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[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago
[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Will AI and robotics take doing laundry away from me?

No? Just my job?

Thanks, I guess.

[–] tauren@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

But you'll have more time to do the laundry!

[–] CMahaff@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's these terrible single washer/dryer combos that are the cause of this pain. I can only assume their popularity is because they are small and cheap.

It may be the one thing America gets right - overwhelming people have larger washer / dryers with dedicated washing and drying sections. Takes up more space and I'm assuming requires hookups that aren't common elsewhere, but man, they are SO much faster and far more effective. You can be done with all your laundry in a couple hours tops - and I'm talking like 1-2 weeks of laundry all at one time.

Meanwhile we have one of these, and I feel like we're doing small loads of wash the entire week. And don't even bother with the dryer setting on it - for 90% of items, you're just spending 6 hours raising your electricity bill.

/rant

[–] Kommeavsted@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

I had one back in the day which was the same load size as normal washing machine and had two modes of drying. First is like you say. The other, if you hook up an exhaust duct, dried clothes in the same time as a regular dryer.

[–] LillaApan@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

I though the US is the home of washer/dryer combos? Never seen them in Europe.

[–] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have never in my live seen a washer/dryer combo, but that does seem pretty stupid. Like just hang your cloth to dry, it's not that hard

[–] tauren@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

But why bother? I have a machine like that. I can put my clothes into it for a short cycle while I'm running, and after one hour I can wear clean and dry clothes again. It works great. It saves a lot of time and effort.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Turn around, there's more laundr-EEEEE-ee-EE-eee-EE-ee-EEEE!

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

”In your haste, you forgot dryer sheeeee-ee-ee-eee-ee-ee-eeeets…”

[–] oyzmo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

So true! Robots and AI, what really would impress is a machine that wash, dry and folds clothes.

[–] Karl@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

But why the doggie so long

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That's not a washing machine, that's a swamp of sadness.

[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

You're a dog snake who has a washing machine in the clouds?

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

"You must imagine Fuchur working the washing machine" – Søren Satre

Or something, I don't read books

[–] Kommeavsted@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago