• golden_zealot@lemmy.ml
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    6 hours ago

    Television. It’s like paying to see ads.

    Hand soap. Dish soap works better and you can use it on dishes in addition to your hands.

    A dining table. I eat at my desk or standing at a counter. I was pressured into buying one by family because it was apparently bizarre to them I did not have one. Got the cheapest one I could find to appease them. I have now owned it for 4 years and it has never been used once, it just takes up space.

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      4 hours ago

      I couldn’t live without a dining table. Where else would I keep car parts when they come out of the dishwasher?

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      5 hours ago

      Just wanted to add that dish soap is actually very strong and removes all the natrual oils from your skin. If you are prone to sensitive skin it’s a bad habit to regularly use dish soap as it can aggrivate it. Every now and then isn’t going to hurt though.

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        4 hours ago

        True enough. I haven’t had any problems in using it myself but I supposed you could ratio it with some water or something to make it not as intense for hands.

        It’s a lot cheaper than hand soap too so in doing this you could probably get a tonne of hand washes out of it for really cheap.

        The primary downside to it for me is that it lasts ages and I get kind of tired of the smell.

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        58 minutes ago

        Yes but there I think there is a miscommunication here.

        I’m not talking about detergent/dishwashing liquid - I’m talking about liquid dish soap which I can purchase locally for about $3 to the litre and is different thing.

        Detergent/dishwashing liquid is definitely much more expensive and probably would not be great for washing hands.

        Bar soap is definitely still cheaper though overall, you are correct.