Some people change their socks every single day, to me that’s a little to much. I’m more of a 2-3days kinda guy. Is changing socks each day absolutely necessary?
Daily unless I don’t have any clean in which case…until I do a load of laundry.
I’ve had to do 2 days in a row multiple times in my life, and they get gross really fast. I can’t imagine going for 3.
I change my socks and give them for washing after every use. It’s kinda necessary as I sweat a lot.
give them for washing
I get the gist of what you’re saying but that’s a really weird way to put it. Do you not do your own laundry or do you treat your bin as sentient and pretend it’s not you doing the washing later (this is my favorite interpretation)?
I just dump them into the washing machine. So I guess I’m just thinking that the machine is doing it not me!
Living in a hot and humid climate I treat every piece of clothing like this. Once it has touched me it goes straight into the laundry bin. Except for jeans, which I do air/sun dry a couple of times before rinsing them.
Now I imagine you putting on clothes and immediately taking them off again into the laundry since they have been touched.
That’s hilarious. Usually it takes at least a couple of hours before that happens.
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
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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
Not quite like changing undies, which cover open orifices.
My butt closes. You have my condolences :o)
It doesn’t. It’s an unsealed orifice.
What if I told you that for 10 dollars a week you could wear brand new socks every day!
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.
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.
I also change every 2 to 3 days, which is also the interval at which I shower and change clothes in general. So basically “Take off old cloth - shower - put on new clothes”.
In home, in winters, 2 days. Any other climate season, or outdoors, once a day. Optimal balance of hygiene and longevity.
I do not want blisters, fungal diseases or other things on my feet, most important body part for physical movement. People who try to trade off feet hygiene too much are physically unfit idiots. Nobody is financially that poor.
Hours, max 12
And yes I take two showers a day. Got to keep all the bits clean.
Two showers a day realy isn’t good for your skin. Even once a day isn’t optimal, but I guess you have to compromise somewhere.
Yeah this time is measured in hours not days.
And if I take my socks off for some reason, like getting home from work, they’re done, I’ll grab a fresh pair if I were to need them again that day.
Had to every day with cotton. I can rotate my merino wool socks throughout the work week. 2 pair for 5 days.
One but I will make a 48 hour exception for socks if you don’t wear shoes as well and you don’t leave the house, still a bit gross.
I once wore the same pair while camping on a beach for 10 straight days but those were different times.
Wool socks? Camping on a beach i would have just washed them in the water at least once and gone sockless while they dried.
I honestly can’t remember but I wore the same clothes for the entire time
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People don’t change their sock daily? Do you use the same underwear too? Am I abnormal-er?
If I leave the house, I’ll change my socks and undies.
If I don’t leave the house for a few days (my partner and I work from home) I’ll wear the same socks and undies for a few days. If I’m mostly inert nothing gets messy!
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Agreed with you at least on inert -> won’t change tee shirts.
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.
I have to get up early once a week to drop my kid off at a before school activity. I put on a fresh pair of socks before I go. Then I come back home, shower, and put on a new fresh pair of socks. Putting on a pair of socks that have been on dirty feet would just be weird.
Anyone who says more than a day is more beast than man. That said we are on lemmy, so yes you are likely abnormal.
Classy interrobang!
I’ve never in my life been on the more hygienic side of things. I’m a barely functional mess of adhd and autism that launched itself into grad school in a new country. I don’t wear socks more than 36 hours (if I put them on at 4pm, I’ll still wear them the next day, but otherwise no).
So, probably do every day if you want to be on the safe side
What countries did you move from and to?
From the US to Germany. I think daily sock changes are standard in both places
Hey I’m looking at doing the same- what’d you go to grad school for?
