Housewife here, many thousands of loads under my belt; with a modern electric washing machine and regular levels of dirt you don’t have to do anything except make sure the clothes aren’t bunched up. Like unroll socks if they are in a ball and unwad jeans so the legs aren’t half inside themselves.

Use less detergent than you think you need in general. If you have stuff that’s extra funky find the soak feature on your machine or just stop it after it’s filled with water and let them sit (with soap) for 30 minutes before running it.

The only time you need special treatment is with special garments or special stains in my experience.

the original black and white The Addams Family is extremely wholesome. There’s an absolutely lovely family dynamic and the parents are extremely loving to the children and each other. I highly recommend it!

it’s absolutely rampant and i have stopped using lemmy so much bc it’s gross and tiring. Find any popular political post involving trump and putin and there will be homophobic comments like you describe, call them out and you’ll get dogpiled and shit on. Bunch of immature little boys on the fediverse these days and i’m over it.

The creator has the heart attack as he is presenting the hands to Edward. He dies and falls forward which impales the hands on Edward’s blades. Edward desperately wanted the hands he just hadn’t been prepared for such a possibility.

you think that the fonz jumping over a shark on his motorcycle was the High Point of Happy Days and that’s why they call it that? 😂