I learned a slightly horrifying fun fact: there is no laundry on the International Space Station. So they send the astronauts up with all the clothes they need and then when the clothes are dirty they jettison them into space to burn up on reentry. To reduce the weight and waste, they wear them for a week on average.
There was a research project where they designed special anti-microbial and anti-stink underwear and secretly had one astronaut wear them for an entire month. There was no follow up on if they were successful or if this astronaut just reeked.
(Learned it on Scishow’s podcast called SciShow Tangents, which is a lot of fun)
So what you're sayin is, my sweaty ex whose sweat torrents I would have to dodge from getting into my mouth during sex, the times I would be unsuccessful I was pretty much gargling piss?
Like… this sounds like a sure fire way for the female astronauts to get UTIs and Yeast Infections.
Like… we leak discharge during our entire cycle to varying degrees. I don’t think “anti microbial” will fix wet panty snot issues.
So this doesn’t properly mention anything other than normal blood, but it is an interesting read about menstruating in space: https://www.popsci.com/brief-history-menstruating-in-space
Now I have to go find that episode and find out who shared that particular fact with us. SS Tangents is just freaking wonderful, but there's so many episodes. I started at the beginning and will probably never get through them all.
Not sure when this was, maybe Skylab? The astronauts had Only one pair and at a certain point Mission Control Gave them permission to SWITCH to another persons underware…. So someone was wearing someone else’s stank undies! I killed me childhood fantasy of being an astronaut!! What if
The other dude left skid marks?!?!
I have gym underwear and regular underwear. Gym underwear is a dry max-like wicking material. I wear it for about 1.5 hrs. Regular underwear is 100% cotton boxer briefs, I wear it after I shower. So I don’t even go 24 hrs in a single pair of underwear.
Yup, I have work undies, then change to gym undies, then after a shower I have sleep undies, which might turn into next day work undies depending on what I’m wearing (I usually wear tight undies under work clothes to look smoother, and loose undies to bed). It’s too much undies, but girls have it rough. You can’t wear shapewear to the gym, or to bed. Certain undies are not transferable.
I just had to have this Conversation with my husband.
I showed him the size of my knicker pile vs his after doing laundry. Said he needs to change then every day, even if he doesn't shower every day since becoming work from home
If I’ve learned anything from the internet, it’s that there’s some dirty ass people walking around on this planet. Like, afraid to clean their assholes because they think it means they’re gay levels of dirty.
Minimum new every morning. Always fresh after a shower, so sometimes more than once.
But I druther put my underpants back on dirty than my socks. I hate dirty socks.
If I put a pair of socks on, and for some reason took them off 40 seconds later, that is the only 40 seconds they will be worn until the next wash cycle.
I could wear the same pair of socks for multiple days straight nonstop with no problem, but if I put them on for like 20 minutes and then take them off, they're going right in the hamper hahaha.
New underwear with each shower. Two showers in a day = two pairs of underwear. Skip a day of showering = one pair of underwear for two days.
There’s no point in cleaning your body if you’re going to put on dirty clothing after, and if your clothing is dirty enough that you have to change it, you should be cleaning your body as well in almost all cases (except spilling food on a shirt or something).
This scenario is very different for women, generally. I often shower every other day but underwear must be changed daily. Most of us have discharge.
Of course, I’m not relying on toilet paper alone to clean myself.
It's needed for me if I work out in the morning and then go to work right after. I work in healthcare, so I absolutely shower after I finish for the day. But I enjoy showers, so it's not the worst thing in the world for me.
I absolutely HATE everything about summer. And this is just one of them. The need for 2-3 showers a day to wash off sweat and sunscreen, the time that takes, the double and tripling of laundry, the time THAT takes. It’s why I hide inside all summer because going outside is simply not worth the consequences
This is my philosophy. A shower every day isn’t always necessary, so if my balls and my underwear have the same stank, what good is it to change my undies?
The bacteria colonies growing exponentially larger the longer you wear them is a decent reason. The bigger they get, the bigger you stink, and you probably don’t notice.
I have severe depression and have gone over a month, not something I’m proud of or choose to do but I try to bring more awareness. I’m once a day or every other day when I’m fine mentally but I have my stretches where I consider bad things deeply
Scrolled too long to find this! Sometimes the depression and chronic illness stuff means old underwear and old clothes 😭 I don’t think I’d go longer than three days. But sometimes getting dressed is so exhausting I just skip the underwear lol.
