• @WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works
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        271 month ago

        There’s also just no point. What exactly would one hope to accomplish in having a window in their dishwasher? With a microwave, you can monitor food and make sure it’s not boiling over, smoking, exploding, etc. With an oven, you can monitor goods to see if they’re done or not. But a dishwasher? Unlike a cooking device, there’s no harm in leaving dishes in the dishwasher too long. You don’t need to pull them out at just the exact moment they’re fully clean.

        Unless you’re one of those weirdos that cooks things in their dishwasher, I can’t see any reason why you would need a window in one.

        • TJA!
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          211 month ago

          Okay, but why then is there a window in my washing machine?

          • AFK BRB Chocolate
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            161 month ago

            Usually only on front-loading models so you can see if there’s water in it before trying to open the door.

            • M137
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              81 month ago

              Which is what most of the world uses. And it’s also kinda nice to look at, which isn’t the case for dishwashers.

              • AFK BRB Chocolate
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                61 month ago

                They’re attractive, but they also have a much bigger problem with gaskets getting moldy, and I personally think getting clothes in and out of a top-loading is more convenient unless they’re stacked.

          • Sixty
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            51 month ago

            To see the mold growing in the side loader machine’s silicon gasket that never dries out of course!

            Also because that’s what the house came with and it didn’t break yet.

            I kill it with vinegar filled wash cycles now and then but it’s annoying and recurrent. Top loader with dumb knobs and a metal lid next if they die before me.

            • @Caesium@lemmy.world
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              31 month ago

              my mom’ll never get a side-loaded washer for that exact reason. Clothes also may get a musty smell even when cleaned in one. We’ve got sensitive noses so it’d be unbearable for us

    • @ndupont@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      And my Amazon order for pre-wash detergent tells me it was already 4 years ago, OMG. It took 4 years to go through that bottle, we’re a family of 4.

  • @whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    821 month ago

    Technology connections put a window in one, it’s just nasty water swirling around and a lot of people would be grossed out by that so they hide it lol

    • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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      201 month ago

      I also don’t want to be looking at the dirty dishes throughout the week as I’m waiting for the machine to be full enough to run.

  • @assembly@lemmy.world
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    781 month ago

    They don’t want you to know about the dish gnomes forced to work in tight spaces under terrible conditions.

  • @Allero@lemmy.today
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    551 month ago

    You don’t want to see it.

    For the purposes of saving water, your dishes are repeatedly washed in dirty greasy brown water before rinsing. This does not look good, but in fact it is alright.

    • Lord Wiggle
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      601 month ago

      Not true. They are hiding the fact that there’s a group of tiny gnomes forced to work the dishes. No one wants to see tiny slaves in their kitchen. They are pathetic and do not fit the rest of the kitchen ambiance.

  • oppy1984
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    491 month ago

    Reading though the comments I think something I said earlier today is going to be true. Technology Connections is going to be the XKCD of video explainers.

  • mycelium underground
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    321 month ago

    It’s to keep people from seeing the reality of recycled dishwater being sprayed at the plates you eat off of.

    • @bitchkat@lemmy.world
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      21 month ago

      It’s because they are usually insulated and there is no point putting a clear surface over insulation.

            • @Sludgeyy@lemmy.world
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              11 month ago

              Insulation on the dishwasher is mostly for noise and stopping moisture or heat from damaging surrounding cabinets.

              The dishwasher is using new water or heating water. It is not designed to keep the same water hot for an hour plus.

              The whole back of the dishwasher is a tiny piece of plastic. Not insulated at all. Some fancy ones now put a little insulation on back.

              But the idea isn’t to keep heat trapped to wash dishes, but to keep heat from being released and damaging things.

            • @bitchkat@lemmy.world
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              11 month ago

              I haven’t seen anything that says how hot it gets in the window . Just that it’s “super insulated”.

  • Brave Little Hitachi Wand
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    231 month ago

    I have a window in mine. It’s great, I can see when something’s not cleaning right and I fix it. Saves on redos.

    • MudMan
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      91 month ago

      Same. I had a tiny countertop one with a little window on it.

      On the one hand I get that people with large dishwashers don’t want to learn how many times the same goopy water is recycled to splash over the things they put in their mouths, but it’s kinda mesmerizing, if I’m being honest.

    • @I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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      131 month ago

      Like those cows with the portal in their side that they bring around to elementary schools to show kids how chambered stomachs work! (Just now realizing this might not be a universal experience and may have had to do with my elementary school’s proximity to UC Davis (Agriculturally focused college).