What thing can’t you be bothered with?
Posted by bourton-north@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 308 comments
That you’re supposed to do… flossing? I really can’t be bothered with ironing. Short of someone getting married I’ll use non iron shirts, whatever it takes to avoid. Recycling yoghurt pots, can’t be bothered. Washing my car. I’ll drive twice as far to avoid a traffic jam… what else?
macfearsum@reddit
Wearing a bra.
Capable_Cheetah_8363@reddit
I havent worn a bra now for maybe 5-6 years? I dont even own one anymore and also have zero clue what my size is!
Champagne_Bunnny@reddit
Its approaching t-shirt season and the time I feel I need to wear one again😢. I've compromised by wearing those tshirt bra things when I go out of the house, they don't give much support but they hide the nips.
macfearsum@reddit
Same!
alice_op@reddit
Most of those things as well tbh. Gave my brand new (nice!) iron away when a friend moved into their first 'own' place and needed stuff. Almost unused, what a waste of time ironing is.
Hanging washing out. Unless it's a heatwave and I can't bear to heat the house any further with the dryer, it goes in the dryer. This'll be a controversial one but I don't give a fuck.
Cool_Doubt2152@reddit
I made the mistake of buying an integrated dryer, of which they are all owned by the same company with a different brand name on them, and they are SHITE. They take 3 hours to drying everything and every single time it’s still damp. No matter the setting, the fullness, how clean or not clean the filter is, just shite. So now every time it’s a warm day you bet that washing is being hung on the line as soon as the sun has risen
alice_op@reddit
I bought a Hotpoint washer dryer for around £400 on Black Friday, and it's the best thing I've ever bought! I go swimming 3-4 times a week, so when I get back at 9pm I throw everything into the wash, put the timer on so it starts when the cheap night electric kicks in, and it's all washed and dried by morning.
On the "bedding" cycle it even dries my oodie, the sleeves always get turned inside out and never dry inside with my normal beko dryer, but this integrated one gets it no problem. Even duvet covers.
I did choose one of the Which? website's best rated ones though, because I did hear from friends that washer/dryer combos are terrible, so you're not alone!
Cool_Doubt2152@reddit
Ours is just an integrated dryer (built into cupboards) we have a separate washing machine. Wish we’d just got a normal one that you can see instead. Washing machine is fine but if you’re tempted to ever get an integrated dryer… DON’T!!!
alice_op@reddit
Oh man that's devastating, what a shame. Had no idea integrated dryers were shit!
Champagne_Bunnny@reddit
I do 50/50, part tumble dry then hang. Makes everything feel softer and you don't need to iron
Over-Language2599@reddit
The wind and sun that would otherwise dry your clothes simply generates the electricity for your dryer. It's not very different. We do a lot of things for convenience, after all - I don't wash my clothes in the river.
mynameisjodie@reddit
Also use the dryer haven't used an iron in years even with the kids uniform it goes in the dryer and comes out perfect
redheadedwildgypsy@reddit
Folding fitted sheets. They get scrunched up into the smallest possible bundle and then placed neatly in a linen drawer!
mynameisjodie@reddit
Does anyone fold them
Rachieash@reddit
Not me 🤣
mynameisjodie@reddit
Think we are the weird ones
UglyFilthyDog@reddit
There are crazy people who do. They're not just insane, they're wrong. Wang that on the bed and be done with it.
frankchester@reddit
But you fold it to store it. Not putting it on the bed immediately
SweeneyLovett@reddit
Yes, it’s actually quite easy and makes it much easier to store them.
moonflowered_@reddit
Super easy! Fold in half length ways and tuck one half inside the other so the corners touch, fold in each side so you have straight lines, fold in again so they overlap then fold that straight line upwards too. Two minutes flat and it becomes a nice small parcel to pack away
LongBeakedSnipe@reddit
No chance. 2 minutes multiplied by washing them twice a year, multiplied by a life expectancy of about 40 years = 80 min I'm never getting back.
sock_cooker@reddit
You sound like some kind of clean freak
redheadedwildgypsy@reddit
Yep my friends all do...they have watched You Tube videos and Marie Kondo and all that to learn the art of folding fitted sheets.
allyearswift@reddit
Fitted sheets is where I draw the line, but I tried folding everything else against my will, and to my surprise, it makes life much easier. I open the drawer, I can pick a a T-shirt other than ‘top of the pile’ and I see whether I need to wash t-shirts next.
So mock Marie Kondo all you like, but give it a go!
redheadedwildgypsy@reddit
At what point exactly did I 'mock Marie Kondo'.
allyearswift@reddit
Your whole comment was (deserved) mild mockery. This is not a bad thing. Lots of people mock her. I used to myself.
Over-Language2599@reddit
I tried so hard to learn to iron them. Could never manage it. Folding isn't easy either.
nemmalur@reddit
There’s no point. They get wrinkled the first time you sleep on them anyway.
V65Pilot@reddit
My mother would iron everything, fitted sheets included, and fold them. When she was done you'd swear it was a flat sheet in the pile... She used to iron my socks too.
Over-Language2599@reddit
Had a gf, used to leave a few clothes there, she would iron socks and even underwear!
spLint3r990@reddit
We fold them but not particularly fussy about the result. Sometimes it's not great and that's ok. Mostly so it fits in the pillowcase with the rest of the sheets.
