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> This is what happened with the introduction of household appliances. Instead of spending less time doing laundry, for example, we do laundry more often. I ha
by coding123 5y ago
> This is what happened with the introduction of household appliances. Instead of spending less time doing laundry, for example, we do laundry more often.
I have thoroughly debunked this commonly referenced saying. I don't have a washer and a dryer any more and I can't go into laundromats because Tide delivers a chemical burn. (Even with 2 empty loads in a row.) No, I hand wash all my clothes and it takes way longer than if I did my laundry 5 times a week in my house if I had the machines.
- reedlaw 5y agoI took it to mean people used to wear clothes longer between washes, not just that we do more frequent, smaller loads. It would be interesting to see a comparison showing how much longer an average person should wear the same clothes in order to make hand washing time commensurate with machine washing time.
- coding123 5y agoYeah I re-wear the same clothes a LOT and it still takes way more time.
- charles_f 5y agoAgree with that, but then. I have 3 kids and take care of laundry with a wife who wares jeans a maximum of one day in a row (yeah...), it probably takes me between 1 and 2 hours per week, most of it being the folding and sorting. If I were to wash clothes manually, even say, 4 times less, it would still be hugely more time consuming
- imtringued 5y agoI don't understand this at all. Doesn't hand washing expose you to more chemicals?
- coding123 5y agoIt would except that I use exclusively apple cidar vinegar. not the point.
- AussieWog93 5y agoPossibly dumb question, but is there a reason you couldn't just pour vinegar into a top loader and wash in that? Also, why apple cider over white vinegar?
- alex_sf 5y agoHippie bullshit, mostly.