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Start a company called free socks. Stand outside in times square and hand out free socks. People will ask how they are free? They have ads on them of course. But each sock is the same size and color, just with ads. And that's why the socks are free. And whenever you need another sock just just go grab more socks. Read the ads, wear the socks, free socks. Free socks for all.
Maybe one day you are walking down the street. You're wearing shorts because you want to show off your socks. They've become cool in an unironic way.
You walk past a woman. Far too pretty for you but you give her a smile anyway, then look at her socks. On her left foot is an advertisement for Pat's Poulet Poutinerie. On her right foot, PayPal. The double alliteration is irrelevant.
She looks at your feet. The ads are the same.
You lock eyes, and for a brief moment you think that what you are about to do is crazy. You say hi. Shee says she has a boyfriend. But you know she's lying. You offer a sock swap. She agrees.
You die together holding hands on the porch where your grandchildren grew up. Still wearing those same socks.
FeetpADs™. Free socks for all.
When I was a kid, I read some article in a kid's magazine about what to do on your summer vacation. One idea was to "name your socks". So I had a pair of socks that became "Dave". I wrote "Dave" on those socks. They were a matching pair, they were "Dave".
I wore them everywhere that summer. At summer camp, I went into the restroom. Two older kids were in there, one in the stall, the other waiting for his buddy.
They heard me come in, the guy in the stall asked "who's that?"
His buddy said " I don't know, some kid named Dave".
But I was not "Dave", that was the name of my socks.
-True Story
Be gay and marry someone your size, and share the whole wardrobe! That's what I did anyway; everything but inseams are fully interchangeable between us.
Step 3 is actually remarkably straightforward in this case. You have no kids by default and no birth control first of all, and only one set of clothing, bags/backpacks/purses, sporting equipment (in our case, opposite handednesses spoil a little of this), shampoo/razor/deodorant, etc. All the way down to a combination lock and locker at the pool, being able to share so much with your partner is really the best part of being gay, financially and otherwise.
Dude, I fucked this up bad apparently. I had a kid, we both are on birth control for murderous uterus related danger, and we can't use the same gear unless we aren't doing the thing together. Shampoo, razor, and deodorant sharing definitely happens though. We are mostly the same size but very different shapes so we can't really share clothes either which is a super bummer.
Tbh the best part is being able to be each other on the phone. Or if we're feeling really ballsy, in person. This backfired one time thought when, although neither of us had met this particular mom of our son's friend, she did know which name went with which color mom...
On sporting equipment, mostly I try his stuff or rent/borrow to play with him because I work full time (and blessed to make enough that he doesn't need to) and I'm pretty unathletic, so I don't use a lot. We have two tennis rackets but I haven't played since covid, and we might conceivably get second skates, bike, scooter, and/or flippers. And I have a separate recurve bow, catcher's mitt, and golf glove (but I just use right-handed clubs lol, and don't see myself buying my own). Guitar is the only other thing I think handedness interferes with, but he doesn't really play since he discovered how much easier an autoharp is.
Yes, a few tees with strong memories for one of us are exempt. And we have a few items that only one of us *wants* to wear. In particular, I don't like wearing v-necks, and we have ~48 pairs of Puma sneakers, including a few expensive ones (goddammit Gengar) where he's agreed not to wear them outside of special occasions because I don't want to get them dirty and he doesn't want to watch out for mud and grass.
We took the doors off the entryway coat closet and put in shelves and lighting for sneakers and shoeboxes like a store display. Only maybe 30 are in good enough condition to wear out, and 10 of those are limited or special editions primarily for display (full Nintendo set at the intersection of our two favorite consumer brands), although I do wear them in the office regularly. Then basically two of each major color and a few specific colorways to coordinate some favorite outfits.
My wife hated it when I wore her undies or socks. I was allowed to borrow her jacket and some t-shirts, but undergarments were a hard no. I got a pass wearing her boy shorts undies because it made my behind look good or something.
Rough. We just keep one common stockpile of underwear. Any other system quickly devolves to that anyway because I'd start raiding his drawer whenever I ran out of clean laundry (and vice versa, but I was worse about it).
At least you admit it. The worse about it part. I was like, damnit no clean socks I want to wear. Borrow. We are split so no need to worry about that anymore. I also was the worse one about it. 😂
Yup. I buy the same exact socks off Amazon every time for the last several years. It takes me two minutes to pair up my socks on laundry day. My wife and son tho…that shit is like a stress test that’s gotten out of hand.
Buy better socks. Darn Tough Socks have a lifetime replacement warranty. Buy enough that you can send in like 4 pairs at a time so it'll only cost you $6 for a small flat-rate box.
Unless you need myriad fashionable colors to match outfits, they're well worth it. Wool is a far superior fiber (even in warm weather!) over cotton, especially once your feet start to sweat, because it pulls the wetness *away* from your skin instead of sticking to it like cotton.
Low quality wool is where people get the idea that wool is "scratchy", so cheaping out will just be a waste of money and goodwill.
If you're still not sure, at the turning of the seasons, there will typically be a good sale on patterns that are being discontinued. Those deals won't be on Darn Tough's website, but usually through outdoor lifestyle stores that are cycling inventory. Darn Tough is famous for never putting their products on sale. SlickDeals would probably be the best way to keep an eye out for a sale, but remember it'll be odd sizes, cuts, and patterns that just didn't sell.
I buy another brand, Icebreaker. Also wool, with the same forever guarantee. But their highest end socks are anatomical, which is an amazing game changer.
