People are freaking out over this tweet posted by a mother named Sarah Turner, that describes the moment her kids realized their cake mixing bowl was also their “family sick bowl.” The term “family sick bowl” seems to elicit strong reactions from many, with people both defending the concept and expressing utter outrage at possibilities for cross-contamination.
My kids have just discovered that the family sick bowl and the cake mix bowl are one and the same. In my defence, this was also the case when I was growing up … but now I’ve said it out loud, I realise I need to break the cycle. I won’t be taking any further questions.
— Sarah Turner (@TheUnmumsyMum) November 27, 2022
The issue seems to stem from people like this mother, who use the exact same bowl for both their family’s vomit and birthday cakes. Defenders say that if you give it a thorough wash, what’s the difference? After all, you’re not usually imagining someone else’s saliva on a clean spoon you’ve just taken for yourself out of the dishwasher.
Don’t see a problem with that. I use the same bowl for some cleaning when I don’t want to take a bucket, for sick days or for storing a big batch of cooked macaroni. We wash it each time in the dishwasher. Ready for its next mission
— Marie R. Harvey (@HarveyMaro) November 27, 2022
How is it unsafe?? We lick utensils and put them back in the drawer after washing.. this is no different aside from in our head. Insanity
— Chilz2011 (@Chilz20111) November 28, 2022
I have a large dog who eats from large metal bowls. I also use those bowls for chopped veggies, mixing stuff, whatever. Love it when gkids are freaked out about that.
— Karen Pontius (@karen_pontius) November 28, 2022
Of course all it takes is the smallest bit of imagination, and that delicious birthday cake just seems a bit less appetizing. And what guest would want to eat something made in a bowl like that? We barely like your kids enough to sit with them at the dinner table, let alone eat from their vomit bowl. It’s not like bowls are that prohibitively expensive.
you can't eat at everybody house
— Jes (@jesofarc8) November 27, 2022
Every time a kid is sick I ask myself why we use the same bowl for puke and popcorn. I have money. I can afford another bowl. Yet here we are.
— frank quitely (@houseofcarlyle) March 6, 2022
I’d like ‘Ancestors responsible for spreading The Plague’ for $800 please Alex https://t.co/Rzl5sbJovA
— reydelaplaya (@reydelaplaya) November 27, 2022
I beg of y’all, PLEASE STOP ADMITTING THINGS
— D.K. Uzoukwu (@DKuzNY) November 27, 2022
And of course the ultimate question is… why a bowl at all? And why do so many people seem to have them? Surely if there is enough time to grab the sick bowl you can also grab a bucket, or a garbage bag? Just walk yourself over to the toilet and save the trouble of a receptacle at all!
Trash can with a plastic bag inside. We have them next to every toilet and in every bedroom. We keep bowls in the kitchen and only use them for food. This whole concept is disgusting tbh.
— I (@wileemcsmiley) November 27, 2022
Really, you just can't eat at everybody's house.
Why do people have sick bowls and not sick buckets?! That means you have to see it and get close to it…that’d make me sick all over again
— Toni (@Cage_Nerd) November 27, 2022
A question I have not seen asked yet: what is the purpose of a sick bowl? I'm assuming a sick bowl is something one would throw up in? Why not use the bowl created to dispose of waste--the toilet????
— .... (@callmeAine) November 27, 2022
And why are some families throwing up so much to begin with that there is a defined bowl and system for it?
Im gonna assume the fact that some of y’all are throwing up so much that you have a designated sick bowl is due to the fact that you are also using the same sick bowl for other purposes
— Shay B ♒️ (@Sin_Shady718) November 28, 2022
I was shook too. Like why is sick bowl even a thing? How frequent are people throwing up in the house to warrant one?
— Edris (@CaptainPHIgeria) November 28, 2022
But perhaps the most terrifying part is that it doesn't seem to stop at vomit bowls. No household appliance is safe.
So...let me be honest here. I am honestly not pressed that people use bowls for vomit and placentas. Do you!!
— Darla (@moodigirl16) November 28, 2022
My issue is with the re-purposing of the bowl!!
Like your potato salad and placenta should NOT have the same bowl!!!
My spatula doubles up as cat vom from carpet remover. pic.twitter.com/SfXFTwYQHf
— Nick Entwistle (@NickEntwistle_) November 27, 2022
I've literally just realised how revolting this is after generations of the same thing!
— Bo (@KingBobIIV) November 28, 2022
My friend puts the bog brush in the dishwasher. As long as we haven't reached that rock bottom, we're OK.
My mum had ‘the wee-wee glass’, used for whenever anyone had to take a urine sample to the doctor. But for the rest of the time it was a regular glass she’d give to visitors with squash in. She couldn’t understand why my sister and I would descend into hysterics whenever she did! pic.twitter.com/jG7ekU2Fxn
— Miranda Dickinson (@wurdsmyth) November 27, 2022
I'd like to take a moment and say that at no point during my childhood was there a family "sick bowl" and my parents should take some pride in that. But the rest of you need to examine your ways before ever having guests over again.
— Eduardo Bracho (@edubrasal) November 28, 2022
This one time I beg of you to let me say “not all white people.” Please.
— ️ Anita at anita1956@mstdn.social ️ (@anita1956) November 27, 2022
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