Free-Celebration4562@reddit
My husband. The only person I’ve ever met who knows how to do it. We have no storage space so it has to be done, otherwise they’re start doubling as curtains.
HauntingNet580@reddit
I used to. I do not anymore.
liltrex94@reddit
Foldng anything. My whole wardrobe is hangers.
Virtual_Opinion_8630@reddit
life's too short to faff around with that
hulyepicsa@reddit
I also cba folding pyjamas and things like baby clothes. I mean who tf actually cares haha (other than my Mum) I also lived almost 37 years of my life without ever ironing
allyearswift@reddit
37? Amateur!
hulyepicsa@reddit
I know, I’ll try to do more
allyearswift@reddit
You can do it!
Responsible-Link5739@reddit
Listening to script-vomiting call centre staff saying, "I do understand your frustration and we do apologise for the problem you're encountering..." repeatedly in their infinitely bored tone of voice, after every time you speak and before actually doing anything about fixing the issue...
jayphelps57@reddit
Never do ironing? Shows little self respect… do you not polish your shoes well?🤨😂
Responsible-Link5739@reddit
Peeling vegetables before cooking. Wash it, chop it, cook it. No peeling. I make the excuse that much of the "good stuff" in veggies is right under the skin so it's healthier that way but honestly it's because I hate cooking anyway and cba making it more of a chore.
Responsible-Link5739@reddit
Believing any Virgin Media agent who says, "Okay, that's sorted out now". It just doesn't happen for at least 18 months or the 16th agent's attempt.
ninja_teabagger@reddit
Dusting. Can't be bothered. There's a 2 year buildup of dust on surfaces right now, if I dusted it all it'll be back in a week so what's the point?
Motor-Command-2680@reddit
Amen. My son has eczema. The house looks like Pablo Escobar had a extended weekend bank holiday party every week. It pisses me off having to wipe all that shit off every single thing in the house so i can see your point.
Hopefulmum@reddit
Oh my daughter shed so much with eczema I was ready to invest in an internal leaf blower. Genuinely drove me close to some form of madness
Responsible-Link5739@reddit
Wow. I hope your daughter doesn't see this post. I promise you, she had a far worse time enduring the heavy physical and mental tolls of eczema like that than you ever did cleaning it up. Having someone close to her who's seen that first-hand might really feel quite cruel to her.
Motor-Command-2680@reddit
It's bad isn't it. It's not just the skin its the cream. Its ingrained into the carpets , i have to wipe the banister rail daily as it gets sticky with it and the light switches. Not the boys fault but it's hard work keeping on top of it.
Fit-Bedroom-7645@reddit
Putting things away. Doom piles til I die.
Cool_Doubt2152@reddit
Yes, and any bit of furniture in my bedroom like a chair or ottoman becomes inevitably buried
GunclePJ@reddit
This! Almost permanent floordrobe!
Fit-Bedroom-7645@reddit
Floordrobe, kitchen counterdrobe, random project in the corner of the living roomdrobe.
GunclePJ@reddit
Yeah, not that bad but I hate putting clothes away so much! Why are we like this?! 😆
Fit-Bedroom-7645@reddit
I'm very much of the opinion that if I can't see something, it doesn't exist. Any time I put something away I end up spending 4 hours trying to remember where I put it!
Champagne_Bunnny@reddit
Yess! Same here. I have been 3d printing skadis boards so I can organise AND see stuff. Unfortunately it still looks a lil chaotic though
Fit-Bedroom-7645@reddit
Good idea. I'm deep into the kallax territory in an attempt to move my random piles of stuff up the wall instead of the floor (also chaotic)
Champagne_Bunnny@reddit
At least you can get a hoover round of its on the wall
hulyepicsa@reddit
Ah I need to be like you. As in mentally. I have the doom piles but get bothered by them.
Fit-Bedroom-7645@reddit
I also get bothered by them tbh, then I'll have a mad cleaning spree and forget wherever I cleaned everything to
ChipCob1@reddit
Preheating the oven...bollocks to that!
DifferenceMany@reddit
Something instructed me to 'preheat airfryer' the other day. Wait what? Since when do we preheat those the airfryer? Aren't they just immediately hot? I'll continue to do it wrong thanks.
Cool_Doubt2152@reddit
My air fryer forces me to pre heat for 10 minutes to use the grill setting. I put the bacon in anyway and it’s still basically cooked by the time it’s preheated anyway!
autobulb@reddit
It's not wrong, the idea of preheating an airfryer even if it has a specific function for that is stupid. The moment you remove the basket to load it you are essentially pulling out all the hot air, and any remaining warm air in the machine will just dump out as well even if it takes you 10 seconds to load it and jam it back in. A full sized oven has a lot more volume of air and thermal mass where it can actually make a difference.
littlegreenturtle20@reddit
I only preheat for baking cakes etc because that will affect the rise. But certainly not at the start of the process - it might be half an hour between adding ingredients to the bowl and putting batter in the cake tin.
xerker@reddit
Chris spargo did a video
Imtryingforheckssake@reddit
Unless it's puff pastry then I don't preheat.
fingertipnipples@reddit
It goes in at 200 for twenty minutes. That's it. That's all anything gets.