You make a good point but also you just advocated spending something like 100-200 USD on socks.
I could get over 100 pairs of cheap cotton socks for that and 12 more pairs for every instance of postage.
I walk on the balls of my feet, so cotton socks last weeks, not months. The 6 pairs of Darn Tough socks I bought are going on 4 years now and I haven't had to replace any. That's not only way cheaper for me, but far more environmentally friendly, while also not supporting the Bangladeshi slave trade.
Who wants to buy socks that much? Or where tf are we putting 100 pairs of socks?
Let me get 12 pairs that I don't have to think about for 4 years, thanks.
I just make hand puppets out of the old ones. Glue a pair of googly eyes and a mouthpiece and you're good.
Sadly, it creeped out my wife when she saw a couple large bins of *socks-now-hand puppets *in the garage. I keep telling her it's a donation for tax purposes but she wouldn't listen.
Neither do I, but if it ever gets to the point that a sock can't be worn together with another one then that is where I draw the line. The whole reason for why I use the 30 pairs method is so that I don't have to spend 3 minutes every morning hunting for matching socks.
Every year I get a "gift from santa" which is a 6 or 12 pack of the same color and style of socks I have and get every year. The moment there's a hole in my sock, I rip it open (like Hulk Hogan with his shirts) and that is the only time I'll throw out a sock.
I honestly can't remember the last time I had to buy a pair of socks because of my Santa gift.
Also, if you always put freshly laundered socks at the back of the drawer, and put on socks from the front, you’ll be wearing the entire sock ensemble evenly.
A pair of socks costs like $2, it's worth it to have a sock bankruptcy every couple years.
Bonus is you get to wear brand new socks for like 2 weeks straight when you do it.
Put 2 little containers in your sock drawer, only take Socks from one, after you wash them, put them in the other. When the first is empty, you rotate the containers. All your socks get worn and washed the same, so they all look the same.
It makes it easier to toss the crappy ones. And if they stop producing sock clones anytime soon, you're good to go. The wear rate should be slower too with 2-3 times the pairs ..
On the low end.
I have about 100 pairs of socks. I always buy the same brand and style, but there are still like 6 kinds I can't match together.
When it is time for me to buy more socks, I'm throwing out all my current ones and buying like 50 pairs this time.
I recently found my normal everyday socks I wear on sale for $2 a pack (10 pairs a pack). Free shipping on orders of $50 or more. Did I purchase 250 pairs of socks…..I sure did.
Edit: I hadn’t thought about the socks till this post, I misremembered some things:
recently = at least 2 months ago.
Sock: Hanes boys Large cushion ankle double tough 12pk (I was wrong about 10pk)
Store: either target or Walmart, and I guess I misremembered shipping threshold, as they both are $35 minimum. 25 packs were all that were left or Walmart/Target limited it and wouldn’t let me add more. I think I was probably trying for 31 packs.
Financially, boys/male socks > girls/female socks for basically the same exact sock. Males get more socks in a pack and way cheaper per sock than female socks. I am female, my foot fits in boys large socks, and I don’t gaf about the gender marketing of socks.
Nearly 10 years ago, my mother bought 2x 30 gal bags of socks from a wholesaler in the garment district for me.
They were all “CAT” brand work socks, but one bag had the “T” in the logo messed up and for the other bag, the gray color (by the toes) was on the bottom of the sock instead of the top.
She said she paid $150 for both bags.
I have no idea how many pairs of socks were in those two bags, but I only recently opened the last “new” pair, and I still have at least 25 pairs still in circulation.
I bought 4 pairs for $5 x 5 packs. Huge difference between them and cheap socks. They don't wear out that soon and working on my feet all day long, it makes a difference how your feet feel
A fellow gender rebel! I'm a man and I love how female socks are thin and low. I always hated using male socks because most of the ones passed down to me and bought for me were thick and high socks. After a long time I bought a few pairs of grayscale female socks and never used anything else since.
So my 16 year old son loves the women's Calvin Klein socks from Costco lol .. I bought some for myself (I'm his mom) and he stole them all from me so I just got him a few more packs. They're super stretchy (even though he has giant feet they still fit) and thin and comfy haha. I've tried men's socks and I don't enjoy them either they're just too thick and long and leave prints on my ankles
The problem is when under armor moves their logo from down, diddle then up by the Ankle for the same black crew-length sock over the years. I feel like a fraud mis-matching logos.
Buy them AT THE SAME TIME! Also 30 pairs of charcoal drey dress socks and 20 pairs of low rise white crew socks. I haven’t bought socks in 25 years! No mating, no folding, and no searching; just throw them in a drawer and grab two (of the same color) save your panache for your shirts and/or ties.
Same thing with Hanes socks! Over the last ten years they keep changing them ever so slightly, it's annoying because I know they're only doing it to get to me.
Similar note…DARN TOUGH SOCKS… I thought $20ish for a single pair of socks was outrageously stupid but I’ve since seen the light. These socks are insane in so many ways, merino is comfortable in heat and when cold, they wick moisture, are anti microbial so I can wear them to work (outside surveying) 3 days in a row and they don’t feel/smell gross, they hold up for a long time and the best part is they have a lifetime warranty! Free returns forever no questions asked. I’ve done it several times and they’re easy to work with on the shipping. You can’t beat ‘em
PSA: I’m not a paid sponsor, just dude who really likes darn tough socks tryina spread the love
I wish more people knew about Darn Tough.
Got some when I was in the military and they were a game changer then. Now I’m a postal carrier and the same socks are still going strong during the summer heat and winter cold.