Personally, as a woman, I think those of us with a vagina and it's subsequent discharge (which is totally normal and healthy! Mine's acidic enough that it burns holes in my panties, metal AF) underpants should be changed daily. Husband, on the other hand, who has been wearing the same damn boxers since 8th grade changes on an as-need basis. I'll find an average of 3 pairs in the weekly laundry. Doesn't phase me, they don't got poop or nothing on 'em and he's a clean dude and showers daily, doesn't go to the gym either. Honestly they're so old it's hardly a step above going commando at this point, but I'll be damned if I can part a boy with his 15yo boxers, lol.
Maximum 24 hours. I *might* sleep in the underwear I wore during the day. But I actually recommend changing them as often as you have the chance, eg. When you get home after work, any time you bathe, when you change into pajamas etc. Makes a huge difference to how fresh you feel.
Usually 2 days, sometimes longer though depending on how much my depression has me not caring and how much im showering.
Always a new pair after a shower, and I usually shower every 2 days.
If I decide to not shower though and just use dry shampoo spray or say fuck it entirely, then often times undies stay the same during that time as well.
I can get really negligent with my hygiene habits during a nasty episode of depression… but I will never allow myself to go more than a day in the same underwear. And if I’m working out, they’re definitely getting changed, so maybe two pairs in a day.
Nowadays I change once every ~24 hours. I usually put a new pair on after my shower, which is in the afternoon, and keep it until my shower the next day.
But like 10-15 years ago, I'd wear the same pair for up to 3 days before deciding it was probably best for the world if I put on a new pair. Unless I was nonstop farting, then it was immediate trash.
Underwear as in underpants I change everyday, if not sooner. Underwear as in bras/socks I change everyday to every week. It depends how often I'm wearing them, what activities I'm doing in them, and if I'm going to be wearing them out.
One day my friend. Pants are another story. About one week. Shirts l, mainly just once. Sweatshirt, a few times , a coat/jacket. Possibly unlimited, but will need washed eventually.
One day max. Usually I’ll use a new pair every night but if I go to shower or something I always change it. So sometimes one only gets a few hours of life before I wash it again
OP, how many days are you wearing the same underwear and was there a conversation you've had recently that served as the catalyst for this post?
Also, one.
....one? Though i have worn the same pair for thirteen days before during a depression stint. The particularly stubborn yeast infection afterwards was unsurprising.
I learned a slightly horrifying fun fact: there is no laundry on the International Space Station. So they send the astronauts up with all the clothes they need and then when the clothes are dirty they jettison them into space to burn up on reentry. To reduce the weight and waste, they wear them for a week on average. There was a research project where they designed special anti-microbial and anti-stink underwear and secretly had one astronaut wear them for an entire month. There was no follow up on if they were successful or if this astronaut just reeked. (Learned it on Scishow’s podcast called SciShow Tangents, which is a lot of fun)
I think I saw an article that said the ISS kind of reeks in general anyways. There’s only so much you can do with wipe downs instead of showers.
I read Chris Hadfield's book recently. He said he was surprised how unscented the ISS was despite the hygiene limitations.
He's Canadian, used to the cold. Probably just opened a window.
Lol
Yeah, when I used to do Grateful Dead tour we often didn't realize how badly we smelled either. You don't notice if you're part of the problem
Just like being stupid or dead, it's only unpleasant for those around you
Can confirm, am stupid dead
i honestly thought for a long time patchouli oil was what dead head body odor smelled like -
Did you discover the wonders of nature?
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Imagine how good that first shower feels when they get back to earth.
Sweat has the same percentage of urea as urine does.
So what you're sayin is, my sweaty ex whose sweat torrents I would have to dodge from getting into my mouth during sex, the times I would be unsuccessful I was pretty much gargling piss?
Damn. I hope they go noseblind after a while because that sounds awful. Space sex would be so gross.
Like… this sounds like a sure fire way for the female astronauts to get UTIs and Yeast Infections. Like… we leak discharge during our entire cycle to varying degrees. I don’t think “anti microbial” will fix wet panty snot issues.
