If push comes to shove, I sprinkle some water on my clothes and run them in the dryer for a few minutes. The wrinkles are gone.
You guys don’t iron clothes?
I’m a millennial and I iron my clothes, how do you get the wrinkles out??? Teach me your secrets
Don’t use the dryer on shirts and the like. Shake them a bit then hang them up to dry and let gravity do the work.
Why? Clothes need thermal treatment to kill bacteria and other shit.
Well that’s the washing part. Hell, most people I know don’t have a dryer nor anywhere to put one.
Washing is not enough to kill bacteria.
Well they come out visibly clean and smell nice. It’s not like I need a sterile outfit.
Don’t shake them too hard or they stretch. But hang everything absofuckinglutely immediately after they’re outta the washer or dryer. Like rn.
Step outside into the heat and your sweat will instantly steam them out. Thanks global warming!
My clothes have artisanal wrinkling.
Who said anything about getting wrinkles out?
Fold your clothes immediately after drying, while they are still warm. Also, dryers that can add steam really help if you’ve got a few things that need wrinkle removal. Also, handheld steamers are cheap.
Mostly, avoid needing to iron by avoiding wearing formal business attire.
I don’t get the wrinkles out
Hang your clothes in the closet.
why do wrinkly clothes matter in the least? who gives a flying fuck about it?
do you polish your shoes too? i personally don’t want to feel like a ken doll
why do wrinkly clothes matter in the least
- Wedding
- Graduation
- Horse funeral
- Workplace
- Church
- Horse funeral
- School uniform
- Anniversary (of horse funeral)
Church? Really? Isn’t religion on milenials’ to-kill-list?
Out of all the things I’ve listed, church is the one that grabs your attention?
That and school uniform.
You wear wrinkly clothes to the return of Jim?
I did our boy Jim dirty
Learn to accept the wrinkles and wear them like a badge of honor!
The imperfections in the creases mirror my own uniqueness and imperfections
Ironing seems like it’d be a really chill and relaxing activity, if we had time to engage in it.
This was my first thought. “Ironing?! Ain’t nobody got time for that!” It would probably be nice though.
It is But only for men
How have I never seen this video before?
It’s like gardening/lawn care for me. I like doing it, but I hate having to do it or else.
It is, if you don’t have to do it all the damn time. If you just iron your clothes when you want/need to, it’s an enjoyable chore.
Would’ve thought we have more leisure time today than back in yee olden ironing thymes
I’m gonna be the Debbie downer and mention that no-iron clothes have synthetics in them, the washing of which is a major contributor to the microplastics problem.
No iron clothes is a lie. They say no iron on the label in the store, but they tell you to iron in on the care label.
Hanging them up wet rather than putting them in the dryer will get most wrinkles out, especially if you smooth/stretch the collar, placket and cuffs
Wool, cotton, etc, all don’t need ironing. Just don’t over dry and hang them up right away.
no-iron clothes have synthetics in them
most my clothing is 100% cotton, and I have never ironed once I left my parent’s home.
I have never even heard of “no iron clothes” until now, and I haven’t ironed any of my clothes except when I absolutely had to do it because I was in the Marines.
Fair!
Yeah nah by now ironing I mean I do not iron unless it’s a fancy event, regardless of the fabric lol
Lol who said anything about specific garments? We just wear our clothes wrinkled and no one cares. My linen shirts looked wrecked for an hour or so and then the wrinkles fall out, for instance.
Yeah that’s linen for you. People don’t wear it much anymore sadly so they don’t get that they just look wrinkled. I love linen shirts though.
Could be formaldehyde as well right?
True, but tires are way, way worse.
You must look fucking stupid wearing tyres
No wrinkles in the shirt though.
Don’t diss Michelin Man, that’s not cool bro
If I have to choose between keeping nature around and not having to buy an iron again, is gonna be a tough choice.
you can do both if you just choose not to care about wrinkled clothes.
Many of us have this choice made for us.
All clothes are no-iron clothes if you DGAF enough :)
This is the way.
All you gotta do it hang the shirts up, guys. That’s it. Gravity is nature’s iron.
But make sure you do so quickly after the dryer is done. Otherwise they’ll cool down and the creases will set.
I’d rather not follow any advice you give, MindTraveller. Thanks.
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Clearly you’ve never bought linen :p
Linen is supposed to be wrinkly, that’s why it’s so cool. It lets the breeze get between you and the fabric. Just hang it up wet, giving a few strategic tugs to smooth it out, especially the collar.