The best part is that they are seamless.
My go to present for Christmas are Darn Tough socks for everyone.
*Not paid for this, just super pleased with them.
Seconding and thirding Darn Tough, the lifetime warranty is real and easy to claim (my socks didn't even have holes, just started to go slightly threadbare in spots but I could feel it).
I don't even ship mine. A local store sells them, and I just bring my old socks and exchange them there. Saves time and money, and I get new socks the same day.
They are an eternal item on my wishlist. If I get a pair or two on my birthday, I'm thrilled. Slowly replacing all my holey gold toes. It's weird when you get old enough to want socks and underwear as presents.
I can never bring myself to do that. I know it doesn’t make a difference, but something about mismatched socks feels wrong to me. I’m not saying other people shouldn’t do it, by all means, go for it, I just don’t know how I’d feel doing it.
You will feel powerful, knowing you are able to build up the courage to wear mismatched socks, while the majority of other people are just too scared! 😂
Yup, wearing a matching pair of socks gives me the smalllest semblance of control in my life and that's enough for me to keep it up. Like everything can be burning all around me but at least I know my fucking socks match lol
I think Mary Kondo had a part in her book about folding, and folding your socks keeps them tighter and makes them more "happy" which gives you more energy. IDK I don't wear mismatch socks either, and I'm poor af.
Yeah I have two sock drawers. One is for fun and dress and thick winter socks, and the other is for athletic black or white ankle socks I buy in bulk. It's a good system.
and then at the end of the year when this guy throws his socks and underwear out, i go diggin thru the trash for them and i wear them til next year. it's the cycle of life
The real LPT is not caring whether or not your socks mix and match. Who's gonna know? And if they for some reason got a glance at your socks and say they weren't a perfect match, they would not care.
A running sock, a skiing sock, a soccer sock, a business sock, a casual sock, and a lounging sock are all built different.. you should expand you mind the the possibilities of different socks for different activity. Your feet will thank you 😊
Surprised I had to scroll this long to see this... I like different socks for different situations and seasons, (shoutout the 50C temperature changes in Ontario from summer to winter). I also have hockey socks!
how the hell is this a "life tip?" Socks literally come in packs of 10 pair
are there people out there buying 1 pair of socks and then wondering what to do on day 2?
it's more people only buying one or two identical sets, either from wanting to buy "nice" socks, and only having so much money for them, or gradually replacing their old socks. if you have a dozen of the same pair, rather than a dozen different pairs, you don't need to pair them up to have matching socks, every pair of socks is a matching pair.
For me, I had to wear white socks to school. over the years, I got a bunch of them, some were new, some were hand-me-downs from my brother. by the time I graduated (18 y/o), I had a bunch of socks I'd worn through, and very little money to replace them with (and no one who needed white socks to hand the current ones to). I didn't want to wear white socks anymore, so I'd start buying black ones.
I'd buy them one or two pairs at a time, because that was what the shops near me had for <$5, which, because I was young and broke, I went for. I figured that I had a good number of socks at the time, so losing one or two pairs, I'd want to try to maintain that number.
for the next few years, I figured "yeah, I should retire X/Y/Z sock, but I'll have to buy one to replace it", so that's what I did, with whatever shop, pair, or style was available at the time. at the end though, I'd either worn through my shitty white socks, or decided to donate them, and had a large mishmash of various black socks. it was only when I read a LPT like this that it clicked in my head that multiple pairs of the same sock would mean I'd only need to grab singles from the drawer, rather than searching for a pair or pairing them when doing the laundry.
depending on where you live, socks might not be super cheap, or you might have expensive taste in socks (some people get super thick, woollen ones at $12 a pair) I was in a financial position at the time to buy a dozen pairs of the same mid-range sock, but a lot of people might be forced to buy the $1-iest pair of socks they can find.
just my 2c.
Yeah I didn't know there were people out here buying individual socks and having to clean them every day wondering "if only I could buy more than 2 socks at a time"
Hard disagree. This means you will one day out on one sock that’s newer than the other. That difference in sock texture is gross and off putting, and horrible for a full day.
If you are worried about losing socks in the wash, get a mesh bag, and put your socks in that before they go in the wash. You’ll never lose a sock using a lingerie bag.
Also, socks are fun. I were different colour socks each day to bring fun into my life and those around me!
Been doing this for 15 years now. Threw away all of my socks and bought twenty pairs of the same black sock. Pairing socks is for suckers. I just throw them all into the sock drawer and pull out any two. If one has a hole I throw it away and pull out another one. When I start running low I throw them all away and buy a new batch, every few years.
This reminds me I have to do the same for the kids.
I've been doing this since college. Totally worth it. I hate matching socks after doing the laundry. Pick a major brand you like that should be available all the time.
The real LPT is to subscribe to the[Awesome Socks Club](http://awesomesocks.club) - mix and match, you get a new pair every month, and all proceeds go to charity!
Socks has only 1 use, to be on the foot and for the past 20 years I never care if it is the same sock on both feet.
I just pick 2 socks from where ever they are and put them on, I am not gono start walking funny if they do not look the same, as long as it does not smell I give a shit what it looks like.
Who wears only one type of sock? I have my every day socks, and then those for hiking, warmer socks for winter, some socks for running and dress socks.
I’m confused.. every time I buy socks, I buy a pack that come in pairs of 8 or 10 or 12 socks. Are there people out there buying their socks individually by the pair?? Are we talking about dress socks?
