BenderIsGreat34
Me: why is everything so dusty?

People who can adult: you have to dust.

Me: what, like annually?

Adults: no, more like weekly.

Me: that can’t be right.
Sep 14, 2025 at 12:47amWeb
Show threadGoose goes Brrrr 🥶Sep 14, 2025
@andymoose when is a dusting Roomba gonna be made? Where's the Kickstarter funding page?
Show threadfeuerrotSep 16, 2025
@dasparky @andymoose an automatic vacuum cleaner helped me a lot with dust - probably because it reduces the amount of dust on the floor, so it can't rise again?
Show threaduvok cheetahSep 16, 2025
@feuerrot @dasparky @andymoose but I have to move all the stuff on the floor aside before the roomba can run. :(
Show threadgkrnoursSep 16, 2025
@dasparky @andymoose air purifier help with dust
Show threadGoose goes Brrrr 🥶Sep 16, 2025
@gkrnours @andymoose it was a joke, folks.
Show threadCoral 😷Sep 14, 2025
@andymoose sounds fake, can't be true
Show threadWearyBonnieSep 14, 2025
@andymoose
The thing I can't understand is that there is SO MUCH dust even though we have 4 decent sized air purifiers running constantly, what??? When I think of how much tiny dust we must have been breathing before we learnt about indoor air quality, omg 😳
Show threadexlibrarykrisSep 14, 2025
@andymoose i am spring cleaning and asking myself why there are so many surfaces
Show threadgrob (teeth era) 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Sep 15, 2025
@exlibrarykris *checks top-level domain of instance* phew!
Show threadnorapap 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 14, 2025
@andymoose Me: well actually, depending on the circumstances, it's more every second day.
Show threadjustmichelleSep 14, 2025
@andymoose Now do "with cats."
Show threadRamenCatholic 🐢🌈Sep 15, 2025

THIS

(to quote 15% of all early internet comments)

@justmichelle @andymoose

Show threadSteve GisselbrechtSep 14, 2025

@andymoose

“There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.”
― Quentin Crisp

Show threadAndrewSep 14, 2025
@andymoose Oh, is that what that layer on rarely moved things is called?
Show threadNorman WilsonSep 14, 2025
@andymoose Most dust derives from shed human skin cells. If you don't want to dust, stay wrapped in plastic.
Show threadBenderIsGreat34Sep 14, 2025
@oclsc Certainly beats dusting.
Show threadEniko FoxSep 16, 2025
@oclsc @andymoose this also helps you get an adequate daily intake of microplastics so its a twofer
Show threadMad EngineeringSep 16, 2025
@oclsc @andymoose the other two big sources are.fibers that rub off your clothes and space rocks that get ground to a fine powder by falling through the atmosphere, become electrostatically charged, then stick to all the flakes and fibers.
Show threadJesse SpielmanSep 15, 2025
@andymoose too real
Show threadLilith Ashley Nyx Arson Sep 15, 2025
@andymoose so fucked up...
Show thread"Nurture-boy" Ric FlairSep 15, 2025
@andymoose
I dust when I move out.
Show threadPeachMcDSep 17, 2025

@mikefordays @andymoose

#THIS

Show threadszpon the wizardSep 15, 2025
@andymoose sounds like a scam
Show threadGreenSkyOverMe (Monika)Sep 15, 2025
@andymoose yeah *sigh*
Show threadAedius Filmania ⚙️🎮🖊️Sep 15, 2025

@andymoose

Me : dusty is fine then.

Show threadCorvid CroneSep 17, 2025

@Aedius @andymoose

It adds character

Show threadMatthew MillerSep 15, 2025

@andymoose

A good air purifier will significantly reduce this. Very very worth it.

Show threadKevin RussellSep 15, 2025

@andymoose

“There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.”

-Crisp

Show threadGlyphSep 16, 2025

@andymoose @mpirnat life hack:

1. buy a ton of air filters, one for each room, and run them on their lowest setting 24/7. (Good for covid prophylaxis & wild fire readiness too!)
2. Clean their filters every 3 months, much less frequently
3. Sorry everything is still dusty and you still gotta dust if you don’t like that. But *less* so!

Show threadAlastair McBain Sep 16, 2025
@glyph @andymoose @mpirnat Look, uh, can I not just upgrade my two main entrances into functional airlocks? 🤪 😄
Show threadMike PirnatSep 16, 2025
@asmcbain @glyph @andymoose It depends… how are you at not having dead skin cells slough off as part of day to day living?
Show threadAlastair McBain Sep 16, 2025

@mpirnat @glyph @andymoose Yeah, I was aware that wouldn't solve the problem for the reason you said when I posted it, hence the "🤪".

