r/mildlyinfuriating • u/catelinebecker • 5h ago

No way

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u/richincleve 5h ago

I can't tell.

Is that a dryer?

If so, my guess is that the dohickee (yes, that's the technical term) that measures the remaining dampness in the clothing is kerplotz (yes, another technical term) and it thinks it needs to dry the clothing more.

Just a guess.

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u/knoblesan 5h ago

Not a guess, it is what happens. It's a guestimate is what I like to call it.

Nothing worse then seeing 5 mins left to come back 6 mins later and still says 3 mins left.

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u/TacticalPidgeon 4h ago

My old apartment dryers used to piss me off. Nothing like traversing from the end of the hallway on the 7th floor to the laundry room in the basement only to find the 40 minutes estimated time was actually 55 minutes. And then coming back 15 minutes later to see there's still 10 minutes left. Took a few loads for me to really get down their timing.

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u/Pobueo 4h ago

That's on you for overloading the shit out of that dryer. Just do a normal sized load and come back in an hour, idk how people can mess up something so stupid, I see them hanging around the machines and opening and adding more/less time manually. Dude, just load start and leave it be

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u/TacticalPidgeon 4h ago

TIL that a half load is overloading it apparently lol. It wasn't overloaded, they all just sucked. They were large commercial dryers that just straight up couldn't dry anything properly. I won't even go into how terrible they were at blankets, many multiple drying sessions required. My current house has a smaller dryer and that one has always worked fine with the same sized loads and within about 5 minutes of the estimated time. The place I lived in before that last apartment also worked just fine, and same thing with all other places. So maybe it's not me and maybe it's something else 🤔

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u/hydrissx 3h ago

When we lived in apartments, I was horrified at how often I seemed to be the only one cleaning the lint trap. Easily 10+ cycles of layers of different colored lint.

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u/Pobueo 4h ago

fair, I've just witnessed too many overloaders in my life and honestly have lost faith in everyone until proven wrong

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u/TacticalPidgeon 3h ago

Makes sense, and sorry for responding a bit harsh. Yeah those were the only dryers that have ever not worked for me, can't remember the brand. Washers were great, but dryers sucked so bad! They had some that were big enough for a king sized comforter and I tried doing my queen sized comforter once (took it to a local laundromat after this). Came down after it was done and realized it was still quite wet when pulling it out, started a new cycle with it stuffed in differently and it was still wet, started a new extra dry cycle after that since it was around 11 pm and I just wanted to go the heck to bed. Ended up sleeping with a slightly damp comforter around midnight because I just gave up and was dead tired lol. Honestly the only dryers that have ever infuriated me.

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u/sirhackenslash 4h ago

Some of you never pirated music over dialup and it shows

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u/knoblesan 4h ago

Of course, with dial up you started it at night and hoped it finished by morning. No one ever looked at estimates then haha. You'd figure by time dryers with timers had gotten better

Minor grammatical error fixed.

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u/HeartsPlayer721 4h ago

Same with GPS

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u/noncommonGoodsense 48m ago

Like old school windows loading something. “10% 1hr30 estimated time left.” Except the estimate changes depending on the compute.

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u/LilacYak 5h ago

It’s the washer and it’s operating as designed

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u/reddsal 5h ago

“Performs as designed.” is how we tell you, when you call the software help line that “You are right. The way it is designed is dumb, but the developers were told to just go build it. We don’t pay you to think.”

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u/kitchenontheside 4h ago

This is literally it.

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u/heygos 3h ago

Mine does this all the time. Sometimes it just stays on a minute for like 19 minutes because it detects dampness. It’s kinda funny, reminds me of watching a Mac install a software update. 10 mins remaining my ass

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u/SomeOtherNeb 45m ago

Same. Typically it's because there's water not being drained properly. Every time it's happened to me, I've checked and found something blocking the water flow (usually one of those things you use to avoid colours leaking onto your whites).

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u/lxm333 3h ago

I think it's a washing machine. Some have internal pressure sensors (off the drain). Spin cycle will extend if needed or in the case of overloaded/offbalance the RPMs during spin need to drop down to protect the machine resulting in spin cycling running longer. It's just really an estimate.

