Keeping a house clean in 2025 feels like a full-time job… with overtime. With all the modern gadgets at our disposal, you’d think our homes would sparkle like an influencer’s Instagram reel. There are more gadgets than in a Bond movie, and somehow, despite them all, your home is still 84% pet hair and crumbs.
The Good Ol’ Days: Broom, Mop, Hope
Fifty years ago, cleaning was simple. A broom for sweeping. A mop for mopping. Maybe a lemon-scented spray if things got wild. People survived without WiFi-enabled appliances, and somehow, their houses still looked… clean?
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No robot vacuums. No apps. Just pure, unfiltered elbow grease and a solid rage-clean before the in-laws arrived.
The Modern Cleaning Arsenal
Today’s homes come equipped with every cleaning contraption imaginable:
Robot vacuum: Great until it chokes on a sock.
Cordless stick vac: Light, handy, and needs charging more than your phone.
Steam mop: Sanitizes your floors and your soul.
Smart trash can: Opens when you wave, still makes you take the bag out.
WiFi dishwasher: Because obviously your plates need internet access.
Enter: Kmart’s Dust-Slippers™
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And now, the crown jewel of modern laziness: Kmart’s dust-slippers™. Just slip ‘em on and shuffle your way to a cleaner floor. It’s cleaning without trying and honestly, the most fun you’ve had mopping since 1998.
Image: kmart.com.au/product
Still Not Clean? Welcome to the Club
Despite all this tech, messes appear out of nowhere like glitter after a birthday party. But hey, at least you can fight them in style… one microfiber shuffle at a time.