However, I do live in an area technically termed "shrub steppe" so the amount of environmental dust tracked in or blown through the weather stripping gap in my front door isn't none. 🙂

Show threadAlex RSep 16, 2025
@mpirnat @asmcbain @glyph @andymoose surely there must be some sort of lacquer one can apply to prevent this
Show threaddasgrueneblattSep 16, 2025

@asmcbain
yes, exactly, and stop wearing clothes, using towels, blankets and any other textiles. Also don't grow hair. Don't eat crumbly food. 🤔 should be possible  

@glyph @andymoose @mpirnat

Show threadAlex Celeste, Princess Consort of BurnoutSep 16, 2025
@dasgrueneblatt this is like 90% of the reason i would love to trade my pathetic body of meat and bone for a ceramic and titanium chassis 😞
@asmcbain @glyph @andymoose @mpirnat
Show threadMike PirnatSep 16, 2025
@erisceleste @dasgrueneblatt @asmcbain @glyph @andymoose I’m still holding out for becoming a Star Trek-style sentient cloud of pure energy, personally. It seems like a much lower maintenance burden. ✨
Show threadAlastair McBain Sep 16, 2025
@mpirnat @erisceleste @dasgrueneblatt @glyph @andymoose Geeze. All I want is to trade my intestines so I don't have to down lactase and worry about how many cashews I ate. 😅
Show threadCassandraSep 16, 2025
@andymoose hmm seems fake
Show threaddnSep 16, 2025
@andymoose Catch 22: if you dust, ie push dust from surfaces back into the air; it irritates allergies.
If don't dust, the dust on surfaces irritates allergies.
Choose one!
Show thread🇳🇿   💉*9 RogerSep 16, 2025
@andymoose I can only dust when Mrs is out of the room (allergies). She's set up her office in the lounge these days, and she's almost always there...
Show threadPossumanthaSep 16, 2025
@andymoose so I've been dutifully adding flour to surfaces but things are not cleaner?
Show threadAspiring Deathclaw Wife Sep 16, 2025
@andymoose protip: setting up true HEPA filters around the house does dual duty. first, it knocks down the number of times you need to dust significantly. second, it makes your house way safer in the face of airborne diseases. i love not having pollen all over and getting sick.
Show threadCybird Sep 16, 2025
I did the cheapo version of this where I duct taped a AC filter to a box fan. I think it works okay, but your milage may vary.
Show threadpost-glorped z4t zh!nq Sep 16, 2025
@andymoose Duke Nukem voice mmh, things are gonna get dusty
Show threadLilacSep 16, 2025

@andymoose i become more like an adult when i realize why adults did what they did

i dont like it

Show thread0x4d6165 (Julie or Mae)Sep 16, 2025
@andymoose
Show threadDarkRatSep 16, 2025

@andymoose have you opened a bug report?

Although, bugs also need to be removed sometimes. so maybe open a dust report?

Show threadrat (mibioctet)Sep 16, 2025
@andymoose
You apparently have to *wash* your *walls*?! Who has time for that?!
Show threadPrincess Serena Star ✨Sep 16, 2025
@andymoose fucked up
how have we as a society not fixed the dust issue yet
Show threadagatha  Sep 16, 2025
@Starcross @andymoose forget ai, forget space exploration, spend all that money solving the dust issue!
Show threadNot a Spring OnionSep 16, 2025

@agatha @andymoose @Starcross

One big source of dust is dead skin cells.
The obvious solution is no cover oneself with malt paste in regular invervals and have a cat lick of the dead cells.

Show threadaww-yawnSep 17, 2025
@wakame @[email protected] @andymoose @Starcross i live in big city. dust here is more pollution than dead cell. ​​ the more "developed" an area the worse the dust gets.
Show threadWendroid 🇺🇦Sep 18, 2025
@agatha @Starcross @andymoose The dust is us.
Show threademilySep 16, 2025
@andymoose I try to mitigate this with HEPA filters and such but there is really no way around it; my personal vietnam
Show threadFrang Sep 16, 2025
@andymoose wiping things with dryer sheets can help under some environmental conditions.
Show threadRog Dolos 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 16, 2025
@andymoose Used to have these CRT screens commonly collecting much of the dust out of the air, while we were obliviously unaware (not even joking).
Show threadLoohoosaherSep 16, 2025
@andymoose
Let me tell you about living with animals...
Show threadRue MohrSep 16, 2025
@andymoose I know right? how the hell does my cat have any fur left when it sheds this much!?
and how does it shed it in the house during the summer when its not even IN the HOUSE!?
Show threadJulie SqveakarooSep 17, 2025
@andymoose No no no, just turn the ceiling fan on high for a few minutes, and it dusts itself...
Show threadPan💔Sep 17, 2025

@andymoose you can limit this by several methods

1. cease to care about dust
2. display stuff in cabinets rather than on shelves. just never look on top of the cabinets
3. give things a cheeky dust with the hem of your garments when you notice them looking bad and otherwise don't think about it
4. come up with some incredibly expensive tech solution like turning every room into its own filtered pocket universe, or vacuum suction doorways
5. perfect metal machine body never sheds skin