We need to make informed choices

Lukewarm take: if you don’t make some effort to clean up as you cook, you’re not competent to enough to be in the kitchen.

~Just my opinion; don’t burn me at the stake.~

Agreed, came here to say this. Clean as you cook. Not always super easy or possible, but if you’re waiting for something to finish/warm up/cool down/whatever, you can probably wash a cutting board or some spoons or something

Or do what I do and wash things as you cook only to realize that you’re going to need them again to finish whatever you’re making. You get to do 3x the cleaning per 1x cooking.

I am not a smart person.

Yup, this and fill the sink up with hot water feeling all smug to then realise I didn’t rinse the rice.