Every household now have washing machines and nobody washes clothes with their hand anymore. Can anyone explain me why I should keep this and not replace it with a wash basin ?

  • Ilandar@aussie.zone
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    7 months ago

    nobody washes clothes with their hand anymore.

    You never hand wash clothing? There are definitely delicate items that I will always hand wash to ensure they last for as long as possible. If you think a washing machine is a modern equivalent, you’d be wrong. Manually washing something is always the best way to limit potential damage.

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        7 months ago

        I do all my soccer kits by hand now. The stickers degrade too quickly in a washing machine, even on the most delicate settings. I also have a really old 100% wool jumper first bought by my great-grandfather that I hand wash to keep it going for as long as possible. I also hand wash my dog in that sink - not sure he’d like the washing machine!

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      7 months ago

      We live in a disposable society. When you have dirty undies, you just throw them in the garbage /s

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        7 months ago

        You joke but in high school I knew this kid who’d moved down from the country and lived by himself - he really did throw out t-shirts instead of washing them.

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          7 months ago

          It was not really a joke.

          When my sister was a young adult, living at home, she would go down to Kmart every week and buy a new pack of 7 undies. She just really didn’t like doing her washing.

          No she didn’t onsell them in Japanese Vending machines…

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      7 months ago

      I’ve never owned something so delicate that it wasn’t fine on the gentle wash cycle and low heat gentle dryer cycle. I don’t know I’d ever want to own something that annoyingly frail as far as clothing goes