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IME lots of people just try stuff the duvet in and then shake it to get it in the right place.
by pablobaz 3y ago
IME lots of people just try stuff the duvet in and then shake it to get it in the right place.
- chatmasta 3y agoSomeone should write a book called Household Chores for Hackers: The algorithms your mother took for granted and forgot to teach you.
- Ldorigo 3y agoI would buy it.
- ErigmolCt 3y agoI would invest in it
- etrautmann 3y agoThe book “Algorithms to live by” comes close
- seabass-labrax 3y agoWould also highly recommend! It's not quite exactly a practical handbook, and doesn't cover topics such as duvet cover changing, but it is considerably more relevant than most popular science/mathematics books. The very first chapter, for instance, covers the idea of explore/exploit choices, and does so in a way that is both general enough to be genuinely useful in everyday life (at least at a conceptual level) and mathematically rigorous enough not to throw you off should you want to read further.
- dredmorbius 3y agoOr even ... life hacks. </ducks>
- TheRealPomax 3y agoGrab any 1950's "how to be a good housewife" book, use a bit of scripting to replace "housewife" with "housekeeper" and "husband" with "partner", and republish.
- denton-scratch 3y agoI never had a duvet until the late 70's. I had heard that Swedes slept under duvets, but we had to settle for blankets and sheets. I ws envious! Well, we did have what we called "eiderdowns", which were like duvet inners, but lined in a heavy satin. But they were used as throws for extreme weather; you still slept between sheets and blankets. I think my parents' generation viewed duvets as unacceptably decadent, and thought all children should learn to fold hospital corners[0] to build character. [0] https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Hospital-Corner https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Hospital-Corner
- soco 3y agoI must also add that duvets were created for cold rooms and they're great for that: feeling so cozy warm when your nose is still chilled... However you get them as only choice in mostly any hotel nowadays, which also heat the rooms at 22C or more, so sweating and a general sleeping discomfort is guaranteed. Or shortly put: I hate you hotels with duvets.
- Retric 3y agoDon’t use the entire thing and you can sleep comfortably. Also, many rooms let you get the temperature to ~15C.
- dan-robertson 3y agoThe gender-neutral term I’ve seen (for eg an occupation for life insurance) is ‘houseperson’ which I always found pretty funny.
- bckr 3y agoOh god why not just stay at home partner?
- boothby 3y agofolds sheets in the dark
- addandsubtract 3y agoThat's a dark pattern
- hamburglar 3y agoI taught my mother how to fold a fitted sheet. A girlfriend taught me and I was floored at how elegant it is. Prior to that, they just made me angry and ended up in the closet in a wad.
- cianmm 3y agoPlease share!
- ghaff 3y agoVideo is probably actually appropriate for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Iqn6mdmSs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Iqn6mdmSs
- beardedwizard 3y agoIn which of the 21 minutes of tech talk does this person actually fold a sheet? Here is a video of someone actually folding the sheet as the parent requested: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ckTCocBCUN4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ckTCocBCUN4
- helsinkiandrew 3y ago"Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House" is quite good: https://www.amazon.com/Home-Comforts-Science-Keeping-House/dp/0743272862/ref=sr_1_3?crid=GANIX513JNIF&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.dcHim9Lv_Jg4yaVbiAVR3kOhtD8Kq9Gw73_j4iGgDbrwFuHRIVlw_8tyvp9XuUYsOjGUYYu6JVcHTYNThiw_lMcvJHDGCPeWkBRISw4uzzfQHGkC7cQ-K5AhMADrlwX3jCC0Xogl_L7sGZNL4our3Oia54BWvejZgR3WDvrKok5FOBBBAoHbrUJsx57xhY1Qi4gQyvGaJDV023pxGdDZdZWuWTyxo1_CveZ4bZ5gMMU.C0mgqgx_NzBufAmXMKMgtesXZy743iQqL-u7jXRfk64&dib_tag=se&keywords=Home+Comforts&qid=1711868905&sprefix=home+comforts%2Caps%2C170&sr=8-3 https://www.amazon.com/Home-Comforts-Science-Keeping-House/d...
- brookst 3y agoWhat does the page on folding fitted sheets say?
- smegger001 3y agoAbandon all hope ye who enter here.
- nabeards 3y agoTuck the corners into each other, fold up the rectangle.
- brookst 3y agoI’ve tried that many times and it always ends in a wadded up ball of sheet, and tears.
- Semaphor 3y agoThat is fascinating. Just asked my wife, who's from another continent, she's as flabbergasted as me.
- pablobaz 3y agoAs a kid we didn't have duvets. It was all sheets and blankets. Duvets were a bit new-fangled so it's not surprising the knowledge wasn't passed down.
- Reason077 3y agoWe always had duvets at home, growing up in the ‘80s. But I do remember staying at my grandparents house was all dusty blankets and bed-bug bites.
- spuz 3y agoThis is what I do. I take a corner of the inner and stuff it into the outer until I find the corner of the outer. Then I try to keep those two corners in place while I do the same with the other corner. Then I grab both corners from the outside and do a lot of vigourous shaking until everything lines up. It takes ages and doesn't always work. I think I will try starting inside out from now on.
- Jare 3y agoI do that and while the shaking is unpredictable and often requires doing it from multiple sides, I find it a strong but strangely pleasant exercise for my shoulders.
- zelphirkalt 3y agoIME neither inside out nor the method you describe work well and both are tedious. Inside out does not work well, because the cover doesn't obey gravity and refuses to fall down to cover the duvet completely. It is a secret power of bed sheet covers. That, or it has to do with other things like friction.
- vladvasiliu 3y agoI do a modified version: I put all the corners in the right places, then a good shake by holding two adjacent corners straightens everything out. May not work so well for duvets much wider than your arm span.