@robb I own one. I've given up trying to use it 😬

@robb I iron hama beads. And very occasionally something for a wedding or similar occasion, but most of my fancy stuff doesn't need ironing, and none of my day-to-day wear does.

@robb I grew up knowing how to iron and had to iron my college roommates stuff cause he had no idea how lol

@robb hand steamer mafia rise up

@robb I bridge the generations. When I moved out of home I was wearing business shirts and ties to work. I ironed each week. I was good at it. Now, I’ve had three items that need ironing sitting in a basket for 4 months…

@robb My fave thing about Gen X.

@robb This has to do also with changes in fabric

eg real, or old style cotton shirts need to be ironed

new shirts, even from Brooks Brothers, are no iron cotton, eg IMO sleazy cheap fabric for wannabess

@robb I wear scrubs so I can get away with not ironing :blobcatlaugh:

@robb different fabrics

@robb mine is only for sewing

@robb wrinkle free pants were the best invention.

@robb I was born in 1952 and I can tell you that clothes were made out of very different fabrics. Synthetics were still a very new thing and a lot of technology is used today to make clothes "easy care".

@robb @yuvipanda both my own mother and my mother-in-law were scandalized when they learned we do not own an iron or ironing board.

@robb @theaardvark Mid-80s, early teens, mum said she'd iron my school uniform but not the rest of my clothes. It was a way of getting me to take responsibility and learn stuff. I never ironed again.

@robb I remember the specific moment I said 'fuck ironing' - I went to a posh school with a silly, formal uniform which required ironing. At some point when I was about 14 or so I was just like 'Nope, not doing that anymore' and I just started turning up to school looking however and never looked back.

@robb My grandmother used to iron underwear!

@robb I learned a long time ago that even linen clothes will turn out just fine if you fish them out of the dryer when they're still warm

@robb
I have TWO ironing boards in the house. One actually is mine, the other came out of my parents’ stuff. Once upon a time (when I had to leave the house and ‘work’ for a living) I ironed shirts. Then I gave up on that nonsense.

They sit, waiting for attention that I am sure they will not get. Giveaway time!

@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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_R._Benerito

@robb I haven’t since I got out of the military. So the better part of 25 years.

@robb are we going to see performative ironing on the Senate floor?

@robb I remember my mom ironing my jeans and I sort of yelled at her. So also ironed towels. I can’t even…

@robb I just realized the other day that I have transported an ironing board and iron from Sc, CA, CO and have not used them in that 12 year period. I like this.

@robb

I have an iron and an ironing board and I don't think I've used either one in the last 10 years. At least.

One thing I miss, though, is the scent of freshly-ironed cotton. Very much a Home/Comfort smell.

@robb our clothes are wrinkled, our socks don't match, we're getting fucked over every day and our government doesn't work, the whole thing can all go to hell

@robb @timberwraith I have a small basket of items to be ironed ☺️I get around to it maybe twice a year. It’s mostly napkins and hankies. And I absolutely adore the feel of freshly pressed bedsheets, but it’s a pain in the ass to iron sheets & I can’t afford a steam press 😕that said, I spent my childhood ironing my parents’ clothes and I’m happy it’s not a thing I *must* do regularly, just a choice I make when I want to feel glamorous 😃

@robb if it requires ironing, I won’t buy it. I tried to give away an ironing board last year and one younger person asked what it was. 😂 The evolution is complete.

@robb
I starch and iron my chonies.
I work in the fields.
Can't have them getting in a bunch.

@robb In Air Cadets I had to iron my shirt, tunic, and slacks. I still will iron my dress shirts if they need it, which, given how infrequently I wear them, they generally do.

@robb ...and fuck sorting laundry wth is that even about? so the whites get a funky color thats what bleach is for.

@robb I ironed something on Saturday. I’m good at it. 🫣

@robb I iron two things: name tags into my kids’ clothes, and those melty beads my kids made cute crafts out of.

@robb Ironing socks was once a thing.

