# What DON'T you use that everyone else does? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444 "2013-05-15T19:47:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/1 "2013-05-15T19:47:50Z")
I don’t buy or use paper towels. I use cloth towels that I wash and bleach. I also use cloth napkins. I also don’t have or want a dishwasher or cell phone. How about you? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/2 "2013-05-15T19:50:57Z")
I don’t own a digital camera, and even though I’m on Facebook, I have no idea how to post pictures online. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/3 "2013-05-15T19:52:05Z")
Q-tips. I’ve never used them. I’ve always preferred tissue paper. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/4 "2013-05-15T19:54:44Z")
I’m the only person in the lab without a smartphone. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/5 "2013-05-15T19:55:06Z")
Napkins. We have a bunch of cloth ones we wash. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/6 "2013-05-15T19:56:48Z")
spel chek ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/7 "2013-05-15T19:57:38Z")
I probably wouldn’t buy paper towels if I didn’t have two cats who throw up occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/8 "2013-05-15T19:59:52Z")
Makeup (yes I’m female) Hair color (I’m over 50) Dishwasher - tho that may not count 'cuz if I had one that worked I’d use it. Anything baby or kid related Twitter ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/9 "2013-05-15T20:01:52Z")
Salt. I bought some once for a science project and that’s all it’s ever been used for. Not that I never like salty food, but I don’t add it to anything. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/10 "2013-05-15T20:05:30Z")
I don’t use a smartphone, even though I think they’re super cool and very useful. I just am not away from my wifi enough to justify paying the $30/mo minimum extra it’d cost to get one. I don’t use milk in my boxed macaroni & cheese. I don’t even use the full amount of butter. I don’t buy Kraft either, I buy the store brand. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/11 "2013-05-15T20:06:21Z")
Freezer - it broke down and I every time I get near to replacing it, a whacking great bill comes along Washing machine - Its pretty much as cheap to use the laundrette, especially when you add in the energy costs, and cost of maintenance and repair. Tumble dryer - see ‘washing machine’ Digital camera - keep thinking about getting one, but the desire comes and goes, and it never seems to coincide to times when I have the money - I guess you always want stuff when you can’t afford it, and when you can, you don’t want it any more. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/12 "2013-05-15T20:15:16Z")
Microwave. Like the poster above, it broke one day and by the time my lazy ass got around to seriously consider buying a new one I realized I really didn’t miss it. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/13 "2013-05-15T20:39:20Z")
Social media. I’ve thought about it, but my best friends don’t use it either so it’s sort of point less. Oh I tried FaceBook for a while, and kept getting friended by obscure people that frankly, I don’t care about. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/14 "2013-05-15T20:40:29Z")
Damn, I think I use everything that everyone else does. Napkins, paper towels, q-tips, microwave, dishwasher… Oh, I know: Fabric softener, liquid and sheets. I hate that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/15 "2013-05-15T20:42:50Z")
Car belts ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/16 "2013-05-15T20:50:33Z")
I don’t have/use: 1. dishwasher 2. garbage disposal 3. smartphone (I do have a cell, but it’s a stupidphone) 4. make up (I’m a woman) 5. social media Maybe some other stuff I don’t recall off hand. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/17 "2013-05-15T20:52:16Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Damn, I think I use everything that everyone else does. Napkins, paper towels, q-tips, microwave, dishwasher… > > Oh, I know: Fabric softener, liquid and sheets. I hate that stuff. I don’t use fabric softener either, especially now that I know what it’s made from. ---
**Author:** ![ttf3289](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@ttf3289](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ttf3289)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/18 "2013-05-15T20:59:16Z")
I’m told that I often fail to use “common sense” …but I seem to have a plethora of all the other “modern” conveniences. Wait! I don’t have a …oh, yeah, I do …hmmm ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/19 "2013-05-15T21:17:37Z")
No cellphone, no digital camera, no microwave. I have two landlines, one is my ancient rotary dial phone. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/20 "2013-05-15T21:25:02Z")
A doctor. I don’t have a doctor. I don’t get checkups. I don’t get sick. Can’t remember the last time I have been to one. (I’m 45, FWIW.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444.md?page=2)