How many dishes are in your sink right now, and why haven’t you put them in the dishwasher?

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You Americans know better, you’ll feel good once you’re done, like exercising

You’re country needs you, get it together soldier 🫔 šŸ¦…

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  1. sendme_your_cats Avatar

    I feel attacked right now

  2. AvarethTaika Avatar

    0, and because they don’t exist. neither the dishes nor washer. i hand wash after i use them so they don’t build up.

  3. PNW_lover_06 Avatar

    Americans dont like being told what to do

  4. law_dweeb Avatar

    0 because I only eat fast food burgers like a true patriotĀ 

  5. GreatestGreekGuy Avatar

    Funny enough, my cousins from Greece just stopped by so i made sure to wash them all and/or put them in the dishwasher. I’ve got none in the sink šŸ˜Ž

  6. littlemybb Avatar

    My therapist told me it’s OK if the dishes stay in the sink overnight if I don’t feel good and I need to lay down šŸ˜‚

    I had some cleaning issues where I felt like everything had to be spotless or I was a failure. So letting them sit overnight is my act of defiance

  7. fattymcbuttface69 Avatar
    1. I don’t have a dishwasher.
  8. oberlausitz Avatar

    0 but some days there might be 2 or 3 soaking.

    Did you guys know that some dishwashers have food grinders built in, with an actual blender style blade? That alone is a reason to honor your dishwashers needs and load it up.

  9. Responsible-Fun4303 Avatar

    Dinner dishes and they are not in the dishwasher since I don’t have one lol. I’m sitting in my sons room to ā€œkeep the monsters awayā€ till he falls asleep so I’ll do them after that 😜

  10. itds Avatar

    OK MOM stay off Reddit.

  11. Shadow-Spark Avatar

    A handful that I’ll get to tomorrow, and mostly because I’ve never owned a dishwasher in my life and my neighbors probably wouldn’t be happy with me breaking in to use one of theirs.

  12. BurnerLibrary Avatar

    Zero,

    I’m headed to bed now. My dw is running, counters sprayed/wiped. Sinks are shiny. Trash taken out…teeth brushed 🤣

  13. brak-0666 Avatar

    I don’t feel good after I exercise. And I don’t feel good after I put stuff in the dishwasher. My brain does not reward me for completing tasks.

  14. Foreign-Marzipan6216 Avatar

    Haha well this is different. I don’t have a dishwasher. Have a few glasses that didn’t fit in the dish rack.

  15. PersonalitySmall593 Avatar

    Cause I don’t have a dishwasherĀ 

  16. yozaner1324 Avatar

    Like 12. They’re my roommates’ dishes. The dishwasher is full and it’s their turn to unload and load it.

  17. OreoPirate55 Avatar

    I don’t have a dishwasher. Literally and figuratively

  18. justdontsashay Avatar

    Zero dishes…it’s 11 pm where I live, do you really all just have dirty dishes in the sink? And you’ll go to bed like that??

    I would have anxiety about it all night lol

  19. NewtOk4840 Avatar

    I don’t think I have any in the sink and I am the dishwasher

  20. 2pnt0 Avatar

    One. A hand cast ceramic bowl that I always hand wash…

    …however…. I did just put a load in to wash. Dishes stack up for almost a while because I’m a single dude and don’t go through many.

    Usually I run the dishwasher because I ran out of cat food dishes, and I have enough cat bowls to last a week.

  21. Particular_Tone5338 Avatar

    Maybe 3 cutlery items & a cup. Why? Dishwasher is already running & kid just decided to bring random stuff out of room.

  22. oneplanetrecognize Avatar

    2 full sinks. And because I spend every day, all day, cleaning up after other people, my fucks have run out.

  23. xxxjessicann00xxx Avatar

    A bowl and a fork. I don’t have a dishwasher.

  24. Practical-Ad6548 Avatar

    My apartment doesn’t have a dishwasher

  25. Folksma Avatar

    I’m the dishwasher /s

    And I’m on strike until my face washcloth stops being taken off the hook and thrown on the toilet

  26. Jack_of_Spades Avatar

    1 bowl, one fork, one pot. I’ll wash them tomorrow before I use them.

  27. Remarkable_Table_279 Avatar

    None…because I put my dirty dishes beside the sink…and quite frankly I don’t use enough dishes to run the dishwasher more than once week or so (tv dinners)…and that in an airtight box…is just gonna be nasty…a stack of scraped plates and a basket for cutlery means nothing smells but if it does (once or twice year in heat of summer)…i can catch it quickly…

    I despise washing dishes…

  28. kellenanne Avatar

    Most of them. (I’m single so it’s not too much!)

