The Stains of Time

Why clean your plate now when you can leave it as a preserved artifact of the past, ready to be reclaimed as a priceless treasure by future archaeologists? Even better, the dust and dirt collected by the ravages of time will easily mask the existing stains on said plate - I heard this can sometimes add even more value to certain items.

On a more serious note, I will be taking an indefinite hiatus from comics from this point onward. You might spot the occasional post being posted on the blog or Instagram from time to time, but the usual weekly frequency is certainly not going to return any time soon.
If time permits, I might post an extra page to go into detail about why this hiatus is happening.

Last Risotto

Most people don't enjoy cleaning, which means there isn't usually a good incentive to learn how to clean effectively. So how to get someone interested in cleaning? Just use the same method that got you interested in cleaning... unless you're just as equally uninterested.

Air drying

Okay, sure, having a bunch of washed bowls and plates scattered around the kitchen doesn't provide a whole lot of room for actual cooking, but think of all the upsides:

1. No manual effort required (besides flipping the item to dry on the other side),
2. Avoids waste by not using tissues to dry and...

I guess that's all the advantages I can think of.

Watch and Wash

You know you've reached middle age when you become peeved at the fact that there are unwashed plates and such in your own home. Look at you now. You used to be cool. You've changed, man*.

*I'm partly writing to my future self here, so please don't feel offended if you're, you know, not a man.

Ignorance ≠ Bliss

I have yet to meet a person who enjoys having their stuff moved around constantly and relishes the "thrill of the hunt" as they try to track down their stuff again. Granted, this also seems like a fairly standard thing to see in a video game, so I guess that means I haven't met a lot of people.

The Duality of Man

It's either that, or painstakingly doing all this cleaning work for others out of your own free will, only to have them berate you because you forgot some really minor thing or didn't clean something in specific way.

Some days, it feels like cleaning is a lose-lose task no matter who you're aiming to please, whether it's yourself or others.

Double Time

You'll be lucky to even have people around at all to help you clean. And when you do have them available to help, it's always conveniently when the hard labor is already done, as if they've got some kind of allergy to putting effort into things. Then again, I'm also guilty as charged...

Party mess

Has there ever been a year where everybody is celebrating the new year without getting blackout drunk or, more ambitiously, have the allotted party venue moderately clean with all the furniture still intact? Perhaps there was one, in another time and place.