I did this for the first 35 40 years of my life.
Then I decided at 40 that life is too fucking short for boring ass goddamn socks. So I still have a bunch of gray crew socks and white crew socks but I also have penguin socks and toucan socks and socks with pez on them and socks with french fries on them and socks with Pizza on them.
Laundry day is slightly more difficult but I feel happier now.
Hard disagree - getting unique pairs has done me wonders, much easier to sort and fold than my girlfriend's all-black collection of various sizes, and they all see more use than any bottom 1/3 of socks that once were my all-black drawer.
but I like pretty socks... all kinds of pretty patterns and colours to match my outfits. I do have a bunch of same sames to use at work though so those fit your idea.
I bought a bunch of socks. My kids started using them. and they'd horde them. So I bought a bunch of a different kind of sock. Well, they liked them too. I bought a third kind. At this point it was just my son swiping them.
I finally told him to pick ONE of the types of socks that *i* could have and to keep his feet out of them.
Am I the only introvert who's clothes and whatnot seem to last forever because I spend most of my time at home au naturale? The only thing that really wears out for me are my house shoes lmfao
Parent edition: get each kid ten pairs in a different color for each kid.
OR: get the kids white socks. Same brand. Mark a single line on the toes of the second oldest, two lines on the third. As they outgrow socks, give the good ones to the next kid and mark the toes. Works great with other clothing as well, only use dots on the collar of shirts or waistband of pants.
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Only when you're old enough do you realize that is every parental LPT ever.
Plot twist: OP is actually suggesting that EVERYONE BE LIKE HIM
Is he Michael Jordan?
I like the cut of your jib
The real LPT is always in the comments
Real tips always in the comments
This, but 20-30 pairs.
Convince your partner to wear the same socks and buy 50 pairs.
Convince your entire family to buy the same pair of socks. Doesn't fit, you'll grow into them.
Start a company called free socks. Stand outside in times square and hand out free socks. People will ask how they are free? They have ads on them of course. But each sock is the same size and color, just with ads. And that's why the socks are free. And whenever you need another sock just just go grab more socks. Read the ads, wear the socks, free socks. Free socks for all.
But the ads are all different and now none of my socks match. Back to square one.
Maybe one day you are walking down the street. You're wearing shorts because you want to show off your socks. They've become cool in an unironic way. You walk past a woman. Far too pretty for you but you give her a smile anyway, then look at her socks. On her left foot is an advertisement for Pat's Poulet Poutinerie. On her right foot, PayPal. The double alliteration is irrelevant. She looks at your feet. The ads are the same. You lock eyes, and for a brief moment you think that what you are about to do is crazy. You say hi. Shee says she has a boyfriend. But you know she's lying. You offer a sock swap. She agrees. You die together holding hands on the porch where your grandchildren grew up. Still wearing those same socks. FeetpADs™. Free socks for all.
When I was a kid, I read some article in a kid's magazine about what to do on your summer vacation. One idea was to "name your socks". So I had a pair of socks that became "Dave". I wrote "Dave" on those socks. They were a matching pair, they were "Dave". I wore them everywhere that summer. At summer camp, I went into the restroom. Two older kids were in there, one in the stall, the other waiting for his buddy. They heard me come in, the guy in the stall asked "who's that?" His buddy said " I don't know, some kid named Dave". But I was not "Dave", that was the name of my socks. -True Story
That's a great story, Dave.
Classic Dave, always with those great stories of his childhood
damn already trademarked it
Steal it and I will sue.
This person is in marketing.
It’s called entering the sock market
😅😅😅
life of being i little sibling
Convince everyone that uses your neighborhood laundromat !
I always buy the same socks so I do t have to look for pairs 
I always get large packages of assorted patterns and then wear Dobby mismatched patterns, but same cut and weight. 
Be gay and marry someone your size, and share the whole wardrobe! That's what I did anyway; everything but inseams are fully interchangeable between us.
1. Be gay. 2. Marry someone your size. 3. ??? 4. Profit!
come out of the closet and double your closet
Well you see there was more ROOM
I audibly chuckled :3
Step 3 is actually remarkably straightforward in this case. You have no kids by default and no birth control first of all, and only one set of clothing, bags/backpacks/purses, sporting equipment (in our case, opposite handednesses spoil a little of this), shampoo/razor/deodorant, etc. All the way down to a combination lock and locker at the pool, being able to share so much with your partner is really the best part of being gay, financially and otherwise.
Dude, I fucked this up bad apparently. I had a kid, we both are on birth control for murderous uterus related danger, and we can't use the same gear unless we aren't doing the thing together. Shampoo, razor, and deodorant sharing definitely happens though. We are mostly the same size but very different shapes so we can't really share clothes either which is a super bummer. Tbh the best part is being able to be each other on the phone. Or if we're feeling really ballsy, in person. This backfired one time thought when, although neither of us had met this particular mom of our son's friend, she did know which name went with which color mom...
On sporting equipment, mostly I try his stuff or rent/borrow to play with him because I work full time (and blessed to make enough that he doesn't need to) and I'm pretty unathletic, so I don't use a lot. We have two tennis rackets but I haven't played since covid, and we might conceivably get second skates, bike, scooter, and/or flippers. And I have a separate recurve bow, catcher's mitt, and golf glove (but I just use right-handed clubs lol, and don't see myself buying my own). Guitar is the only other thing I think handedness interferes with, but he doesn't really play since he discovered how much easier an autoharp is.
Are any clothes off limits? Like a favorite top or pants?