ChipCob1@reddit
I'm a gasmarksixatarian!
G0rdon-Bennet@reddit
sounds German
rositree@reddit
I'm closer to 7, it's where my hand is comfortable turning it to in one motion.
ChipCob1@reddit
Me too, maybe you have a smaller knob? 😁
theevildjinn@reddit
The only time I'll bother is when I'm baking, because apparently then it does make a difference. If I'm "cooking" an Aldi lasagne, then no fucking way am I preheating the oven.
AbroadLeather7588@reddit
Same, warming plates as well. I dated a guy once and I went round for dinner and he was like ooh I must warm the plates first. Chill out mate, it’s a Chinese 😂
bourton-north@reddit (OP)
This is good, just cook it until it’s cooked.
honestlyVERYhonest@reddit
Fully on board with this one. You're cooking air at your own cost. Just fucking lob it in and check back occasionally.
Cool_Doubt2152@reddit
In with you on ironing. I don’t iron anything unless it’s clearly creased. If it’s a mildly creased top I’ll even use hair straighteners because it’s quicker than getting the iron out
My parents and seemingly a lot of people in their generation still iron everything every Sunday.
LopsidedLegs@reddit
Every.
CriticalElk6102@reddit
Evri?
Imperfect_Complaint@reddit
Very.
GordonW25@reddit
AI
Imperfect_Complaint@reddit
Aye.
jovial_rebel@reddit
People...... honestly, fuck people
sausages1234567@reddit
It's better than fucking people dishonestly
couragethecurious@reddit
Or fucking non-people, however honestly
PsychologicalDrone@reddit
pixiepython@reddit
Well that's not fair. Have you met all of them?
Asaxii@reddit
People STFU
jeanclaudecardboarde@reddit
Hell is other people.
cesena_@reddit
LinkedIn. It’s an utter shite side of humanity that should be erased from earth forever.
Cazspresso@reddit
This. Sad thing is, it’s my job to use it but it’s so fake, everyone on it is fake and cringe and ugh
EndPsychological2541@reddit
This is something I really don't understand.
Linkedin is super fake.. Everyone is obviously as fake as fuck, everyone knows everyone is being fake.. What is the point?
Most posts I've seen look like AI drivel, the comments are mostly the preset comments by linkedin.. I just don't get why people bother.
SteelSparks@reddit
It’s a decent tool for getting seen by recruiters. I haven’t applied for a job for years, just wait for the inevitable recruiter messages
EndPsychological2541@reddit
Is it actually?
I've got a profile, I don't really use it, but the messages I've received in relation to job offers all seem sus to me.
couragethecurious@reddit
If any industry would take the opportunity to monetise being sus, it's recruitment.
kylehyde84@reddit
My department at work is insisting on us having LinkedIn profiles. Fuck that. So far I've flown under the radar
lungbong@reddit
Step 1 read every word of Ts&Cs in work time.
Step 2 decline them.
Bifanarama@reddit
Remember that stalker you think you had, a while ago? W
730463628@reddit
I don't think they can force you to publish your personal information on the public internet. Sounds like a lovely GDPR violation.
Tattycakes@reddit
I hardly use it, what's wrong with it?
imtheorangeycenter@reddit
If I ever update my profile, it'll start with:
No bullshit I Know what I know and I really like what I know. I'm an XXX of 25 years. I wouldn't be here if I wasn't good. Click the linky to tempt me.
No-Trouble-1443@reddit
"what genocide taught me about B2B marketing"
Happy_Chief@reddit
100% though unfortunately the easiest way to find a job.
Particular-Bid-1640@reddit
I had an interview, the manager (and co-founder) asked had I followed their LinkedIn. I told him LinkedIn was a cesspit and he agreed lol. He just told me about a post which showed their current range of projects and I still got a good offer
colin_staples@reddit
At/LinkedInLunatics
Mysterious_County154@reddit
Taking crisp packets and stuff like that back to the shop to be recycled
Radioactivocalypse@reddit
I don't bother with crisps packets, but sweet wrappers, bread bags, cellophane wrapping, cling film etc all get put in a small bin.
As a result I am going through bin bags so slowly. So much of my general waste was soft plastics. I bunch up each when the mini bin is full of soft plastics and toss it all in the supermarket recycling point every other month
th3griff@reddit
cries in Birmingham
heartpassenger@reddit
Shops still do this, not the council. My local Sainsbury’s does it.
HauntingNet580@reddit
This. So much of my rubbish was soft plastic before. It’s no hassle for me to put it in a bag and then drop it off once a week when I go to Tesco.
chillinoodle@reddit
I do this but I really do worry where it actually ends up, seems like there are loads of stories about it ending up in a ditch in Turkey or something.
GoOutForASandwich@reddit
Yeah, I used to take them to be recycled but I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s probably better to just put them in the undifferentiated waste so they’re more likely to go to a proper landfill than end up some place worse.
