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.

  • @dirtySourdough
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    769 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      769 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
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        79 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
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          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?

        • @[email protected]
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          Why have you not violently disposed of your “smart” electronics that apparently permanently monitor you for amazons profit?

      • tech
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        19 months ago

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

    • Apathy Tree
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      139 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…

      • @Mr_Blott
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        79 months ago

        I got an Oxo Good Grips one for my Christmas this year and I think it’s the last press I’ll ever need

        • @Usually_Lurker
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          59 months ago

          Pampered Chef also makes a very nice one. Usually pampered chef is terribly overpriced but they do have a few high quality gems in the catalog.

          • @Mr_Blott
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            39 months ago

            Yeah I saw those but they were stupidly overpriced like every they do . The Oxo ones were about €30, amazing price for a BIFL item

        • @Blue_Morpho
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          It will last about 5 years. I have one. The rubber handles fall off and the chrome plating peels.

          • @Mr_Blott
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            It does say not to put them in a dishwasher or that’ll happen

          • @Blue_Morpho
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            It’s not one piece. It looks like one piece but the rubber handles eventually separate. The past couple of years I have used it without the rubber handle covers.

        • @hinterlufer
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          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
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            19 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
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          Sometimes you want it pressed rather than chopped

            • @Buddahriffic
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              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.

    • umulu
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      99 months ago

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

      • @dirtySourdough
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        109 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
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          That’s some chinesium level shit right there XD I wouldn’t want that crap either.