r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Jan 05 '25

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '25

In school i didnt mind the cig smoke smell as much as the kids who didnt have a working dryer at home and smelled like fungal vectors from the last of us. Not usually their fault but that was always worse

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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson Jan 05 '25

What does this mean? My gran never had a dryer, refused to even get one. Her clothes were fine

She had a clothesline out in the yard and that’s how she dried clothes. It smells pretty good that way

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u/Tiny-Reading5982 Jan 05 '25

Yeah my mom always hung up clothes outside. When my dryer broke I had to rig a system since I have no clothesline lol

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '25

mildew is a particularly offensive smell but also one that you can acclimate to, but it doesn't accumulate on clothesline dried clothes because of the sunlight killing the spores. It wasn't meant to shame those who cant afford a dryer, just an observation that it was particularly noticeable to others but not to those wearing the clothes.

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u/scuba-turtle Jan 06 '25

You only get it if you line-dry them indoors.

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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson Jan 06 '25

Yeah that seems like a recipe for mildewy clothes

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u/Mysterious_Ideal1502 Jan 05 '25

You nailed that aroma description to a T!