I love that we are arguing about laundry on Lemmy. The thread above this there are so many angry downvotes.
My people.
Soon on Forbes or something:
“You’ll be flattened to find out what industry millenials are killing next.”
This one weird trick.
Dry cleaners hate them.
You know, I want software patents, math patents(yes, they are not legal. Yes, they exist.), NDAs, DMCA and mass surveilance to be on list what millenials are killing next.
Well now I’m bummed out to find out that people are trying to patent math.
I’m with you on all of those though.
It gets worse. There are patents on genes of existing species. Like spider silk is patent minefield.
That one surprises me less, based on the limited stuff I already know about GMO companies like Monsanto. Still madness, of course.
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“Dry-cleaners hate this one millenial secret!”
Okay, but how about we still go with the subcontractor, but … Hear me out here … We call it AI and the subcontractor actually works in India for pennies on the dollar? Pivot to that and you’ve got my investment.
- Every venture capitalist right now
I fuckin hate ironing clothes
My mom ironed everything that came out of the dryer (and everything that came out of the washer went in the dryer)
Ironic
Don’t ya think?
Man, I iron all the time. I’m not like, ironing underwear like a crazy person, but I have a lot of shirts that would be straight up unacceptable to wear to work without it. It takes like 2 minutes.
I don’t usually wear dress shirts to work except for big presentations, but how on earth does it only take you two minutes? Are you only counting active time ironing? Or ironing 10 shirts in one session and giving the per-shirt average?
Start to finish, from getting out the iron, plugging in to start up, setting up my ironing board and laying out a shirt, waiting to heat up, ironing the shirt plus flipping it around and ironing again, then putting everything away after the iron cools down, it’s usually like 15-20 minutes for me. Maybe you can do something else when the iron is heating up, but it still seems like at least 10-15 minutes. Still a short enough period to not be a huge hassle once a week, but way too much to do every morning.
Or ironing 10 shirts in one session and giving the per-shirt average?
Or also have chad 230V iron instead of weak 120V.
I leave the whole thing set up in the guest room so I don’t have to mess with it, and I’m a woman, so most of my dressier tops are less complicated than a men’s button-down. I plug it in, wash my face, and it’s ready to go, and it really is only about 2 minutes to actually iron. Maybe twice that if it’s a particularly finicky fabric (which I’m slowly eliminating from my wardrobe).
It really isn’t that hard. It takes about 3-4 mins to iron a dress shirt to look pretty damn good compared to doing nothing for it at all not including the time for the iron to heat up. I also save time by using the steam button heavily and not being afraid to throw on a slightly damp and warm shirt. Still, when I decide to change my shirt right before I’m walking out the door and I only have 10 mins or I’m gonna miss my train I still always have time to throw the iron on and give it a once-over. Like yeah if you want all your garments absolutely perfectly ironed it might take a little longer, but you might just not have the technique down from lack of practice. For the record I’m gen z so idk if I’m just weird or if the meme is maybe not as universal as some think.
Definitely did not.
IKR, my SO owns two.
IDK what OP is on about, though, I’ve never used one.
You’re going with someone who owns two irons?
Blink twice if you’re in danger.
👀
Who is we
Millennials.
I’m one, and the SO is a Zillennial; neither of us own irons. Just don’t see the point. Dryers are fairly effective wrinkle removers, and any remaining creases will eventually come out simply by wearing the clothing.
RIP anything made of linen.
We don’t own anything made out of linen, lol
Regardless, delicates get air dried. I live in a “right to dry” state (i.e. it’s illegal to ban clotheslines here), but even if I didn’t, you can always hang them over the shower rod.
I iron for the creases!! I understand why many people wouldn’t have use for them but I like having crisp collars on button downs and polos and a slight crease to certain khakis
By “creases” I meant wrinkles. I have this weird quirk where I don’t like reusing a word too many times in a paragraph, so I’ll try to find a synonym.
I knew what you meant by the context, no worries
Did you even notice how many times you said ‘I’?
Shit.
Banning elbows not being allowed on the table and hats not being allowed indoors are also wins for me
“Why?”
“Because!”
“…”
Elbows have always been allowed on the table. The rule for fancy dining was that you couldn’t have elbows on the table during a course, i.e., when people are actively eating, but before/after, it’s fine. That’s a reasonable rule to be considerate of space.
Never been an issue for me. The issue would be invading someone’s personal space. Maybe we just have bigger tables where I live.
If elbows aren’t allowed on a table during a course of a fancy dinner, they have definitely not always been allowed on the table.
