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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Tile countertops. Our house came with them and they are terrible. Who the fuck thought of these?

[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Counterpoint: granite countertops. You can’t see when or where they’re dirty.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I do also hate granite countertops. They are ugly! I do keep one granite slab top cart because the cool surface is great for working pastry or chocolate.

Best countertop we ever encountered in a rental was that Corian stuff, I'm sure it terrible for the environment but it was seamless and wonderful. Second place the old old old Formica counters in my old house. Those I could clean with bleach and they survived more than 70 years, so tough.

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Granite comes in a myriad of styles. I don't understand the blanket statement. It's literally just a type of stone.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

In rentals, it's always a brown gray speckled slab of sadness though.

[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah, Formica isn’t much to look at, but it sure is functional

[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Can you elaborate on what about them sucks so bad? I don't know that I've ever seen them in real life.

[–] Entropywins@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The little grout space between the tiles...can't clean the fucking things well enough and shit always gets in there

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Grout is impossible to clean, kitchens ought not have so many seams to hold bacteria; they also inexplicably had a painted surface that is coming off now. They are so hard they can break a glass if you set it down too hard, and they can themselves also crack.