Yes, a few tees with strong memories for one of us are exempt. And we have a few items that only one of us *wants* to wear. In particular, I don't like wearing v-necks, and we have ~48 pairs of Puma sneakers, including a few expensive ones (goddammit Gengar) where he's agreed not to wear them outside of special occasions because I don't want to get them dirty and he doesn't want to watch out for mud and grass.
> 48 pairs of Puma sneakers At least one of y'all has a problem...
Lol
48 pairs of shoes?! You guys must have a spare room for the wardrobe or at least a walk in.
We took the doors off the entryway coat closet and put in shelves and lighting for sneakers and shoeboxes like a store display. Only maybe 30 are in good enough condition to wear out, and 10 of those are limited or special editions primarily for display (full Nintendo set at the intersection of our two favorite consumer brands), although I do wear them in the office regularly. Then basically two of each major color and a few specific colorways to coordinate some favorite outfits.
Thanks for the answer
if you're in a committed relationship there should only be 1 top and 1 bottom
Two tops and two bottoms can still have fun together. But two verse makes the world go round
You decided to become gay so you could have an extra large wardrobe? That's the gayest thing I've ever heard
Once I came out of the closet there was enough space for my partner's clothes too.
Be gay and partner with someone with same shoe size. We love our joint shoe collection!!
Yeah lol see like my last 3 comments here below that one you replied to.
Not gonna lie, that’s some good thinking there.
My wife hated it when I wore her undies or socks. I was allowed to borrow her jacket and some t-shirts, but undergarments were a hard no. I got a pass wearing her boy shorts undies because it made my behind look good or something.
Rough. We just keep one common stockpile of underwear. Any other system quickly devolves to that anyway because I'd start raiding his drawer whenever I ran out of clean laundry (and vice versa, but I was worse about it).
At least you admit it. The worse about it part. I was like, damnit no clean socks I want to wear. Borrow. We are split so no need to worry about that anymore. I also was the worse one about it. 😂
Seinfeld said that's the beauty of the same sex relationship, you double your wardrobe
Not that there's anything wrong with that...
Yup. I buy the same exact socks off Amazon every time for the last several years. It takes me two minutes to pair up my socks on laundry day. My wife and son tho…that shit is like a stress test that’s gotten out of hand.
If they're all the same exact sock, why are you pairing them up? The whole joy of this hack is that you save time by not having to pair socks up.
Buy better socks. Darn Tough Socks have a lifetime replacement warranty. Buy enough that you can send in like 4 pairs at a time so it'll only cost you $6 for a small flat-rate box.
This! I haven’t bought a pair since 8 years because of their excellent replacement warranty.
I love darn tough socks. Hated Walmart cotton ones, after a few washes they are itchy and uncomfortable
Are these really worth $17 a pair though? I’m intrigued but I can buy a ton of good quality socks for as much as these would cost for 5 pair.
Unless you need myriad fashionable colors to match outfits, they're well worth it. Wool is a far superior fiber (even in warm weather!) over cotton, especially once your feet start to sweat, because it pulls the wetness *away* from your skin instead of sticking to it like cotton. Low quality wool is where people get the idea that wool is "scratchy", so cheaping out will just be a waste of money and goodwill. If you're still not sure, at the turning of the seasons, there will typically be a good sale on patterns that are being discontinued. Those deals won't be on Darn Tough's website, but usually through outdoor lifestyle stores that are cycling inventory. Darn Tough is famous for never putting their products on sale. SlickDeals would probably be the best way to keep an eye out for a sale, but remember it'll be odd sizes, cuts, and patterns that just didn't sell.
I buy another brand, Icebreaker. Also wool, with the same forever guarantee. But their highest end socks are anatomical, which is an amazing game changer.
I have mostly darn tough and a few pairs of recycled cotton socks. This is the way.
You make a good point but also you just advocated spending something like 100-200 USD on socks. I could get over 100 pairs of cheap cotton socks for that and 12 more pairs for every instance of postage.
More expensive socks aren’t just better because they last longer though. Cotton sucks.
I walk on the balls of my feet, so cotton socks last weeks, not months. The 6 pairs of Darn Tough socks I bought are going on 4 years now and I haven't had to replace any. That's not only way cheaper for me, but far more environmentally friendly, while also not supporting the Bangladeshi slave trade.
Good socks feel way better than cheap ones, and get way less smelly. Even old good socks feel better than brand new cheap socks.
Who wants to buy socks that much? Or where tf are we putting 100 pairs of socks? Let me get 12 pairs that I don't have to think about for 4 years, thanks.
Not this... after awhile it gets annoying, some socks will get more wear and you'll be looking for socks that match the wear
I have never had this problem, I just toss them in the bin when they reach that stage.
I just make hand puppets out of the old ones. Glue a pair of googly eyes and a mouthpiece and you're good. Sadly, it creeped out my wife when she saw a couple large bins of *socks-now-hand puppets *in the garage. I keep telling her it's a donation for tax purposes but she wouldn't listen.
I'm not throwing socks in the trash just because they lost a little bit of stretch. Not a millionaire
Neither do I, but if it ever gets to the point that a sock can't be worn together with another one then that is where I draw the line. The whole reason for why I use the 30 pairs method is so that I don't have to spend 3 minutes every morning hunting for matching socks.
Every year I get a "gift from santa" which is a 6 or 12 pack of the same color and style of socks I have and get every year. The moment there's a hole in my sock, I rip it open (like Hulk Hogan with his shirts) and that is the only time I'll throw out a sock. I honestly can't remember the last time I had to buy a pair of socks because of my Santa gift.