@robb ha my mom was a hippie and then even as an ex hippie couldn't be bothered, so she modeled healthy non-ironing behavior for me. My wife though had to bravely break free from her ironing-centric upbringing and I couldn't be prouder of her

@robb
“Fuck ironing” was brought to you by Polly and Esther, the synthetic fiber twins.
You had no choice but to iron before that. Every “housewife” slaved away diligently hours per week on that shit.

@robb I iron in one, and only one, situation. If I travel for business (or weddings, funerals), the first night I'm in the hotel room, I iron everything that needs ironing, and hang it up. Last time for business was pre-pandemic, funerals more recently than I would like, and I'm running out of unmarried friends really fast. The iron will die soon, with luck.

@robb

when i was a kid, my dad decided one year to get my mom a bunch of appliances for her holiday gifts, including an iron. my mom got my dad a bunch of no-iron handkerchiefs for the holiday. ;)

two of my mom's rules:

- nothing that requires ironing
- nothing that can't go in the dishwasher

@robb ……… my mother was not unhappy when doing so ………. Peaceful times in a quiet space.

@robb made a New Year’s resolution in 2007 to never iron again. Stand by it (I have done some crappy stitch witchery mending since then with an iron but don’t think it counts).

@robb
My friend irons everything as well. Not because it needs ironing, but because she enjoys the meditative state of doing it. Like a guy who enjoys the zen motion of mowing the lawn. It's an escape from other stressful situations in her life.

@robb No ironing board in my place Our place had one but it was seldom used. I just shake out wrinkles. It's much easier, and you can't burn your clothes accidentally. Mostly, I wear graphic tees and jeans or sweatpants, so, who cares!

@robb 100%. Can't remember the last time I ironed anything, but it was something I spent hours a week doing in my youth. Now, if something needs ironing, no it doesn't.

@robb

I still iron if necessity dictates. Crisp suits and DISINFECTS.

@robb I've wondered for a while what ironing is really for? Did it used to extend the life of the clothes? Or?

#histodons

@robb
I iron, mostly table cloths and napkins. I use the solar dryer first.

@robb @pootriarch funny I just upgraded my iron and ironing board. I found that my clothes fit better when I iron them.

@robb

I have an iron that I used to use to make bead art. I haven't been able to lately for lack of space.

I wasn't bad though.

@robb HELL YEAH. 🤘🤘🤘

@robb Indeed!

Although, honestly, I've occasionally considered trying it in order to fix some noncooperative shirtcollar/pocketflap fabric.

@robb so trueeee

@robb
I went to a church rummage sale last weekend, there were 3 ironing boards for sale. I should have taken a picture, they were lined up together. I wonder if anyone bought one.

@robb

One reason for that is that many of the modern fabrics contain synthetic fibers that break down into microplastics, which then run into rivers, lakes, & oceans.

@robb I have an iron at my house. I use it to wax my skis. ⛷️

@robb my husband was appalled when he moved in with me and discovered I had no iron. I've never seen him use his since. That was 15 years ago. It's somewhere in the garage.

@robb Last thing I ironed was a shirt for my brother's wedding last year.

@robb
Still so much on my gay agenda tho... :apartyblobcat:​
✅​ Sliced bread
✅​ Hole in the ozone layer
✅​ Abolish ironing
:blobfoxcheck:​ Normalize kinks
⭕​ Eat the rich
⭕​ Stop global warming
⭕​ Normalize "thon" as a pronoun
⭕​ Bring back the Dodo

@robb pleasure!

@robb I’m guessing I’m old. I iron every week, but only my own clothes. Neither my wife or daughters seem to have much that would need ironing.

@robb I look great in wrinkly dress shirts

@robb we do actually own an iron, but about the only thing it's ever used for is these

@robb I enjoy ironing, which is good because I like nicely made cotton things & they do require it. Polyester crapola that sticks to your skin does not require ironing but ewww.

@robb had this exact same conversation with someone yesterday! although it was off the back of buying a handheld clothes steamer for emergencies (accidentally creasing a suit)

@robb We could do the same thing with the "ai"marketing campaign that is total bullshit. But it requires a buy in, from the public to believe real advances in statistical learning is "ai"by completely moving the goalposts.

