The top comment on this post is “Just watch what the other dishes are doing and follow their lead. You can do this”. (TikTok screencap)

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    American dishwashers run very hot and use harsh detergents. Some dishes and cookware will state on their packing or even on themselves that they are not dishwasher safe.

    Despite this, the sheer convenience of the dishwasher will make people ignore the warnings, and the objects retain their basic functionality just often enough that the meme can be an open-ended YOLO-like joke, phrased like parental encouragement, instead of merely mocking people who try it.

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      With the exception of pots and pans, which take-up too much dishwasher space, if it can’t survive in the dishwasher, I don’t want it anyway. Run it through and if it breaks it breaks!

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      American dishwashers run very hot and use harsh detergents

      How rude of them. I will use european dishwashers now and my dishes that aren’t dishwasher safe will be better than ever.

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        lol, I didn’t want to presume, especially based on my experience with weak-ass European clothes dryers.

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      Unless it’s some weak-ass plastic, “not dishwasher safe” usually means that certain parts of the item may experience cosmetic damage, and the company got tired of fielding complaints about that.