Can confirm, it does feel good

I feel even better replacing a new or old sponge with a brush that will never get that awful sponge smell

I like the sponge smell
- Why y'all sponge's smell?
- I'm calling the authorities. All of them.
- Gross.
With a long stick attached so you don't need to touch it
My brush looks like it is wishing for death. I use cloth sponges though and those are great!

I just think about the fact that I'm throwing away something I paid for and that used up resources. Doesn't make me feel that good honestly ^^

Tbh we wash them and use them for really dirty stuff. Like when you need to remove mold with a chlorine spray or poop from your shoes. Then they get tossed because there's no way I am washing that again.
We're phasing out single use sponges though, but now I don't know what to use for the really dirty stuff.
- Yeah like scrubbing the bathtub, cleaning spills, carpets, that kind of stuff.
  Is there a sensible alternative to single use sponges? If so, would you point one out for me? Obviously I would be interested.

Hot take: there is no food safety reason to replace a sponge if it's still good at removing food from dishes. If you remove the food source, and the soap removes whatever is living on the dish, whatever is left over will die due to lack of nutrients and water. It's why in food safety courses you are taught that dishes have to dry completely. Even a sponge which has been used once will be depositing "new" pathogens onto the dish. Stuff is gonna live in the sponge. The sponge doesn't kill pathogens. Removal, soap, and desiccation do. The sponge's job is almost purely mechanical.

Old sponges are smelly as shit though.
New sponges have an unnaturally nice chemical smell.
- Daily sponge microwaving make sense?
There is absolutely a food safety reason to replace a sponge. Most bacteria don't just die when they're in dry nutrient poor environments. They desiccate themselves into a spore form. Those spores can stay like that for very long periods of time until their environment becomes more wet. Then they can continue their lifecycle until they dry out again. Dry doesn't mean sterile.
Yes, but also, mold does grow on the sponge.

Yeah, except I'm 20 :/

The internet has told me you don't enjoy changing sponges then.
- Longest I ever kept a sponge for was four months it was a "I'll do it later" kind of thing, the green scrubbing part had nearly fully been removed lol.

Fuck sponges. I get a dopamine rush replacing my brush.

My brush has lasted a decade and is still going strong. I hate how gross sponges get
I get a dopamine rush fucking sponges.

Great mood? Nah

Better mood? Yeah

Meme fits, cause I'm 25.

Well, better mood, yeah 👍.

cleaning a skillet with a sponge and soap?

heathen!

Team scrub daddy!

Why’s that?
yep, their sponges are incredible, still in perfect shape and no smells after a long time.
just don't get the duster, mine worked so bad I had to throw it away after a week
the white paste stuff is crazy good too

Warm new sponges get me so wet but not in a weird way I just fuck em

It doesn't feel good until after a couple washes

That's what she said

I guess I was over 30 when I was 25

I was always told I was an old soul

Don't use sponges. They have tiny holes, where bacteria live.

Use brushes instead.

Example (Amazon link)

So, what you're saying is, bacteria can'g get stuck in brushes... I say that's not true. Bacteria can live in almost anything.
- Yeah, that's correct. Still, brushes dry much faster than sponges. So the bacteria have less time to grow.
I can't click the link on mobile, it errors out because I'm in the US. Can anyone share a pic?
- here you go:

From the thumbnail it looked like moldy toast. I was a bit disturbed.

I HAVE SHOWN RESPONSIBILITY.

I feel so good that I high five myself and dance the floss dance for ten minutes. Am definitely over 30.

I've caught myself being excited about buying a ladder once. I'm officially old.

Bro my happy time place now is hardware stores. Similarly would you believe Lowe's and home Depot around me both don't carry garage door track sections? Baffling.

New Sponge Day is my favorite national holiday.

i have an irrational fear of the bacteria that live on sponge.

Highlight of my week.

Throwing away a sponge: ❌

Cutting off the layer of ick so it can last longer: ✅

Or just use your aging sponges in a rotating lifecycle. I have 4 stages/sponges at one time that slowly get demoted as they age.
New sponge only gets light jobs. Scrapped clean dishes, pans that just need the oil washed off.
Middle stage wear is used for stuck on foods and generally more gross dishes.
Not usable for dishes, but good for counter/stove tops.
Dirty jobs. Nothing food related. Floors, bathrooms, use with disinfectants.
- Yep have done this for years. Cut a corner off a sponge each time it enters its next life phase so you can easily identity the phase it's in by the way it looks.
- i like this system

How did you gess it?