[JonnieCache]

>laundry... a bit quicker

Ever tried hand washing your clothes with a bucket and a stick, then running them through a mangle yourself?

It ain't quick. It is orders of magnitude more effort than putting your clothes in the washing machine, which takes about a minute and no physical exertion whatsoever.

[Turing_Machine]

Yep. You also have to consider the time spent on boiling the water, ironing with irons that have to be reheated on a stove, hanging the clothes out to dry (and hoping that it doesn't rain), and so on.