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Making your bed is, at best, a performative waste of time... (slrpnk.net)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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... And at worst, actively making your bedroom less functional and more cumbersome to use. The arguments I hear in favor of it are completely asinine and I will address them one by one.

It makes it more comfortable to sleep in.

I have absolutely no idea where that comes from. Do you all sleep like Dracula? My bedding is usually tussled about within minutes of me laying in bed. Blankets balled up for knee support, one leg sticking out for temperature venting. I couldn't imagine sliding under the covers and laying perfectly supine like Vladimir Lenin.

It doesn't take much time, so you might as well do it.

I find any task not worth my time to be a waste, so unless it has a purpose, it is actively infuriating to do.

It looks nice. And an unmade bed looks lazy

Given that this is an entirely subjective reason, I can't exactly "disagree" with it. But if there was someone I trust enough to be in my bedroom, I'm not going to waste my time convincing you that I do not, in fact, sleep in my bed.

Not to mention that if you want to nap or even sit on the end of the bed, you have to make it again. It is an incredibly unstable artwork, making me avoid using my bed unless I really need to.

If you make your bed, I have no judgment for you. Just like people who fold designs into the ends of their toilet paper. I couldn't imagine caring about something like that, but it literally doesn't affect me at all, so go nuts.

But I think we should be honest and call it what it is: some kind of shameful cleaning ritual that is probably some vestigial military chore, and I want nothing to do with it.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I feel the same way about folding laundry. The clothes are still clean after going through the wash regardless of if theyre folded up in a specific way afterwards.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Folding (or hanging) laundry is about preventing/managing creases. It's also easier to find clothing items (or anything really) when there is order in it.

A (made) bed is a great large flat surface to do this on.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think for that it's just so they don't get wrinkly especially dress shirts

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

In my view, any fabric stiff enough to hold noticeable wrinkles and creases is also too stiff to be comfortable, so this one might not be so relevant for the sorts of clothes I own I guess.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

That's one where it's optional, but doing it or not has different benefits/drawbacks.

Benefits of doing it are the inspection factor; making sure they're both clean and dry, as well as undamaged. Then there's the storage factor where folded clothes take up less space. They'll also be less wrinkled, but that's a matter of style rather than a true benefit to the clothing

However, not folding them gives you the option to save time, and there's a lower chance any difficulties will arise from stagnant air because the looser the clothes are, the better air flow they have. So there's less funk from any missed soil, less environmental impact from things like smoking or cooking, and more time for any laundry product smells to dissipate.

Pretty minor stuff overall, and nothing that really matters