I just bought a cool new sweater but once again I’m afraid to wear it because it’s an off-white colour that will stain very easily 😅

  • @[email protected]
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    123 months ago

    Clothes are meant to be used. One day, my whites will get stained, and that’s ok. I will buy new ones in the future. So mote it be.

  • Deconceptualist
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    83 months ago

    If you live somewhere with mosquitos, you can’t win.

    Dark colors: better for stains, worse for avoiding mosquitos

    Light colors: worse for stains, better for avoiding mosquitos

  • @[email protected]
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    63 months ago

    Yes. I don’t really buy white clothing for that reason. I also don’t like black clothing because of lint showing up so easily. Plus it gets really hot where I live. Wearing black out in the sun is just extra miserable.

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
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    63 months ago

    It’s not paranoia, I put on a white shirt two hours ago and it’s already stained.

    • Badabinski
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      63 months ago

      My dryer broke like 6 years ago, and I just never cared enough to fix it. You can definitely still get permanent stains on line-dried clothes, but I’ll grant that it’s much harder without all the heat. I have one white cotton T-shirt that I’ve been going Ahab on for fucking months. It wasn’t even expensive, I just want to see if I can get the trifecta of mustard/ketchup/fucked up molybdenum disulfide grease stains out.

  • @[email protected]
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    43 months ago

    Someone doesn’t have young kids. I’m resigned to the fact that clothes of any colour will get stained or ripped or damaged in some way.

  • Jo Miran
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    43 months ago

    I’ve dressed in nothing but dark colors since the 1980’s and worn black underwear since they became readily available to me (early 90’s?).

    I snowboard in very bright colors though. Being rescued takes priority over looking clean.

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        3 months ago

        “bright colors”

        White doesn’t work for obvious reasons but other colors found in nature can make you blend in.

  • venotic
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    33 months ago

    I don’t like wearing light colors anyways, especially white. I will wear other colors, yes, but nothing too bright.

  • @[email protected]
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    33 months ago

    It isn’t paranoia. I know how many items I have had to discard because of small stains. Light colors are a waste of money.

  • @[email protected]
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    23 months ago

    No. I’ve noticed that I shouldn’t cook or eat red food with a white top but I bought an apron for that reason. Outside of cooking and eating, I’ve not had any problems with stains.

    Also stains are not a huge deal. I only get rid of clothes if they are completely falling apart and not fixable with a sewing machine.

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    3 months ago

    This is a big reason why all my clothes are either black, very dark blue, very dark gray, or very dark green. The only things I own that are white are my socks, and I only wear them about half the time anyway.

  • @[email protected]
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    23 months ago

    I just have realistic expectations for myself. I know that I have the hand eye coordination of a five year old and dress to reflect that.