HauntingNet580@reddit
I am probably living in blind hope, I know. But recycling is in my blood, I grew up with it in Australia.
sconebore@reddit
We're a family of four, and our "big bin" is emptied once a fortnight. Since I've started recycling the soft plastics, it's barely half full now by bin day. And the easiest recycling point for me is M&S which also sells the nicest supermarket cookies and my favourite teabags. Winner winner.
douggieball1312@reddit
Same with coffee pods when they recommend you drop them off at a particular location to be recycled. Does anyone actually bother?
puzzlecrossing@reddit
There’s nowhere near me but I have a device that turns them inside out so I can rinse them off and chuck in the recycling
It’s quite therapeutic if I’m feeling grumpy
It’s this if anyone is wondering, I got mine on offer with some pods
TheCatWithATiara@reddit
My county has now introduced soft plastic recycling at home! It's been a game changer!
rosstoferwho@reddit
Well not one at a time. I just have a bag full of that material that I keep in the kitchen and take to the big shops when I go
Tattycakes@reddit
Glad I'm not the only one doing this! Very satisfying not to just put it in generic landfill waste bin, if there's a chance someone could be doing something better with it.
Beartato4772@reddit
Yeah, find the biggest thing that kind of plastic, in my case cat food and fill it with all the rest. Easy to sling into the bin on the way into the store.
BeanOnAJourney@reddit
My council has just recently (like within the last three weeks) started taking soft plastics with the roadside recycling collection, yours might soon as well.
wykniv@reddit
I saved up loads of pill packets because I saw that I could recycle them at Boots. Took them to Boots and was told I could only do it if I downloaded and used the app. I suggested that that was ridiculous. They did not agree. I downloaded the app. It didn't work. I said I would have to put them all in the bin. Despite having a recycling facility there, they agreed.
ElectricalInflation@reddit
I think something ridiculous like 90% of them don’t get recycled by the supermarket anyway
Pretend_Ad4147@reddit
They collect these from the house where I live now. Amazing how much you get through in a week.
Vaxtez@reddit
I had a uni housemate go on a utter rant about people putting food wrappers into the bin instead of in a bag to go to the supermarket. I don't even get why he was so annoyed, it's not like anyone did anything wrong.
HauntingNet580@reddit
Maybe because he thought it was such an easy thing to do to recycle what could be recycled?
mynameisjodie@reddit
There's loads that do it where I work
Dizzy-Abroad323@reddit
Watching football (or any other live sports). Too much like religion for me, so I’m out!
AssumptionBudget279@reddit
Ironing and flossing.
Ironing I just couldn’t be bothered unless it’s for work.
Flossing I did try and do it but it just took up so much time and I didn’t even know if I was doing it right. And then I was told different things on how to do it. It didn’t feel or look like it was cleaning anything either? So I stopped. And just brushed really hard and used a lot of mouth wash and it seems fine so far.
I’ll probably have to start flossing eventually but right now when getting up is just hard and usually having to rush when I wake up, not likely anytime soon.
OrangeChevron@reddit
Mopping floors
glittermaniac@reddit
Any mugs that say they should be hand washed are still going in the dishwasher.
Any recipe that tells me how much tomato puree I should add or how much garlic I should put in it is ignored and always just eyeballed/I add the amount I am feeling in the moment.
OMGItsCheezWTF@reddit
My expensive pots and pans get hand washed. My decent chefs knives get hand washed. Everything else gets dishwashed. If it doesn't survive the dishwasher it has no business being in my kitchen.
glittermaniac@reddit
Agree!
LeftSaidTed@reddit
Anything that asks for garlic I’m adding at least twice as much. For the record, I’m very single
HauntingNet580@reddit
And very safe from vampires. I adore garlic too. My teenage son recently asked me to stop putting so much in pasta sauce. And he’s the one who’s half-Italian, I’m Australian!
Nublett9001@reddit
Parsley helps to cancel out the garlic breath.
Prior-Fall-7753@reddit
Yep same with cheese
kindaadulting87@reddit
You need to try Chovi Allioli. It's absolutely delicious but my breath is disgusting afterwards.
Particular-Bid-1640@reddit
First I thought this was a celebrity I'm too out of the loop to know
Bossman_Mike@reddit
Nah mate he's the new attacking midfielder at Brentford
RoleMysterious8756@reddit
Haven’t had that in years. I used to water it down with mayonnaise.
NurseAbbers@reddit
Same, but I've been married 10 years. Husbandface measures with his heart, too, which is why I married him.
thorn312@reddit
I'm not single and live with my partner. The trick is to make both foods equally intense 🤣
Turbulent_Candy1776@reddit
Same 😅😅😅😅😅
Celestial_Light_@reddit
Extra garlic!
signalstonoise88@reddit
I’ve heard it said that cooking is a passion, but baking is a science. I find that - within reason - you can eyeball amounts of most ingredients if you’re cooking on the stove.
If you’re baking a cake or pastry dish of some kind though, follow that recipe to the gram, or shits going to go sideways.
MadWifeUK@reddit
If it isn't dishwasher safe it doesn't come into my house anymore.
Gingy2210@reddit
Unless its cake or bread I'm making, any recipe I use from a book or Google is just ingredients suggestions.
ScottyDug@reddit
Cooking is art, baking is science.
bourton-north@reddit (OP)
This is a good one. Literally everything goes in the dishwasher…
Absentmined42@reddit
If I’ve got space I even put recycling in the dishwasher so that I don’t have to hand wash it. My mum started doing it and I now I have.
DameKumquat@reddit
Same - even if it just steams in the top, it gets pretty much clean and often softens into a splat for easier fitting in the bin.