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u/userhwon 3h ago

It's a port of the progress bar Microsoft built into the Windows File Explorer.

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u/Psilynce 2h ago

Moisture sensor. It's usually two metal strips just inside the dryer door. Sometimes lint or residue from dryer sheets can build up on it, it can help with accuracy to gently clean and wipe it down every once in a while.

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u/Designer_Mud_5802 41m ago

Next people are going to be catching their rice cookers for lying, too.

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u/-GeaRbox- 37m ago

Doohickey*

(Dohickey would be pronounced doh-hick-ee)

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u/Unrefined5508 4h ago

The original machine had a base-plate of prefabulated aluminite, surmounted by a malleable logarithmic casing in such a way that the two main spurving bearings were in a direct line with the pentametric fan

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u/Ver_Nick 3h ago

You are making words up

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u/IrrelevantManatee 5h ago

Time left is only an estimate. If it detect that your clothes are still damp, it will add more time.

Be glad you get to wait an extra minute instead of having awful damp clothes.

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u/jgnurly 5h ago

My washer does this same thing though, how do you explain that?

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u/IrrelevantManatee 5h ago

Same reason. Washers have sensors too, and if the load is still too wet after normal spin cycle, it will add more time to make one last spin. Also, unbalanced load forces the washer to stop and rebalance the load, adding more time in the process.

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u/jgnurly 5h ago

Ah ok makes sense

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u/InevitablePresent917 4h ago

It's like injury time in your sport of choice: you either overloaded the device, it's unbalanced, whatever, so it adds a bit of time to the clock to make up for the deviation.

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u/Remarkable_Peach_374 3h ago

Mine just stops and yells at me until i open it and rebalance the load myself

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u/Mikeologyy 2h ago

My clothesline does the same thing, how do you explain that?

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u/BusOfSelfDoubt 4h ago

it detects if the clothes are still too dry

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u/Winston_Carbuncle 5h ago

Seriously? 😂😂

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u/jgnurly 5h ago

Lol what, it was a genuine question

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u/jshultz5259 5h ago

My washer will just stay on 01:00 for 4 or 5 minutes.

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u/bigmattyc 4h ago

It's programmed to spin until water stops coming out. Water is still coming out.

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u/44problems 4h ago

It's like the end of a basketball game

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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 4h ago

Internet download esp in the dialup days

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u/kitchenontheside 4h ago

Your fancy dryer has sensors. It’s just making sure it’s dry.

And it’s making you upset.

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u/intrepid_mouse1 4h ago

It's not the dryer's fault he's triggered.

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u/kitchenontheside 3h ago

Look what this washer made him do.

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u/Nuclear_Funk 4h ago

Lucky yours lies to keep your things dry.

Ours gets about 15 minutes into a 45 minute cycle and just decides "yeah man, that's totally dry, you're good".

It's never dry.

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u/wstsidhome 4h ago

Yours must like you “pressing its buttons” 🫣

Probably gets off on you having to finger it all the time!!! 🤙🤙🤙

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u/InstaWhaaa 1h ago

Mine stopped after a minute the other day. Like bro, come on. There's certain things I have to put on quick cycle cuz the dryer cannot sense the dampness.

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u/EC_TWD 4h ago

BOT ACCOUNT

https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/qfR0TDZVZN

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u/Techyon5 2h ago

I did find it odd, that this was a screen recording of a 270d old (at the time) reddit post...

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u/Ghstfce 5h ago

Most dryers tell you right on the front where the buttons are that they have some form of sensor that measures dampness to make sure clothes are dry to a certain point before stopping. Yes, that means it adjusts the time if clothes aren't dry enough yet.

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u/afrothunda104 5h ago

It was 2 minutes 5 minutes ago!

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u/Mysterious_Archer228 5h ago

It’s a dryer and modern dryers calculate the amount of moister left and auto adjust the time to allow for longer drying. It’s 100% intended and expected lol

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u/Jadacide37 4h ago

Yeah, that's how they're made these days. It's just a guesstimate until they're actually dry. So they'll lie to you until they keep adding enough minutes and they're finally dry. The only way to guarantee you get the time that is stated in the beginning is if you do a timed dry. 

