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Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by flukus on Sunday January 14, 2018 @09:51PM (#16148143)
I do too, with the help of scrubber with detergent (https://www.amazon.com/Cleaning-Scrubber-Dispenser-Dishwash-...) it's a 10 second job. Being single means my plate and bowl can simply sit in the rack until next use. It's not a significant time sink, I spend way more than that cooking meals in the first place.

Similarly, washing clothes is not a significant time sink, 99% of the process is done by a machine unattended, I only need to collect the clothes, transfer them from the washer to the drier and put them away afterwards. Or put them on a hanger to dry if they require ironing.

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Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by robotresearcher on Sunday January 14, 2018 @10:52PM (#16148368)
> Being single

That's about 25% of the US population. Those of us raising families do quite a lot of labour every day, at least while the kids are small.

A quick mental estimate says daily dishes for family of 4, 2 of whom are preschoolers, is about 12X my singleton workload. Also laundry every day at least one load, maybe two.

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Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by megaman22 on Sunday January 14, 2018 @10:08PM (#16148221)
Wash-dry-fold services are some of the best dollars I spend. For about $1/pound, I drop my stuff off before work, pick it up at the end of the day, and it's all taken care of.
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Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by nxc18 on Sunday January 14, 2018 @09:56PM (#16148171)
The scrubber wand changed my life. Dishes went from being a complete pain to being tolerable and quick. It seems like such a simple thing, but it really does change the game.
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