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Question #78·28 October 2026·revealed

Dirty dishes: when do they actually get washed?

18 of 38 participants chose When the sink is full.

No answer received more than half the votes.

Right after eating26.3%
Later that day26.3%
When the sink is full47.4%

Self-selected poll · 38 votes. Answer today’s question

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Right after eatingLater that dayWhen the sink is full
Everywhere else 17
242453

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Right after eatingLater that dayWhen the sink is full
Everywhere else 21
293338

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Right after eatingLater that dayWhen the sink is full
Everywhere else 6
333333

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Self-selected online poll, no accounts: one vote per browser per day, capped per network address to limit repeat voting. Country derived at the network edge; age and profession self-reported from fixed lists. Buckets under 25 votes fold into "Everywhere else"; buckets under 5 are never published. Not weighted, not representative of any population.