My mum would spend hours ironing clothes when I was a kid. I dont think I’ve ever seen an ironing board at any of my friends houses. A whole generation just said “fuck ironing” and we did. Good work everyone.
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@robb See also Ruth R. Benerito, inventor of one of the most practical and common "permanent press" fabric treatments. It's also less common now because it's less needed now - by a lot.
@robb My mom went back to work (sp.ed. teacher) when I was 13. Before she did, she taught me how to make a meal, how to do my laundry, and how to iron.
I spent most of the 00’s traveling for work, living out of a suitcase, and even a travel iron was too much. Thanks to TSA, I discovered what I referred to the “Bachelor Iron:”
@robb My partner took up sewing in the pandemic, and almost every piece of clothing she makes requires ironing, even post creation. I'm guessing "clothes are different" is part of the reason as well as "we dress very differently".
@robb dude, I gotta be honest, the thing where you edit in a personalized donation link (even for a good cause) to a post because it's going viral feels pretty gross.
@robb@sofia@kendraserra You mean the will of 23 people while over 400 people boosted the message (and nearly the same number of people told you not to change it)?
@robb your link just goes to the original thread for me. i'm assuming from context that you polled people, so i'll just say that it feels appropriate to me to indicate in the text of the post that you edited that part in. But clearly we have different expectations/background norms, so happy to leave it there.
@robb It's definitely a choice. I don't buy a dish or whatever if it can't go in the dishwasher. Same for ironing. If something is naturally wrinkly or can't be fixed by 15 minutes in the dryer with a damp cloth, then it's not coming home with me. That shit just isn't worth my time.
Yet somehow, I manage to currently own 2 irons. They've been useful for exactly one purpose, which is affixing iron-on numbers to my wife's roller derby practice jerseys.
@robb the only downside I have felt with this lately, is that I want to fabric paint my kid’s clothes (old school’s uniform hoodies - still fit, but they’re plain and navy blue...), but all the paint says you need an iron to set the paint and, whoops, no iron.
@robb LOL. Haven't been able to make peace with wrinkles! I still grudgingly default to my iron and board. Have a hand steamer, but I haven't yet found one that'll get serious creases out as well as (or faster than) a decent iron.
@robb I knew a band back in the early 00s who made a point of using them as synth stands. The high point of every gig was the moment when an ironing board was flung from the stage. Probably quite dangerous now that I think about it.
@robb I actually iron bedsheets to make them fit (they are less voluminous when pressed) and iron some shirts but yeah in general I agree: fuck ironing
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