Basically we run the dishwasher every night, so may as well chuck any icky recycling in too.
Also there's no such thing as 'not dishwasher safe' if you put everything in. Anything you want to use again survives. It's evolution in action.
lexx-ray@reddit
For me it's the same with the washing machine and tumble dryer.....if you can't survive my cleaning process you don't deserve to be in my wardrobe.
Strong-Librarian-OOK@reddit
I feel like this about most ingredients in recipes. I’m a fairly good/confident cook and I know how I like things.
gloopy_flipflop@reddit
Agree with the ironing, I’ll do it for weddings, job interviews and funerals.
Monday0987@reddit
I've been using an ironing lady. I don't really put a lot of effort in to my appearance so I figure an ironed shirt makes me look slightly professional on my in office days. I'm hoping to get a remote job though so the shirts will be worn without ironing if I only have zoom meetings.
SacredandBound_@reddit
Me too.
Oh, and that sage green linen dress I've got that suits me and I love it.
AutomaticInitiative@reddit
I love linen but hate how it wrinkles if you so much as look at it
cheandbis@reddit
You'd do it for weddings and a funeral?
Upbeat-Metal-5087@reddit
I just leave my cutlery to dry while I use the dishwasher.
Rich-Peak-3902@reddit
Domestic recycling. If the entire the world's population recycled their domestic waste to the highest possible extent, it would elminate around 0.8% of global emissions.
Perfect worldwide compliance leads to less than a single percentage point of difference.
It's absolutely pissing in the wind.
Spicymargx@reddit
I literally only do it because my main waste bin doesn’t get emptied often enough and it keeps the amount it there down but my god is it boring
Champagne_Bunnny@reddit
I totally agree. I've been recycling since before it was popular and honestly, the eco crisis has gotten worse in that time so I can only assume that me, recycling, is not doing a damn thing at all. Unfortunately I am shamed into it by my child, now😂
Thomas5020@reddit
Any recipe that takes more than 10 minutes to prepare.
It's just not worth the time wasting an hour of your life to create a tiny little 800 calorie meal that takes 30 seconds to eat.
Champagne_Bunnny@reddit
Wholeheartedly agree. All the cooking and all the cleaning and washing up, it's not worth it
Far-Abroad-2040@reddit
People mostly
Loose_Avocado4670@reddit
Putting laundry away.
Naquedon@reddit
Life. Go to work, come home, cook, eat, clean the kitchen, make lunch for the next day, clean the kitchen. Sleep. Repeat. I’m done.
InkedDoll1@reddit
Cooking. I've tried, I hate it, I find it stressful and confusing. After years of telling myself I'd start, i finally admitted defeat and I just eat stuff that can be heated in the oven or microwave now. Acknowledging that I'm not that person has improved my life considerably.
Rich-Peak-3902@reddit
Is the stuff you're heating in the over ready-made?
InkedDoll1@reddit
Yeah, like burgers or pies and potato products. Occasionally I'll cut up and coat some tofu and bake that, but even that I find a lot.
Rich-Peak-3902@reddit
My friend, you are cooking.
Champagne_Bunnny@reddit
Me too, I have a child so I do have to cook something every day but I've refined it to some really easy to prepare and cook meals that rely heavily on frozen veg, rice and pasta. My family loves to cook but for me it's not the thing.
SproutBuster@reddit
Waxing my armpits
jimmywhereareya@reddit
I get to strip the beds, wash the bedding, and dry the bedding. I neatly fold the duvet covers and pillows then try to get the fitted sheets into some semblance of neatly folded. In my 60 years on this planet, as a daughter, mother and grandmother, I've never once thought to iron my bedding. Lifes to short ffs
Ok_Requirement_7489@reddit
As a woman - having nice nails. I hate filing them - I've gone through long periods of my life where I've tried to keep them really beautifully neat and I find it such a faff. Yes I could go somewhere to get them looked after but that seems a waste of my time and money as well. I also just don't like the feeling of long nails - I'm always 'aware' of them if that makes sense. So I just cut them now and it has made my life much easier!
Outside-Resist4688@reddit
Cannot be bothered with seperating my recycling...especially after I got stuck behind a bin lorry and saw the carefully sorted boxes being slung into the back together and mixed up anyway!!
Jayatthemoment@reddit
My job. Absolutely cannot be fcked anymore.
iwishiwasjohn@reddit
Same. Can’t be fucked with your job either.
Jayatthemoment@reddit
No one can! Probably why I got it.
imtheorangeycenter@reddit
Are we job sharing? Explains why I can't be fucked, but also do fuck all.
Weirdly quite happy, so don't go telling anyone.
Jayatthemoment@reddit
Maybe. If so, I’m sorry but you’ll have to do it. I cbf.
mrpeagrub@reddit
Pays your bills tho
Jayatthemoment@reddit
Oh yeah. Get those blessings counted.
probablyaythrowaway@reddit
I’m guessing that was sarcasm?
QC420_@reddit
Probablyay
JayR_97@reddit
Yeah I'm at the "Doing just enough to not get sacked" stage. I'll show up and do the work they ask me to, but fuck the "Going above and beyond" bollocks
Slight-Word9030@reddit
ive never been told to floss my teeth, and the dentist said i've got near perfect teeth (all i need if a tooth surgery and braces). i don't see the need unless you got a piece of food proper stuck in there
redspark92@reddit
going outside
_Cridders_@reddit
Drying plates etc.
