Old Underwear

eric/ · Feb 9, 2013

What should I do with old underwear? I hate throwing stuff away. I don't want to make anything out of it either.

Yeah I know it's underwear, but they are obviously clean and everything. So idk is there some sort of charity that takes used, serviceable underwear to give to people somewhere?

*inb4 jokes*

SilentPanda · Feb 9, 2013

http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/recycling/blogs/5-ways-to-recycle-underwear

yg17 · Feb 9, 2013

I don't care how poor and destitute, I would go commando before wearing someone else's used underwear.

eawmp1 · Feb 9, 2013

Try this?

No joke

Happybunny · Feb 9, 2013

I believe that there is a market for such items in Japan.

http://loneleeplanet.com/2011/10/used-panties-vending-machines/

Not that this bunny would would know.

mobilehaathi · Feb 9, 2013

No charity will take used undergarments.

Your best bet is to toss them, use them as rags, or wear them until they disintegrate in the wash one day.

SilentPanda · Feb 9, 2013

eawmp1 said:
Try this?

No joke

What is this devilry? A "search engine"? Egads, the Internet has opened up to me.

ucfgrad93 · Feb 9, 2013

yg17 said:
I don't care how poor and destitute, I would go commando before wearing someone else's used underwear.

Agreed. Used underwear is not something to resold or given away. Just throw it in the trash.

Jaffa Cake · Feb 9, 2013

mobilehaathi said:
No charity will take used undergarments.

I've seen them on sale in a charity shop before. I didn't buy any.

eric/ · Feb 9, 2013

eawmp1 said:
Try this?

No joke

no thanks

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ucfgrad93 said:
Agreed. Used underwear is not something to resold or given away.

You say that until you can't afford underwear, and there are people that can't. So if there is a charity, sure I'd like to help. I don't really see how it's any different than wearing a used t-shirt.

ucfgrad93 said:
Just throw it in the trash.

That's wasting it. I don't throw anything away if I can find another use for it.

dukebound85 · Feb 9, 2013

yg17 said:
I don't care how poor and destitute, I would go commando before wearing someone else's used underwear.

same

rdowns · Feb 9, 2013

Make a few bucks?

http://denver.craigslist.org/m4m/3544037246.html

NSFW link

Orange Crane · Feb 9, 2013

You could probably make paper out of them with a couple of simple tools, but since you said you don't want to make anything,

mobilehaathi said:
use them as rags

Yup.

eric/ · Feb 9, 2013

Orange Crane said:
You could probably make paper out of them with a couple of simple tools, but since you said you don't want to make anything,

Yup.

I was thinking about using them as rags, and maybe using them for cleaning and polishing leather shoes, but I'm worried that the color may pose a problem.

Really though, I don't have anything to use a rag for.

What would you need to do to make paper out of them? That sounds interesting. I guess when I said I don't want to make anything I meant I don't want to make any other clothes with them.

Gav2k · Feb 9, 2013

eric/ said:
I was thinking about using them as rags, and maybe using them for cleaning and polishing leather shoes, but I'm worried that the color may pose a problem.

Really though, I don't have anything to use a rag for.

What would you need to do to make paper out of them? That sounds interesting. I guess when I said I don't want to make anything I meant I don't want to make any other clothes with them.

Do you not have clothing recycling centres over there? We have them in the uk. They weight your old clothes and pay you cash. The fabric gets shipped off reworked and reused.

eric/ · Feb 9, 2013

Gav2k said:
Do you not have clothing recycling centres over there? We have them in the uk. They weight your old clothes and pay you cash. The fabric gets shipped off reworked and reused.

I don't think so. It'd be nice if we did.

mobilehaathi · Feb 9, 2013

Jaffa Cake said:
I've seen them on sale in a charity shop before. I didn't buy any.

Yikes. That's, um, interesting.

Nabooly · Feb 10, 2013

Cut them up and use em as rags....

Cleaning shoes, furniture, fishtank, etc. etc....

Scepticalscribe · Feb 10, 2013

yg17 said:
I don't care how poor and destitute, I would go commando before wearing someone else's used underwear.

My sentiments exactly. Expressed graphically and succinctly.

mobilehaathi said:
No charity will take used undergarments.

Your best bet is to toss them, use them as rags, or wear them until they disintegrate in the wash one day.

Exactly.

ucfgrad93 said:
Agreed. Used underwear is not something to resold or given away. Just throw it in the trash.

Or reuse them - as rags.

eric/ said:
.......

Really though, I don't have anything to use a rag for.

Seriously? Nothing at all? No cleaning that requires something that you simply cannot reuse afterwards?

Nabooly said:
Cut them up and use em as rags....

Cleaning shoes, furniture, fishtank, etc. etc....

Not to mention ovens, perhaps window sills, sinks.........such as all the unmentionables of life which may require the steady application of elbow grease, a cleaning agent and sundry rags......

Nabooly · Feb 10, 2013

Scepticalscribe said:
Not to mention ovens, perhaps window sills, sinks.........such as all the unmentionables of life which may require the steady application of elbow grease, a cleaning agent and sundry rags......

There's millions of uses. I have a pile of old t shirts and underwear in the garage that I use for various things.

Cleaning the car's wheels is another one.

Technarchy · Feb 10, 2013

yg17 said:
I don't care how poor and destitute, I would go commando before wearing someone else's used underwear.

Ain't that the truth.

AlphaDogg · Feb 10, 2013

rdowns said:
Make a few bucks?

http://denver.craigslist.org/m4m/3544037246.html

NSFW link

Wow, um... I guess I live in a weird city.

mobilehaathi · Feb 10, 2013

AlphaDogg said:
Wow, um... I guess I live in a weird city.

A relatively common paraphilia; I doubt it has much to do with Denver.

prostuff1 · Feb 11, 2013

bleach them and then use them for rags. I do the same thing with socks.

I have "nice" rags for some things but sock and underwear rags get used and then tossed if they can't easily be washed. If i have glue or something like that on my hands I get as much off with a sock/underwear rag and then toss it. I keep a couple in my truck just in case I get grease on my hands or something in the vehicle.

h1r0ll3r · Feb 11, 2013

yg17 said:
I don't care how poor and destitute, I would go commando before wearing someone else's used underwear.

THIS
Seriously, someone elses twig and berries have been all up on them. No thank you.

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