Why do people get obsessed over laundry?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nowadays some people like to make a big deal out of everything they need to do.

I don't like doing laundry but I have to do it, so im not wasting my energy complaining about it. Im just going to get it done. I live in NY and need to go to the laundromat but find the good in it. Since im out I can walk down the block to DD and get a latte while im waiting for it to wash.

And yet you waste energy on your fake online life complaining about / making fun of OTHER PEOPLE and what they complain about…

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t imagine doing laundry for my kids over the age of 10. They are completely capable and should be doing their own. If you’re doing it for them consistently then you are babying them.

That's a real lack of imagination. Imagine...other households running differently than yours!
Here's one of MANY examples. My teen Ds gets home from high school basketball practice at 9:45. His practice uniform needs to be washed and dried and in his backpack by 7:15 am. Should he stay up late doing laundry? Not the best use of his time. He needs to eat, shower and go to bed.

Simple. Tell Ds to get a second practice uniform.

You know nothing. The practice uniforms are issued by the public HS. Each kid gets one jersey and one pair of shorts, and they must be washed every night, worn to every practice and brought to every game. You don't "just go get" another one.

You get another if you send your child to practice with a note explaining how the laundromat lost the uniform and you need another - Yes. I’ll pay if necessary.

This makes it easier for the child to manage their own laundry, and teaches problem solving skills.

This is especially necessary for young boys who should never be allowed to let women do their chores. He’s washing his basketball uniform, period.

You really have no understanding of high school sports. There is no "buy another one". The practice uniforms are hand me down game uniforms. They have exactly enough. The players are expected to show up with clean practice uniforms every day. The player would be punished severely for a lost uniform. No excuses.
The parent doing her HS kids practice laundry so he can sleep understands this. You don't.

[Anonymous]

Oh wait, I just noticed your proposed solution is to LIE to the coach about the uniform being lost in order to have a spare set. WOW. Nice example you are setting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do people get so obsessed and overwhelmed by laundry?

It’s not like you a washing it by a river-you put it in the machine and it’s done.

The only person I see obsessing over laundry is the one who came on here to post an entire thread about it.

Personally, I just finished washing, pressing and folding the laundry for a family of 6 (two of which are club swimmers- IYKYK), washed our sheets, pressed our pillowcases, cleaned two bathrooms and made cinnamon rolls. I’d offer you one for your heroic achievements in laundrydom, but you’re probably too busy judging people for things that have absolutely no impact on your life.

DP but 1) people who say “press” rather than “iron” are insufferable, and 2) people who iron their GD pillowcases are mentally disturbed.

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Anonymous wrote:People also have lost the ability to cook, do their own grocery shopping, and pick up their own takeout. We are the laziest society ever

You can't take it with you and time is precious.

Well this attitude is your problem right there.

If you view your time as something that should only be "spent" on things you find enjoyable or rewarding in narrowly defined ways, you are going to be a dissatisfied, impatient, unhappy person.

Being a human being in a living, mortal body requires a certain amount of caretaking. Even if in the modern world and with enough money you can outsource some of that caretaking, some of it you will NEVER be able to outsource. You can't pay someone to go poop for you, or take your showers. I guess you could outsource brushing and flossing your teeth but... why would you do this.

Learning to efficiently but diligently perform basic caretaking and hygienic functions, including laundry, is just part of being a person. Laundry truly does not take that much time unless your clothes are very hard to clean (which is a choice, especially in this day and age when most jobs allow people to wear machine washable clothes that don't need to be ironed). If you cannot dedicate the 30-40 minutes a week to laundry, then what else are you considering to be unbearable drudgery? This is such a basic activity.

This is why some religions and philosophies advise learning to engage in a form of mindful diligence, particularly while doing these daily chores. If you can find pleasure in the act of folding laundry, flossing your teeth, trimming your toddler's nails, packing a lunch, you can find true and rewarding joy in life. And when you find this, you stop having this attitude of "my time is running out, I can't waste it on these pointless chores!" Instead, you realize that true happiness comes not in clearing your schedule of all drudgery so that you can spend it laughing uproariously while sky diving and inventing an app. True happiness comes in the ability to enjoy the something as simply as the physical act of folding a t-shirt and placing it in a drawer.

When I outsourced laundry it was because I had two small children and a full time job and I was exhausted. Time can be precious for reasons that have nothing to do with whether you enjoy chores.

No one who spends time posting on DCUM on New Year's Eve should be trying to argue that their time is too precious to do laundry, sorry.

Nine times out of ten the "time is too precious for laundry" people are using their time savings to scroll tik tok, watch reality shows, or other useless activities. Outsource it if you want but don't try to pretend it's because your time is too precious. It's not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People also have lost the ability to cook, do their own grocery shopping, and pick up their own takeout. We are the laziest society ever

You can't take it with you and time is precious.

