Cleaning a Spoon is Complex
post by jefftk (jkaufman) · 2022-10-09T01:10:01.417Z · LW · GW · 5 commentsA friend of mine recently shared this:
I've seen it go by dozens of times since Max Tempkin [1] made it back in 2011, and each time it grated on me: why count the complexity of creating the disposable spoon, but not the complexity of washing it? Instead of phrasing my disagreement as a comment, though, I decided to make a new version:
You know the thing where you see something on Facebook, start reading it or composing a reply, and then you lose it? Yeah. I can't remember which of my friends shared this, and Facebook's limited-by-design searching didn't turn it up either. So, being unable to post my counter-meme in the appropriate place, I'll just leave it here until the next time I come across the original.
[1] Also known for co-designing Cards
Against Humanity, from which he resigned
in disgrace in June 2020.
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comment by noggin-scratcher · 2022-10-09T02:17:55.986Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Just lick it clean and leave it to air dry - no muss no fuss, no fancy products of modernity required.
comment by TekhneMakre · 2022-10-09T02:56:50.615Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Just use your hands to eat; they'll naturally clean themselves by abrasion with surfaces they subsequently touch.
comment by Gunnar_Zarncke · 2022-10-10T09:04:55.313Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Nice. I expected something about the concave shape of the spoon though which makes it difficult to remove sticky foods without a suitably shaped brush (you can't just wipe it over an edge like a knife).
comment by Tetraspace (tetraspace-grouping) · 2022-10-09T12:04:41.809Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
For some inspiration, put both memes side by side and listen to Landsailor. (The mechanism by which one listens to it, in turn, is also complex. I love civilisation.)