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Experiment Shows Not Washing Jeans for 15 Months is Disgusting But Safe

Posted by samzenpus on from the thank-you-science dept.

dbune writes "Young people who argue with their parents over wearing the same pair of smelly jeans can now cite the work of a 20-year old University of Alberta student who wore the same jeans for 15 months straight. From the article: 'Josh Le wore the same pair of jeans to break in the raw denim, so it would wrap the contours of his body, leaving distinct wear lines. He had his textile professor test the jeans for bacteria before washing them for the first time. The results showed high counts of five different kinds of bacteria, but nothing in the range of being considered a health hazard."

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  1. Washing by RazzleFrog · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I was my clothes because I want to smell nice. Not because I am afraid of getting sick from them.

  2. Questionable testing method by confused+one · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Article indicated he put the jeans into the freezer when they would start to stink. This would kill some of the bacteria and partially invalidates his test.

    1. Re:Questionable testing method by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 4, Insightful

      What the hell? The test had a sample size of one, just one. Obviously it had no control group to compare it with. It is just an anecdote. Not an experiment, it can not be used to advance any hypothesis. And you find fault with some itsy bitsy thing like throwing it in the freezer? This stupid thing does not deserve a posting in slashdot. May be in some mid-morning talk shows where bored housewives gasp at the idea of not washing jeans for 15 months. It definitely does not deserve your response. And stupidest thing in all this is me taking time to write a reply in the middle of my work day.

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      sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
  3. Re:Reason by sangreal66 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't think the group that buys $300 raw denim jeans really intersects with the "mom's basement" group

  4. Re:Reason by TheCRAIGGERS · · Score: 5, Insightful

    At first I figured you were obviously trolling ... but now I gotta ask: why, exactly, would you classify "these people" as "idiots"?

    Because they are not like him.