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0ju
Joined: 30 Sep 2009
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 Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:22 am Post subject: Why won't Koreans use the dishwasher? |
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Actually it's not just Koreans... most of the Asian-Americans I know have an aversion to using the dishwasher as well.
I asked my boyfriend about it and the best he could come up with was "It's the culture" (standard response when he doesn't have a good answer).
Some of my friends have told me that they think it's "unclean" (which seems just slightly more reasonable than believing in fan death).
Thoughts? |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:39 am Post subject: |
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| When I was viewing this place the korean family had a counter top dishwasher. Why do people on this board make stupid generalizations? |
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kprrok
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC
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| Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:42 am Post subject: |
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| Why are you so lazy that you think a dishwasher NEEDS to be used? I haven't had a dishwasher for over 6 years here and I can't imagine needing one. I wash all of my dishes by hand with no problems. |
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aishiii
Joined: 24 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:42 am Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| When I was viewing this place the korean family had a counter top dishwasher. Why do people on this board make stupid generalizations? |
Well I guess your one instance kinda shoots down her whole theory. Oh, wait.... no it doesn't. Good post, though. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:45 am Post subject: |
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| aishiii wrote: |
| crossmr wrote: |
| When I was viewing this place the korean family had a counter top dishwasher. Why do people on this board make stupid generalizations? |
Well I guess your one instance kinda shoots down her whole theory. Oh, wait.... no it doesn't. Good post, though. |
Unless they imported it, they're sold here which would indicate a market for it, which would mean Koreans use them.
Maybe the Koreans he knows don't use them. But someone is buying enough of them to justify selling them here. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:47 am Post subject: |
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Dishwashers are built into many of the apartments here (including ours). As mentioned, there are many table-top models, too.
Koreans use them. |
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eac02
Joined: 23 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:48 am Post subject: |
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i wish i knew.
i have one in my apt, but it's broken. when i asked about getting it fixed i was told no b/c no korean who has the apt after me will use it... then what was the point of installing it? |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:49 am Post subject: |
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| When i was young my father always told me he didn't need to buy a dishwasher because he already had kids. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:50 am Post subject: |
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| bassexpander wrote: |
Dishwashers are built into many of the apartments here (including ours). As mentioned, there are many table-top models, too.
Koreans use them. |
Lies!
The dishwasher industry in Korea is fueled solely by lazy expats! |
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ChilgokBlackHole
Joined: 21 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:50 am Post subject: |
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| My mom never used one. Said it didn't get the dishes clean enough. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:53 am Post subject: |
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| ChilgokBlackHole wrote: |
| My mom never used one. Said it didn't get the dishes clean enough. |
When I was growing up we had an old one. Not sure where my parents got it, but you had to keep it immaculately clean or else the dishes would end up coming out with stuff on them. It was more work cleaning the dishwasher than doing the dishes. I think the new ones have all kinds of bells and whistles to make sure stuff doesn't stay floating around to keep it clean. |
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Stalin84
Joined: 30 Dec 2009
Location: Haebangchon, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:54 am Post subject: |
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Dishwashers and dryers are horrible, lazy and wasteful inventions. That and they take up a lot of space.
Oh, and some douche is probably going to say "my dishwasher is my wife."  If only spliff started logging in again... |
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aishiii
Joined: 24 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| Stalin84 wrote: |
| Dishwashers and dryers are horrible, lazy and wasteful inventions. |
What are you, the Unabomber? |
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Stalin84
Joined: 30 Dec 2009
Location: Haebangchon, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| aishiii wrote: |
| Stalin84 wrote: |
| Dishwashers and dryers are horrible, lazy and wasteful inventions. |
What are you, the Unabomber? |
Nah, I'm the opposite of a luddite. I'm one of those people that believes the singularity is going to happen in the next 50 years and eagerly anticipates it.
Whats worse than dishwashers are the invention of American suburbs. American-style suburbia is one of the most destructive and useless inventions in world history. I see dishwashers as being under that umbrella of things that make people fat and lazy.
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| When I was viewing this place the korean family had a counter top dishwasher. Why do people on this board make stupid generalizations? |
Saying that Asians don't use dishwashers is like saying that Asians don't put carpet on the floor in their houses. It's not a "stupid generalization," it's mostly true, and there are reasons for it.
My Asian-American friends growing up said that their parents didn't trust that the dishwasher would get the dishes clean--they preferred to handwash them so they knew they'd be spotless, and then use the dishwasher as a drying rack.
That said, my apartment in Korea is a newer officetel, and it does have a dishwasher built in. Unfortunately it does not have carpeted floors. I miss carpet. |
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