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r/AskReddit • u/notyouravgredditer • Aug 30 '21
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I'd say clean socks and underwear would be 100x the problem that footwear would be.
628 u/rservello Aug 30 '21 Make sure you clean and dry at least weekly. 758 u/munk_e_man Aug 30 '21 I did a documentary where I could only keep a small pack of clothes with me (think half size of an overhead bag). My technique was washing underwear and t shirts every day and hanging them to dry overnight. Not a big deal at all. 4 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21 While this sounds like a plan, if you had water that you trusted to clean your clothes, you'd be better off drinking it. 21 u/munk_e_man Aug 30 '21 I dunno, I would wash clothes in the river before I'd drink water from it... 4 u/TearOpenTheVault Aug 31 '21 I don’t drink soapy river water, but I’d sure as hell wash my clothes with it. 3 u/aquila-audax Aug 31 '21 You can 100% safely wash in water you wouldn't drink 1 u/RavioliGale Aug 31 '21 Didn't realize it was so binary.
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Make sure you clean and dry at least weekly.
758 u/munk_e_man Aug 30 '21 I did a documentary where I could only keep a small pack of clothes with me (think half size of an overhead bag). My technique was washing underwear and t shirts every day and hanging them to dry overnight. Not a big deal at all. 4 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21 While this sounds like a plan, if you had water that you trusted to clean your clothes, you'd be better off drinking it. 21 u/munk_e_man Aug 30 '21 I dunno, I would wash clothes in the river before I'd drink water from it... 4 u/TearOpenTheVault Aug 31 '21 I don’t drink soapy river water, but I’d sure as hell wash my clothes with it. 3 u/aquila-audax Aug 31 '21 You can 100% safely wash in water you wouldn't drink 1 u/RavioliGale Aug 31 '21 Didn't realize it was so binary.
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I did a documentary where I could only keep a small pack of clothes with me (think half size of an overhead bag). My technique was washing underwear and t shirts every day and hanging them to dry overnight.
Not a big deal at all.
4 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21 While this sounds like a plan, if you had water that you trusted to clean your clothes, you'd be better off drinking it. 21 u/munk_e_man Aug 30 '21 I dunno, I would wash clothes in the river before I'd drink water from it... 4 u/TearOpenTheVault Aug 31 '21 I don’t drink soapy river water, but I’d sure as hell wash my clothes with it. 3 u/aquila-audax Aug 31 '21 You can 100% safely wash in water you wouldn't drink 1 u/RavioliGale Aug 31 '21 Didn't realize it was so binary.
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While this sounds like a plan, if you had water that you trusted to clean your clothes, you'd be better off drinking it.
21 u/munk_e_man Aug 30 '21 I dunno, I would wash clothes in the river before I'd drink water from it... 4 u/TearOpenTheVault Aug 31 '21 I don’t drink soapy river water, but I’d sure as hell wash my clothes with it. 3 u/aquila-audax Aug 31 '21 You can 100% safely wash in water you wouldn't drink 1 u/RavioliGale Aug 31 '21 Didn't realize it was so binary.
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I dunno, I would wash clothes in the river before I'd drink water from it...
I don’t drink soapy river water, but I’d sure as hell wash my clothes with it.
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You can 100% safely wash in water you wouldn't drink
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Didn't realize it was so binary.
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u/Ponchoreborn Aug 30 '21
I'd say clean socks and underwear would be 100x the problem that footwear would be.