Yep but instead of throwing them away in the trash can that’s across the house I toss them into the convenient clothes hamper and end up wearing them again
Death Row for life
I'll repair last chance socks and stockpile (clean) last chance underwear for long trips. Throw them out as the trip goes instead of stashing dirty laundry in your bag.
This is way too organized but I like it
Now that is a damn solid strategy.
You may be the smartest person alive.
Only stubborn and cheap
genius
I had never considered that and am now adopting it
Nope, straight into the garbage. I have a garbage in my bedroom.
Like others I have many socks of the same type. Why would I wear a sock that has failed in its purpose?
Same with underwear.
You people need to get your lives in order.
You people need to get your lives in order.
A bit over the top given the context lol.
I mean, I'm the same. They have a whole? I'll throw them away. But I don't immediately consider people who wear socks with holes in them not to have their lives in order provided with only that info about them.
I think they were being hyperbolic
Yes. I refuse to tag my sarcasm.
I do. But then I forget about it when I take them off and the cycle continues.
Think the DSM term for that is “harmless self-delusion” bc ain’t nobody throwing that sock away. Goes in the laundry hamper, and we repeat the ciiircle of…. Oh wait. You know what i mean.
There was a time, years ago when I was a bachelor and had more disposable income than I had any idea what to do with. I decided which brand of sock I liked and I bought 50 pairs at least. I threw away every pair of white socks I owned. I had a good solid run, 50 days of brand new socks. I did an entire laundry run a little bleach and 49 pairs of socks. I got him out of the dryer there I was with 47 pairs of socks. If any of the socks got a hole or a serious stain I had so many of them I just threw them away no regrets. They were all the same socks so it didn't matter if I lost one. Eventually through magic sock demons and probably some washer and dryer attrition, The horde dwindled. I got down into the '30s. They were starting to get a little ragged. I eventually went and bought another couple packs. I don't feel bad about torching socks though It's my guilty pleasure.
Yes!! This is the way. It's so nice to have a ton of matching socks and not running out of clean ones frequently. I do the same with underwear and have found that I end up having to do laundry way less frequently using this strat
Yes but I then forget to throw them out so I end up wearing them until they literally become unusable.
IDK if it's calluses or what but my heels will wear through damn near anything in a pretty short time. Noticed a small hole in a sock once and by the end of the day the entire heel had worn through. Once wore through the heels of a $40 pair of sandals in just a couple months. I didn't have any money at the time to replace them, so I just covered the worn area with duct tape. That lasted less than a week.
It's how you walk. You have a prominent heel strike in your gait, and it's causing more wear on the shoe gear in that specific spot. This style of walking with a heavy calcaneal foot strike will eventually give you pain in the knees, hips, and shoulders. You'll want to switch to a more natural walking motion, where your forefoot hits the ground at the same time or before your heel hits the ground.
I buy 10-12 pairs of the same sock. They all go in the same drawer, unmatched. Socks do not have a left/right, so if one gets a hole or what not, it becomes a rag and I don't even notice its gone.
I bought a pack of 7 recently after reading comments on Lemmy about wearing socks more than one day is horrible. I'm glad I didn't tell anyone I changed my weekly. :/
I learned to sew when I was little, so I have no qualms busting out the kit to put a few stitches in something. It's not a hard skill to pick up, and definitely something I think everyone should learn. Especially in this day and age, where everything is so damn expensive! Your stitches don't have to be perfect, they just have to hold.
Exactly. To me throwing out clothes because they have a hole seem alike throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Most of the time a needle and some thread with fix it.
Exactly, and what can't be fixed goes into the rag pile to be used for cleaning or whatever!
Darning socks is easy and super relaxing. Only takes maybe 20 minutes to fix a typical sock hole. I'll Do it while watching TV. I'd rather repair it than consume more imported crap pointlessly.
For some reason I thought that modern machine-made socks couldn’t be darned. Maybe because my understanding is that other modern clothes like pants that rip next to a seam can’t be reliably repaired? (Like, the seam holds but the fabric itself rips)
Lol that was my project last weekend with all my undies! They're all still pretty good, but just some holes where the fabric meets the elastic, so I got out the sewing machine and knocked them out all at once. (Though I spotted one I missed yesterday of course! 😔)
The good thing about patching socks and undies is nobody sees them, so they don't have to look good!
I take that opportunity to do a little kintsugi in them and use thread that really stands out or patch with a silly fabric. It feels fun to do that, plus when I see it pulling then out of the dresser it reminds me how much money I saved! 😁
What if you are in an accident?
Nurses need some fun in their lives too. They see some shit! My GF is a rad tech and does OR and trauma, and patchy drawers are hardly the craziest thing that'd roll in.
If I'm in there for something serious enough for them to see my undies, they're just gonna cut them off anyway, so they may as well cut off a beat pair. 😉
Otherwise, it can be a conversation starter!
I mean, I don't throw them away immediately, I wash them and put them in the rag bag. There's always something needs a disposable bit of fabric to handle. Socks are great for dusting, as an example. Pull it over your hand, wipe things down, and Bob's your uncle.
How did you know that I have an Uncle Bob?
We all have an uncle Bob
Is.. is it the same guy?
OP pls we need to know……
Shhhh
There was a time in my life when all my socks had holes in them, because sock money didn't come easy. Took a while after those days ended for me to realise I can buy socks that go all the way around my foot any time I want.
Holes in socks make me crazy. I learned it the hard way focusing all my energy of a whole day on one damn hole…
Since then I always change them ASAP. Usually my socks wear evenly. So most of the time they are worn completely when there is a hole and it doesn’t make any sense to repair them.
They will get a last wash and land in a bin in my garage where I use worn clothes instead of paper towels. Socks are very handy for dirty stuff like holding motorcycle chains.
I tear them to pieces. Not giving them a chance to trick me again.
I do that routine of keeping worn out clothes and I'll wear the whole set to get dirty/muddy/damaged/radioactive/whatever. I'll go ahead and get the crap clothes all dirty and sweaty, then just chuck 'em.
Or, I have been known to cut worn out T-shirts into rags, and I've scrubbed the bathtub with worn out socks.
Yeah, because my wife and I are pieces of shit and put off laundry until I have no other option.
Last chance underwear happen now and again as well but I guess it depends on where the hole is.
I was chilling in my house with my legs crossed (ankle on knee style) wearing just underwear a couple weeks ago. I happened to look down and noticed that my dingaling was hanging out of a hole in my underwear that I didn't realize was there. Those immediately went into the trash.
I do this, but because I don't like throwing out clean clothes. It takes a few rounds of accidentally washing the worn out item before I'll throw it away while it's clean.
Haha, I wish I were this way, I feel weird not washing clothes one more time before throwing them off, as almost a goodbye ritual
Your way is fine, too. I think I'm being unreasonable by insisting they should be dirty at the moment they're thrown out.
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