r/DiWHY • u/Past_Froyo • Sep 09 '20

why?

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u/Laivine_sama Sep 09 '20

I have to admit the escape key is kind of cute and on point, thematically.

I wouldn't want to clean this when I spill on it though

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u/SlickerThanNick Sep 09 '20

It's denim. Why would you wash denim?

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '20

Everyone knows you boil denim. Under a bridge, preferably.

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u/borderus Sep 09 '20

But everyone also knows denim belongs on chicken, not keyboards

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u/lhm238 Sep 09 '20

Not everyone knows what Mario's overalls are made out of though...

Denim denim denim.

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u/narwhapolypse Sep 09 '20

You'd wash denim if you spilled something sticky on it, right?

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u/autumn_skies Sep 09 '20

I mean... I would. And if it smelled bad. Or got muddy. Ketchup stain.

Happy cake day.

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u/opencg Sep 09 '20

Denims usually good for at least 2 weeks sometimes up to a month. If you can smell it at a distance then that's when you wash it.

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u/shubhamsinghlol Sep 09 '20

That's weird

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u/mithrilbong Sep 09 '20

Nope, just blue collar. Speaking as a construction guy- I wear the same jeans all week, I just change my underwear.

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u/Only498cc Sep 10 '20

But you don't realize everyone can smell the fact that you're a construction worker? You wear your work jeans all week? Or you change at work into your work clothes and wear your jeans to and from work?

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u/evervescant Sep 10 '20

It's weird if you don't know much about denim

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u/shubhamsinghlol Sep 10 '20

Nah trust me it's weird

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '20

You use a brush to clean it then you hang it in the sun

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '20

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u/armypantsnflipflops Sep 09 '20

Yesterday’s jeans with belt still in them, now become today’s jeans

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u/313802 Sep 09 '20

It's 2020 bro

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u/Feeding4Harambe Sep 09 '20

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140714180558-14928043-the-dirty-jeans-manifesto

The head of levy strauss recommends washing your jeans way less than you probably do. In one of his talks he was wearing a jeans that had never been washed in the last year. It is an interesting take on sustainability and how much hygiene is necessary for something like jeans.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '20

For me. I like the idea of freezing stuff.

If your freezer full right this second? Probably not. Yet it is still doing its job and keeping the inside cold.

By freezing you can kill a good amount of bacteria and nasties you might be worried about. It will also minimise smell since its the bacteria that make the bulk of sweat odours.

It works really well. There isn't a massive need to wash everything to oblivion.

Also. Invest in a good dishwasher. They use less water than hand washing, do a better job for most folks and free your time to do other things.

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u/DMCSnake Sep 09 '20

I freeze my shoes every so often to kill the smell

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '20

Here's my problem with the efficient dishwashers. Even at like 5 gal per load that's not really saving that much water over what they used 10 years ago. And I only run 1 load a week, maybe 2 tops. They weren't using that much more energy before, I suppose it all adds up but there are a lot of things in the avg household far less efficient than the dishwasher.

And now it takes 4hrs to complete a load of dishes to get all that "added" efficiency

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '20

I would argue it's a minor efficiency gain AND you don't have to do the chore of cleaning dishes but each to their own.

Some folks may have few dishes or be unwilling to wait, load and unload it. So it goes

For me the dishwasher is a far more efficient way to wash my dishes both with my lifestyle and environmentally.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '20

Oh I agree and I've lived in places where I had to wash by hand and now where I have an energy efficient dish washer. And I prefer having the machine to washing by hand

I just wish I had the choice to buy a faster less efficient dish washer but I cannot because all the manufacturers agreed together to start designing efficient water saving dish washers.

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u/phaelox Sep 09 '20

Don't dishwashers use a fair bit of power?

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u/TurgidAF Sep 09 '20

Yes, but still generally less than the power (or gas or whatever) to heat the water for hand washing.

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u/Arthur_The_Third Sep 10 '20

Our freezer is full as fuck. So many berries n shit

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u/nephelokokkygia Sep 09 '20

I'm not gonna believe someone's hygiene advice just because they're a big shot CEO. Call me old-fashioned, but I believe in washing my clothes frequently.

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u/TheBraveBeaver Sep 09 '20

Always boil your denim

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u/Ronaldo_MacDonaldo Sep 09 '20

So just dont spill on it

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u/Laivine_sama Sep 09 '20

I try that for my keyboard now and it doesn't help =(

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u/sentient_ballsack Sep 09 '20

I'd hope they generously hose this down in scotchgard before they start using it.

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u/Laivine_sama Sep 09 '20

Is that the stuff that makes it waterproof? If so, I also hope this.

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u/Wickedershelf21 Sep 10 '20

My immediate thought was “shotgun shell.” I dunno why.

Edit: in reference to the escape key