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[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

What is the purpose of the little tiny sink on the left?

[-] Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago
[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

I'm not shaming! Maybe it's something important? Maybe I need a tiny little extra sink next to my sink? What have I been missing out on???

[-] m0darn@lemmy.ca 11 points 9 months ago

The small one is to use as a sink when the big one is full of week old dirty dishes.

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Ah, so it's exactly like the 2 sided sink I already have, but one side is smaller lol

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

You definitely need a tiny little extra sink next to your sink.

I don't know how I lived without one to be honest.

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 14 points 9 months ago
[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Note the bottle of Fairy, the UK equivalent of Dawn. It's not a waste disposal, it's a fucking useless sponge holder, in my experience

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

what does the Fairy bottle have to do with it supposedly not being a garburator

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

Waste disposal is a weirdly American thing. That's why when you go on holiday and chuck your food down the drain like a special-needs kid discovering toilet roll for the first time, you have to phone people like me to fix it for you

[-] Swarfega@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

Where I live in the UK, food is placed in a compostable bag which are taken away weekly. They turn it into energy. Way better than blending it and putting down the drain.

[-] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Fun fact, burning biomass is not very good as far as emissions go. In the US waste water treatment byproducts are typically methane and fertilizer, both bottled and sold. a much better place for all that carbon, imo.

[-] Swarfega@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

It's not burned. It goes to an Anaerobic Digester which produces electricity, gas and fertiliser.

[-] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Oh, so the same exact thing, except in your case it goes on a car instead of through the pipes.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

San Diego collects compost bins from homes weekly and powers all the city buses from it

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

weird, it's common where I live (Poland, Europe)

edit: common may be an exaggeration, I could probably list like 5 or 6 homes of my family members and close friends which do have it

edit2: oh we also have Fairy so this may as well be in Poland lol

edit3: the label in the photo is in English so it's unlikely

[-] sawdustprophet@midwest.social 9 points 9 months ago

garburator

This will be a fun new addition to my vocabulary.

[-] Swarfega@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago

They're not common in the UK.

The little sink is just that really. I use it for pouring liquids down the drain when washing dishes and the main sink is full of water.

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Is that common in newer homes? Is it a regional thing? I've only ever seen garbage disposals installed in the regular sink drain, I've never seen one that had it's own dedicated little sink like that!

[-] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

American here: never seen it another way. Always two sinks in one, and the one of them has a garbage disposal on it.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago

Emergency back up sink when you fill other one up with dirty crap. Designed to make you panic and hopefully do something about the real sink. I've always hated double sink designs. They just use a bunch of extra space that could have been more sink.

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

No, it's an insinkerater - it's got a mechanical spinning/bludgeoning device (sorry for the crude imagery!) that reduces leftovers and carrot stubs and the like to a fine meal so it can go down the drain.

I think it's better than in the rubbish, was the thinking? Still not as good as compost, admittedly

[-] lunarul@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

You mean a garbage disposal unit (insinkerator is just one brand). I've never seen those in the side sink, I've only had them in the main one.

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Yes, garbage disposal sink! That's what was stick on my tongue! Thanks, rando.

Dunno why we've only seen opposites

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Yes but you don't need separate sink for that.

[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

It's not a separate sink, it's a dual-chambered sink, it's one big sink with a raised bit in the middle

The real reason for separate sink areas is that one is for un-dirtying them (this side has the disposal usually) and the other side for rinsing

Commercial sinks are usually 3-chambered (rinse, wash, sanitize)

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

I hear you - I don't know why it's never been in the main sink. I've just never seen it like that...

[-] TotalFat@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Some of us work hard and pay good money for a fine meal.. I'm not putting that down the drain!

[-] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

My parents have one like it but with a sort of driptray in it so you can use it to wash fruits and vegetables, for example.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

Sure, some people like them. I'll take a bigger sink and throw a strainer in it for that sort of thing though. Redid my kitchen a few years ago and threw in an obnoxiously large and deep rectangular pit of a stainless steel sink and it's the best damn thing I've done to my kitchen. It even has a seamless extension that is a flat drying rack so you cut an even gianter opening in the granite and put that part over the dishwasher.

[-] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

That we can agree on. Having worked in commercial kitchens a bit I wish every kitchen could be huge and stainless steel. Might actually cook for myself if that were the case.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I had to replace my kitchen faucet and got a nice one. I installed it and was liking it until I looked at the insert that advertised some other products they had and then I wanted a whole new sink as soon as I saw a picture. Their sinks had ledges along the front and back so that you could place add-ons like strainer baskets or grills that would sit flush with the sink and could slide around. It also seemed so obvious that I can't believe these crappy sinks are the norm.

Though I do prefer having a double sink (kinda wish I had a triple one tbh). Then you can do dishes in one and use the other to rinse instead of slowly filling the single sink more and more. Or let dishes pile up a bit in one sink without having to work around those dishes to do other things before you get to cleaning them. Plus it takes more water to fill a giant sink to the same depth as a smaller sink.

Though a bowl inside a giant sink also works. Just give me those ledges and add-ons for whatever my next sink is.

[-] shuzuko@midwest.social 2 points 9 months ago

Can confirm the giant steel basin sink with ledges is fucking awesome. We just installed one and I will never go back.

[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Rinsing sink, for kitchens with limited counter space. My kitchen is small and has one of these. It's just wide enough for one of these.

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Have you got a link that isn't Amashite?

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago
[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Ah, I see. Mine is like this, no fuckin idea what it's for!

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

I’ve seen that once or twice! Some debate:

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Ha ha yeah it just ends up holding the sponge. Total waste of space, they could've made the sink that much bigger!

[-] Patches@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Ah yes the ol I have limited space so I will divide it in half. Do you by chance operate my company's budget? No money for raises but if we split it between hiring, decommissioning, and training we can make money from nothing.

[-] DistractedDev@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

You can have one filled with water and the other freely draining for different steps of cleaning

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