It's the one job that if you ignore, it literally does itself.
Mazzerboi@reddit
Hearing about trump doing more messed up things every other day
Aggravating-Day-2864@reddit
People
imtheorangeycenter@reddit
Annual reviews. Since they removed performance from pay increase neither me or manager have given a toss.
It's been ten years
supply19@reddit
Flossing has made the world of difference to my teeth. Can’t stand ironing at all and I do not care if my child goes to school with a crinkled shirt!
learner2k@reddit
Using umbrella in Glasgow
Superb-Ad-8823@reddit
We rarely iron because can't be arsed. Same goes for washing the car. Do floss though.
Marcvambe@reddit
My kids
Just kidding!
My wife and kids
glasgowgeg@reddit
"Wife bad, give upvotes"
They need to get a team of scientists studying why so much auld guy patter is just "I hate my wife" or variations.
Marcvambe@reddit
Do you have a wife? Do you also have children? Do you understand the stress that this has on a marriage or a relationship? Do you also understand that this is a joke we say to each other, and it’s just that, a joke, fully understanding that there is no one else in the world I would rather be raising my children with? Probably not, so don’t judge. It’s. A. Joke
Marcvambe@reddit
And you can quote me on it
ImTalkingGibberish@reddit
Al?
Marcvambe@reddit
What? Nope!
Opposite_Funny9958@reddit
Ironing and no, just ironing. Life’s motto is “most of my clothes don’t need ironing…..and the one’s that do, don’t get worn!”
BlueHoopedMoose@reddit
Life
Nandor1262@reddit
Trusting any large company. Every single one is out to rip you off
Chimpantea@reddit
gestures broadly at everything
CaffeinatedDaddy@reddit
Going to work tomorrow morning.
FigglebottomCat@reddit
Wanking
premium_transmission@reddit
It’s about the only thing I can be bothered with
Fiercat99@reddit
Shaking hands. I don't care if its polite, keep your germs to yourself.
whywouldaguyyyyyyyyy@reddit
People… what a bunch of bastards!
BeachTheHam13@reddit
DIY. Basic stuff like putting up a shelf is fine but anything more, I'm paying someone to do it. My time is too precious.
Bossman_Mike@reddit
I don't understand why people are so averse to hiring professionals. They usually have better tooks, better kit, and will do a better job in half the time.
You're not "saving" anything if you're taking a week off to bugger about with hiring cement mixers.
RonBonxious@reddit
I agree, but also: hiring a reliable tradesperson is a massive ball-ache.
Fit_Peanut_8801@reddit
You can't be bothered to wash out a yoghurt pot? It takes about 2 seconds
Bossman_Mike@reddit
Non-stick cookware. That's a total fucking lie because it almost never is.
Any-Class-2673@reddit
Clothes that can't be tumble dried. I'm too short to reach the washing line outside and I'm too lazy to take a stepladder out every time I need to put up and take down clothes, and I only have space for a small clothes horse in my room, so now I make an effort to only buy clothes that I know can be tumble dried.
iani63@reddit
most shit
__Elwood_Blues__@reddit
giving you a decent reply.
taflad@reddit
I never worry about wearing odd socks. Life is far too short to care if I have different socks on
Bossman_Mike@reddit
Being a homeowner. Everything about it is shit.
You're enslaved by a bank for 25+ years paying off an absolutely crushing debt, which is somehow acceptable because it's a house. Take out 25% of the same amount on a car and you'll never hear the end of it.
ab00@reddit
Mowing the lawn.
But you have to do it as if you leave it you can't see the cat and its much harder when its really long.
ishallbecomeabat@reddit
I’m not ironing a goddamn thing
thing_on_a_spring@reddit
All the things. Just all of them
stargrazing123@reddit
Life under this lie called capitalism
SacredandBound_@reddit
Capitalism, sadly, is not a lie. The notion that you have a life, that's the lie.
yet1_@reddit
And the cake?
fingertipnipples@reddit
The cake is a lie.
Competitive_Pen7192@reddit
Driving.
Constant idiots out there.
People who can't drive in the lines of roundabouts.
Tailgaters, I mean I'm guilty of being close on the open road sometimes. Like one chevron distance but even that has people cutting in. And other cars are bumper to bumper at high speed.
Just general anti social driving, weaving between multiple lanes, pointless overtaking.
It's just defensive driving every time I turn the key.
Although OP really should floss...
V65Pilot@reddit
I haven't ironed anything since I got out of the military. Unless it was for my kids or summat. The look on their faces when they realized that, yes, I can actually use an iron, and put a crease in something that will cut you like a knife.
becausenine@reddit
Reading this
buy_me_a_pint@reddit
Wash my hair sometimes
And also get myself a girlfriend , the last person I met, I escaped a right one
Champagne_Bunnny@reddit
Ironing: nope. Flossing: it gives me the ick (autistic), I dropped it decades ago and maybe I just got lucky but my teeth are fine. I do have an ultrasonic thingy that I use occasionally but definitely not enough. Cooking: I cook functionally. Easy to make and cook meals that are generally nutritionally complete. There's no way in hell I'm standing stirring a pot for an hour only to sit down and eat it for fifteen minutes and then spend another half hour cleaning up. Explain myself: I have eliminated all negging by just not discussing what I'm up to and just getting on and doing it.
