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What are the odds that my daughter's socks drawer contains exclusively single socks? Over 20 socks but not a single pair (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works to c/askscience@lemmy.world

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 16 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

This sort of thing is why I try to get a homogenous collection of socks.

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[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works [S] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I almost only wear wool socks, the ones with the red line at the top. Been doing so for a loooong time lol.

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Like the kind every sock monkey is made from?

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[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works [S] 2 points 1 year ago

sock monkey

Yep!

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[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

This is why I have matching 10 pairs of summer socks, and matching 10 pairs of winter socks.

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[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This is the way - I switched to buying only identical black socks years ago and havent worried about mismatched or lonly socks since, just grab any two and your good to go.

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