Did you know there is a Youtube Free Cleaning community? AlSweigart posted about Midwest Magic Cleaning, and specifically the channel owner's bracing reaction to the commenters who "get off on the dopamine rush of mocking people and blaming them." Very informative, and not a bad intro to the people helping folks with depression and various mental issues that result in hoarding or out of control mess. As armeowda comments "This dude gets it."
"Each weekday, you receive a new task to get your living space clean, bright, and ready for the new year. Come join us for asynchronous cleaning, accountability, and conviviality": mochapickle has posted a group thread in IRL for the Apartment Therapy January Cure 2023, starting today!
Getting Clear
The Wrong Kind of Cheese turns out to be exactly the Right Kind of Cheese, again, with thoughtful and expert advice on a tricky distance cleanup situation.
Lundby Restoration by Studio Sarah Lou (cc by)
Finally, it's settling down... :-) by Eirik Newth (cc by)
From wintersweet, in Ask Metafilter, What are your best tips / gadgets / purchases for preventing things in your household from needing to be cleaned / maintained as much or as often? I don't mean how to make the cleaning easier or faster, but how to reduce the amount of cleaning that has to be done in the first place.
Top view of lilac flower in a plate. Spring concept. by wuestenigel (cc by)
We are a fam of 4 living in an apartment on the first floor of a two story building with two cats in NYC, and we don't get a lot of ventilation...
In Ask Metafilter, RajahKing asks, "Beyond the basics of keeping our apartment clean," how do I make my apartment smell fresher and better?. DSime (among others) has answers.
Greater One-horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) by warriorwoman531 (cc by-nd)
September 6th, 2017: the day thousands of Mefites checked for foulness behind their ears for the very first time — Elly Vortex
Melismata asks why the backs of her ears sometimes smell like rhinoceros ass ... and Mefites have answers!
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