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@robb Yes, ironing was too much of a thing but if you don't iron your shirt then you are, frankly, a heathen. 'Non-iron shirt' is a misnomer and marketing lies - youse all look like you wore it in bed. Which is fine btw if that's your thing but I for one can see and smell a freshly ironed shirt from across a room and I love you iron enabled peeps with all my heart. And you look fab too.

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I think the previous occupants tried ironing the carpet:

@robb Yeah, very true. We’re also a generation that only wears linen shirts once…

Incidentally, I think the previous generation have come around to “folding” too.

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My sister-in-law irons towels - doesn't that defeat the entire object of a nice, cosy, fluffy towel?

@robb oh I didn't realise it was a generational thing. Now it all makes sense

@robb Can't believe millennials killed ironing...

I think it's the lack of space though, more so than the lack of will. Ironing boards are huge.

@robb We use ours as a laptop platform for video chats.

@robb New superhero "No-Iron Man".

@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

@robb I only iron to prepare cloth for sewing :D I never iron my actual clothes for visual reasons.

@robb I hate ironing and the only reason I have an iron and a board is that I sometimes have to wear a suit.

@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 only iron cloth(es) before sewing/repairing. It helps to get nicer seams.

@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 Bet you could market that smell, though.

@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 Yep. Life's too short for being domestic.

@robb Yay us!!!

@robb or shine shoes. The guy in the airport is the new Maytag man.

@robb My iron is used to press pretty fall leaves in waxed paper. 😆

@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 @amyengineer I don’t even pair my socks in the drawer. They’re colour coded, what’s it matter?

Dry the clothes, hang ‘em or stuff em in a drawer.

The ceremonial ironing board only comes out for weddings, funerals, and job interviews/client meetings. It may as well be stored in the loft.

@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 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 my mom taught me to wipe my cloth, a bit like a whip, before hanging it. It's way faster than ironing and remove most of the wrinkle.

@robb How about not adding some alternative content after the fact? #unboost

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@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 I oughta get this printed on a shirt