Well this attitude is your problem right there.

If you view your time as something that should only be "spent" on things you find enjoyable or rewarding in narrowly defined ways, you are going to be a dissatisfied, impatient, unhappy person.

Being a human being in a living, mortal body requires a certain amount of caretaking. Even if in the modern world and with enough money you can outsource some of that caretaking, some of it you will NEVER be able to outsource. You can't pay someone to go poop for you, or take your showers. I guess you could outsource brushing and flossing your teeth but... why would you do this.

Learning to efficiently but diligently perform basic caretaking and hygienic functions, including laundry, is just part of being a person. Laundry truly does not take that much time unless your clothes are very hard to clean (which is a choice, especially in this day and age when most jobs allow people to wear machine washable clothes that don't need to be ironed). If you cannot dedicate the 30-40 minutes a week to laundry, then what else are you considering to be unbearable drudgery? This is such a basic activity.

This is why some religions and philosophies advise learning to engage in a form of mindful diligence, particularly while doing these daily chores. If you can find pleasure in the act of folding laundry, flossing your teeth, trimming your toddler's nails, packing a lunch, you can find true and rewarding joy in life. And when you find this, you stop having this attitude of "my time is running out, I can't waste it on these pointless chores!" Instead, you realize that true happiness comes not in clearing your schedule of all drudgery so that you can spend it laughing uproariously while sky diving and inventing an app.

Outsourcing laundry is different from outsourcing taking a crap.

If anyone needs this explained I can help.

True happiness comes in the ability to enjoy the something as simply as the physical act of folding a t-shirt and placing it in a drawer.

Thank you DeeCUM Chopra.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People also have lost the ability to cook, do their own grocery shopping, and pick up their own takeout. We are the laziest society ever

You can't take it with you and time is precious.

Well this attitude is your problem right there.

If you view your time as something that should only be "spent" on things you find enjoyable or rewarding in narrowly defined ways, you are going to be a dissatisfied, impatient, unhappy person.

Being a human being in a living, mortal body requires a certain amount of caretaking. Even if in the modern world and with enough money you can outsource some of that caretaking, some of it you will NEVER be able to outsource. You can't pay someone to go poop for you, or take your showers. I guess you could outsource brushing and flossing your teeth but... why would you do this.

Learning to efficiently but diligently perform basic caretaking and hygienic functions, including laundry, is just part of being a person. Laundry truly does not take that much time unless your clothes are very hard to clean (which is a choice, especially in this day and age when most jobs allow people to wear machine washable clothes that don't need to be ironed). If you cannot dedicate the 30-40 minutes a week to laundry, then what else are you considering to be unbearable drudgery? This is such a basic activity.

This is why some religions and philosophies advise learning to engage in a form of mindful diligence, particularly while doing these daily chores. If you can find pleasure in the act of folding laundry, flossing your teeth, trimming your toddler's nails, packing a lunch, you can find true and rewarding joy in life. And when you find this, you stop having this attitude of "my time is running out, I can't waste it on these pointless chores!" Instead, you realize that true happiness comes not in clearing your schedule of all drudgery so that you can spend it laughing uproariously while sky diving and inventing an app. True happiness comes in the ability to enjoy the something as simply as the physical act of folding a t-shirt and placing it in a drawer.

When I outsourced laundry it was because I had two small children and a full time job and I was exhausted. Time can be precious for reasons that have nothing to do with whether you enjoy chores.

You are projecting a lot there, pp. 😆

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People also have lost the ability to cook, do their own grocery shopping, and pick up their own takeout. We are the laziest society ever

You can't take it with you and time is precious.

Well this attitude is your problem right there.

If you view your time as something that should only be "spent" on things you find enjoyable or rewarding in narrowly defined ways, you are going to be a dissatisfied, impatient, unhappy person.

Being a human being in a living, mortal body requires a certain amount of caretaking. Even if in the modern world and with enough money you can outsource some of that caretaking, some of it you will NEVER be able to outsource. You can't pay someone to go poop for you, or take your showers. I guess you could outsource brushing and flossing your teeth but... why would you do this.

Learning to efficiently but diligently perform basic caretaking and hygienic functions, including laundry, is just part of being a person. Laundry truly does not take that much time unless your clothes are very hard to clean (which is a choice, especially in this day and age when most jobs allow people to wear machine washable clothes that don't need to be ironed). If you cannot dedicate the 30-40 minutes a week to laundry, then what else are you considering to be unbearable drudgery? This is such a basic activity.