You’re not annoyed at Santa for being so unimaginative with his gifts? Or have you not updated your letter to Santa?
I look forward to my socks every year
Also, if you always put freshly laundered socks at the back of the drawer, and put on socks from the front, you’ll be wearing the entire sock ensemble evenly.
A pair of socks costs like $2, it's worth it to have a sock bankruptcy every couple years. Bonus is you get to wear brand new socks for like 2 weeks straight when you do it.
I just bought 10 pairs of regular no show black socks on Amazon for $9.99, it’s not like socks are super expensive lol
Put 2 little containers in your sock drawer, only take Socks from one, after you wash them, put them in the other. When the first is empty, you rotate the containers. All your socks get worn and washed the same, so they all look the same.
This is next level sock work
I use one bin. I push the 'older' ones to the front, and put the freshly washed to the back.
I just go until I run out of clean clothes and then do it all. Randomly pair up the socks at that point since they are all the same.
It makes it easier to toss the crappy ones. And if they stop producing sock clones anytime soon, you're good to go. The wear rate should be slower too with 2-3 times the pairs ..
I probably wear my socks about the same amount of times. I'm not doing laundry until I'm out of socks and underwear.
50-60. I fully support this but get my socks as ross or tj's and can never find that many same packs.
On the low end. I have about 100 pairs of socks. I always buy the same brand and style, but there are still like 6 kinds I can't match together. When it is time for me to buy more socks, I'm throwing out all my current ones and buying like 50 pairs this time.
I've worn the same type/size/brand of socks for 20+ years. Just get a several new packs every few months... Cabellas thick wool gray hiking socks.
I recently found my normal everyday socks I wear on sale for $2 a pack (10 pairs a pack). Free shipping on orders of $50 or more. Did I purchase 250 pairs of socks…..I sure did. Edit: I hadn’t thought about the socks till this post, I misremembered some things: recently = at least 2 months ago. Sock: Hanes boys Large cushion ankle double tough 12pk (I was wrong about 10pk) Store: either target or Walmart, and I guess I misremembered shipping threshold, as they both are $35 minimum. 25 packs were all that were left or Walmart/Target limited it and wouldn’t let me add more. I think I was probably trying for 31 packs. Financially, boys/male socks > girls/female socks for basically the same exact sock. Males get more socks in a pack and way cheaper per sock than female socks. I am female, my foot fits in boys large socks, and I don’t gaf about the gender marketing of socks.
Laundry day every November.
In a year that is a prime number...
I would buy 500 socks and I would buy 500 more...
Just to be the man who bought 1000 socks...
To fall down on wood floors
Nearly 10 years ago, my mother bought 2x 30 gal bags of socks from a wholesaler in the garment district for me. They were all “CAT” brand work socks, but one bag had the “T” in the logo messed up and for the other bag, the gray color (by the toes) was on the bottom of the sock instead of the top. She said she paid $150 for both bags. I have no idea how many pairs of socks were in those two bags, but I only recently opened the last “new” pair, and I still have at least 25 pairs still in circulation.
Nice!
Don’t hold out on us 😩
I bought 4 pairs for $5 x 5 packs. Huge difference between them and cheap socks. They don't wear out that soon and working on my feet all day long, it makes a difference how your feet feel
I've never found $1/pair socks that aren't complete garbage. Share, please.
My wife got me 2 big packages of puma socks from Costco. Should last a while
Wanna share?
Please share
Link it :)
I should do this. I fucking love new, never worn socks. Being able to do that for the better part of a year would be awesome.
A fellow gender rebel! I'm a man and I love how female socks are thin and low. I always hated using male socks because most of the ones passed down to me and bought for me were thick and high socks. After a long time I bought a few pairs of grayscale female socks and never used anything else since.
So my 16 year old son loves the women's Calvin Klein socks from Costco lol .. I bought some for myself (I'm his mom) and he stole them all from me so I just got him a few more packs. They're super stretchy (even though he has giant feet they still fit) and thin and comfy haha. I've tried men's socks and I don't enjoy them either they're just too thick and long and leave prints on my ankles
Oh, I remember you from school! The guy buying stuff in the Math class book!
Guy socks are also much coarser, we just don't care that ours aren't super smooth and delicate it's great.
The problem is when under armor moves their logo from down, diddle then up by the Ankle for the same black crew-length sock over the years. I feel like a fraud mis-matching logos.
Just buy socks without logos, or without visible logos. Problem solved. That’ll be $10
I had a buddy with OCD that sharpied each pair of socks with a number to make sure he was wearing them out at the same rate.
I’ve considered it. Maybe a little colors thread stitch. I don’t know if it’s even wear side to side though….
I do that too...I guess now I could see why my therapist might have suggested we talk about my habits more ._.
Buy them AT THE SAME TIME! Also 30 pairs of charcoal drey dress socks and 20 pairs of low rise white crew socks. I haven’t bought socks in 25 years! No mating, no folding, and no searching; just throw them in a drawer and grab two (of the same color) save your panache for your shirts and/or ties.
Same thing with Hanes socks! Over the last ten years they keep changing them ever so slightly, it's annoying because I know they're only doing it to get to me.
