Those Dirty Rings!
Posted by bronzemat@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 118 comments
Posted by bronzemat@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 118 comments
New-Anacansintta@reddit
Wisk gets ring around the collar…and your whole wash clean!
My brain is 80% full of 80s commercials.
Agreeable-Spot-7376@reddit
A lot more people used to wear collared shirts!
ghostinawishingwell@reddit
Also the old fabric was much heavier.
pegothejerk@reddit
We also changed materials - cotton was easier to stain, now we largely have plastic hybrid materials, much harder to stain accidentally.
gibson85@reddit
And will also melt on to you in a fire!
User8675309021069@reddit
So all those “stop, drop and roll” drills in the 80’s were actually ahead of their time.
weltvonalex@reddit
So it's a double win?
CompoteNatural940@reddit
If clothes start to melt to you leave area.
alpacadaver@reddit
That's such a good idea
Biguitarnerd@reddit
And specifically white collared shirts, in the summer.
I only wear suites now to funerals and weddings (and sometimes not weddings). Although the last time I wore a suite with a white collared shirt was at a graveside funeral in 100+ degrees. Fortunately it didn’t last long.
Vehlin@reddit
Three piece suites?
Apprehensive_Hat8986@reddit
Toilet, sink, and bath!
Vehlin@reddit
Was thinking armchair, 2 and 3 seaters but sure.
Apprehensive_Hat8986@reddit
We could go the Idiocracy route and make them one and the same.
Vehlin@reddit
I’m sure Musk will be right on it
redbaron78@reddit
A three-piece suite would not be a treat in the heat.
warkyboy77@reddit
Wouldn't be sweet.
Biguitarnerd@reddit
Nah… I can’t do a vest in the summer it’s too hot here. Best you get from me is a jacket, pants, and tie.
Only exceptions were my own wedding and a few best friends I was a groomsman for and fortunately my friends are all smart enough to have their weddings in the fall.
Relative-Thought-105@reddit
They were joking because you misspelled suits
Lil_ah_stadium@reddit
With ties to
dementio@reddit
So many jobs used to require ties; it was insane. I work in a field that can easily permanently stain clothing and we just went away from ties & nice shirts recently.
Boatshooz@reddit
My dad used to wear a suit to work in the 80s… as an airline mechanic.
East_Information_247@reddit
I like ties. No one wears ties in California though.
canisdirusarctos@reddit
We also sweat more back then due to the heavier collared shirts and less air conditioning. So you could easily turn a nice white shirt into a white and yellowed shirt.
This is also why we split clothes into whites and colors - whites got bleached frequently.
aprillikesthings@reddit
No. We just don't wear white dress shirts that often anymore.
When I did, as part of my work uniform, I did in fact have to put detergent on the inside collar before washing it. I have oily skin and it got nasty.
DarthSangwich@reddit
Because it was made up horseshit
Both_Objective8219@reddit
People stopped wearing nice clothes often
-Lt-Jim-Dangle-@reddit
Gee, I wonder if us removing cigarettes from everywhere indoors has something to do with brownish stains disappearing from white shirts on business men and workers who spend a lot of time in that environment.
rufftranslation@reddit
We did NOT. You should see some of my shirts
Tsunamiis@reddit
I mean it’s a warning sign for sugar intolerance if you wash
acespacegnome@reddit
Hasn't gone anywhere. Wear a pure white dress shirt all day and you will get collar ring.
jp112078@reddit
Yup. I saw this on my shirt and started actively spending extra time cleaning my neck. But living in NYC, it’s also just the dirt/exhaust in the air combined with sweat waiting on a 98 degree subway platform
ThreeCraftPee@reddit
Yeah all the people who think it's cuz of just dirty necks haven't worked in downtown Chicago on a hot humid sweltering summer day. Don't matter how clean your neck was at 7am...
