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No-Struggle5102 OP t1_iy2d0lx wrote
Reply to comment by Zula13 in eli5 Why is it not excepted to only have one pair of clothes by No-Struggle5102
You are one of 2 that gave me a real answer
WardStradlater t1_iy2ctl0 wrote
“Accepted”
The way you ask the question seems to more be asking about societal acceptance of only having one outfit, not necessarily logistics of it. If people saw you in the same outfit every day they would think that you were dirty and not washing your clothing and so they would think that it’s gross. Even if you could manage to wash the outfit every day, your clothes would break down quickly and you would soon have very tattered and raggedy clothing which would also make people think you’re dirty and gross.
Zula13 t1_iy2crsa wrote
Because it is not sanitary for the same clothes to be worn every day. Skin cells, sweat, dirt, hair and other things make clothes dirty after multiple wearings. It is a waste of time to do laundry every day, so you need multiple pieces of each clothing (several pants, shirts etc.)
While you CAN just get identical pieces of each shirt, it is very uncommon. People like to have variety and options so nearly everyone gets different clothes. They also need different clothing for different situations. Few clothing choices work well for ALL of the following situations: the beach in summer, a job interview, a funeral, a wedding, and a snowball fight.
Wearing the same green shirt every day makes people wonder “How long has he been wearing that shirt? It must smell. Does he ever wash it? How many dead skin cells are on there?” It makes people go down a rabbit hole of “ick.”
However, if you choose to do that, it’s your right.
locust115 t1_iy2coz7 wrote
Reply to comment by No-Struggle5102 in eli5 Why is it not excepted to only have one pair of clothes by No-Struggle5102
You can if you choose, it's just something that is considered socially.. different? I don't want to say unacceptable or taboo, but there is reasoning. Build up of sweat and bacteria on your clothes and body makes it smell, that smell is typically offensive to other people even if you can't smell it, many other people do. I for example wear very much the same outfit day to day, but different sets, and wash other once a week. When I was lower income I would stretch out how long or how many times a week I wore a set of clothes. Now I am able to buy several pairs of the same jeans, so I can have clean other every day, but still feel comfortable in what I'm wearing. IT technically is societal construct, you can wear what you want tbf. People may just look at you funny if they notice you wearing the exact same thing every day and notice it get dirtier, like if you work next to the same people every day.
croninsiglos t1_iy2cfbo wrote
Having only one pair of clothes makes doing laundry very difficult because you have to be naked.
Additionally, many places have climates which are not appropriate for some outfits and there’s not a good one that fits all the seasons.
Another problem is microbial growth, even with washing, this can be an issue, especially in underwear.
It’s best to have multiple items if possible.
No-Struggle5102 OP t1_iy2c5to wrote
Reply to comment by iconoclast63 in eli5 Why is it not excepted to only have one pair of clothes by No-Struggle5102
Ok but why can’t I do that tho
iconoclast63 t1_iy2c3ab wrote
Because you would have to wash them every day. Even people in uniforms like military and police get multiple uniforms so they don't have to wear the same one every day.
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JOEYisROCKhard t1_iy2atla wrote
Reply to comment by newusernamebcimdumb in ELI5 in football, why can't the offense hand the ball to a very light person, and hammer throw them toward the line of scrimmage repeatedly? by adunndevster
Yeah, exactly. It's pretty obvious to anyone that has watched 5 minutes of American Football. This is basically a Looney tunes question.
Diagonalizer t1_iy2antx wrote
Reply to comment by dimonium_anonimo in ELI5 in football, why can't the offense hand the ball to a very light person, and hammer throw them toward the line of scrimmage repeatedly? by adunndevster
You see one offensive player push a teammate forward all the time. It happens just about every time that a play is called dead due to forward progress and also on pretty much every QB sneak.
Status_Term_4491 t1_iy2abec wrote
Reply to comment by yacht_boy in Eli5: Why did ships and navies come up with their own system of units (nautical miles, knots, fathoms, etc)? Is it still used? by Dewi2020
I still uae fathoms when im Hunting deep sea giant squid
dimonium_anonimo t1_iy2aa0w wrote
Reply to comment by GoForPapaPalpy in ELI5 in football, why can't the offense hand the ball to a very light person, and hammer throw them toward the line of scrimmage repeatedly? by adunndevster
Holding is done on every play too, and that's against the rules. It's all about not getting caught. Plus, most of the push piles happen at the line of scrimmage whereas the runner starts behind. The offense is trying to push the defense back, not the runner forward... Mostly. If they waited to start pushing until the rubber was in front, the play would be over. So I think they can get away with a little bit of pulling the runner along with them. What I do know for sure is that vaulting off your teammates (and I think the word is such that being thrown by your teammate also counts) is very illegal, and very hard to hide.
