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Comment by chabes

12 hours ago

My parents (and many boomers in general) manually wash dishes and then still put them in the dishwasher.

It is significantly less productive to do both, and yet…

I was taught to give them a quick rinse but let the dishwasher make them sparkly clean. This avoids clogging the dishwasher's pipes with excessive food waste. Certainly any piece of food you could pick up between your fingers must be scraped in the bin before going in the dishwasher (or before hand washing).