• Ser Salty@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        I know this might not be relevant, but American obsession with dryers seems so weird to me lmao. I live in Germany and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a dryer, even at my rich friends parents house, and them mafakers had a sauna in the basement. Just kinda interesting how they are completely culturally irrelevant in one country, and considered almost a basic necessity in another.

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          In my part of Canada without a dryer you’d have damp, moldy clothes 9 months a year. I could hang them up inside to dry but I’d be running a dehumidifier beside them. We lived without a dryer for several years but it made laundry an extra pain in the ass and drying was always the bottleneck. No problem in the summer months with the clothesline.

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            Yeah, I kinda suspected they were very useful/necessary in some parts and just spread to the rest because people move around a lot

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              They are also, in the scheme of things, a very cheap and easy to install appliance (typically directly next to or on top the washer).