You can see from even sci-fi TV shows using a very specific definition, same in the dictionaries still, even ones released months before we started saying "ai" no longer is sentient and thinks for itself but it just a statistical model. Which definitely cant think for itself

@robb I have an iron that I use occasionally, but it's almost exclusively because I'm sewing and it makes it so much easier. I only use it on clothes I'm about to wear when I have a job interview.

@robb
Tan France argues otherwise #queereye

@robb Maybe wrinkle-free clothing deserves some credits, too.

@robb I never iron (nor do I have other people ironing my stuff), but my son does, so that damned board still is in the way...

@robb I've only used an iron and ironing board for iron-on decals.

I still specifically watch for "iron" care labels on clothes, and filter those outs.

Well this did some numbers.

Donate to St Jude: https://rknight.me/stjude

@robb

Isn't there a spray or steam or something now? idk, steam isn't just a gaming platform but shmg

@robb mum has an ironing board: for sewing, for linen clothes (protects the fibre and makes it softer) and in very rare cases, last minute washing

@robb I'm proud to have led the crusade against needless ironing.

@robb Oh, irony…

@robb I iron when I sew, which really doesn't work without ironing but once stuff is ready it's never ironed again 😂

@robb I start…
«Fuck patriarchy! Fuck capitalism!»
It may work.

@robb Have you been raiding peoples laundry cupboards for ironing boards? Seems a bit invasive

@robb occasionally I iron my shirts. Good film on TV, spend an hour or so making things tidy, it's thereputic. That said modern fabrics really don't need much ironing companies to pure linens etc etc

@robb I think there is one in the house, somewhere...

@robb

I used to iron (shirts only) decades ago but stopped because I thought "what a stupid waste of our planet's dwindling resources!"

Never ironed or steamed (unless hung out while showering) since.

@andrewl

@robb yeah, even though I think I am not exactly the mentioned generation there is no such thing in my house. [1981]

@robb

So wie wir das Bügeln überwunden haben, schaffen wir hoffentlich in Zukunft auch das Rasenmähen und die Verwendung von Laubbläsern ab.

Gerne weitere Vorschläge😀

@robb I'll iron if whatever I'm about to wear needs ironing. Otherwise nope. Life is too short for ironing 🙃

@robb I used to iron, mostly as an excuse to watch TV. Now I still technically have one but I only drag it out for the occasional craft project.

@robb I still iron (sensory issues with wrinkled clothes plus a partner who needs to look professional) but if it takes longer than one episode of a tv show (45 minutes at most) I cap it there and rather iron again the next day.

@robb Yep. Nowadays, there's only two uses for an ironing iron: ironing one's flag before making a Youtube video, and heat-transferring a picture onto a t-shirt.

@robb 🙋‍♀️
#SayNoToIroning

@robb I sometimes use a vertical steamer.

@robb I have one. I use it for shirts the three or four times I need them a year.

@robb I still like not looking like trash from times to times, so I bought very affordable non-iron shirts. 5 years later, they still rock.
But nothing is ironed, so my t shirts look like crap.

@robb Same with my mum. But eventually the whole family went "fuck it". No-one has time for that.

@robb tell me about it. All those years of ironing shirts to go to work in a suite and tie. And sheets, don't talk to me about sheets. But, at least I still know how to iron a shirt half decently, it's not something you ever forget.

@robb I consider an iron to be part of my sewing kit and nothing to do with anything else

@robb Except when I was a kid and I was "helping" mum I think I NEVER used an iron/ironing board in all my life. I found sometime "alternative ways" not requiring ironing to have stuff looking "almost like it was ironed".

@robb my girlfriend irons everything....

@robb Wait, you don't iron your shirts and trousers? :D

@robb
Well a very big part of that is the improvement is clothing / fabric technologies ... clothes just don't come out of the washing massively wrinkled like they once did. Also many work places do not require the formal dress they once did. And don't forget that Dry cleaning is cheaper and more accessible than it once used to be.

@robb I love that this post has nearly 100 replies! It's obviously struck a nerve! FWIW I iron a few things that really lookj a whole lot better not all crumpled up, but the other 95% of my wardrobe has never seen an iron.