Yeah I thought that was a ridiculous statement as well
Exactly. Food on the table? Elbows off. It’s simple.
Why?
Respect. Culture. Table manners.
Take your pick.Edit. Personal eating space is probably the most realistic answer.
“Because”
If you have a large number of people eating in comparison to the size of the table, and the table is already covered in food, the only place on the table to put your elbows is in other people’s personal space.
The rule should be “no elbows right next to someone else’s food” but neurotypicals are terrible at communicating due to their underdeveloped social skills and empathy.
People other than you, who are not “neurotypicals” whatever tf that even means, are able to accomplish seating large amounts of people at a table and use basic table manners just fine. It’s just common courtesy.
Yes, neurotypicals are indeed able to have large family dinners. But they have to do it using table manners as a crutch. They can’t just have an honest conversation about what’s really necessary, they need to rely on this social construct to tell people what to do without explaining why. It’s a great weakness. If only the average person weren’t so afraid to introspect and to question why we do things.
Tell me you have autism without telling me you have autism.
Well it’s never been an issue in any space I’ve eaten in, so I think you’re wrong.
Good to know you’ve never sat at a table with a lot of people, I guess? Or next to an opposite handed person.
This is one of the few cases where the down and upvotes actually matter for the issue at hand buddy.
Yeah, no need whatsoever to eat cramped too tightly around a table.
I like the way we don’t have to wear petticoats under our dresses anymore.
Yeah. Now I just wear them for fun!
I mean doesn’t everyone still at least wear the stretchy shorts under their dress? Like I’m not going just panties. That seems so lewd.
As someone who can’t sit straight I only wore shorts and trousers until I learnt this trick in my twenties. While I personally don’t find it lewd, other people clearly do and I get so pissed off every time someone feels the need to inform me that they’ve been looking up my skirt.
You might even say we ironed that problem out
oh, the irony!
OP casually admitting his clothes look like shit, or he dresses like a toddler.
I’m sure once you graduate high school you’ll find opportunities to use a clothes iron, in the meantime stop pretending you’re a millennial.
Millennial here, graduated highschool nearly 20 years ago. Still not ironing or owning an iron. If you hang your clothes up to dry and do it properly, you don’t need to iron them.
Bro has never owned a piece of clothing made of linen in his life.
Or anything other than cotton-poly tshirts from target.
You can really tell who in this thread has never had to dress professionally or formally.
“Leinen knittern edel” - German saying for “Linen crinkles look good”
Keep telling yourself that, wrinkles.
I guess my clothes look like shit, or I dress like a toddler.
The great thing about being an adult is I don’t have to give a fuck what others think about me.
lulz.
I probably have socks older than you.
So your clothes are wrinkled and old? Yikes.
Just like my scrotum
I own an iron because after washing fabric, it gets wrinkles.
Do you know how much a pain in the ass it is to sew wrinkled fabric? Flat and smooth is the easiest way to do that.
Sewing is the legit reason for irons.
I iron my tshirts and shorts otherwise they look crinkley
Is everyone walking around with crumpled clothes? Or am I missing some critical life hack?
Honestly most the advice I’m seeing is basically an answer to “how to avoid clothes looking absurdly crinkled” but nothing gets clothes as crinkle-free as an iron. Most people are just content with some crinkles.
Not even iron-free shirts are free from my iron.
I line dry everything but socks n towels. Stuff practically irons itself
Shake out, hang when wet, never iron again.
Take your clothes out of the washer immediately, untangle them if necessary, and put them in the dryer. Don’t just dump all the clothes from washer to dryer. Remove the clothes from the dryer as soon as it’s done while they’re still warm. Hang shirts on hangers and put away the pants. Lastly, only buy new shirts and pants that are iron-free.
Ironing is really only required for “dress up” clothing, casual cotton clothing is generally presentable if you wash, machine dry and fold/hang while still warm. You will have a crease and it will resolve itself in a few hours. Polyester blends also come in several utility blends like the stain free, moisture dispersing and wrinkle resistant. I’m realizing reading this thread that some people iron all of their clothing, but in my home we typically only iron our formal occasion attire (rare).
You could save yourself some time if you get your clothes out of both the washer and the dryer immediately after the cycles finish.
I don’t use the dryer except for towels, and I’m generally pretty good about taking them out when they’re done washing- can definitely tell when they’ve sat there a while!
Do you fold your clothes right after taking them out of the dryer, while they’re still warm?
Fold‽
I don’t use the dryer