Relative-Thought-105@reddit
I live in Korea which is humid af and also polluted af and I have never had a dirty neck stain
ThreeCraftPee@reddit
That's adorable that you think your little cute village is comparable to working in the Loop. So cute. Awwwww
Relative-Thought-105@reddit
Lol I live in Seoul, a city with 10 million people and 10 million in the suburbs. I just read Chicago has 2 million people. That barely qualifies as a city here.
I don't know what a "loop" is. It sounds precious tho. You must feel like a real big city fella, eh.
ThreeCraftPee@reddit
Awww you are even more adorable when you think anybody gives a shit about Seoul3in the real world lmao that's so cute. Lol Korea hahahaha
Loeden@reddit
City air polution has gone down a lot since then too, I think people are forgetting cities used to be hazy AF and buildings got a bit dirtier too.
fubo@reddit
People used to smoke in offices.
woeful_haichi@reddit
Same here in East Asia ... 95°+ F with 95% humidity over the summer will have that effect on a white collar.
goat_penis_souffle@reddit
Hot town, summer in the city
IfICouldStay@reddit
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty.
acespacegnome@reddit
That's what I'm talking about. There's nothing you can do but succumb to the ring.
BarleyBo@reddit
Im just here imagining The Lachey bros there singing songs and doing a dance on the subway platform.
onlyhereforthesports@reddit
Same. I have to replace my white dress shirts every year or so. Even my clue shirts will get discolored
V2BM@reddit
I have it on my uniform shirts even though I shower before and after work and exfoliate regularly. It’s so gross and nothing will get it out.
MrCrumbCake@reddit
On hot days with a lot of sweating, I’ll even get a ring around the cuffs too on occasion.
crazyouija@reddit
There aren't collars on pajamas
WholeLog24@reddit
"Collars? Where we're going, we don't need.... ~~roads~~ collars."
LocationOld6656@reddit
There are on nice pyjamas
radelix@reddit
Wfh gang!
HotChair6580@reddit
We most certainly did. Took a little longer with Rosie though.
jerichardson@reddit
What about Static Cling?!
pixelpheasant@reddit
Wisk is now Persil, if anyone needs to know
BlacksmithThink9494@reddit
Wiped out when we stopped wearing collars so often. Hahaha
Rambling-Rooster@reddit
I've been wearing sweatpants and v neck tshirts for 15 years...
MKFirst@reddit
Maybe most people go to the dry cleaners now so it makes it their problem.
TheGutterNut@reddit
No we just have new first world problems now.
Ancient_Savings_6050@reddit
Does anyone remember the racist Calgon commercial?
Far_Jeweler40@reddit
Shirts are thrown out sooner as they don't last as long and are cheaper to replace.
DisconcerteDinOC@reddit
Yes and Calgon took me away too...lol
HereWeGoAgain-247@reddit
“How did you get rid of the ring around collar?”
“I started washing Fred’s neck”
The Flintstones Movie
KhalilRavana@reddit
"You know. If Fred scores the highest on that test, you could afford to hire someone to do laundry for you."
"If Fred scores the highest on that test, I'll need to hire someone to revive me!"
Wrong-Marsupial-9767@reddit
Core memory unlocked
Lil_ah_stadium@reddit
It’s actually from eliminating wearing white collars to white collar jobs
fubo@reddit
And smoking in white-collar jobs.
peekaboooobakeep@reddit
I was going to say Wilma taught me!
sorcha1977@reddit
When I was young, laundry was my assigned chore.
My dad wore a shirt and tie to work every day. I have clear memories of separating his shirts out so I could pretreat the collars over the laundry sink. I'd add a little soap and water, scrub it against itself like crazy, and then toss it in the washing machine.
THEN, I still had to iron all of those shirts and his handkerchiefs. The handkerchiefs were ironed and folded (then pressed again to hold the fold) before stacking them to put in his dresser drawer.
He also wore undershirts, and those had to be ironed too.
Anyway, seeing a bottle of Wisk always brings that back.
blue_suavitel@reddit
They still exist
LazarusMundi4242@reddit
No they didn’t wipe it out but they discovered that ring around the collar protects you from bot flies, so now it’s okay. Everyone loves ring around the collar now.
