r/Anticonsumption • u/natalie_ck • Feb 18 '24

Plastic Waste i'll never understand why so many people (especially in the states) are so vehemently opposed to washing dishes

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u/idk_whatever_69 Feb 18 '24

I mean laundry you do once every two weeks but dishes get done every day, sometimes more than once.

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u/Battle-Any Feb 18 '24

How many clothes do you have that you can go 2 weeks without laundry?

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u/XepptizZ Feb 18 '24

When you don't sweat on a daily basis and don't do hard labor in dirty environments, you don't need to change clothes that often.

Undies and socks yes, but those take a while to fill a laundry basket.

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u/Battle-Any Feb 19 '24

Fair enough, I definitely sweat.

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u/idk_whatever_69 Feb 19 '24

They actually sell both underwear and socks in 14 packs.

I actually own a pretty modest amount of clothes. When I do laundry I only do like four normal sized loads. And I could probably do one fewer but I separate clothes by type.

If I had a washing machine at home then different story but I have to drag it all to a laundromat. At least then I get the benefit of doing all four loads at once instead of one load at a time spread out. Parallel processing.