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?

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™
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.

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.