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I share your opinion. When I bought my house, ripping out the garbage disposal and putting in a normal drain was one of the first things I did.

I grew up with and around them but they're generally not a thing here in Japan. I'm trying to compost all my organics and such anyway and most things can go into compost.

I can take it or leave it. I rarely turn it on, and only if its draining slowly. I do not use it purposely for food waste, and honestly don't know why anyone would.

I've had to clean out some nasty clogged pipes before that handled sink waste. Maybe if everyone saw what kind of lovely buildup accumulates nobody would use these things.

Edit: nothing like "someone is wrong on the Internet" brings all the boys to the yard. I'll stand by my statement because I'm the one who personally snaked over 5 gallons of congealed sludge from the waste pipe in my tiny crawlspace. I didn't live there long enough and use the disposal enough to explain it, and it wouldn't have happened if there was no disposal to add that much solid matter over the years. So I personally don't care if I have one or not since I do the maintenance for free, but I'll continue to question why they're even a thing.