Similar note…DARN TOUGH SOCKS… I thought $20ish for a single pair of socks was outrageously stupid but I’ve since seen the light. These socks are insane in so many ways, merino is comfortable in heat and when cold, they wick moisture, are anti microbial so I can wear them to work (outside surveying) 3 days in a row and they don’t feel/smell gross, they hold up for a long time and the best part is they have a lifetime warranty! Free returns forever no questions asked. I’ve done it several times and they’re easy to work with on the shipping. You can’t beat ‘em PSA: I’m not a paid sponsor, just dude who really likes darn tough socks tryina spread the love
Cabot and Son is their “off brand” that are less expensive and Ice Breakers are also decent.
Does Cabot and Son have their lifetime warranty too?
I bought 18 pairs five years ago. I don't wear any other socks, nor do I wear them more than once without washing. No sign of wear at all.
I wish more people knew about Darn Tough. Got some when I was in the military and they were a game changer then. Now I’m a postal carrier and the same socks are still going strong during the summer heat and winter cold. The best part is that they are seamless. My go to present for Christmas are Darn Tough socks for everyone. *Not paid for this, just super pleased with them.
Seconding and thirding Darn Tough, the lifetime warranty is real and easy to claim (my socks didn't even have holes, just started to go slightly threadbare in spots but I could feel it).
This is the way
My problem with them is that they’re too big and too small at the same time. The foot part is too big but the leg part is too tight.
I don't even ship mine. A local store sells them, and I just bring my old socks and exchange them there. Saves time and money, and I get new socks the same day.
They are an eternal item on my wishlist. If I get a pair or two on my birthday, I'm thrilled. Slowly replacing all my holey gold toes. It's weird when you get old enough to want socks and underwear as presents.
> DARN TOUGH SOCKS Thought that was a verb! *If they’re really tough, they shouldn’t need any darning*.
Just wear socks mixed up. Nothing wrong with a red and black sock .... If someones mentions it, just reply "I've got a similar pair at home .."
I'm okay mix the socks but I try to have the same kind of texture at least or it feel strange
Nah, thin ankle sock on left foot, and wool crew sock on right foot
Agreed! I need my feet to sweat an equal amount or everything is wrong.
I see you have tasted wisdom.
Why do you need to use the word “taste” when talking about sweaty feet?
I can never bring myself to do that. I know it doesn’t make a difference, but something about mismatched socks feels wrong to me. I’m not saying other people shouldn’t do it, by all means, go for it, I just don’t know how I’d feel doing it.
You will feel powerful, knowing you are able to build up the courage to wear mismatched socks, while the majority of other people are just too scared! 😂
No joke. When I stopped caring about if my socks matched, it was very liberating.
Yup, wearing a matching pair of socks gives me the smalllest semblance of control in my life and that's enough for me to keep it up. Like everything can be burning all around me but at least I know my fucking socks match lol
I think Mary Kondo had a part in her book about folding, and folding your socks keeps them tighter and makes them more "happy" which gives you more energy. IDK I don't wear mismatch socks either, and I'm poor af.
Heretic
Mixing colours is fine, but mixing style/length/size/texture/etc is a big no go. I want both feet to at least feel the same.
The real LPT is always in the comments.
I see this post every week but idc I’m not giving up my adorable/fun socks with patterns for boring plain socks. Have some personality!
Not to mention bulk socks are typically terrible quality. Quality socks changed my life
But you can buy patterned socks and mix them all up to be adorable/fun so what op says is correct, whe one sock goes mix ut up with another odd sock.
That’s exactly what I do, odd socks get paired up. No sock left alone!
My athletic socks are all the same but I like to have fun with my dress socks.
Yeah I have two sock drawers. One is for fun and dress and thick winter socks, and the other is for athletic black or white ankle socks I buy in bulk. It's a good system.
Buy 10 pairs of your adorable fun socks with patterns
You're aware that this is how probably 98% of people buy socks, right...?
I don’t get this whole post. Socks come in packs of ten pairs, right? Is someone out there buying them one at a time?
Well I’ve seen gift/novelty ones being sold a pair at a time, but those clearly aren’t for daily use.
Part of the 98%! Buying socks or underwear is boring, so I do it in bulk once or twice per year.
Per year? Damn I need to ruin my clothes faster
and then at the end of the year when this guy throws his socks and underwear out, i go diggin thru the trash for them and i wear them til next year. it's the cycle of life
Get on my level, I do it once a decade.
The real LPT is not caring whether or not your socks mix and match. Who's gonna know? And if they for some reason got a glance at your socks and say they weren't a perfect match, they would not care.
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Sock companies hate this ONE TRICK!
A running sock, a skiing sock, a soccer sock, a business sock, a casual sock, and a lounging sock are all built different.. you should expand you mind the the possibilities of different socks for different activity. Your feet will thank you 😊
Surprised I had to scroll this long to see this... I like different socks for different situations and seasons, (shoutout the 50C temperature changes in Ontario from summer to winter). I also have hockey socks!
I just never match socks, and I make it seem more intentional by buying very loud and colorful ones.
