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Joking aside, a truly admirable goal. My god it would help everyone alive.

dominotw 8y ago
truly a hard problem to solve.
mcbutterbunz 8y ago
Even the manual feed robot from Foldimate would be a huge time save. Still insanely difficult, but would be absolutely amazing.
- IanCal 8y ago
  Would it save much time? I've never spent much time folding clothes, does it take people long? T-shirts take a few seconds, trousers similar, I guess buttoned shirts take a bit longer but wouldn't you want to hang those up?
- dagw 8y ago
  Personally a machine that could iron and hang my shirts would save me a lot more time than a machine that could fold my t-shirts
clothes 8y ago
I don't fold my clothes, and haven't in 20 years. Which is to say, my clothes do not get folded by anyone. No one folde them for me, nor do I fold them myself. You don't have to fold most clothing. You can just toss it all in a basket and let it be. Most cotton wrinkles will disappear after being worn for about 20 minutes. Movement, body heat and ambient humidity removes wrinkles automatically from a lot of clothing. So, basically wrinkles from the drier usually don't last beyond most morning commutes. And then, of course, there's not giving a single fuck about useless minutia, like... fucking wrinkled clothes.
- codegladiator 8y ago
  Wearing ironed clothes makes me feel much better compared to wearing wrinkled clothes. Sometimes the difference could be as huge as between a good day and bad day. So maybe luxury but not useless.
  - Gibbon1 8y ago
    On the other hand, cotton clothes will make you look like a slob if they aren't ironed.
  - dagw 8y ago
    And here I thought I was the only one who felt this way.
- cocochanel 8y ago
  Did you really have to create a new account to post this? Not folding clothes is not a solution.
  - solarkraft 8y ago
    It is a solution. And that's a pretty cool name, imo.
- pnutjam 8y ago
  Unfolded clothes take a larger storage space. True, if left undisturbed in the basket after coming out of the drier, wrinkles are minimal. The problem is when other people in the household paw through the laundry and compress it. Also, if you want to put the laundry in drawers, it gets compressed and wrinkles badly.
  - JohnFen 8y ago
    > Unfolded clothes take a larger storage space. This is the only reason I fold my laundry.

truly a hard problem to solve.

Even the manual feed robot from Foldimate would be a huge time save. Still insanely difficult, but would be absolutely amazing.

IanCal 8y ago
Would it save much time? I've never spent much time folding clothes, does it take people long? T-shirts take a few seconds, trousers similar, I guess buttoned shirts take a bit longer but wouldn't you want to hang those up?
dagw 8y ago
Personally a machine that could iron and hang my shirts would save me a lot more time than a machine that could fold my t-shirts

clothes 8y ago

I don't fold my clothes, and haven't in 20 years. Which is to say, my clothes do not get folded by anyone. No one folde them for me, nor do I fold them myself. You don't have to fold most clothing. You can just toss it all in a basket and let it be. Most cotton wrinkles will disappear after being worn for about 20 minutes. Movement, body heat and ambient humidity removes wrinkles automatically from a lot of clothing. So, basically wrinkles from the drier usually don't last beyond most morning commutes. And then, of course, there's not giving a single fuck about useless minutia, like... fucking wrinkled clothes.

codegladiator 8y ago
Wearing ironed clothes makes me feel much better compared to wearing wrinkled clothes. Sometimes the difference could be as huge as between a good day and bad day. So maybe luxury but not useless.
- Gibbon1 8y ago
  On the other hand, cotton clothes will make you look like a slob if they aren't ironed.
- dagw 8y ago
  And here I thought I was the only one who felt this way.
cocochanel 8y ago
Did you really have to create a new account to post this? Not folding clothes is not a solution.
- solarkraft 8y ago
  It is a solution. And that's a pretty cool name, imo.
pnutjam 8y ago
Unfolded clothes take a larger storage space. True, if left undisturbed in the basket after coming out of the drier, wrinkles are minimal. The problem is when other people in the household paw through the laundry and compress it. Also, if you want to put the laundry in drawers, it gets compressed and wrinkles badly.
- JohnFen 8y ago
  > Unfolded clothes take a larger storage space. This is the only reason I fold my laundry.