This is why some religions and philosophies advise learning to engage in a form of mindful diligence, particularly while doing these daily chores. If you can find pleasure in the act of folding laundry, flossing your teeth, trimming your toddler's nails, packing a lunch, you can find true and rewarding joy in life. And when you find this, you stop having this attitude of "my time is running out, I can't waste it on these pointless chores!" Instead, you realize that true happiness comes not in clearing your schedule of all drudgery so that you can spend it laughing uproariously while sky diving and inventing an app.

Outsourcing laundry is different from outsourcing taking a crap.

If anyone needs this explained I can help.

True happiness comes in the ability to enjoy the something as simply as the physical act of folding a t-shirt and placing it in a drawer.

Thank you DeeCUM Chopra.

I love that! DeeCUM Chopra--priceless!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh wait, I just noticed your proposed solution is to LIE to the coach about the uniform being lost in order to have a spare set. WOW. Nice example you are setting.

It’s a white lie. Nobody is going to hell over a tank top.

And yes, you can get a replacement for lost or damaged uniforms in most schools.

It’s either this or the child wakes up earlier to do laundry like they will when they are an adult, or they expect their spouse to do it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do people get so obsessed and overwhelmed by laundry?

It’s not like you a washing it by a river-you put it in the machine and it’s done.

The only person I see obsessing over laundry is the one who came on here to post an entire thread about it.

Personally, I just finished washing, pressing and folding the laundry for a family of 6 (two of which are club swimmers- IYKYK), washed our sheets, pressed our pillowcases, cleaned two bathrooms and made cinnamon rolls. I’d offer you one for your heroic achievements in laundrydom, but you’re probably too busy judging people for things that have absolutely no impact on your life.

DP but 1) people who say “press” rather than “iron” are insufferable, and 2) people who iron their GD pillowcases are mentally disturbed.

I feel the same about "unsufferable" but you do you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People also have lost the ability to cook, do their own grocery shopping, and pick up their own takeout. We are the laziest society ever

You can't take it with you and time is precious.

Well this attitude is your problem right there.

If you view your time as something that should only be "spent" on things you find enjoyable or rewarding in narrowly defined ways, you are going to be a dissatisfied, impatient, unhappy person.

Being a human being in a living, mortal body requires a certain amount of caretaking. Even if in the modern world and with enough money you can outsource some of that caretaking, some of it you will NEVER be able to outsource. You can't pay someone to go poop for you, or take your showers. I guess you could outsource brushing and flossing your teeth but... why would you do this.

Learning to efficiently but diligently perform basic caretaking and hygienic functions, including laundry, is just part of being a person. Laundry truly does not take that much time unless your clothes are very hard to clean (which is a choice, especially in this day and age when most jobs allow people to wear machine washable clothes that don't need to be ironed). If you cannot dedicate the 30-40 minutes a week to laundry, then what else are you considering to be unbearable drudgery? This is such a basic activity.

This is why some religions and philosophies advise learning to engage in a form of mindful diligence, particularly while doing these daily chores. If you can find pleasure in the act of folding laundry, flossing your teeth, trimming your toddler's nails, packing a lunch, you can find true and rewarding joy in life. And when you find this, you stop having this attitude of "my time is running out, I can't waste it on these pointless chores!" Instead, you realize that true happiness comes not in clearing your schedule of all drudgery so that you can spend it laughing uproariously while sky diving and inventing an app. True happiness comes in the ability to enjoy the something as simply as the physical act of folding a t-shirt and placing it in a drawer.

When I outsourced laundry it was because I had two small children and a full time job and I was exhausted. Time can be precious for reasons that have nothing to do with whether you enjoy chores.

No one who spends time posting on DCUM on New Year's Eve should be trying to argue that their time is too precious to do laundry, sorry.

Nine times out of ten the "time is too precious for laundry" people are using their time savings to scroll tik tok, watch reality shows, or other useless activities. Outsource it if you want but don't try to pretend it's because your time is too precious. It's not.

I don't outsource it.*now*. But also, even then I was spending time on buses and trains and in other contexts where I could be on my phone but not, say, doing laundry or sleeping. You actually have no idea what other people's lives look like.

[Anonymous]

ironing pillowcases?

[Anonymous]

Who tells their kid to lie to their high school coach in order to cadge a free extra practice uniform? That's sketchy. If they are caught lying, they will be running laps and benched.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do people get so obsessed and overwhelmed by laundry?

It’s not like you a washing it by a river-you put it in the machine and it’s done.

Who said they do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who tells their kid to lie to their high school coach in order to cadge a free extra practice uniform? That's sketchy. If they are caught lying, they will be running laps and benched.

I’m paying for the uniform.

This is only the case if they are not making a uniform available and the child cannot do laundry in the morning. This edge case is highly unlikely because PP is exaggerating and being dramatic.