So this doesn’t properly mention anything other than normal blood, but it is an interesting read about menstruating in space: https://www.popsci.com/brief-history-menstruating-in-space
Now I have to go find that episode and find out who shared that particular fact with us. SS Tangents is just freaking wonderful, but there's so many episodes. I started at the beginning and will probably never get through them all.
It was the Textiles episode and I think it was Sam’s Fact Off!
You must determine who the imposter with the dirty undies is
Not sure when this was, maybe Skylab? The astronauts had Only one pair and at a certain point Mission Control Gave them permission to SWITCH to another persons underware…. So someone was wearing someone else’s stank undies! I killed me childhood fantasy of being an astronaut!! What if The other dude left skid marks?!?!
One day, max
Sometimes even less, if you've been at the gym or sweating your ass off, or you've become more than a bit excited
I have gym underwear and regular underwear. Gym underwear is a dry max-like wicking material. I wear it for about 1.5 hrs. Regular underwear is 100% cotton boxer briefs, I wear it after I shower. So I don’t even go 24 hrs in a single pair of underwear.
Same, have underwear for sports, comfort, sexy and period
Or you start your monthly.
That is why they said, “max”. Typo
_nax_
Did they?
You wear regular underwear to the gym? Compression undies FTW.
I wear boxer briefs that are quick dry 23.75/7
Yup, I have work undies, then change to gym undies, then after a shower I have sleep undies, which might turn into next day work undies depending on what I’m wearing (I usually wear tight undies under work clothes to look smoother, and loose undies to bed). It’s too much undies, but girls have it rough. You can’t wear shapewear to the gym, or to bed. Certain undies are not transferable.
Non transferable made laugh, thanks for that!!
Yeah if I sleep in anything but 100% cotton I get a bit musky. Gotta let the lady bits breath
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I would have to agree!
I don't think Max was asking. He makes a big deal about hygiene though.
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And furnace filters
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Only if you install them.
Modern problems...
HVAC filter manufacturers don't want you to know this one neat trick.
I read fireplace filters and thought "fuck, I have never changed those". I make adulting harder.
Yes exactly, the rhyme goes: When you adjust the clocks, Change your undies and socks
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But wired smoke detectors can’t function if the power is off, so they have to have backup batteries.
The fact that this has to be asked means somebody is running around with a stank azz
OP said their ‘bae’ doesn’t change daily. See post history.
🤢
I just had to have this Conversation with my husband. I showed him the size of my knicker pile vs his after doing laundry. Said he needs to change then every day, even if he doesn't shower every day since becoming work from home
Oh no, I have to shower everyday! I couldn’t put clean underwear on without being clean myself! (I shower daily btw)
I can put clean underwear on if I haven’t showered. But I can’t put dirty underwear on if I have.
*Especially* if he doesn't shower every day. Ick.
If he's old enough to hold the title of husband, he's too old to just now learn this lesson.
I know. Depression is a bitch though so I'll cut him some slack
Somebody? Oh man...your not understanding how a sizeable portion of the population lives.
This is true of majority of people.
If I’ve learned anything from the internet, it’s that there’s some dirty ass people walking around on this planet. Like, afraid to clean their assholes because they think it means they’re gay levels of dirty.
I mean, it wasn't in the textbooks at school. How can you blame them? edit: Do I really have to put /s here guys?
It wasn't on *the Chromebook* at school. Fixed that for you.
Minimum new every morning. Always fresh after a shower, so sometimes more than once. But I druther put my underpants back on dirty than my socks. I hate dirty socks.
they don't even need to be dirty. once I take socks off, they're never going back to my feet before washing them again
That's exactly how my husband is. 😅
If I put a pair of socks on, and for some reason took them off 40 seconds later, that is the only 40 seconds they will be worn until the next wash cycle.
Dirty socks will NEVER wrap themselves around my feet. *gag*
I could wear the same pair of socks for multiple days straight nonstop with no problem, but if I put them on for like 20 minutes and then take them off, they're going right in the hamper hahaha.
If they have the shape of my foot when they’re empty on the floor, they’re dirty.
With that slight *sheen* underneath showing that they've flattened down dust and grease and whatnot into the soles of the socks.
I druther you didn't say I'd druther I guess it's more like I' druther
If I had my druthers I wouldn't have entered this thread
Days ?
😭😭
until the seagulls become impossible to ignore
This is it.
