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[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 44 points 3 months ago

Buying lots of identical pairs of socks massively reduces the amount of time you need to find matching pairs after drying them.

[-] apex32@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I did this, and it was great at first. Then I needed more socks, so I bought another batch. Then I had a mix of worn socks and brand new socks. They might look the same at first, but if you take a closer look, the older ones are a little lighter in color and the texture isn't the same. I later bought a third batch. So now I have a mix of new, old, and really old socks. It actually takes more effort to match socks now than when I had many different socks.

I see this advice posted all the time, so I guess most people don't care if their socks on each foot are a different level of worn, but it bothers me.

[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 months ago

In that case you could buy very visibly different socks from all the ones you have every time, eg blue vs white vs black vs beige. That also makes it easy to find matching pairs.

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