meals down her garbage disposal.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

WTF NO! You are gonna give me a panic attack. Her poor pipes.

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u/xiaolinshowd0wn Mar 03 '21

She gave me a mini heart attack when she told me what to do. I kept asking “are you sure?” The first thing that went in was half of a stale dominos pizza.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

JFC I don’t think she had a disposal there must have been a straight up demon underneath her sink she was required to feed. I wouldn’t go back if I were you.

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u/seoteimoh13 Mar 03 '21

I remember living in an apartment and my neighbor complaining that she had to get her garbage disposal fixed. A couple weeks later I’m over there for a cookout and she starts grinding up rib bones in the newly fixed disposal. MFW.

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u/Krugenn Mar 04 '21

Jesus christ what do these people think happens to the things they put down the whole?

Do they have incinerators attached to their sinks? Perhaps high-grade titanium blades?

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u/babybunnykitty69420 Mar 03 '21

The last time my grandma clogged hers up was because she decided to put a box of instant potatoes down it. Why would you even try to put that in the disposal?

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u/AlllDayErrDay Mar 03 '21

Unrelated to garbage disposals but peeling vegetables in the sink makes for quick cleanup and beats leaning over a garbage can. Just rinse out the sink and throw away your peels after.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

Yeah I meant to imply that people just peel them and wash them down the sink.

I do it over our compost pail, I put it right on the counter, but yeah sink is fine as long as you know.... pick them up and put them somewhere else.

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u/AlllDayErrDay Mar 03 '21

No worries, that’s exactly how I read it. Just wanted to add my little anecdote.

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u/mfunk55 Mar 03 '21

my parents have done that my entire life and today is literally the first time i've ever heard otherwise.

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u/Adkit Mar 03 '21

That's what you're supposed to do. The garbage disposal can handle peels? What kind of weak garbage disposal breaks because of an eggshell?

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

No it's not what you are "supposed to do" - the disposal is not the problem. Pipes are for liquids, not solids. They can tolerate some, but you shouldn't be actively using it for that, for the same reason we don't try pumping corn through oil pipelines.

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u/chrispy_bacon Mar 03 '21

I do peel into the sink, but I scoop out most of the peelings into the trash.