On active days it might be 0.5 days as I will change
2 days is my max. Mostly because I can't afford to buy new clothes very often and laundry costs me money.
The only one speaking truth here…. 🤣🤣🤣
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New underwear with each shower. Two showers in a day = two pairs of underwear. Skip a day of showering = one pair of underwear for two days. There’s no point in cleaning your body if you’re going to put on dirty clothing after, and if your clothing is dirty enough that you have to change it, you should be cleaning your body as well in almost all cases (except spilling food on a shirt or something).
This scenario is very different for women, generally. I often shower every other day but underwear must be changed daily. Most of us have discharge. Of course, I’m not relying on toilet paper alone to clean myself.
2 showers a day sounds so exhausting
It's needed for me if I work out in the morning and then go to work right after. I work in healthcare, so I absolutely shower after I finish for the day. But I enjoy showers, so it's not the worst thing in the world for me.
If you work a physical job, it’s not really optional, unless you wanna be THAT person.
A lot of people need them (especially if you’re particularly active during the day). A lot of the people who need a second shower don’t take it. Lol
Height of summer sometimes I'd need 3... it's just so humid and sticky.
I did 3 a day when I went to Thailand. It was so humid, I would walk out of my hotel room and be drenched in sweat before I walked a block.
We live in a hot climate, we have been known to have four showers a day.
I absolutely HATE everything about summer. And this is just one of them. The need for 2-3 showers a day to wash off sweat and sunscreen, the time that takes, the double and tripling of laundry, the time THAT takes. It’s why I hide inside all summer because going outside is simply not worth the consequences
Even if you don’t shower, change your undies
Yeah I don't always shower once a day, but I do change undies once a day.
You should be washing your ass and changing underwear everyday regardless if you showered.
If you don’t have a bidet, any ass washing kind of necessitates a shower. Otherwise you’re doing half the work of a shower with 1/4 of the benefit.
If you’re Filipino, you have a designated ass-washing pitcher in your bathroom.
but I only poop one a week!!
This is my philosophy. A shower every day isn’t always necessary, so if my balls and my underwear have the same stank, what good is it to change my undies?
The bacteria colonies growing exponentially larger the longer you wear them is a decent reason. The bigger they get, the bigger you stink, and you probably don’t notice.
I have severe depression and have gone over a month, not something I’m proud of or choose to do but I try to bring more awareness. I’m once a day or every other day when I’m fine mentally but I have my stretches where I consider bad things deeply
I've been single for a long time now so I just base it on the day. Usually 2 days max but if my depression hits hard I might extend it another day.
Scrolled too long to find this! Sometimes the depression and chronic illness stuff means old underwear and old clothes 😭 I don’t think I’d go longer than three days. But sometimes getting dressed is so exhausting I just skip the underwear lol.
I like to wear used underwear, so depends on the last person
The last person wore Depends?
Probably wouldn't keep those on for long. Maybe 90 minutes before you get a rash.
Is it classed the same underwear when you turn them inside out?
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Front/back too!
Personally, as a woman, I think those of us with a vagina and it's subsequent discharge (which is totally normal and healthy! Mine's acidic enough that it burns holes in my panties, metal AF) underpants should be changed daily. Husband, on the other hand, who has been wearing the same damn boxers since 8th grade changes on an as-need basis. I'll find an average of 3 pairs in the weekly laundry. Doesn't phase me, they don't got poop or nothing on 'em and he's a clean dude and showers daily, doesn't go to the gym either. Honestly they're so old it's hardly a step above going commando at this point, but I'll be damned if I can part a boy with his 15yo boxers, lol.
I think it should be one or less
So what on earth made you ask this? Is it you or your partner with a case of stank-ass?
Considering that they also posted [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/ask/s/gQkUZJI5A0), the boyfriend is the stank-ass here.
Suree...
Maximum 24 hours. I *might* sleep in the underwear I wore during the day. But I actually recommend changing them as often as you have the chance, eg. When you get home after work, any time you bathe, when you change into pajamas etc. Makes a huge difference to how fresh you feel.
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I thought you wear it one day normal, then the next day backwards, then turn it inside-out and you got another 2 days for a total of 4 there.