    I don’t have a dishwasher and my hot water heater is being stupid. Work has been stupid stressful lately and when I get home after an hour commute, the thought of doing a single dish is overwhelming.

  29. scrodytheroadie Avatar

    Is it considered an American thing to not do dishes? I never heard of that one.

  30. KoRaZee Avatar

    None, they’re all in the dishwasher

  31. marie-feeney Avatar

    Zero and I hand wash even tho have a dishwasher. I just hate unloading the dishwasher – but really hate washing dishes too

  32. drunkjedi28 Avatar

    I… Don’t have a dishwasher. And I already hand washed a few sinkfuls. šŸ˜”

  33. ALoungerAtTheClubs Avatar

    Several, but I already did dishes earlier that I had put off, so now it’s these dishes’ turn to wait.

  34. QueenBitch1369 Avatar

    A couple of cups, maybe a bowl. And we don’t have a dishwasher.

  35. SwordTaster Avatar

    Too many. The dishwasher is broken and I don’t like doing the dishes every day

  36. cosmicloafer Avatar

    50, one for each state!

  37. BlogeOb Avatar

    I don’t have a washing machine. Like 6 dishes

  38. winteriscoming9099 Avatar

    The pot for my rice cooker because it’s got rice stuck to the bottom and it’s soaking

  39. bbboozay Avatar

    Because why the fuck does it matter? People are being disappeared left and right and we are literally living a fascist dictatorship with a convicted felon who can get away with what ever he wants because the only courts who could keep him in check voted to give him immunity…. If he doesn’t have to do the dishes, why the hell should I?

  40. GarlicAndSapphire Avatar

    Are you volunteering to be my dishwasher?

  41. TooManyPaws Avatar

    None. Use, rinse, dishwasher. My sink is always clean unless I’m actively using it. Even when I cook or bake, nothing is in it for more than a minute or two unless it needs soaking, then no more than 15 minutes.

  42. Ahpla Avatar
    1. I do the dishes as I dirty them/after I eat. I have a dishwasher but I don’t use it. I do have some clean dishes stored in the dishwasher though.
  43. Angsty_Potatos Avatar

    I have one sheet pan and a plastic container. Neither are dishwasher safe so I’ll wash em before bedĀ 

  44. Goldielocks711 Avatar

    4 and some silverware. I did all the dishes and went to bed and when I woke up they were there. I was just too irritated to deal with them. And no dishwasher.

  45. BB-56_Washington Avatar
    1. My house is doesn’t have a dishwasher. I’ll renounce my citizenship now 😄
  46. madbro91 Avatar

    Don’t have a dishwasher

  47. JustATyson Avatar

    I have one knife that I forgot to wash, and no dishwasher.

  48. AtheneSchmidt Avatar

    None, but several on the counter next to it.

    I have a nausea issue. Putting dirty dishes in the dishwasher and trapping smells, then having to open it to put more in is not an option for me. So we collect the dirty dishes on the side, and we fill and start the dishwasher every night (usually I do this, as I am the last awake.)

  49. Ok_Dog_4059 Avatar

    None. I wash each dish when I finish and don’t bother with the dish washer.

  50. Pixelpeoplewarrior Avatar

    I am the dishwasher. I couldn’t possibly fit it all

  51. livelongprospurr Avatar

    Dishes were loaded early and are washing, but cats šŸˆā€ā¬› 🐈 needed feeding so there are a couple dishes soaking in the sink. No problem.

  52. contra_band Avatar

    I don’t exercise either šŸ˜…

  53. invinciblewalnut Avatar

    I have an enameled Dutch oven ā€œsoaking,ā€ along with a few sharp knives.

    Sharp knives can’t go in the dishwasher silly

  54. Extreme_Life7826 Avatar

    0 cleaned before the night shift they in the rack and I’ll let them up when I get home, feed the cat then go to bed.

  55. GrandTheftBae Avatar

    My mom got rid of the dishwasher. Such an Asian parent move

  56. bananapanqueques Avatar

    One fork. I used it after the dishwasher started running. Sorry to let you down.

  57. Samson_J_Rivers Avatar

    9 because the dishwasher is currently running

  58. ScarcityTough5931 Avatar

    Zero. And I don’t use the dishwasher. I wash them by hand.

  59. Zoe_118 Avatar

    None and I don’t have a dishwasher

  60. amigammon Avatar

    Don’t have one.

