do the dishes
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"Everyone wants to save the world, but no one wants to help mom do the dishes," an X user commented, referencing a quote by American author PJ O'Rourke.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
The humanoid bot can do the dishes, clean and fold laundry, but for now it also requires a human puppet master.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Meredith Olan, director of the Banner House history museum, has been hauling water from the creek and boiling it just to do the dishes.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
He told Slate that Cannon’s reasoning reads as “kind of saying that she didn’t do the dishes and therefore the dishes are dirty.”
From Slate ● May 15, 2024
After I hung up, I helped Betty Jean fold the laundry and do the dishes.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
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