Are you using magnetic pans?

Agreed. Most people don't have thousands of dollars on hand to deal with pests and cleanup. A flying squirrel got into the crawlspaces under my roof last year. I found its entry hole and sealed it up with void-fill foam. Problem solved.

Like a standalone one?

Buy cheap, buy twice.

Add to that list skateboards, pogo sticks, couch cushions (for when you play "The floor is lava"), stools, slippers, ice skates, inline skates, socks, floor mats at your entrance, carpets, and palanquins.

Everyone talks about how great induction is but I absolutely hate the one in my apartment. It feels like a worse version of electric cooktops

That’s a pretty bad comparison.

Obviously you need to throw a few logs and some gasoline in the stove first. The resulting heat should be enough to cleanse your kitchen of any grime, as well as the rest of your house.

It ain’t binary! Some disorder != hoarders

And people who have high thresholds are dirty.

Another LPT: If you wipe up spills/splatters from the stovetop immediately after they happen then not only are they ridiculously easy to clean, but you just saved a step of cleanup for when you are done cooking.

If you live alone, sure.

That's what I do. Helps alot when food is stuck. Ty

This never works for me. Never mind the fact that my oven and stove are across the kitchen from each other.

To each their own. People have different thresholds

In the same way you just reworded the comment you replied to, yes

I bet my roommate

Tips for washing car! Don’t let it get dirty, ever. If a bug hits the windshield, immediately pull over and wipe it off. Like, it’s true. But it’s not realistic or helpful in this case. This is a tip for cleaning the stove. Doing exactly what OP described but saying always do it every time. OP is right that this is just the passive aggressive version. In both cases, they are just saying to clean it right after usage.

Yeah, having months worth of grime in your kitchen to save a few minutes per week on cleaning time sounds like a good tradeoff. /s

i cover everything i nuke

purple zep from home depot works really well too.

What’s next? You gonna tell us that you can service your own HVAC and swap the engines in your car? Obviously if you know how to deal with it yourself then have at it. Majority of people were never taught or know where to start on how to properly deal with infestations which is why the entire job profession exists at all

LPT: 23 seconds of easy labor every time you use your stove adds up to be greater then the 10 minutes of hard labor required to clean your stove after 6 months of grime build-up.

We had some gaps between roof and outside walls that were patched up. Trapped the racoons and took them to a park to let loose. Smaller critters almost impossible to block out. Use the electronic screamers to keep rodents out.

how can both sides of a couple follow this advice?

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