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why do clothes get more uncomfortable after every wash (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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they feel so 'chemical-y' and their texture goes from soft to uncomfy idfk?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Natural is typically used to mean something that occurs in nature or results from mild refinement vs. purely synthetic and novel molecules. I don't think most anyone would call cotton a 'chemical' and being that specific is really a form of pedantry more than a useful label.