I think people are obsessed with "clean" way more than is actually healthy, amirite?

I clean as much as I do because it feels nice to be in that environment, not because I think I'll get sick if I pushed it off for a week

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I mean it really does depend. When I was younger I'd go down to the playground and use the slides, swings, etc but then change when i got home because those things can be nasty. But if you just went grocery shopping, a good washing of hands with soap should be enough also you should never wear shoes inside, or have a separate set of shoes for inside

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I mean aside from everything else, why in the world you use shoes inside anyway? I've never understood that. I just raw dog with my outside clothes on the couch if they're not visibly dirty though.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Some people have bad feet and need support. But that's what slippers are for!

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Idk, if someone really wants to wear shoes inside for some reason then use a separate pair is what I'd do

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I was gonna say that my "outside clothes" after I do two hours of yard work are not going on my sofa or my bed. My outside clothes after going to the store are just clothes lol

by Anonymous 1 day ago

yeah lol, that kind of thing. Although I guess there's germaphobes who change clothes after stepping out of their house for a bit

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Grow up on a farm. You'll learn fast that separate outside clothes are required.

by Kaleigh70 1 day ago

The Ramona Quimby books had outside vs inside clothes too. First published in 1955.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Right, I am with you here. I get maybe sweaty or dusty clothes should be changed. But if you just went to the shopping mall, it's really not a big deal

by walterhuels 1 day ago

Yeah, it makes sense with shoes, but with clothes it's a bit much.

by Comfortable_Age_7304 1 day ago

I have house clothes but for the simple fact that those clothes have cat hair all over them at any given moment

by bethel46 1 day ago

this makes sense and is proper practice if you work on a farm, reduces the exposure/spread of pesticides. no idea why anyone else would be doing it.

by Taylorbernhard 1 day ago

I have "outside clothes" that I don't sit in my furniture in, but that's literally cause I put them on clean(which I will sit in furniture in), go outside and work till they're soaking wet in sweat and or covered in dirt. So, yeah, I don't wanna get my furniture dirty.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I'm genuinely unsure how people who obsess about hygiene would have managed even 50 years ago when hot water and cleaning appliances were less available

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I mean when you know better you do better.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I have animals. I wash often off that alone. Not even considering how gross humans are as well.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Honestly, I have a cat that sheds about as much as a large dog. My sheets need to be washed regularly. You also need to wash away the dust mites (allergens) so that you don't get stuffy and congested while sleeping. Also, my partner sleeps naked so I definitely change sheets more often now. I always wear pj's except for a few nights in the summer where it's too hot, so if it were just me I'd wash every 2 weeks instead of every week. I have roommates who don't change their sheets regularly, and their room stinks. I can smell their nasty bed through the closed door. So y'know, that would be the reason it's important more than anything else. If you live alone, do what you want but housemates like a bare minimum of hygiene.

by edwardgibson 1 day ago

I think not smelling the sheets is called nose blind to your own odours 😂

by jimmy47 1 day ago

it's because of the dust build up, you sweat in your sleep, drool, there those little bugs dust mites??? or something that are super duper small but eat the dead skin cells and dust and other microscopic stuff in the bed/sheets.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

And? Dose makes the poison.

by Romaine34 1 day ago

Just because something isn't poisonous doesn't mean it isn't uncomfortable to sleep in? Some people just like fresh sheets. Others couldn't care less. As long as the ‘ couldn't care less ‘ folk pair up together, I don't see the problem. I pay too much rent and work WAY too hard to sleep on sheets that are more than a week old, but I also have several clean changes of sheets ready to go, so it doesn't cost me anything to reach in to a linen closet for a fresh one.

by Distinct-Meringue 1 day ago

You must specify why would it be uncomfortable to sleep. Is there something actually biting and itching you or is it just an irrational psychological hallucination? The washing chemicals would probably be more harmful than whatever you are cleaning. The Long-Term Effects of Cleaning on the Lungs Cleaning at Home and at Work in Relation to Lung Function Decline and Airway Obstruction

by Romaine34 1 day ago

Dust mites are a thing.

by LastDepartment 1 day ago

i agree with you. how do these people have the time to do all this cleaning?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Or money, often it's outsourced to have a maid come once a week or so

by walterhuels 1 day ago

I dont think dangerous is the word to use here. I think people like clean homes

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Okkk 👍

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Clearly you've never had cockroaches

by Cautious_Capital 1 day ago

I clean because I have nothing better to do and a clean environment makes me mentally happy

by Maryse96 1 day ago

they only care when it's people they already don't like. no one is perfect.

by Same-Lab-4951 1 day ago

Idk if I can get on board with equating weekly sheet-changing to an obsession with cleaning and hygiene. If someone thinks people who change their sheets weekly are obsessive, I wouldn't be surprised if their place wasn't very clean. Hygiene is a practice of cleanliness; it needs to be done regularly to be "hygiene"—so yeah, not regularly cleaning can be, by definition, unhygienic.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

You can thank decades of Johnson & Johnson commercials convincing the general public that drenching themselves and everything they own in bleach is the only way to live a life considered "healthy". I wash things when I think they're dirty and I trust my immune system to do its job.

by fadeldarryl 1 day ago

An unpopular opinion I agree with.

by Long_Account 1 day ago

I've gone 2–3 weeks (sometimes more) without swapping them out, and I've never gotten sick or noticed any smell. I think other people may have noticed. It's not about getting sick. It's about not being gross. No offence.

by Sorry-Whole 1 day ago

Doesn't take away from my point.

by Sorry-Whole 1 day ago

If it implies anything, it's that I don't mean anything specific about OP, who I've never met, and have no reason to form an opinion on.

by Sorry-Whole 1 day ago

You are right

by Anonymous 1 day ago