  61. Background-Paint9479 Avatar

    It has some. My dishwasher(wife) is away for a few days.

  62. relikter Avatar

    There are 5 or 6.clean plates, a few clean bowls, and various utensils. They’re still there because I’ve convinced myself that I’ll empty and reload the dishwasher tomorrow during the day before my wife mentions it in the evening. I’m pretty sure that I’m not lying to myself because I need to clean out the sink before I can start making dinner for tomorrow.

  63. GoodbyeForeverDavid Avatar

    I don’t have to answer that!

  64. AmalCyde Avatar

    What makes you think everyone has a dishwasher?

  65. PachucaSunrise Avatar

    Not enough room on the drying rack at the moment. Plus my wife has too many damn tumblers. Then you gotta clean the straw too with a tiny brush. Its a whole thing dude. Leave me alone. Get off my lawn.

  66. kingjaffejaffar Avatar

    A lot, and it’s because there’s a load of clean dishes in the dishwasher I haven’t put away yet.

  67. bike619 Avatar

    Mind your own business, you’re not my real mom.

  68. ExtremeIndividual707 Avatar

    BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE ONE thank you for reminding me

    While you’re at it, why don’t you give me a nice paper cut and pour lemon juice on it, Inigo?

  69. Euphemia-Alder Avatar

    Like 4 dishes and my dishwasher is running šŸ˜€

    I have covid for the first time ever so I’m not handwashing anything

  70. Gilamunsta Avatar

    2 plates, 1 cup, fork, knife, spoon – and I’m the dishwasher.

  71. Electrical_Ad_8313 Avatar

    1, and that’s just because it is soaking to make it easier to wash

  72. eldakim Avatar

    My mom never used the dishwasher because 1. it wasted electricity and 2. it’s for drying your dishes only and 3. she had no idea how to work the dishwasher. I always thought it was just my mom who viewed it this way until I saw Fresh Off The Boat. “It’s a drying rack.”

    That show was dead accurate on how Asian Americans viewed the dishwasher. So to this day, I still have no idea how to work the dishwasher. Also, I live in South Korea, so a dishwasher is considered a luxury. Thanks, Mom.

  73. AmmoSexualBulletkin Avatar

    I don’t currently own a dishwasher. It was nice when I had one. I moved, current home is nice but doesn’t have a dishwasher.

  74. Key-Wallaby-9276 Avatar

    You know what stfu! There’s 14 dishes in the sink. Pans, spatulas, a knife, cutting board, forks, a bowl, the kids cups. And they are not in the dishwasher because the dishwasher is full of clean dishes because I didnt unload it tonight….

  75. Wide_Breadfruit_2217 Avatar

    I just leave them on the counter. Then zi can still use the faucet

  76. Misty_Esoterica Avatar

    Jokes on you, I don’t own a dishwasher.

  77. Duchessofpanon Avatar

    None, why have a mess in the sink when they can go right into the dishwasher? I’ve never understood this.

  78. RepeatFine981 Avatar

    0, loaded and started the dishwasher right after dinner.

  79. Quietlovingman Avatar

    Dishwasher’s full. It’s just been run actually.

  80. my_clever-name Avatar

    One spoon my wife used to stir her coffee.

  81. QueenofWolves- Avatar

    About 6, because I don’t feel like taking the clean dishes out of the dishwasher yet because I’m getting sleepy. Also dishes is my least favorite choir

  82. Equivalent_Fun_7255 Avatar

    Okay, okay! I’ll go wash the one dish. I have a dishwasher, but use it as a drying rack.

  83. _Roxxs_ Avatar

    None, I do dishes immediately after every meal.

  84. SunShine365- Avatar

    0, and I did put them in. So there!

  85. Ok-Importance9988 Avatar

    If they are there, it’s because I don’t feel like unloading the dishwasher.

  86. _Bon_Vivant_ Avatar

    I can’t put my dishes in the dishwasher. I just ate. And besides, the knives give me a stomach ache.

  87. AssCaptain777 Avatar

    Get out of my house!

  88. Pinkgabezo Avatar

    My dishwasher is great and right now, it is only half full. Most of it is plates and glasses.

  89. sayu1991 Avatar

    Uh, one and a few cooking utensils. They’re there because I made food while my dishwasher was already full and running.

  90. latelyimawake Avatar

    0 because if the dishwasher isn’t running at night I can’t go to sleep.

