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Cooked my ex-roommate's thawed steak, $12 fix ended the feud

He left a ribeye on the counter for 9 hours and called it fine, so I grabbed a $12 meat thermometer and showed him 68 degrees in the center. He finally agreed to split utility bills evenly after that, has anyone else used a cheap gadget to settle a roomie argument?

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davis.ruby•3d ago

After 3 months of chaos, my roommate finally got a real job

I don't want to jinx it, but last Thursday was the first full week where our apartment didn't smell like burnt popcorn and regret. My roommate, Steve, got hired at a warehouse in Arlington and it's like a switch flipped. He used to stay up till 4am gaming and then sleep through his online classes, leaving dishes in the sink until they grew things. Now he's gone by 7:30am and actually makes his bed, which I didn't even know he knew how to do. The weirdest part is he started buying his own paper towels and even asked if I wanted him to grab me something from the store on his way back. I'm not gonna throw a parade yet, but we had a 20 minute conversation about his new coworker's dog without him checking his phone once. Has anyone else had a roommate turn it around this fast, or am I just waiting for the other shoe to drop?

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juliashah•3d ago

Just realized my roommate's 'clean' dishes were breeding mold for 11 months

I found black spots on my coffee mug one morning and traced it back to the dishwasher. My roommate had been rinsing plates with cold water and calling it clean since I moved in last October. I checked our rack with a flashlight and counted 14 cups with gunk stuck to the bottom. She said the hot cycle 'ruins the plastic' so she never ran it. I ran a full load with vinegar and citric acid yesterday, and the filter looked like a swamp. Has anyone else had a roommate quietly disable the dishwasher settings?

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sullivan.spencer•4d ago

My roommate's 2 AM smoothie habit finally got weird enough to confront

I moved in with this guy Jake back in September, and every single night around 2 AM he blends kale, frozen berries, and protein powder. I thought it was just a health kick, but last Tuesday I found his blender in the dishwasher still caked with last week's smoothie residue. He never washes it, just runs it with soap and water, which apparently doesn't cut it. I called him out and he said 'it's fine, the blades clean themselves,' which is just factually not true. Has anyone else dealt with a roommate who thinks appliances have self-cleaning powers, or am I the only one?

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