How to live eco-friendly?

You can't wear a suit a second time

Crazy. You're the first person I know who does it that way.

Towels for guests/hands/face are such small towels, which go into the basket after one use

With the kids, I would need a washing machine full of the small towels every day – it can sometimes be 30-40 pieces a day. Crazy...

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In 2026 we want to strike with strengthened equity (semi-detached house or detached house)

Nice that we can follow this here. Only the ship that knows its harbor is said to sail with a favorable wind. This thread also gets some spice through the nice laundry side topic.

I am a natural scientist. When I describe something, it is exactly what is stated there. No more, no less.

You write that something "brings no benefit" and refer to the fact that you are a scientist? In a private household, "benefit" is not a scientific measure. Psychology, however, is indeed a science. As a scientist, the impact of your communication could have been quite clear to you. Now, "condescendingly" excluding the meta-level and holding up a mirror to the person feeling attacked is a bit cheap for a scientist. Or is there perhaps some emotion involved after all?

Crazy. You are the first person I know who does it that way.

People who change their suit daily? I know quite a few. I used to do that for quite a while as well. A different suit every day of the week. Only, the suit was not sent to the cleaners after one wear, but could "regenerate" a bit in shape while hanging loose. For me, washing a shirt after a long day in a suit is unfortunately necessary so that I don’t have to worry about becoming an olfactory nuisance to my environment the next time I wear it.

People who change their suit daily? I know quite a few, I did that for quite a while too. A different suit every day of the week. Only, the suit didn’t go to the dry cleaners after one wear, but was hung up to "recover" its shape a bit.

That’s also how my comment is to be understood (and was written). After wearing, put it into the laundry. Hang it up/air it out, if needed steam it lightly with the steam ironing station.

I’d find the topic interesting for jeans as well. Changing them after each wear. In my case, jeans go into the wash when they’re dirty (applies to almost all clothes) – so maybe after 4-6 weeks. No, please don’t bring out the hygiene stick now. That’s a perfectly normal period (unless you spent the evening in front of the grill and the fire bowl or something like that).

Washing a shirt after a long day in a suit is necessary for me so that I don’t worry about becoming an olfactory burden to my environment the next time I wear it.

Yep. Suitable undershirts for shirts can possibly help. But after three hours in a video conference, you don’t necessarily have to put the shirt directly into the laundry.

At the office, I wear a suit and shirt. In the closet, there are more than a dozen suits and countless shirts. When I’m at the office, it’s always a good 10 to 12 hours. You can’t wear a suit a second time… Pants and shirts get wrinkled. Shirts and suits go to the dry cleaner once a week.

How did I manage to work as a banker, who only sent his suits to the dry cleaner every six months? I must have been terrible for my environment.

How did I ever manage to work as a banker who only sent his suits to the cleaners every six months.... I must have been terrible for my surroundings :D

You are probably a "cool guy" and people like and I are just "stinkers".

You write about something "bringing no benefit" and refer to being a scientist? In a private household, "benefit" is not a scientific concept

I did not mention being a scientist to define "benefit," but simply because I wrote what I actually mean. I mean nothing between the lines, nothing with subtext, nothing vaguely interpretable. My statement and question are exactly as written. And there is also a benefit as a ratio between resource input and outcome in the household. Since "outcome" is a subjective measure, the benefit is too. And that is exactly what I asked about.

Now excluding the meta-level "from above" and holding up a mirror to the person who feels attacked is a bit cheap for a scientist. Or is there some emotion involved after all?

Yes, there is emotion involved: anger. The straw man argument is a popular rhetorical device that I always encounter this way. This too is an "occupational hazard." And of course, I decide how meta my own texts are or are not. Who else? Otherwise, I read your comment "meta" as you recommending more receiver sensitivity, by taking into account meta-levels that I do not deliberately use but that are still detectable, and formulating my texts accordingly. Is that correct?