ScienceIsSexy420 t1_iy2a8vp wrote
Reply to comment by BurnOutBrighter6 in ELI5: how does fresh water ice forms out of sea water( salty), shouldn't it make salty ice? Does water "purifys" itself during phase conversation or what? by UniqueCold3812
This is why salt, and other dissolved compounds, will reduce the freezing temperature of water: the interfere with the formation of the crystal lattice structure required for the phase transition
travelinmatt76 t1_iy2a3ar wrote
Reply to comment by HereticBatman in ELI5 how automatic cars avoid chewing up first gear by neonpablo
Automatics don't have a clutch, they have a fluid coupler, torque converter. Think of it like 2 fans facing each other. The fan attached to the engine is always spinning and blowing on the second fan which makes it spin. Since there is no direct connection you can hold the brake and stop one of the fans.
These old Army Corp film reels are great for learning about mechanical systems. Here's a film about torque converters. https://youtu.be/leCEmJA0WsI
GoForPapaPalpy t1_iy29wyq wrote
Reply to comment by americancontrol in ELI5 in football, why can't the offense hand the ball to a very light person, and hammer throw them toward the line of scrimmage repeatedly? by adunndevster
I mean that’s done all the time though. You have big push piles to help advance runners forward. Most notably on QB sneaks, but also on any play where the small forward progress matters
americancontrol t1_iy297ut wrote
Reply to ELI5 in football, why can't the offense hand the ball to a very light person, and hammer throw them toward the line of scrimmage repeatedly? by adunndevster
Its an illegal play, otherwise this likely would be employed in short yardage situations to catapult players over the line.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helping_the_runner
". . .but the runner shall not grasp a teammate and no other player of his team shall grasp, push, lift or charge into him to assist in gaining forward progress."
CavediverNY t1_iy296hl wrote
Reply to ELI5 in football, why can't the offense hand the ball to a very light person, and hammer throw them toward the line of scrimmage repeatedly? by adunndevster
I believe the NFL has a specific rule against doing something like this… Although to be fair I heard about that on another Reddit comment asking why football teams can’t get a 7 foot tall guy to hold up his arms and block field goals!
newusernamebcimdumb t1_iy28pv8 wrote
Reply to comment by Seared_Gibets in ELI5 in football, why can't the offense hand the ball to a very light person, and hammer throw them toward the line of scrimmage repeatedly? by adunndevster
How far do they figure a person can be thrown and at what kind of launch angle? The defense will kill that man. Even if the person could get thrown decently far, how often will that weak person fumble the ball when they get railed by the defense?
Theoretically, what OP is proposing is legal. But there’s a reason why we don’t see it happen.
Seared_Gibets t1_iy28aut wrote
Reply to comment by newusernamebcimdumb in ELI5 in football, why can't the offense hand the ball to a very light person, and hammer throw them toward the line of scrimmage repeatedly? by adunndevster
I think the implication is that they'd be airborne. Literally throwing the whole person, not just the ball, over their heads.
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BurnOutBrighter6 t1_iy283uv wrote
Reply to ELI5 in football, why can't the offense hand the ball to a very light person, and hammer throw them toward the line of scrimmage repeatedly? by adunndevster
When you bring the tiny guy onto the field, it would become obvious what you're about to do. And you only have 3 tries to add up to 10 yards gained. It would be very hard to average over 3 yards of forward progress past the line of scrimmage with the other team fully aware of what's coming and lining all their own big guys up front-and-center to block the flying little person (or interrupt the hammer-throw process, which would take a few seconds to set up after the snap).
newusernamebcimdumb t1_iy27rhg wrote
Reply to ELI5 in football, why can't the offense hand the ball to a very light person, and hammer throw them toward the line of scrimmage repeatedly? by adunndevster
There are 11 very large men on the other team trying to stop that from happening. The defensive line and linebackers would rock that small person into next year.
WienerButtMagoo t1_iy27ex4 wrote
Reply to Eli5: Why did ships and navies come up with their own system of units (nautical miles, knots, fathoms, etc)? Is it still used? by Dewi2020
I don’t think it’s so much that they “came up with their own,” it’s more that boats are the world’s oldest form of transportation…Lol
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No-Struggle5102 OP t1_iy2d2xb wrote
Reply to comment by croninsiglos in eli5 Why is it not excepted to only have one pair of clothes by No-Struggle5102
You are the first of two that gave me a real answer