  91. Sarita_Maria Avatar

    None – just finished them all (no dishwasher) including seasoning the cast iron

    Like a real cowboy 🤠

  92. OmightyOmo Avatar

    That’s what my housekeeper does /s

  93. fiendishthingysaurus Avatar

    Like 3, and I don’t have a dishwasher

  94. Ex-President Avatar

    One pan, one plate, two forks, one spoon. That’s basically where they live. I wash it, I use it, I rinse it and put it back in the sink.

  95. IPreferDiamonds Avatar

    There is a spoon in my sink, that’s it. I’ll put it in the dishwasher right now.

  96. According-Drawing-32 Avatar

    Cuz we are watching TV. Sipping wine, might have some fun activities. Dishes can wait until morning. Life is too short to worry about the sink.

  97. nvmls Avatar

    6, I don’t have a dishwasher, and I am feeling lazy

  98. RichInBunlyGoodness Avatar

    I made braised oxtail. No dishes in sink. I haven’t put any dishes in the dishwasher because I am the dishwasher, and putting dishes in my belly makes me feel almost as crappy as having a felonious con man in the White House.

  99. Fluid_Check_3054 Avatar

    At least three. The drying rack is full. And I am the dish washer. Are you telling me to insert dishes inside myself?

  100. TexanInExile Avatar

    Honestly 0 because i wash all the dishes every because having a dirty sink is disgusting and also washing dishes takes like 10 minutes at most unless you let them pile up.

    Usually takes me less than 5 minutes to do on a regular day.

    Don’t be lazy.

  101. MewMewTranslator Avatar

    I don’t have a dishwasher unless you are referring to me. I would appreciate the dishes staying outside of my body.

  102. baasheepgreat Avatar

    I would have to take the clean ones out to put the dirty ones in, and that became too much of a task

  103. pittsburgpam Avatar

    Some bowls and plates, coffee cups and glasses, a cutting board, knives that I hand wash because they don’t go in the dishwasher. Why haven’t I done it? Because I’ve been sewing all day and then went out to a really nice dinner with my SO. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it.

  104. einTier Avatar

    Zero. I absolutely hate dirty dishes piled in the sink. Sometimes there’s a glass or two while dishes are washing but it’s rare and I don’t need to look to know there are none currently.

  105. Appropriate_Copy8285 Avatar

    Bruh, i only use paper plates…..ceramic dishes are for richies

  106. kckitty71 Avatar

    Zero dishes! It’s a pet peeve of mine.

  107. nickheathjared Avatar

    Zero. We always do dishes before bed. Always.

  108. goaty-ranch-yolo Avatar

    I just turned mine on – I love my dishwasher!

  109. ThisAdvertising8976 Avatar

    Two each plate, knife, fork. One each spatula, serving spoon. One each fry pan and baking sheet on stovetop. They will be cleaned and placed in the drainer and then either put away before I head to bed or in morning while coffee and tea are in progress.
    Dishwasher gets used over the holidays when there is company.

  110. Demiurge_Ferikad Avatar

    Just for that, I’m going to let my dishes pile up until I’ve got dirty, dry, crusty dinnerware and moldy pots and pans covering every unoccupied space of my apartment.

  111. Eubank31 Avatar

    2 because my roommate is lazy

    In the 3 years I’ve lived here I’ve never left a dish in the sink longer than about 29 minutes

  112. revrobuk1957 Avatar

    Three sets (knife, fork, plate) and because I don’t have one.

  113. YellojD Avatar

    None. I HATE dirty dishes left in the sink to the point where if others don’t want to do them, I will and I won’t even complain. I’m a bit of a control freak about the kitchen. But because of that, I take on most of the responsibility of keeping it clean, and I am good with that.

    When we didn’t have a dishwasher? Ok, sure. That’s understandable. But now that we do? God, just put them in the dishwasher! I don’t even really care all that much if someone even starts it. Just, out of sight, out of mind. Just don’t leave them in the sink 😩🤣

  114. BleedingTeal Avatar

    2, a fork that I used to eat lunch at work today; and the container I took my lunch to work in.

  115. MawsPaws Avatar

    Don’t have a dishwasher. Breakfast bowl, two lunch plates, two coffee mugs. They will be washed with the dinner dishes.

  116. Showdown5618 Avatar

    Zero. Just washed them an hour ago.

  117. SilverStory6503 Avatar

    Zero. All dishes are handwashed by the end of the day.

  118. PickleProvider Avatar

    She’s at work.

  119. MyCatDart Avatar

    My big pan from making dinner is soaking. Everything else made it to the dishwasher (for once).

