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For me, there were several dollar store trinkets that already broke, and one toy for my kids that was a huge sparkly styrofoam mess waiting to happen, so I threw it out rather than curse anyone else with it.

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[-] dirtySourdough@lemmy.world 74 points 11 months ago

I mentioned to a family member how much I like my garlic press. I then received a garlic press for Christmas and will certainly be regifting it.

[-] TheActualDevil@sffa.community 75 points 11 months ago

Is your family member Google Ad Sense?

"I see you spent a week researching PSUs for your computer and I see that you finally bought one. Would you like to buy a PSU? because even though we know you bought one we'll be showing you nothing but ads for PSUs for the foreseeable future."

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Its really bad when you're in your living room talking about PSUs, then all of a sudden the only adds you see online are about PSU's.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I'd be all like, "wtf happened to my ad blocker!?"

Speaking of which, if you talk about ad blockers in your living room, do you get ads for those?

[-] technicalogical@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Ad Sense doesn’t know you’ve made your purchase.

[-] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 11 months ago

What kind do you have?

I have an ancient one, probably my great grandmothers, and the garlic just gets smashed into the square-but-actually-round holes and it’s impossible to get most of it out.

Mostly it makes smashed garlic, which I can do with a knife much more easily..

[-] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Are people just too lazy to chop garlic?

[-] hinterlufer@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Pressed garlic has a much more intense flavor. For a stew or most cooked stuff I would squash and chop it, for sauces or garlic oil I prefer pressed.

It's also much faster as you don't have to peel it and if you wash the press right away it's just as fast as washing a knife.

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

It has literally never occurred to me that there's no need to peel garlic if it's going in a press. I feel dumb now.

[-] smort@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Sometimes you want it pressed rather than chopped

[-] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Pestle and mortar? Smash it with a spoon?

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Knife works better, since it's a flat surface. A spoon would push it to the side instead of crushing evenly. Mortar and pestle is overkill unless you've got a lot of garlic to press.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago

You don't know my diet

[-] umulu@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Regifting it because you don't need a second one? Or because the one gifted to you is of lower quality?

[-] dirtySourdough@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Both. I bought one from this brand before and it rusted after the first use. I'll admit I may not have washed it properly, but that's not something I expect from my kitchenware. And I don't see a use for a second garlic press, but I'm open to hearing one

[-] umulu@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

That's some chinesium level shit right there XD I wouldn't want that crap either.

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