They emerged from the dome, enjoyed the fresh air and upon learning of their choices in the upcoming Presidential election, immediately reentered the dome and sealed the door. Despite the lack of sufficient food or water, the 6 participants issued a joint statement saying the inevitable death that would follow was the…

If your concern is energy/water use, dishwashers make the most sense for single person households. You put your few dishes after every meal in the water-tight box, close it up, then repeat 3-5 days. No roach, smell, or rodent problems. When you need dishes or it's full, you click the start button. At least 3-5x…

They're much more efficient and less expensive to run than washing by hand. You're going to use a lot more hot water and water in general washing each plate, glass, mug and fork.

Cars are stupid. The seats have hard metal springs sticking out that poke me, the battery dies every day and has to be jump started, and they smell like old socks.

Dishwashers are significantly more efficient than washing by hand. Why do you assume they're expensive to operate? They have a one-time cost, but other than that, I run my dishwasher about every 5 days. Cheap detergent, no-heat dry, and it's cheaper than doing it by hand because dishwashers take a fraction of the hot…

My in-laws have a dishwasher and inexplicably use it as a storage cupboard for tupperware. At big family meals, three people spend a half hour hand washing dishes when there is a perfectly functional dishwasher three feet away. Bizarre.

In other words, you have a shitty dishwasher. Upgrade that thing.