  120. Wielder-of-Sythes Avatar

    There are some pots but my CO put those pots in there so they might be mission critical hardware waiting and ready to be picked up and I don’t want to invite their wrath thus they will stay there.

  121. ArtisticDegree3915 Avatar

    One bowl. I cooked a microwave pasta dish in it. It’s soaking to get all the crud out before it goes in the dishwasher.

    I don’t ever let dirty dishes sit in my sink. I used to. I used to be really bad about it. I’m talking disgusting. At some point I flipped. It’s almost OCD level. I can’t go to bed with just one spoon in there. It bugs me. If I forget to deal with this bowl, I’ll have to get up in the middle of the night when I think about it and go rinse it out and put it in the dishwasher.

    I also despise emptying the dishwasher. But I live alone. I run it at night when it needs to be done. First thing in the morning I have to empty it. I can’t not do it. It has to be done. It bugs me as much as a dirty dish in the sink. Plus if the dishwasher is full of clean dishes, I can’t put dirty ones in there.

    Here’s the kicker. I can’t eat my breakfast or dinner until I’ve done the dishes. So I cook. Then I put everything up while my food gets cold. Then I can eat.

  122. Notdustinonreddit Avatar

    3- because the dishwasher is running already and they were too big.

  123. iaminvisible1978 Avatar

    None. I keep up with them HAND washing.

  124. Bvvitched Avatar

    5

    They aren’t in the dishwasher because i am the dishwasher and I cannot put 2 frying pans and 3 plates inside of me

  125. Silver_Catman Avatar

    2, they don’t fit (weird shape)

  126. Melioidozer Avatar

    The sink is full of dishes. I haven’t pushed dishes because my wife, our 4 year old daughter, and I are all dealing with something nasty that is causing severe vomiting and diarrhea. The wife and I are making do, but our turdlette daughter is generating a LOT of laundry the poor thing.

  127. im_in_hiding Avatar

    Zero. I wash my dishes in the sink immediately after use. I use my dishwasher as a drying rack.

  128. THElaytox Avatar

    My dishwasher was installed by gorillas or some shit so it leans forward and collects dirty dish water instead of draining. Dishes that go in there come out smelling worse than they did going in. We just wash by hand now

  129. Comfortable-Tell-323 Avatar

    Who leaves dishes in the sink? Everything I cook with gets cleaned as in cooking so but the time dinner is over all that’s dirty is what we ate off, and all that goes straight to the dishwasher. No rinse, no prep because I bought a Bosch.

  130. R17Gordini Avatar

    More than there would be if I had a dishwasher.

  131. JuliusSeizuresalad Avatar

    Because I don’t want to.

  132. Usual-Bag-3605 Avatar

    Zero. My dishwasher doesn’t work so I wash them all by hand every night. They’re all clean and drying right now.

  133. Crayshack Avatar

    There’s a few, and the dishwasher is already full and running. They’ll get in the next load.

  134. Skydiving_Sus Avatar

    I don’t have a dishwasher.

  135. Loud-Mans-Lover Avatar

    Joke post, clearly?

    None for me. I clean my dishes or put them in the dishwasher immediately. If I see my husband’s left a few, I do his. I like my home tidy.

  136. Artz-RbB Avatar

    They needed to soak

  137. F0rtyluv Avatar
    1. We like the house to be clean
  138. ThatOliviaChick1995 Avatar

    6 baby bottles and a cup. Husband is going to do them in a bit he works 2nd shift. Then I do a mid baby bottle was as well 🤣

  139. omggallout Avatar

    3 dishes. I proudly bought a countertop dishwasher for my apartment so I can actually keep up with dishes. The dishwasher is full, and I’m going to bed while it washes the current load.

  140. Wesperado Avatar

    2 because thats what I used for my midnight snack while the dishwasher was running.

  141. rickmears101 Avatar

    3, because I’ll do them in a few hours, letting them ā€œsoakā€.

  142. bookworm1421 Avatar

    About half a dozen because the dishwasher is running.

    However, the kitchen is spotless except for those few dishes which will go in the dishwasher in the morning.

  143. MarkFromHutch Avatar

    I don’t have a dishwasher

  144. stellacoachella Avatar

    I don’t have a dishwasher… I am the dish washer šŸ˜ž

  145. Nacho_eating_Zombie Avatar

    Two water glasses and I was too tired to wash them. No dishwasher in my house so those babies can wait till the morning.

  146. Dilapidated_girrafe Avatar

    Probably three. And we don’t have a dish washer.