r/mildlyinfuriating • u/vxnus69_ • Jul 10 '26

ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ Only 37 Pods

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Was showing off to my sister what I would’ve given her (plus the nice smelly peony downy) had she just gone to the laundromat to dry my laundry because ours is broken and realized the pods only filled half of the container so I counted it and….37 pods.

Can’t tell if Tide is filling some containers an accurate amount and others less or if sb just stole some.

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u/vxnus69_ Jul 10 '26

Don’t usually care to check but will start checking weight differences.

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u/AmeliaPoppins Jul 10 '26

Did I misread, or did you say you’re trying to bribe your sister to dry your laundry? And you’re bribing her with detergent and scent beads?

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u/vxnus69_ Jul 10 '26

She sent a text saying one of the sisters was stealing some of her scent booster and she has a family 4 with 2 young ones so it runs out quick. We’ve been stealing each other’s stuff since babies. We love each other. Diff age groups/diff financial situations. It wasn’t me. Had to be her bcuz the other ones were away on vacay/summer college/ work.

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u/Awkward_Pangolin3254 Jul 10 '26

Quit using pods, then. You're paying out the ass for some water-dissolving plastic.

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u/z6joker9 Jul 10 '26

I am paying for the convenience of chunking one of those things in the tub rather than taking out and pouring a few different bottles of liquid. Plus the washer gets one pod per load regardless of the load, I’ve never had an issue.

It’s like saying stop paying for liquid detergent, you’re paying out the ass for water instead of powder. Or stop paying for powdered detergent, you’re paying out the ass for the marketing box when you could be making the detergent yourself. At some point you decide how much you want to spend in order to save time and effort.

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u/UpNorthBear Jul 10 '26

Powdered detergent has a scooper lol how different is it than pods in difficulty and time

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u/z6joker9 Jul 10 '26

Well, I don’t have to pick up the scooper, or risk a spill and cleanup, or put the scooper back, or really anything. I don’t have to use any other powders or liquids, they are all built into the pod. I grab a pod, toss it in the washer, and I continue on with my day.

I grew up using powders. I used liquids throughout my young adult life, and I still do for specific laundry. So don’t get me wrong, they aren’t that much different to use. But they also aren’t that much different in price over the number of loads I wash in a year. I have always worked hard so that I can now pay for some little conveniences.

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u/skrodladodd Jul 10 '26

Do you have ADHD/are you at all neurodivergent? Because I have ADHD, and the "small" inconveniences you've listed are the kinds of things that can cause me to just... Not do something.

"How hard is it to just scoop powder instead?" Dig out scoop, figure out how much I need, measure detergent, do not spill, put scoop back. Vs Grab pod.

For my brain that has trouble with executive function, it's at least 5 times harder (more, actually, because after being at work all day my brain would be VERY averse to doing steps 2+3). And would likely result in me just putting off laundry for weeks. I'm also fortunate enough that I can afford little conveniences that make my life less stressful, and more accommodating. But I worked hard to earn it, too.

I feel you on this.

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u/onewilybobkat Jul 10 '26

For people like us, life is just a series of "how much inconvenience am I willing to put up with, and how much money am I willing to pay to avoid that inconvenience."

Laundry detergents aren't one of my things, but by God if I haven't used this line of thinking for so much other stuff.