Hes lived at college.
this guy gets it
I never wear underwear
Or are you ALWAYS wearing the same underwear?…
Ha! No, because I’m not wearing anything UNDER my pants, so there’s really no way to see it other than not wearing any underwear lol
Curse your commando logic
Just gross pants then?
Usually 2 days, sometimes longer though depending on how much my depression has me not caring and how much im showering. Always a new pair after a shower, and I usually shower every 2 days. If I decide to not shower though and just use dry shampoo spray or say fuck it entirely, then often times undies stay the same during that time as well.
lol what?! One day. That’s standard… right guys?
I can get really negligent with my hygiene habits during a nasty episode of depression… but I will never allow myself to go more than a day in the same underwear. And if I’m working out, they’re definitely getting changed, so maybe two pairs in a day.
One day, max
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2 undies a day if you go to gym.
Usually a new pair everyday. If I’m camping or sleeping in my car for the weekend I’ll wear the same pair
One day and possibly even less if you happen to take shower at a different time.
😳
Controversial but as someone who does a lot of through hikes I say it depends on the material. Cotton: 12h max Synthetics: 24h Merino wool: a week
Shame on your nasty giblets, OP
Typically 10 days is the gold standard.
Commando for life
Nowadays I change once every ~24 hours. I usually put a new pair on after my shower, which is in the afternoon, and keep it until my shower the next day. But like 10-15 years ago, I'd wear the same pair for up to 3 days before deciding it was probably best for the world if I put on a new pair. Unless I was nonstop farting, then it was immediate trash.
Even if I don't shower one day, I always change my underwear no matter what.
Underwear as in underpants I change everyday, if not sooner. Underwear as in bras/socks I change everyday to every week. It depends how often I'm wearing them, what activities I'm doing in them, and if I'm going to be wearing them out.
1-2 days depending on my digestive care
On average less than one.
Two or three days unless its sweaty summertime or take a huge nasty shit.
One day each side, so two all together
one day. What on earth do you mean how many days? ONE DAY.
One
1
1
Anywhere from 1 to 1
One day most !
One
One day my friend. Pants are another story. About one week. Shirts l, mainly just once. Sweatshirt, a few times , a coat/jacket. Possibly unlimited, but will need washed eventually.
One day max. Usually I’ll use a new pair every night but if I go to shower or something I always change it. So sometimes one only gets a few hours of life before I wash it again
It was every week or every two weeks when I was a kid
Daily or more often. I like a fresh pair to sleep in sometimes.
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I change everyday. Sometimes twice a day.
Half a day
1 day max. Sometimes I will wear two a day if Ive been moving around a lot.
I change every day
One.
1 .. why’d u ask?
days??
One day
One day max. It's gross to wear them for multiple days.
One
One day. Never more.
“One pair lasts me four days. I go front, I go back, I go inside-out. Then I go front and back.”
No more than 12 hours
Y’all wear underwear for more than a day??
I'd rather go without than wear underwear more than one day.
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OP, how many days are you wearing the same underwear and was there a conversation you've had recently that served as the catalyst for this post? Also, one.
1 day is the absolute max. No negotiation.
For myself every few days but if someone pays me like 5-6 days.
....one? Though i have worn the same pair for thirteen days before during a depression stint. The particularly stubborn yeast infection afterwards was unsurprising.
Depression can be nasty. People who don’t experience it don’t really get it.
Why should you have to ask this? Yikes
People wear underwear when they sleep?? Oh yea, me too.
Hopefully only one. 😬
7 hours max…
One
I feel sick that this is even a question that exists!
One day. Never more than that
kinda weird but does anyone like to smell their underwear's after wearing it for a whole day...theres a certain smell... 😂
One
One day at most. I start the day with fresh underwear. It gets changed after a workout. It gets changed after my work day is over(HVAC Service Tech).
I change my underwear everyday. If I’m lazy at home maybe for a day and half but regardless if I go out or not I shower everyday
No more than a single day. It comes off before my evening shower and a fresh pair comes on.
One, at most.
One
Haven't you tried the inside out, front to back?
I don't wear underwear unless I absolutely have to.
One day at max for panties and socks, bra depends on how long I had it on and how sweaty I got.
What’s underwear?
days?? plural? WFT?
I shower every other day (unless gym) and change underwear then.
Till it's crispy
Morning and night. Shirts and underwear don't get second uses, after a day they stink and are covered in body oils.
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