Some people change their socks every single day, to me that’s a little to much. I’m more of a 2-3days kinda guy. Is changing socks each day absolutely necessary?
Edit: Obviously something is wrong with me, I’ll take some time to rethink my life decisions and buy more socks! 😅 Edit2: I mostly wear wool socks, I hope that justifies this a bit…
I’m on that Mr Rogers rotation: Twice a day. I work out daily which always includes cardio so changing socks is a must lol.
Is there something wrong with you?
I think the question is why the fuck is everyone’s feet in this thread so goddamn stinky that y’all need daily changes of socks even if it’s like a weekend day or something
Yeah, in threads like these the people who react with “ew no the human body is disgusting, why aren’t you constantly changing your clothing and dousing yourself with deoderants after your hourly showers?” Are saying more about themselves than about anyone else. As soon as I saw the title of this thread I knew there’d be a bunch of responses along those lines in here.
The world is a huge and diverse place, and the people in it are diverse as well. Some people are just stinkier than others. Some people are more sensitive to stinkiness than others. Some climates are more conducive to stinkiness. Some lifestyles are stinkier. Different socks hold smells differently. Some floors are worse than others. There’s no “right” answer to this.
We be workin n twerkin 24/7
Well I wear mine for way longer than anyone else in this thread dares to admit.
Exactly. Way longer…
One you fucking heathen
😅
I only wear wool socks and work from home. I can easily go 4-5 days if I’ve only gone outside to get groceries or whatnot.
If I’m going out to socialize though and it’s been more than 2 days I’ll get a fresh pair.
Yeah same here, always wearing wool socks!
Wool socks don’t need washing as frequently as cotton. They’ve got antimicrobial properties that make them take longer to get stinky.
If you’re only wearing wool socks you can go several days, especially in the winter. Summer socks? Daily imo.
What’s this thing called summer socks? I wear the same wool socks all year and it’s great! It’s either wool socks or sockless sandels.
Don’t wear sockless sandals in NYC
Stay ringworm free
I feel like I’ve just been given an invaluable tip that I may have never ever received had I not taken part in this conversation about socks.
I’ll remember this should I ever go to NYC
With wool socks, i’d recommend changing them every day, to give them a chance to air out, but you don’t have to wash them every time. You can easily get 3 swears per wash with even the most squeemish people examining your socks daily.
FYI, i’m squeemish and I knit lots of wool socks.
I wear socks with at least 60% merino wool and wear the same pair for 5 days. After airing the they have zero smell.
I usually swap clothes every time I take a shower, or when they get dirty. Nothing special happening that’s very second day, but can end up being daily.
The only clothes I wear multiple days are pants and sweaters. Only on days when I barely used socks I may wear them two days in a row.
If clothes touch skin directly then they are put in the wash every day (socks, underwear {boxers}, tee shirt, shirts etc…) other wise it is a check to see.id still.good for follo days - did jeans get muddy / dirty, did I spill coffee on trousers etc… jeans go in wash after a week of wearing even if no spills / mud
Plese reply me with picture of Kryten washing Listers socks with hammer.
I’ll change my socks every day, and more if I’m swapping out workout clothes for fresh clothes.
Oddly, I really don’t experience foot odor. Other bits can get rather ripe, but whether I’m wearing boots or going barefoot, my feet just do t get funky. That said, I have had athlete’s foot and I’ve seen what happens when someone doesn’t change their socks after days of marching and working in the field. I know it’s not a major danger for me at this point, but I’ve got a whole drawer full of socks, and in any case I want them to match with my shoes and pants.
Feet sweat. A lot. Like a pint (450g) of sweat a day or more if particularly active or you have larger feet.
So for me, daily at the least. On particularly active days, multiple times.
That’s … a lot. Are feet really supposed to leak that much human juice?
I associate his movies with a different kind of human juice
I mean, you could have easily searched “how much do feet sweat per day” and verified this yourself.
But ok, here’s one of hundreds of the results from podiatry clinics that say roughly the same thing.
Ah yes, the renowned scientific publication patient.info
We need peer review meta analysis published in a with 50 years of study and published in a paywalled journal in order to verify that we should change our socks.
- some lemmy user
Or literally any paper whatsoever.
Fuck man, I didn’t think I would need to pull up scholarly sources about foot sweat.
When running, you sweat around 250 grams of sweat per square meter per hour. Variables change +/- 50g ish depending on what you are or are not wearing on the foot, what the ambient temperature is, and what you’re doing.
You can work out the maths of your own foot sweat.
Obviously, less physical activity will result in less sweat.
Yeah, that’s kinda the point. Also, nobody was talking about feet under stress.
Cool source, bro, not sure how I’m supposed to do math on literally none data:
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Yes, an article written by a podiatrist, peer reviewed by a podiatrist, and completely cites their credentials, sources, and reference materials.
Just because you don’t think it’s credible, doesn’t make it not credible.
The podiatrist neglected to mention how they determined the volume of water lost from feet.
Edit: Ah yes, the renowned scientific publication silent downvote
I exercise regularly so I’m changing socks like twice a day.
If I take my socks off, they go straight in the wash, if I need socks again that day, fresh ones go on
What‽
People don’t change their sock daily? Do you use the same underwear too? Am I abnormal-er?
Classy interrobang!
Never notice those! (Maybe due to the font on Voyager iOS‽)
If I leave the house, I’ll change my socks and undies.
If I don’t leave the house for a few days (my partner and I work from home) I’ll wear the same socks and undies for a few days. If I’m mostly inert nothing gets messy!
(middle panel, from the pre-canceled artist)
Agreed with you at least on inert -> won’t change tee shirts.
I changed undies more before I got a bidet, that’s for sure.
Socks and underwear are single-use items. Even if it’s the same day, if they come off, freshies go on. This thread is ridiculous.
I have to get up early once a week to drop my kid off at a before school activity. I put on a fresh pair of socks before I go. Then I come back home, shower, and put on a new fresh pair of socks. Putting on a pair of socks that have been on dirty feet would just be weird.
I’ve never in my life been on the more hygienic side of things. I’m a barely functional mess of adhd and autism that launched itself into grad school in a new country. I don’t wear socks more than 36 hours (if I put them on at 4pm, I’ll still wear them the next day, but otherwise no).
So, probably do every day if you want to be on the safe side
From the US to Germany. I think daily sock changes are standard in both places
Hey I’m looking at doing the same- what’d you go to grad school for?
German as a foreign language instruction, so I can teach integration courses. I’ve been here for several years (including some during my undergrad), and am really integrated and fluent (C2, with a bachelors in German) though, so that won’t work for most people right away 😅
What did you do your bachelors in?
Anyone who says more than a day is more beast than man. That said we are on lemmy, so yes you are likely abnormal.
