• @FiniteLooper@lemm.ee
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    388 months ago

    “Sorry it looks like your subscription to Samsung Ice Cubes has expired! Please renew for $19.99 to continue to receive ice cubes for the next 12 months.”

      • @cm0002@lemmy.world
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        118 months ago

        Too late, my new Samsung fridge came with pamphlets for a water filter subscription. Although it does seem like a decent deal and the water coming out of this fridge is the BEST water I’ve ever tasted in my life so I’m inclined to stick with w/e filter Samsung recommends lmao

        • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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          8 months ago

          Man, sorry to tell you, but you just gave money to the worst appliance company AND you bought a model with extra features? Hope you got an extended warranty on that thing!

        • @LukeMedia@lemmy.world
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          48 months ago

          To be fair, I don’t think a subscription for consumables like filters is an anti-consumer practice. What is anti-consumer, is if I buy a fridge and pay for the whole thing, but they want an extra subscription to use part of the fridge. (Ice maker comment above)

        • JackbyDev
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          28 months ago

          I let my filter expire and they came for me actually it still tasted fine even like 6 months after I should’ve replaced it.

    • @PowerGloveSoBad@lemmy.world
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      28 months ago

      Hi FiniteLooper! Long time, no see! Saw your status update about the ice – congrats! They look great!!! 🌨🌨🥶🥶🥶🏅🏅

    • @xTechDeath
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      98 months ago

      Same for crushed, literally 0 ice then just a straight up fucking avalanche

  • @Furbag@lemmy.world
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    228 months ago

    First three cubes come out after half a second.

    You wait what feels like forever for the fourth one to come out as the machine whirrs away.

    Decide you only needed three anyway and move your cup away from the dispenser.

    Twelve more are suddenly and violently deposited onto the floor and shatter into dozens of pieces.

  • @Stache_
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    138 months ago

    Oh I’m sorry did you want those in the glass? 2/4, best I can do

  • don
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    108 months ago

    Me: Insufficient. I require all the ice cubes in all the dimensions.

  • @Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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    108 months ago

    are ice dispensers an actual thing? i have never seen one in real life, people just use ice cube trays…

    feels like such a violently petit bourgeois thing, let’s spend a hideous amount of money to avoid pouring a bit of water into a tray…

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      Oh yes, quite popular here in the US. There are two kinds, really - the ones the post is about are in the door, so you don’t even have to open the door to get ice, which you’d think would appeal to people trying to save energy. The other kind make ice and dump it into a tray in the freezer, and you have to open the freezer door or drawer to use it.

      We have the latter, and we use enough ice that we keep up with it - it doesn’t fill up and shut off or anything like that. I can use ice cube trays but I prefer my ice maker. In fact when we bought the house, it wasn’t hooked up at all, because the previous owners had a dedicated ice maker in the garage that they used that they took with them. I made the effort to get it working pretty quickly after we moved in.

      • @Akasazh@feddit.nl
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        48 months ago

        Yeah I was amazed by those when I visited the us. They are quite energy inefficient, but feel like decadence.

        Then again, I figured the amount was by design. You guys use a lot of ice in everything. Like this big soda cups are at least half full of ice. Where I’m from there’s two to three cubes per glass.

    • ettyblatant
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      Well, to comment on this take, I would like to mention that in America (at least) ice makers in the fridge (either freezer or dispenser in freezer door) have been an unavoidable option when purchasing new appliances for about ~20 years. Even used ones in that timeframe mostly have this feature. Buying fridges over 20yrs old is… not recommended

      • @AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        I use an excessive amount of ice for my water, and only use 3 to 4 × 14 cube trays a day. Bear in mind that I have a 64oz thermal mug that I use for water, and I fill it 2-3 times a day in the winter, and 3-4 times a day in the summer. I’ve been checked for diabetes and don’t have it, I just sweat excessively. I’m also 6’3"/192cm tall and weigh around 220 to 230 lbs so I need a bit more water than about 92% of the population.

        Are you making smoothies or iced coffee? I can’t imagine using 8 trays of ice per day.

        • @RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
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          I live with someone who also does that, and also does make ice coffee, and it’s in Arizona. Plus I have this nice insulated bong with a big chamber for ice water…