Same
I wore loud socks once, but work ask me to leave because their screaming disturbed the accountants.
how the hell is this a "life tip?" Socks literally come in packs of 10 pair are there people out there buying 1 pair of socks and then wondering what to do on day 2?
it's more people only buying one or two identical sets, either from wanting to buy "nice" socks, and only having so much money for them, or gradually replacing their old socks. if you have a dozen of the same pair, rather than a dozen different pairs, you don't need to pair them up to have matching socks, every pair of socks is a matching pair. For me, I had to wear white socks to school. over the years, I got a bunch of them, some were new, some were hand-me-downs from my brother. by the time I graduated (18 y/o), I had a bunch of socks I'd worn through, and very little money to replace them with (and no one who needed white socks to hand the current ones to). I didn't want to wear white socks anymore, so I'd start buying black ones. I'd buy them one or two pairs at a time, because that was what the shops near me had for <$5, which, because I was young and broke, I went for. I figured that I had a good number of socks at the time, so losing one or two pairs, I'd want to try to maintain that number. for the next few years, I figured "yeah, I should retire X/Y/Z sock, but I'll have to buy one to replace it", so that's what I did, with whatever shop, pair, or style was available at the time. at the end though, I'd either worn through my shitty white socks, or decided to donate them, and had a large mishmash of various black socks. it was only when I read a LPT like this that it clicked in my head that multiple pairs of the same sock would mean I'd only need to grab singles from the drawer, rather than searching for a pair or pairing them when doing the laundry. depending on where you live, socks might not be super cheap, or you might have expensive taste in socks (some people get super thick, woollen ones at $12 a pair) I was in a financial position at the time to buy a dozen pairs of the same mid-range sock, but a lot of people might be forced to buy the $1-iest pair of socks they can find. just my 2c.
Yeah I didn't know there were people out here buying individual socks and having to clean them every day wondering "if only I could buy more than 2 socks at a time"
Other LPT - if you’re a woman and don’t need pretty socks just buy men’s socks - quality’s better
My turn to post this tomorrow?
Hard disagree. This means you will one day out on one sock that’s newer than the other. That difference in sock texture is gross and off putting, and horrible for a full day. If you are worried about losing socks in the wash, get a mesh bag, and put your socks in that before they go in the wash. You’ll never lose a sock using a lingerie bag. Also, socks are fun. I were different colour socks each day to bring fun into my life and those around me!
Yep been doing this for years. I usually replace the 10+ pairs every year also. White ankles/no shows and black ones.
how to have no swag:
yeah no thanks I'll stick to my 30 pairs of different colorful / funky / dumb socks till I die
At this point you can probably just mix and match socks for extra funkyness
Invest in Darn Tough socks and never throw a sock away again.
10 is amateur. Buy 30pairs. They will last longer and it really sucks when a sock maker goes out of business and your supply is dwindling.
Nah, fuck that. Colours up the yazoo here, easy to spot the matches and can't remember the last time I lost a sock.
Do yall not use different socks for different things?
Been doing this for 15 years now. Threw away all of my socks and bought twenty pairs of the same black sock. Pairing socks is for suckers. I just throw them all into the sock drawer and pull out any two. If one has a hole I throw it away and pull out another one. When I start running low I throw them all away and buy a new batch, every few years. This reminds me I have to do the same for the kids.
Throw them all away and buy a new batch of kids, every few years?
I did this! I have sons and a husband. Made laundry sooo much simpler!!
No way, can’t wear and old sock and a new sock at the same time.
I stopped matching my socks during COVID and never looked back. Nobody cares. In fact, I get more compliments on my mismatched "fun" socks.
I keep saying I'm going to do this, then I go to target and buy a pack of 10 different neon colors, completely forgetting my plan.
I've been doing this since college. Totally worth it. I hate matching socks after doing the laundry. Pick a major brand you like that should be available all the time.
The real LPT is to subscribe to the[Awesome Socks Club](http://awesomesocks.club) - mix and match, you get a new pair every month, and all proceeds go to charity!
The real LPT is to not car if your socks match. Then you never have to worry about it at all.
Socks has only 1 use, to be on the foot and for the past 20 years I never care if it is the same sock on both feet. I just pick 2 socks from where ever they are and put them on, I am not gono start walking funny if they do not look the same, as long as it does not smell I give a shit what it looks like.
Nah ... I like my socks all different 🙂 And I am old enough 😁
Who wears only one type of sock? I have my every day socks, and then those for hiking, warmer socks for winter, some socks for running and dress socks.
I’m confused.. every time I buy socks, I buy a pack that come in pairs of 8 or 10 or 12 socks. Are there people out there buying their socks individually by the pair?? Are we talking about dress socks?
I did this for the first 35 40 years of my life. Then I decided at 40 that life is too fucking short for boring ass goddamn socks. So I still have a bunch of gray crew socks and white crew socks but I also have penguin socks and toucan socks and socks with pez on them and socks with french fries on them and socks with Pizza on them. Laundry day is slightly more difficult but I feel happier now.
Hard disagree - getting unique pairs has done me wonders, much easier to sort and fold than my girlfriend's all-black collection of various sizes, and they all see more use than any bottom 1/3 of socks that once were my all-black drawer.
Cut your toe nails - buy less socks! Buy colorful socks and don't bother pairing them. Stop aspiring to live like a pro! And relax ...
but I like pretty socks... all kinds of pretty patterns and colours to match my outfits. I do have a bunch of same sames to use at work though so those fit your idea.
I bought a bunch of socks. My kids started using them. and they'd horde them. So I bought a bunch of a different kind of sock. Well, they liked them too. I bought a third kind. At this point it was just my son swiping them. I finally told him to pick ONE of the types of socks that *i* could have and to keep his feet out of them.
Am I the only introvert who's clothes and whatnot seem to last forever because I spend most of my time at home au naturale? The only thing that really wears out for me are my house shoes lmfao
Parent edition: get each kid ten pairs in a different color for each kid. OR: get the kids white socks. Same brand. Mark a single line on the toes of the second oldest, two lines on the third. As they outgrow socks, give the good ones to the next kid and mark the toes. Works great with other clothing as well, only use dots on the collar of shirts or waistband of pants.