why do americans use dryers just hang it up you lazy nigger
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Some places it's even illegal to hang up laundry outside (because of this infinite-right-to-contract thing called an HOA). They forbid it because it's considered indicative of poverty - and everybody knows what the Poverty is, that Americans are terrified of, but forbidden to name...
@cjd thats hilarious. Also I just hang it up inside
Personally I kind of appreciate things like drier, dish washer, and air conditioning. They use energy, but I hate the idea of structuring my life around energy conservation - it feels like giving up on human progress.
@cjd my fridge asked me for my wifi password for some reason
One thing I way over-think is choosing which products to buy, so for example, anything "smart" is just a non-starter.
I'm currently stuck in limbo on selecting a pressure washer to buy because I would rather get electric than gasoline because the price of energy in the form of gas is really high. And I'd like to get the most powerful one available for the money, because nobody ever wanted less pressure, but in the ads, all of the electric ones lie through their teeth about how many watts and bar of power/pressure they put out.
On the bright side, whenever I do finally buy something, I'm usually very happy with it ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ
I'm currently stuck in limbo on selecting a pressure washer to buy because I would rather get electric than gasoline because the price of energy in the form of gas is really high. And I'd like to get the most powerful one available for the money, because nobody ever wanted less pressure, but in the ads, all of the electric ones lie through their teeth about how many watts and bar of power/pressure they put out.
On the bright side, whenever I do finally buy something, I'm usually very happy with it ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ
Electric pressure washers are a little quieter too. I think of them like electric weed eaters. Is gas better? Sure, in general. But electric is almost as good and far lower mess and maintenance.
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The problem with electric power washers with ~120 volt, they top out about 2 hp. Consumer electric devices compete on much better footing with small engines that are limited by weight like chainsaws and weed eaters. But gas pressure washers are typically carted and may have much larger outputs. Electric is cheaper to operate and maintain. Also, still a lot better than a scrub brush.
Yeah, 120v at 15 amps doesn't give you a lot of room to operate, but I'm in France so the standard is 230v and 20 amps, which theoretically can hit about 6hp, though finding one that's in that power range is hell.