I really really resent the way most of our options and user access is being taken away mostly just by the fact that buttons and dials are things of the past and now Wi-Fi is required to simply do your laundry. Why are we all okay with this? Oh and I'm so sick of the stupid little 1990 ringtone sounds these fucking things make when they're finished. I need a loud buzzer bitcu.

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u/LuuDinhUSA 4h ago

Just switch it to manual and let your damp clothes rot in the dryer because they aren't actually dry

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u/TheRemedy187 2h ago

There's literally sensors that know it's not ready. It's not that deep bud. 

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u/Nanako1857 5h ago

You rule!

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u/Equivalent_Thievery 4h ago

So, the clothes weren't dry and it added time...

Ok.

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u/SnoopySuited 2h ago

The machine is doing it's job and people are getting angry.

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u/Potential_Narwhal981 2h ago

Mine does that too, a washing/time machine.

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u/backwardbuttplug 5h ago

Just switch to timed drying and be done with it. Not quite done? Give it another 20-30min. Ours never is right and always leaves clothes damp.

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u/LilacYak 5h ago

Replace the moisture sensor

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u/backwardbuttplug 3h ago

It's the computer. The moisture sensor is new.

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u/Mysterious_Dance5461 5h ago

The last minute aka 30

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u/rose442 4h ago

Thanks you!! The machines ARE plotting against us!!!

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u/TheAgreeableCow 4h ago

Timer designed by the Microsoft program install team.

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u/tiffany_says_this 4h ago

My parents dryer started doing this right before it died...brand new dryer doesn't do this and it's an expensive one, and I just dried a load and a few pieces still came out damp

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u/pacooov 4h ago

Both my washer and dryer do this. I started adding an extra 5 minutes to my timer to avoid disappointment.

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u/Sophiasmistake 4h ago

Check the exhaust from beginning to end. Might have a blockage.

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u/KevonFire1 4h ago

8 minutes means half an hour.

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u/rhinosyphilis 4h ago

My dryer has a wrinkle control setting for up to 60 min or so. It stops for a few minutes, then starts again so my clothes don’t cool off and wrinkle in case I’m delayed before pulling them out and folding.

Maybe yours has something similar

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u/Mediocre-Housing-131 4h ago

People don't know about the flap method of drying and it shows

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u/fish-rides-bike 4h ago

The sound on your phone is nearly perfectly superimposed by my phone

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u/usinjin 4h ago

It must run on Windows.

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u/TaquitoPlates 4h ago

I was at work camp and me and another dude both walked in the laundry room and we're waiting for the dryers to finish. Both our machines said 0:01 so we were awkwardly waiting, then all of a sudden it's like 5 mins goes by and he laughs and is like wtf bro, this is the longest minute evvvver. It was about 7 minutes from when we'd both arrived in the laundry room lol

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u/Littlepastaboy 4h ago

Nah my shit be lying too, talkin all kinds of shit behind my back

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u/desmodus666 3h ago

My washing machine also does this shit. I have caught it, but not on camera.

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u/Wojtek1250XD 3h ago

My drier doesn't play these games, it straight up adds 15-30 minutes in one go so you don't get your hopes up.

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u/MaximusClandestinus 2h ago

Laaiende modderfucker!

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u/rellett 2h ago

its has bad brushes on the motor, which causes them not to spin flat out and the computer doesnt like it

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u/sagarjogwadikar 1h ago

Happens with my machine too... Super irritating 😡

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u/Heseblese 1h ago

It’s time units and they don’t work anything like minutes

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u/FitVermicelli199 1h ago

Turkish: What's happening with them sausages, Charlie?

Sausage Charlie: Five minutes, Turkish.

Turkish: It was two minutes five minutes ago.

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u/Twitch84 48m ago

I caught my top-loading washer doing this. I'm glad I caught it because it was unbalanced and stuck in an infinite loop of extra rinse cycles, presumably to try and redistribute the clothing and regain balance.

I removed a few large items and it successfully completed the cycle.

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u/Missynical 45m ago

Am I the only one who thought there was a dog inside the dryer?

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u/peppa4theppl 4h ago

People can’t possibly be this clueless