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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 46 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (14 children)

I've learned to just put the sheets in the dryer by themselves and use the sensor-dry setting (they get washed with everything else, though). They dry pretty fast just by themselves, so I don't think it's wasting much, if any, energy by splitting them out. Probably at least breaks even since I put the rest of the wash load on the drying rack while those are in.

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 44 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Why does the largest fitted sheet not simply eat the other five?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 27 points 1 week ago

no, it does

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

I feel like you might be the ruler of omicron persei 8...

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I wash them separately, too, because the clothes will ball up inside and it feels like they aren't getting washed.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I just wash and dry similar things with themselves. 🤷‍♂️ Sheets and such by themselves, towels by themselves. Rarely have any issues. ✨

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And, even after all that, when you go to put the sheet on the bed you still find a sock.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

and inside that sock is a wadded paper towel, rock hard and flaking

[–] Hoimo@ani.social 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sorry mom, that paper towel was rock hard and flaking before the wash too.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

I think your foot might be pregnant

[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

You can search thoroughly in the fitted sheet shoved over your head to look closely and you'll still miss the damp sock somehow.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Just stop secreting oils and losing cells from your skin so you can sleep on a bare mattress. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] alanjaow@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I use a laundry bag for any sheets to avoid this

What happens when the sheet eats that?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I was in a band called Pathetically Sodden Washcloth. Mostly Trip hop, a bit of Crust punk.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I googled crust punk with a genuine thirst for knowledge, but didn't know enough about music to understand the answer lol. On a side note, back in the 80s one time I saw a Portland band called Butt Seepage.

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Thats why I stopped using dryers and just hang stuff out to dry. Also saves a lot of energy.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Look at Mx. Privilege over here talking about wide open living spaces.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (7 children)

When I lived in a 42 sqm apartment I just put them in the middle of the one room I had. It did require walking around them all of the time, and an apartment that small became quite humid when hang-drying inside, but I managed to pull it off.

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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (8 children)

It's nice to have a house, eh. Or a balcony. Or both. Or a nearby meadow. Or some electrical wiring attached between apartment buildings.

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (12 children)

I dry stuff inside on a rack like this. I've got a yard, but that yard is full of birds who like to sit and shit on my clean clothes.

Sheets and towels go in the dryer though.

[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fingers crossed that’s just a stock image because that wardrobe is very depressingly beige.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Often people wash clothes that are similar colour

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

towels become so much softer in the dryer though :)

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Exactly. I hate that coarse air-dried towel feeling. Like sandpaper.

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[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'll never understand why dryers can't simply reverse direction several times during the cycle to prevent this from happening all the time.

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think once the clothes are trapped in the bedsheet it’s game over. I’m not sure changing directions would prevent it in the first place, unless it was literally just shaking or something close to it.

[–] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

It actually does help! Many commercial grade dryers have exactly this feature and it does exactly that. You can sometimes find it at brand new laundromats and I can confirm it somehow magically stops them from wrapping into one big old ball

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I picture the sheet having the hangdog look of a dog that stole a steak off the cutting board.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As an aside I successfully folded a fitted sheet recently, and obviously I'm a wizard now.

[–] odelik 3 points 1 week ago

Fucking necromancers and their black magic.

[–] MarauderIIC@dormi.zone 3 points 1 week ago

There are zipper "fitted" sheets that avoid this problem

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

I bought a cheap knock-off of a shark tank product, where you clip the four corners of the sheets together - and it’s worked a treat.

In retrospect, a large enough laundry bag as another comment mentioned would also work wonders!

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's what garment bags are for, never have to worry about shit getting in your sheet of you jail it ahead of time.

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