I felt bad re-wearing a tshirt to work, after wearing it once. Not because it smelled or had a stain or anything, but because the work we do can be disgusting and has a legitmate concerns over being clean.
I feel like some people forget why we do certain things. We’re maybe a bit too clean sometimes as a modern society (not sure about recent research, but remember the “lack of dirt might contribute to allergies” articles?). But at the same time, we’re don’t have typhus killing 100k people a week because we wash our clothes and have largely controlled lice.
Yeah you can go 2-5 washes for jeans, especially if you’re like, wearing them in a “clean” ish environment… but god damn you if you don’t semi-regularly throw them in the wash. Real anti-social shit. Yeah western sensibilities can be wack about certain things, but every culture with washable fabrics WASH them for a reason. (I assume some cleaning is done of other clothing, but I doubt tumble drying a feather ornament would be good.)
Side note: The work is outdoors. Nothing has ever made me feel more connected to my monkey ancestors then checking for ticks. Honestly a humbling experience.
I felt bad re-wearing a tshirt to work, after wearing it once. Not because it smelled or had a stain or anything, but because the work we do can be disgusting and has a legitmate concerns over being clean.
I feel like some people forget why we do certain things. We’re maybe a bit too clean sometimes as a modern society (not sure about recent research, but remember the “lack of dirt might contribute to allergies” articles?). But at the same time, we’re don’t have typhus killing 100k people a week because we wash our clothes and have largely controlled lice.
Yeah you can go 2-5 washes for jeans, especially if you’re like, wearing them in a “clean” ish environment… but god damn you if you don’t semi-regularly throw them in the wash. Real anti-social shit. Yeah western sensibilities can be wack about certain things, but every culture with washable fabrics WASH them for a reason. (I assume some cleaning is done of other clothing, but I doubt tumble drying a feather ornament would be good.)
Side note: The work is outdoors. Nothing has ever made me feel more connected to my monkey ancestors then checking for ticks. Honestly a humbling experience.
All of the people spoken of in this article are so obviously rich and have never had to work a physical job outside.