• CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Is this one of those American things, or am I just ignorant?

    I’ve never changed, or heard about changing a water filter in the fridge 🤔😵‍💫 sounds like I’m living a unclean life…

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      6 months ago

      It really is weird. I guess from other comments that this is something about those fancy and expensive fridges that no normal people have with water dispenser on the door and ice sometimes… Maybe?

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        6 months ago

        At least 50% of American fridges do indeed have ice and filtered water dispensers built in and I think they’re great :) ice cold, delicious water any time of the day? Yes please.

        They’re not even that “fancy/expensive” as it’s fairly standard

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          6 months ago

          if i want cold water, i just let the tap water run for a bit and drink that. granted, its not ice cold, but do you really need it to be freezingly cold?

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          6 months ago

          The last time I got a fridge I bought the cheapest one it could find. It dispensed water but did not have an ice maker.

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      6 months ago

      Does your fridge have plumbing + a water/ice dispenser in the door?

      A regular fridge obviously wouldn’t need cleaning of parts it doesn’t have.

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        6 months ago

        Ooooh that makes sende. No my fidge doesn’t, and I’ve never seen that IRL. It looks useful, when I want ice cubes I need to manually fill an ice tray/bag and put that in the freezer.

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      6 months ago

      Some fridges have a water/ice dispenser built into the door. Not all American fridges have it and it’s available in other markets too.