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People donβt change their sock daily? Do you use the same underwear too? Am I abnormal-er?
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People donβt change their sock daily? Do you use the same underwear too? Am I abnormal-er?
Anyone who says more than a day is more beast than man. That said we are on lemmy, so yes you are likely abnormal.
Iβve never in my life been on the more hygienic side of things. Iβm a barely functional mess of adhd and autism that launched itself into grad school in a new country. I donβt wear socks more than 36 hours (if I put them on at 4pm, Iβll still wear them the next day, but otherwise no).
So, probably do every day if you want to be on the safe side
Socks and underwear are single-use items. Even if it's the same day, if they come off, freshies go on. This thread is ridiculous.
You're that stinky guy, still in his 20's, who doesn't think he stinks right?
The only clothes I wear multiple days are pants and sweaters. Only on days when I barely used socks I may wear them two days in a row.
Wearing socks two days in a row is insane behaviour. Depending on the day, I might go through multiple pairs.
Yeah. Can't believe people actually wait 2 days before changing them. I try to go for at least 2 weeks.
Wearing socks more than 1 day in a row means you've failed to uphold the social contract.
Once the socks come off, they go through the laundry before I put them on again. They're just not comfortable unless they're fresh.
One day only! Trust me, you can't smell old socks but everyone else can! They also make your shoes stink. In the same vein, never wear closed shoes without socks unless you want them to be eternally smelly
Changing socks is like changing undies. Daily at minimum. Don't see how being woolen changes anything. Wool socks absorb sweat and bacteria just as much as anything else
Wool makes a massive difference and it isn't even close.
For one, it has an uncanny ability to wick away moisture from the surface of your skin, away from your body. As it reaches the outside, it more easily evaporates away and minimizes the amount of absorbed and thus odorous sweat.
Skin also maintains "comfort" at a larger range of temperatures with wool. I have thicker wool socks I wear in summer with tall leather work boots and after 12-16 hours straight of wear my socks typically have virtually no smell and they're dry to the touch. Synthetic socks like Dickies absorb the sweat and cause the fibers to break down terribly. You end up with crusty, worthless socks.
My socks smell like cheese after a single day, and I can wash a month's worth of them in a single load of laundry, what am I gaining by wearing them multiple days in a row?
I only wear wool socks and work from home. I can easily go 4-5 days if I've only gone outside to get groceries or whatnot.
If I'm going out to socialize though and it's been more than 2 days I'll get a fresh pair.
I wear socks with at least 60% merino wool and wear the same pair for 5 days. After airing the they have zero smell.
I would rather go barefoot in shoes than wear socks twice in a row. Heck, I often change them when I get home from work.
I've long said, the first thing I'd do after winning the lottery is never wear the same pair of socks twice because my favorite of life's little unnoticed pleasures is the feeling of a new pair of socks.
I think we found the stinky guy who was hiding here in the Fediverse... Seriously though do it daily.
Oh God. Back when I was dirt poor, I needed socks but I wanted to save money, so I wore them for two days, hanging them to dry overnight.
I ended up with athlete's foot. Don't skimp on socks.
Once a sock comes off I cannot put on a used sock again. So at least once a day for me.
Dude I already know you smell
Feet sweat. A lot. Like a pint (450g) of sweat a day or more if particularly active or you have larger feet.
So for me, daily at the least. On particularly active days, multiple times.
Like a pint (450g) of sweat a day
citation needed
Yeah, that's half a litre of salty water soaking into your socks and shoes. I find that hard to believe
That's ... a lot. Are feet really supposed to leak that much human juice?
I tend to wear anything made from wool for a week or so before laundering. Anything else I tend to wash after one wear
This is exactly the type of thing I imagine my fellow Lemmings asking as a serious question.
Days?
Two. They're Darn Tough wool socks, and the packaging recommends even more days between washes for longevity.
Before these I had only worn cotton socks, mostly Nike, and those stink like hell and did need to be washed daily. But these wool ones really don't, even in the summer.
I also alternate pairs, so they're not two days in a row. e.g. A B A B C D C D etc.
Winter time and minimal activity, if Im running low on socks or if Im lazy and they are right there I might give a pair a second day.
Summertime? If they come off they are done. I could go 3 pairs in a day.
If I take my socks off, they go straight in the wash, if I need socks again that day, fresh ones go on
Average athleteβs foot enjoyer.
you are supposed to change them????
I change my socks and give them for washing after every use. It's kinda necessary as I sweat a lot.
Depends what I'm doing. Yardwork or exercise? Change as soon as I'm done. Just sitting around the house in pyjamas? They're fine to wear again.
Two caveats: I don't wear socks to bed, and if I'm wearing socks indoors (I prefer bare feet) I always wear shoes or slippers over them
If they smell they go into the wash, if your not sure surprise your SO by putting your sock under their nose and ask for a second opinion
Daily unless I don't have any clean in which case...until I do a load of laundry.
If clothes touch skin directly then they are put in the wash every day (socks, underwear {boxers}, tee shirt, shirts etc...) other wise it is a check to see.id still.good for follo days - did jeans get muddy / dirty, did I spill coffee on trousers etc... jeans go in wash after a week of wearing even if no spills / mud
Obviously it depends on a bunch of things... type of sock, type of shoe, type of activity, weather, et cetera.
Generally clean socks every day is nice though.
Around a week usually. Wool socks go much longer before they stink. All this washing and obsessive attention to hygiene is enabled by freely available access to energy and resources that many people don't have. Can you imagine these first world people walking down to the local river with a bag of washing every day? No, they too busy posting on insta for such humdrum peasant activities.
I'll only wear a pair again if I happen to run out somehow. Then I usually get more socks to make sure it doesn't happen again any time soon.
Once a day and once every two days if I didn't use them much.
Well I wear mine for way longer than anyone else in this thread dares to admit.
It depends on how much you sweat, the stuff in your sweat, how much skin you shed, and your own microbiome. Everyone is different. I change socks every 10-12 hours. My friend changes her socks -and- shoes at lunch. If she doesn't, the smell will literally chase everyone out of the room when she takes off her shoes at the end of the day.