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What to text back when your roommate says « whose dishes are these »

Already decoded. Here's what they actually meant, the specific words doing the damage, and three replies ranked by what we'd send.

Roommate

whose dishes are these

Question that isn't one

What they actually meant

They know whose. The question is an invitation to confess, which is somehow more uncomfortable than being told off. Just claim them.

How loaded this is · pretty chill

Replies you can send

Keep it calm

We'd send this one

mine, sorry. cleaning them now

Hold your ground

mine. you can just say it's annoying, i won't be offended

Change the game

mine. and yes, i'm on it before tonight

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