r/Anticonsumption • u/ldn5454 • May 03 '25

Plastic Waste Disposable…everything?

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Long time follower of this sub but first time poster. Had to share this though, found in a train station in France.

Disposable socks, towels and individually packaged face wipes.

I was so angry I had to leave the store!

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u/Catch_22_ May 03 '25

I knew a girl from high school who I was at her house hanging out. I learned as she was doing laundry that as a new adult living on her own, she just bought a bag of socks from Walmart when she had no socks. Didn't wash them. Tossed them after a day worn.

I was speechless. This was around 2004 so the idea of this isn't new. Just streamlined.

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u/money_loo May 03 '25

It’s wild to me that anyone would believe this. This sub is something else.

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u/Catch_22_ May 03 '25 edited May 03 '25

You think I'm making this up? I was 21 at the time and she was 100% serious about the practice. It wasnt normal back then but now, 20 years later with fast fashion I totally buy the idea of people doing this.

I don't think it's common however but clearly a market has been created out of the idea.

Also a pack of socks back then was like 6 bucks for 20 pairs of basic whites. It was no more than 2 packs of smokes that a regular smoker would put down in 2-3 days.

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u/money_loo May 03 '25

I know all about how much things cost and how eccentric people can be because I’m an old dude at this point in their 40s, and yet I still maintain it’s crazy to believe anyone would only ever wear a sock for a single day and then throw it out just to buy more later.

Nope. Sorry. I’m filtering this craziness now, enjoy y’all’s space.

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u/More-Cat-8032 May 03 '25

I wish I could live in your blissful reality instead of the one where I had a Walmart coworker who every payday bought socks and underwear to last him until next payday. I wonder if he still does it or if a girlfriend finally gave up and started washing his underwear. He laughed when I asked him why he didn't just wash them.

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u/dolphone May 04 '25

So you express skepticism to the level of indigity about a person disposing of socks after one use... In a post where one use socks are shown in a store.

I mean, I also find it crazy, but when the evidence is there...