r/mildlyinfuriating • u/a-DICK-tator • 14h ago

Do u dont wanna My girlfriend insist on placing breadbox sideways.

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u/Specific_Conformity 8h ago

I kind of like it, takes up less counter space

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u/camirose 7h ago

My thought too was I hated bread boxes until I saw this photo, thought I was in life hacks not mildly infuriating. Way more space. Bread boxes I don’t even get the purpose of. It’s all of your counter and it’s more space than the bread. I don’t even think it keeps the bread fresh.

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u/Cold_Calendar_1598 7h ago

I use it to keep vermin out. My cat is blind. I'm sure that is why they may have needed them back in olden times

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u/Competitive-Peanut79 7h ago

If you're trying to keep vermin away from your bread, you've got bigger problems buddy

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u/Cold_Calendar_1598 6h ago

I do. They wave to me when they saunter past. My slunlord is getting the exterminators in Thursday

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u/Impossible_Disk_43 6h ago

Hang on, they sound friendly. Maybe they could bring you treasures if you make friends with them.

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u/Few_Program_2303 4h ago

They might even sew you a ball gown.

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u/Distinct-Raspberry21 6h ago

How many thursdays ago was that? If your in new york i would recommend summoning mamdani, he seems to work insanely quick.

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u/camirose 7h ago

That makes sense I also googled it after posting it and they said prior to preservatives in modern times bread would go stale much faster so the air flow was to trap enough moisture to allow it to live a day longer, but not enough trapped moisture to grow mold.

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u/HappyKnittens 5h ago

Home-made bread likes having its own little apartment space. It goes bad faster without it. We don't question the bread.

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u/genuine_wingnut 6h ago

But the bread should be able to lay down.

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u/Amazing-Quarter1084 6h ago

Keeps it from getting smooshed. And if you have a lot of people in the house you can get a few loaves in the big ones. We use ours for various things that usually are mostly not actually loaves of bread. It's like a food junk drawer. Some tortillas in there... Some of those rice paper eggrollish wrapper things that go all clear and rubbery when you use them, snacky cakes, leftover biscuits, and maybe half a loaf of bread because the dog goes after partial loaves. She leaves full ones be for some reason, but half a loaf is not safe left out in the open.

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u/Responsible_Side8131 6h ago

My cat will rip the loaf of bread to pieces if it’s left out where he can see it

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u/govunah 6h ago

Not only less counter space but the space it takes up is replaced on top. When its horizontal the front is rounded and has to stay accessible.

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u/rorschach2 7h ago

And it'll fall right out right side up if stored to do that. Now I have to buy a breadbox.

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u/jbm747 7h ago

Indeed, a LOT LESS!

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u/Less_Local_1727 6h ago

Yeah I like it too. Like a little food cupboard for bread

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u/0_SomethingStupid 5h ago

Came here to concur. Wouldn't have thought of it but hard to hate it. I get it

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u/Fearless-Air-815 5h ago

And it fits so nicely in the corner that way.