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’m on that Mr Rogers rotation: Twice a day. I work out daily which always includes cardio so changing socks is a must lol.
I change my socks and give them for washing after every use. It’s kinda necessary as I sweat a lot.
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.
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!
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
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”.
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
What‽
People don’t change their sock daily? Do you use the same underwear too? Am I abnormal-er?
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?
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!
(middle panel, from the pre-canceled artist)
Agreed with you at least on inert -> won’t change tee shirts.
Anyone who says more than a day is more beast than man. That said we are on lemmy, so yes you are likely abnormal.
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.
Classy interrobang!
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.
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
I mean, you could have easily searched “how much do feet sweat per day” and verified this yourself.
But ok, here’s one of hundreds of the results from podiatry clinics that say roughly the same thing.
Yeah, that’s half a litre of salty water soaking into your socks and shoes. I find that hard to believe
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
Hello from people with very sensitive skin who also sweat a lot: if I wear shoes the whole day it might not suffice to change the socks daily to avoid fungal infections…
I don’t wear socks, because I don’t leave really my house. But when I wear it the entire day, it goes into the laundry. If it’s just for a few hours, and it isn’t sweaty, wet and stinking, then I’ll wear it the next day and then throw them in the washing machine.
I’ll change my socks every day, and more if I’m swapping out workout clothes for fresh clothes.
Oddly, I really don’t experience foot odor. Other bits can get rather ripe, but whether I’m wearing boots or going barefoot, my feet just do t get funky. That said, I have had athlete’s foot and I’ve seen what happens when someone doesn’t change their socks after days of marching and working in the field. I know it’s not a major danger for me at this point, but I’ve got a whole drawer full of socks, and in any case I want them to match with my shoes and pants.
