I like ironing my clothes though and if you show up to a formal family event with a shirt that looks like you rolled around in it, then I will offer to iron for you before the next time.
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.
It’s right out of the dryer and hung up. Also, steam dryer is amazing. Only ironing is for button ups.
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There are fairly cheap handheld heat presses on amazon that have way more even heat distribution and are superb for patches and vinyl transfer.
I have to go back over and stitch in the edges on all my iron-on patches, might have to look into that if they’ll do a better job.
My clothes only get wrinkly if I get them wet and then let them dry being all balled up so I never really ironed even though I grew up with it being a thing. The only thing I use an iron for and the only reason I even have one, is for applying those heat-activated designs and patches (though I usually tend to also sew the patches on because that heat glue often suuuuucks).
Unfortunately the kids school uniform needs ironing, and my t-shirts are always way more creased when they dry on the washing line outside than when they’ve been in the drier.
Nah they don’t. No clothing needs ironing.
Wear it for 10 minutes and they both look equally wrinkled whether they were ironed or not.
Na, they can definitely look worse! I had one on the other day that I didn’t iron and by the end of the day it still looked terrible, more so than if it had originally been ironed.
I, for one, do like to iron. I’d probably not like it if it was mandatory for all clothing though. What really has happened is societal changes leading to much more casual attire expectations (not that we could afford to dress like previous generations) alongside advancements in textile technology that have resulted in garments less likely to show wrinkles.
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.
Steamer game, represent.
I think what this meme misses is, largely, clothes in the west are now designed to look as if they have been ironed if hung up properly to dry
This is absolutely not a pet peeve of mine that we didn’t just stop ironing due to the lack of social convention (brought on by less time in working people’s lives and less domestic labour done in the home by women) but by new technology in the area of clothing
On a tangent… Why are we still wearing ties? Buttons exist and are already included 95% of the time.
We’ve got a collective fetish for being lightly choked all day while in an air conditioned space and attending meetings about “north star visions”.
As a chubby middle aged sales guy who remembers when we used to wear suits, I miss them because a suit and tie is about the best thing you can wear as a chubby guy to look good.
I thought they were there to cover the unsightly and promiscuous buttons
Slutty Little Tramps
Tie haters unite!
Dyslexics untie!
Sometimes I iron. Someone mentioned school uniform and yes.
But mainly I look at say a t-shirt and go “Meh” shrug and throw it on. Bang a leather jacket on and nobody knows it’s wrinkled and they fall out.
Now we’re having our 1 week of summer in the UK I’m having to iron my t-shirts because it’s too hot for my jacket, but it’s only a week.
Try hanging them and watch the wrinkles fall away. Other ways you could always get some of those sport tops that breath. Should help with the heat.
as a swede i am legally obligated to vomit at the idea of school uniforms
I hate them too but unfortunately the vast majority of schools require them. It pisses me off how much time and energy is spent enforcing meaningless rules.
I am not Swedish, but I would like to join you in the procedure of vomiting at the idea.
Nothing like making the masses complacent since childhood by controlling nonessential fashion choices.
The good thing is that you don’t have all these toxic, wealth-dependent, brand-indoctrinating capitalist, environmentally destructive fast fashion pressures for kids.
Choosing to wear my favourite color to school isn’t “brand indoctrination”. It is called being a free individual. If parents can refuse to buy their kids non essential, unaffordable electronics they can refuse to buy them fast fashion branded clothing. The solution to capitalism being shit isn’t simply eliminating choice.
Can you do precision vomiting into Putin’s bunker? Asking for a friend.I very much agree with you.
Not a millenial but the only time i get an iron out is yo declump the pocket flaps on my flannel shirts
You’re welcome
~Millenials
I’m pretty sure ‘Declump pocket flaps’ is in section 1 of the Apollo Launch Configuration checklist, right before Lint Valve Override.
Could be but mine are forever earthbound
There’s the great trick - you really didn’t.
But I do like ironing. I do it so infrequently, I associate it with getting all fancied up to go out to a special event.
And everything about it is so relaxing… The sound of the water in the iron, the hiss of steam. That clean smell, rising with the hot steam. You’re forced to slow down and pay attention, if you want to get it right.
Whether you’re alone or sharing the moment with company, it’s a recipe for encoding a core memory, deep in there, pinned in place by multiple senses.
I came here to say this. I go into zen mode when ironing my clothes because I only have to do it when I’m either celebrating or doing something very important to me.
All these other things to worry about, but right now, my only enemy is this wrinkle next to the collar.
