otm. appliances that expect you to work around their lazy design choices are the worst.
the dishwasher in this place has four washing modes (1, 2, 3, 4), but they're not increasing in time or rigour, they're just arbitrary numbers, e.g. 2 is eco wash and 3 is pots or something. it's also got a load of indicator lights that mean the following:
- a broom sort of thing: the cycle hasn't started yet- an arrow pointing to a line: the cycle has finished- a sun: we have no idea what that means- a big S made of bendy arrows: again, absolutely no idea
meanwhile the rest of the universe can make a dishwasher that isn't baffling. idgi.
― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 21 June 2013 22:27 (Yesterday) Permalink
My dishwasher has a "Normal Wash" and "Speed Wash" setting. The speed wash takes half the time. Why the fuck is there a normal wash setting if it can clean the dishes in half the time? Unless the speed wash is half-assed, in which case, why have it?
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Saturday, 22 June 2013 01:15 (ten years ago) link
ikr? bizarre
What is the S w/ bendy arrows?
a salt indicator, apparently
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 22 June 2013 01:17 (ten years ago) link
i don't even know what salt is doing near a dishwasher
"time to salt the dishes, luv"
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 June 2013 01:19 (ten years ago) link
xpHardness of the water maybe?
And speed wash is probably for recently used/not very dirty dishes where normal is for dried-on food/extra greasy dishes.
― nickn, Saturday, 22 June 2013 01:20 (ten years ago) link
it's for washing yr meth
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 June 2013 01:20 (ten years ago) link
As in, add salt to your water softener.
ah right
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 22 June 2013 01:24 (ten years ago) link
AA's dishwasher is cracking me up.
― carl agatha, Saturday, 22 June 2013 01:55 (ten years ago) link
I'm surprised it doesn't have a diesel indicator lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 June 2013 01:57 (ten years ago) link
it has an on/off button
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 22 June 2013 02:01 (ten years ago) link
so its available states are:
- washing- not washing- not washing and also switched off
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 22 June 2013 02:02 (ten years ago) link
the only difference between on and off is that the broom light lights up
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 22 June 2013 02:03 (ten years ago) link
and watch out for salt
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 June 2013 02:07 (ten years ago) link
on that, i don't know whether the salt light means there is salt or there isn't salt
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 22 June 2013 02:08 (ten years ago) link
or too much salt, or a salt accident
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 22 June 2013 02:09 (ten years ago) link
Mine has a "normal" button. Wouldn't it be great if everything had one of those? ACK!
― pplains, Saturday, 22 June 2013 02:24 (ten years ago) link
lolol
― Je55e, Saturday, 22 June 2013 02:32 (ten years ago) link
AA honestly I really can't imagine you with any other kind of dishwasher
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 June 2013 02:33 (ten years ago) link
bahahaha
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 22 June 2013 02:35 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Gnc9wLk.jpg
it's rusty because we're in a rental. the glob of snot is actually blu-tack, to remind 'er indoors which inscrutable light means 'finished'
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 22 June 2013 02:36 (ten years ago) link
I see Play and Pause, where is Record?
― This amigurumi Jamaican octopus is ready to chill with you (Phil D.), Saturday, 22 June 2013 02:47 (ten years ago) link
That dishwasher heavily implies that you can record shit off of it
XP!!!!!!
― pplains, Saturday, 22 June 2013 02:48 (ten years ago) link
mr veg said it looks like an Apple OS dishwasher
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:11 (ten years ago) link
it's making me laugh
loool the broom
but this dishwasher goes to 4!
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:14 (ten years ago) link
That's a rake, not a broom.
― Aimless, Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:16 (ten years ago) link
I think it rakes up all the broken dish pieces at the bottom of the dishwasher
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:17 (ten years ago) link
That's not even a rake, it's one of those things you see kept on the side of a sandtrap.
― pplains, Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:21 (ten years ago) link
http://www.runnerduck.com/images/zen_garden.jpg
"oh yeah, i need to do the dishes."
― pplains, Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:23 (ten years ago) link
http://www.colourbox.com/preview/1712339-636594-darts-arrow-flying-in-the-center-of-dartboard-against-the-white-background.jpg
ah, the dishwasher has finished
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:24 (ten years ago) link
http://www.cybercauldron.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/big-orange-sun-4.jpg
holy shit i need rinse aid
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:25 (ten years ago) link
fwiw I have trouble even decoding the laundry care symbols on clothing tags
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:27 (ten years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--pYUspsTF-0/UKPUZNdApjI/AAAAAAAABgE/zbPSmClBXeE/s400/super_s_6.jpg
God, Susie Oatmeal was so hot in 7th grade.
― pplains, Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:29 (ten years ago) link
My car has this light on the dashboard:http://repairpal.com/images/managed/content_images/encyclopedia/warning_lights/Tire_Pressure_Amber.jpg
Who can guess what it's indicating?
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:32 (ten years ago) link
insufficient tyre pressure
― #NOBS (electricsound), Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:33 (ten years ago) link
^^ I know this only because I've had to look it up.
― pplains, Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:37 (ten years ago) link
you ppl with your 'dishwashers'
― mookieproof, Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:39 (ten years ago) link
Second only to air-conditioning. I lived like a caveman for 28 years, apparently.
― pplains, Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:40 (ten years ago) link
I saw it on the test drive, and when I asked the dealer he said something like, "Why would anyone assume that that's supposed to be a tire pressure warning?"
It also comes on all the time, regardless of whether or not I reset it, so I've gotten used to ignoring it. I'll know a tire is low when it's flat.
xp
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:40 (ten years ago) link
I just figured it had something to do with tire problems. What kind weren't very explicit.
― Aimless, Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:40 (ten years ago) link
You know, your tires will last longer, and you'll drive safer and more comfortably, if you check the pressure once in a while! It won't kill you, I promise.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:43 (ten years ago) link
Compressed air is like 25 cents at the gas station/car wash.
Actually, just realized, that's not the warning light my car has. It's got the outline of the tire, but instead of an exclamation point, it has this:
<-•->
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:44 (ten years ago) link
I do check the pressure, but the warning light is conspiring with the rest of my 13-year-old car's failing electrical system to confuse me.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:45 (ten years ago) link
when it gets cold here that tire pressure indicator comes on without fail every morning, and turns off when the tires warm up halfway to work.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:49 (ten years ago) link
Fair enough, but trying to figure out a squared-off U with spikes and an exclamation point in the middle does not necessarily illustrate your point.
― pplains, Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:49 (ten years ago) link
pretty much otm
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:51 (ten years ago) link
speaking of cars, not long after we bought the car we tried to pop the hood for something or other...and couldn't for the life of us find the release inside the car. we crawled around on the floor peering under the dash for ages, until one of us conceded defeat and consulted the manual
oh yeah of course
it's ANKLE HEIGHT way down next to the door where it should be O_o.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:54 (ten years ago) link
Sounds like you have a Toyota, too.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 22 June 2013 03:55 (ten years ago) link