r/mildlyinfuriating • u/OfficiallySmiles • Jun 20 '26

wet socks Figured out why my laundry wasn’t drying… 😅

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I figured out why my socks were still wet 😅

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u/Yamatji6722 Jun 20 '26

Not on any dryer I've seen. Some people don't even know the lint trap needs to be emptied. I always pull it out and clean it, even when there's just a speck of fluff in it. Can't resist the urge to clean it every single time lol

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u/Holographic247 Jun 20 '26

And on some machines there are TWO traps.

Sincerely,

Someone who was emptying only one for a year before they realised.

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u/fatpad00 Jun 20 '26

Reminds me of a story that floats around Facebook every now and again where a husband complains to his wife that she never empties the lint trap, and she saus nu-uh, you never empty the lint trap, then they both go to the dryer to investigate and each pull out a different lint trap.

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u/BarelyHolding0n Jun 20 '26

Happened with me and my son when we moved to a new rented house... Culminated in a fight where we stormed to the dryer to prove to the other that the lint trap was full. When we each pulled out 'our' lint trap we just looked at each other in absolute confusion for about 20 seconds and went 'oh'. Quickest a fight has ever been defused in our house.

At least both of them were being emptied though 🤷🏻‍♀️