Things I will never skimp on: having a clean bathroom and kitchen. It doesn't have to be tidy, but it does have to be clean. Including round the back of the toilet.
DonkyFondler@reddit
Oh, I never iron any of my clothes. I can guarantee that nobody on their deathbed has ever said, "I wish I'd never worn clothes with creases in them."
spellbookwanda@reddit
I throw clothes into the dryer on the “iron” setting, fk ironing.
WeirdLight9452@reddit
Same with ironing. Also folding sheets, they get all in a mess when you try to put them on no matter how careful you are. But my big one is matching socks. Long as they’re a similar length I just bung them together because they’re constantly going missing so I just pair up what’s left.
inflatablefish@reddit
My top tip with bedding is wait for a good drying day, get them in the washing machine early morning and hung out as soon as they're done, then at the end of the day you can put the same sheets back on your bed without needing to put them away.
Champagne_Bunnny@reddit
That's my perfect day. Air dried sheets on my bed. Unfortunately, I live in England.
inflatablefish@reddit
Windy days count!
WeirdLight9452@reddit
I’d love to but I don’t have a garden, and realistically how many good drying days do we have? 😂
surgicalcoder@reddit
I buy bulk multipack of like 24 socks from amazon that all have the same colour for this exact reason.
Educational_Worth906@reddit
I’ve been doing this for years. I never have more than one odd sock.
WeirdLight9452@reddit
I started doing this but I’m not gonna just throw away my old ones if they’re fine. I always wear boots so no one outside of my house really sees them.
mynameisjodie@reddit
I used to pair socks up I no longer do it life is way too short to be pairing socks
RulingHighness@reddit
I started buying the same colour and style socks, just a massive amount of plain black socks; they all look the same so it doesn't matter if they're paired up or not, just grab any two socks from the drawer. If one goes missing or gets a hole? Doesn't matter, the one that is still good has 20 other socks that match just as well.
Champagne_Bunnny@reddit
Me too, I've got my black bamboo winter socks and my black Nike summer socks and life is so much easier this way
730463628@reddit
The downside to this is that you may find particular socks having a different level of wear or elasticity. Either because of manufacturing differences, or different batches. As a result your socks, despite looking the same, will actually not universally match with any other sock and you'll find yourself dedicating Sunday mornings to gathering all of these socks and finding the closest sock according to these characteristics so that it is bearable to wear them. I actually think having unique pairs is better because it's far easier to identify the two socks in each pair.
Psorosis@reddit
All ways buy identical pairs of socks. That way you will only ever have one odd sock. Eventually you will have five socks then you chuck them out and but 15 more pairs.
Over-Language2599@reddit
It doesn't matter if your socks don't match, anyway. Nobody notices and if they do they don't care.
mynameisjodie@reddit
Mine don't match
Independent_Craft125@reddit
It's like you know me already
Jimiheadphones@reddit
Ironing for me too. Mum used to iron everything when I lived at home. Spent hours ironing everything before it went in the wardrobe. I seriously cannot see the point. I have an iron, but I've maybe used it 10 times in the six years I've had it. And most of that was for weddings and fixing collars on a blouse if I hung it up a bit weird. Oh and comic-con costumes.
Champagne_Bunnny@reddit
Mine too, and my Grandma. Must have been a generational thing. She still does it, and I admit everything does look better after an iron but honestly life is way too short. Plus I live in a very small place and the ironing board just got in the way.
dwair@reddit
In 59 years I have never ironed anything. I think my wife is the same. Life is honestly too short for stuff like that.
MrD-88@reddit
Cutting the grass. Wish I'd block paved the whole lot. Front and back. Still haven't give it the first cut and now the weather is improving its getting worse. Next weekend I'll definitely do it.
OwlBeBack88@reddit
Ironing. I line-dry my clothes and then quickly tumble them for ten minutes to get the creases out. I have an iron and ironing board but I don't think I've ironed anything since before COVID.
Flaky-Walrus7244@reddit
Shaving my legs or armpits as a woman. No thanks
Gingy2210@reddit
Same! I also never use a hairdryer on my head hair, its trimmed every 6 weeks. After that when I wash it, its combed and it is what it is.
semaj420@reddit
why would anyone even bother to pair their socks?
Some_Masterpiece6639@reddit
Everything…I only have energy to go to work because I get paid for it..anything else…no motivation, apart from basic hygiene things like showering, and washing clothes and bedding.
LadyInAllPower@reddit
Checking the washing machine filter. Turning my mattress over
chillinoodle@reddit
Everyone ignores the filter until it blocks and your washing machine stops
Eyoopmiduck@reddit
Turning mattress over. I have never done this my entire life. My parents never did this. My parents’ parents never did this. I just don’t have the time, energy or desire to do this. My Father-in-law insisted his mattress was turned over weekly and rotated 180 degrees every fortnight. He wasn’t capable of doing it himself so my husband had to do it and it SO pissed him off.
Turbulent_Ad_880@reddit
Recycling. I know it's a good thing in theory but in practice
Menyana@reddit
It used to be flossing for me but I had to learn to floss in the end. I have a dodgy tooth whose days are numbered. If I don't floss that area in particular then my gums pay the price. It's horrible.
