Post #3813570

2026-07-14 15:16 UTC

Americans don't say "caretaker" they say "janitor" except they don't anymore, they say "custodian" now as a euphemism for "janitor," they should say "caretaker" instead because it's a more beautiful and descriptive word for the people who take care of places and by extension the people who spend time in those places I want a caretaker-length, caretaker-strength mop with the spinny gimmick in a bucket that isn't bright yellow with the comedy banana-peel-slip picture please

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@ifixcoinops@retro.social 2026-07-14 15:30

I can't believe I watched a video that showed a male-presenting person mopping the floor and thought "Oh cool, this mop must have been designed for people who are a little bit taller and tend to rely more on their upper body strength to accomplish everyday tasks, which means this mop will be longer than average and intended to be pushed hard into the floor!" instead of "This company wants to sell shitty short mops to blokes as well, I am a sucker, I am born every minute, there will be a thousand more like me today"

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@zwol@masto.hackers.town 2026-07-14 15:20

@ifixcoinops@retro.social can the handle be removed and replaced with a longer pole acquired in some raccoonish fashion?

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@clew@ecoevo.social 2026-07-14 15:46

The heads screw in why aren’t they all sold with separate heads and handles so everyone’s handle fits them? Snath it up, people! @ifixcoinops@retro.social

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@GuerillaOntologist@social.coop 2026-07-14 16:38

@ifixcoinops@retro.social So a wooden handle, metal parts, with removable, washable mop head, of the variety all of us janitors* are familiar with (head made from loops of cotton rope, lasts forever). You'd have to change the way the mop head attaches to the handle (compared to the standard design) to allow for spinning the head inside the handle-cone thingy, but I can already imagine a pretty simple design. And make the (manly) bucket a separate item, so those of us who already have more buckets than space to put them in can also benefit from this excellent idea. Again, I smell business opportunity. Maybe if we call it an AI Mop some techbro VC will fund a startup... *"Caretaker" already has a distinct meaning in American English (think home health aide), and "custodian" only applies to janitors working in the K-12 school system, in my book. You do you, though.

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