I use a box fan to help dry the dishes in the dishwasher. Recently I mistakenly pointed the fan away from the dishes instead of toward them. This appears to be faster and more effective than my normal method. Why?

    • uhmbah@lemmy.ca
      3·
      5 days ago

      Heathen! LOL

      I kid. Shop vac for the win. There is need to suck water at times. And rugs, curtains, couches like others have pointed out.

    • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
      826·
      5 days ago

      Unpopular opinion: vacuum cleaners are redundant expensive bloatware that can be replaced by a broom in 90% of cases. You only need a vacuum cleaner if you have a carpet, and carpets are filthy relics of a bygone era.

      • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        21·
        5 days ago

        can be replaced by a broom in 90% of cases

        only need a vacuum cleaner if you have a carpet

        Or a rug, or cloth furniture like a couch, or drapes/curtains, underneath the fridge and other spots a broom just doesn’t fit, inside cupboards, probably more places that aren’t coming straight to mind

        Oh: keyboards!

        • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
          215·
          5 days ago

          Yet there have never been less “drapes”, curtains and carpets than in a modern home. And oddly humanity got by just fine without vacuum cleaners until - pure coincidence, no doubt - postwar consumer capitalism instructed us that we “needed” these things.

          • facelessbs@lemmy.world
            4·
            5 days ago

            While vacuum cleaners might feel like a modern invention, their roots can actually be traced back to the 1800s. Specifically, in 1860, Daniel Hess of West Union, Iowa, invented a device he called a “carpet sweeper.” The apparatus used a combination of bellows for suction and a rotating brush for gathering dust. And while yes if all you have is a hard wood floors the need for a vacuum is diminished but is still helpful. And what is useless for one person is helpful to another. Now there is interesting stories on how the Dyson came around to sell such an expensive vacuum.

            • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
              2·
              5 days ago

              The carpet sweeper is an excellent example. I’ve used them and they’re great. This is exactly my point: my contention is that carpet sweepers basically solved the problem, whereas vacuum cleaners are largely a product of 20th century consumer capitalism in that they respond to a pseudo-need generated by marketing. I know that’s not a popular opinion (indeed I’m being insulted and having my comments removed just for expressing it), but I stand by it.