Electric-aura3000@reddit
The mental gymnastics of asking my friend if she's okay. I don't have the energy for the friendship anymore. Her behaviour pushes everyone away.
ChelseaMourning@reddit
Please floss. For the sake of those around you.
But yeah, ironing can go fuck itself. My mum would spend ages on a Sunday just ironing. I find it torturous. I iron items on a need only basis and even that is arduous.
Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit
Floss - yes.
Ironing - no, never.
Recycling - yes.
Washing my car - maybe twice a year? but it lives in a garage.
One-Ad6305@reddit
Flossing is easy and very very good for your dental health!!
Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit
Interdental brushes FTW!
Extra_Actuary8244@reddit
And if you think you don’t need to floss, try it once and just smell it
Not flossing can also cause diseases like Alzheimer’s
Motor-Category5066@reddit
I don't bother changing my underwear. Every time I put on new underwear it's uncomfortable until it becomes a part of me so I've been wearing the same underwear for six months.
Mundo7@reddit
You can’t be fucking serious
Soukchai2012@reddit
do they not fuse to your ‘nads after about week 3?
GabberZZ@reddit
Matching my socks. So long as they are vaguely the same colour I'm good to go.
cripblip@reddit
Please floss people
CraigTheBrewer12@reddit
You sound just like my dentist.
She harasses me at every check up to use those stupid interdental sticks but they literally don’t fit between my teeth, floss harps barely do either.
Fuck flossing, my teeth aren’t spaced out enough apparently.
Educational_Worth906@reddit
I tried that once, but they got really annoyed.
kylehyde84@reddit
Stop and chats. Honestly if I'm out shopping and see someone I know I try avoid eye contact as I just want to get it over and done with
Sea-Still5427@reddit
Having a social life, specially going to parties. It's such an effort.
RegretEasy8846@reddit
Regular changing of my thunder crackers. I’m 20yrs married and the wife has no sense of smell 😁
BarryTownCouncil@reddit
Ironing.
L-0-T-H-0-S@reddit
Pierce Morgan.
elpadrin0@reddit
Is he related to Piers Brosnan?
OccidentalTouriste@reddit
Sounds like a decent suggestion.
Arnoave@reddit
My garden and the DIY debt that my half-finished "fixer upper" house I bought is slowly building up
HauntingNet580@reddit
I floss maybe 3-4 times a year. My dentist actually said (when I confess) that I don’t need to and I’ll take his word for it as I’ve rarely flossed my whole life. Maybe my teeth are optimally places or something, though I doubt that. Only floss if I get something stuck in my teeth that brushing/tongue can’t get out or if I suddenly think it’s been a while , might as well.
I can’t be bothered with fabric softener. My towels are a bit scratchy at first use (don’t have or want a dryer) but it’s hardly a problem.
FreeBogwoppits@reddit
Communication platforms.
I use phone calls, letter, email, SMS and that's it.
Soukchai2012@reddit
Never ironed in my life (now 57, professional job). So unnecessary. Wash my truck at the end of the wet season - otherwise if you wash it, it’s muddy again after 5 minutes. I do recycle avidly as I think it’s worth it. It has a real effect, unlike ironing & car washing. Also obsessive showering - normally every day but if my wife goes away for a few days I’ll give it a miss for a while.
theoneandonlyvesper@reddit
Can’t be bothered to fall into agreement when people start being negative or putting others down, and that energy spreads fast. Before you know it, the whole mood drops. It’s no wonder it can make people feel more miserable.
griffaliff@reddit
Ironing, unless it's a snazzy meal out or wedding, even for weddings I usually get it done professionally. Hanging laundry out is a pain in the d1ck too when I get roped into it. My wife usually does it while I do other chores she hates.
elleelleelle-@reddit
i would rather die than grate cheese 🩷 you are getting sliced babygirl
Matchaparrot@reddit
My iron broke last year and I didn't replace it. I hang my shirts in a steamy bathroom wherever I want them to dry flat
conor2903@reddit
Hanging clothes up to dry. Mine go from the washing machine straight into the drier. Happy to pay for the convenience.
sneddsdead@reddit
Dumb people
Yoguls@reddit
Replying to complete random strangers when they say hello
bounderboy@reddit
Hey buddy 👋
Yoguls@reddit
......
ACharredCell@reddit
Trying to make myself look presentable.
It's a losing battle.
Existing_Doughnut985@reddit
Caring about others Me and my family are number 1 in my life… I’m sorry but I have zero care for what is going on to complete strangers
Upstairs_Yogurt_5208@reddit
Small talk
austinhotwax-505@reddit
I hateeee small talk too
HauntingCicada2630@reddit
Did you add the extra "ee" to make it big talk 🤷😁
Cal_PCGW@reddit
I'm with you. I don't have an iron or an ironing board. I won't buy clothes that need it.
SlickNick269@reddit
Replying…. Ahhh 🤦♂️
lexilacyy@reddit
Ironing for sure, if it’s not straight out the dryer it’s just not getting done and also making phone calls, I’ll put that off forever if I can 😅
5h0D10n@reddit
People
UpForConversations@reddit
Reddit posts about things you cant be bothered with
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