this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2024
435 points (94.7% liked)

Microblog Memes

4761 readers
3050 users here now

A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

Rules:

  1. Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
  2. Be nice.
  3. No advertising, brand promotion or guerilla marketing.

Related communities:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] wjrii 76 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Oh hey! It's that thing I use to put on decals and melt perler beads!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's the thing I use to apply edge trim on chipboard counter tops.

[–] FinalRemix 4 points 4 days ago

Love that adjustable Rowenta steam powered edge bander!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No that's clearly the tool for waxing snowboard

[–] Emerald 3 points 4 days ago

No that's clearly the tool for cleaning computer screens

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 days ago

Our contribution to reducing climate change

[–] slazer2au 48 points 5 days ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No, the boomers with all their magic environment poisoning synthetic fabrics with antiwrinkle coatings did. The next seven generations will have microplastics in every part of their body, but I haven't touched an iron in a while.

[–] stoly 4 points 4 days ago

This stuff was invented and worn by the parents and grandparents of boomers. Just because it’s old doesn’t mean a boomer was involved.

[–] Carnelian 34 points 5 days ago

Wrinkles are so in right now

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] wjrii 6 points 5 days ago

Yup, and honestly, looking at the particular takes Gen-X'ers had when they/we were in charge of the culture, this is completely unsurprising.

[–] breadsmasher 23 points 5 days ago

I iron only when I need to wear a suit and be presentable. This is less than once a year

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] STUPIDVIPGUY 34 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I just put everything on a hanger and gravity gets rid of the wrinkles

[–] dohpaz42 14 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Two options for dealing with wrinkles:

  1. Wet a washcloth or small towel, place both the wrinkled item and the wet item in a dryer and turn the dryer on low-heat for 20-30 minutes.
  2. Hang the item on a clothes hanger in the bathroom and take a steaming hot shower.

There is a third option: wear wrinkly clothes and dgaf.

[–] STUPIDVIPGUY 5 points 4 days ago

i mean, i just put it on the hanger straight out the dryer and then the wrinkles never develop

[–] Landless2029 4 points 4 days ago

A dryer??

I live in a apartment without laundry in unit...

[–] Lizardking27 3 points 4 days ago

Or just iron them.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] TheMinions 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Personally I prefer my steamer

[–] STUPIDVIPGUY 3 points 4 days ago

you do you but that seems like more effort

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If only we didn't do that by moving to fabrics that throw off microplastics

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago

idk about you but my tshirts are just made of cotton

[–] venoft 29 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Rubbing damp hands over wrinkled shirt.

Well, that's ironed enough.

load more comments (5 replies)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Does nobody here wear shirts to work?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago

Bro this is Lemmy

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago

Dress shirts might need a little buffing up, or you can use a steamer. But most of my cotton shirts don't need ironing at all.

[–] surewhynotlem 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If you hang them up straight out of the dryer, you don't need to iron them. Though that might depend on what kind of shirt you have. I specifically buy the no iron ones.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

I don't have a dryer, but I just hang them up to dry on the clothes hanger. Probably works even better, since the weight of the water pulls them straight.

[–] themeatbridge 20 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yes, and they're wrinkled as fuck.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 days ago

And fortunately, nobody cares.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I feel like all the wrinkles disappear 5 seconds after wearing my Clothing snyways

[–] themeatbridge 1 points 3 days ago

I know the fucks I give disappear about that quickly.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

Glad I did my part.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago

That's what the dryer is for

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

My mum would iron everything. Then I moved out a few years ago. I still do not own a clothes iron.

[–] Dasnap 10 points 4 days ago

My mum used to iron my boxers.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

I used to know someone that wore a suit to work but he never took his jacket off. Reason being is he only ironed the front part of his shirt.

[–] kurwa 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I personally like to steam my stuff, I hate wrinkles too much.

[–] CheeryLBottom 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I have a mister I use to spray down plants or my frogs to get rid of wrinkles

[–] kurwa 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What do you mean by frogs?

[–] Retrograde 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wait you like wrinkly frogs?

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] TrickDacy 8 points 5 days ago

I finally got rid of my iron a couple years ago. I had used it like three times in 15 years. It always felt like I was the only one who hated ironing this much though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

its needed to sell them and mabye some Really Really fancy events

load more comments
view more: next ›