I, like a lot of people, watched the technology connections dishwasher video last year and it genuinely changed my life. I used to use the dishwasher once in a while but I was mainly handwashing stuff for all the reasons a lot of people do:
- it feels like the dishwasher probably uses more water (WRONG)
- it feels like you need to basically wash the dishes by hand anyway before you put them in the dishwasher (WRONG)
- the dishes always come out with soap residue and spots (USE LESS DETERGENT, USE A SETTING WITH PRE-WASH, AND USE RINSE AID)
it took a few runs of the dishwasher after watching that video to get a feel for how to get the best results out of it but in retrospect it's hilarious to think about how little faith I used to have. it's literally a dishwasher. it washes dishes. that's what the fuck it does. (I say this like printers aren't notorious pieces of shit)
it's been a year of dishwasher understanding now, and I still clap and cheer when I open the dishwasher in the morning and see perfectly clean dishes. but there was so much sauce on there last night!!!! whoa!!!! 
the best part is, with the amount of time I save by not handwashing the dishes, I now have so much more time to talk to people about dishwashers and post about them online. so it's really a net neutral in terms of time but it does use a lot less water. thanks, technology connections!
