octonion

octonion , 17 days ago

@autism101 @actuallyautistic I don't have many clothes, I tend to wear them in tight rotation.

At home alone I wear exactly one thing, sweatpants and an exquisitely soft long sleeve tunic blouse. I wash it about once a week.

One time the person who had the washing machine before me had used some kind of horrible scented detergent and my beloved safe, comfortable house clothes picked up not only an unbearable smell but some kind of chemical residue that made it itchy and miserable. I washed it maybe a dozen times and nothing could restore it.

The story has a happy ending, I was able to get the exact same item and only had a short adjustment period for the new one. But I also bought a spare, just in case.

octonion , 17 days ago

@autism101 @actuallyautistic On a related note, I wonder how many other autistic folks need to use special soaps, shampoos and laundry detergent especially for sensitive skin?

octonion , 16 days ago

@miaoue @autism101 @actuallyautistic Thanks for the condolences! Medical products absolutely shouldn't be scented, I've had a hard enough time finding good skin care products that aren't!

octonion , 15 days ago

@nddev @hlangeveld @moz @Zumbador @autism101 @actuallyautistic Ewwww. I've never used fabric softener just on the basis that the fewer chemicals touching my skin the better but I had no idea they were this awful. Thanks for the info!