SplakyD@reddit
Not with my oily ass skin.
ConsumerAnthemist@reddit
Once bacon neck appeared, ring-around-the-collar didn't have time to set in.
piper_squeak@reddit
Wisk isn't around anymore to tsk, tsk, tsk.
greystoic@reddit
Housewives used to launder their husband's dress shirts. Now people can't afford to be stay at home spouses. So if you must wear button up shirts, you probably take them to a dry-cleaners.
pina_koala@reddit
My drifit blue golf shirt has mad collar ring. I should have washed it right away every time. Oxy-Tide doesn't help anymore.
megamanx4321@reddit
But does it deal with blood stains?
Truck_Stop_Sushi@reddit
It was eliminated through an ancient Chinese secret.
stubbzzz@reddit
Ancient Chinese Secret, huh?
rf8350@reddit
Now i’m curious if you can still find Calgon in stores
ForsakenMongoose336@reddit
Shhhh
No-Professional-1884@reddit
It was causing the hole in the ozone.
WhiskeyBadger_@reddit
I dunno, seems pretty wisky guys.
kevin0611@reddit
Very mildly interesting anecdote: Was a marketing major (early 90s) and took an advertising class where my teacher let us know, at least half a dozen times, that he came up with this campaign.
Ok-Change6854@reddit
As a kid, I never understood what ring around the collar meant.
LanguageNo495@reddit
Ancient Chinese secret
IamREBELoe@reddit
1, less collars.
2, people can shower every day now. No more Saturday night baths.
Hoosier_Daddy68@reddit
Your first point, yes.
Your second is interesting because either you're joking or you think we didn't have regular showers in the 80's.
jbarn02@reddit
Wisk changed its name to Persil in 2016 as a result of a merger.
mcfetrja@reddit
No one stating the obvious? Way less indoor smoking. A little sweat, some dead skin, and the residue of tobacco smoke coating everything led to some wild innovations in cleaning that don’t quite translate in a post OxyClean world. Billy Mays Bless.
Flaky-Wallaby5382@reddit
Yes we did… no more ties
No-Nose-6569@reddit
We stopped wearing nice shirts
Remote-Republic7569@reddit
No, people just started washing their necks.
Independent_Key6896@reddit
or only has one shirt back in the day
puckofmetal@reddit
Thank you for asking the important questions as this is something I occasionally ponder
Twitchmonky@reddit
(sigh) they just don't make stains like they used to anymore. 😔
CRX1701@reddit
It’s somewhere with the Bermuda Triangle and quicksand.
JoMommaDeLloma@reddit
Don't forget the acid rain!
loptopandbingo@reddit
Don't worry, we're bringing that back. Just gotta trash the EPA and Clean Air and Water Act. It's so close I can taste it! We can always buy another planet!
trustedbyamillion@reddit
Plus you'd sweat more with the shirt being tight and wearing a tie
DrMonkeyKing79@reddit
You know, growing up, I thought this would be a bigger problem. Well, this and quicksand.
callmedata1@reddit
Ah, the great FearMarketing wars of the 80s, where Ring Around the Collar's ally Static Cling was also vanquished
jasonmoyer@reddit
It was like the hole in the ozone layer; the world joined together and put wisk in every laundry room, and within a few decades ring around the collar was no longer an issue.
TigerMcPherson@reddit
I literally just shouted out my collar today.
StasisChassis@reddit
We didn't get rid of ring around the collar we just got rid of the collars.
thehousewright@reddit
Central air and no one doing blue collar jobs wears collared shirts anymore.
FoofaFighters@reddit
"Kenny, you didn't have to Wisk the couch."
"Well, it needed it."
CoronaCurious@reddit
As someone that's been too Goodwiil recently, we have not.
Less_Likely@reddit
It’s gonna come back just like the measles
VisibleCoat995@reddit
The term “ring around the collar” just jack-knifed from my deepest memories.
Major_Turnover5987@reddit
Boomers not known for their hygiene.
whistleridge@reddit
Sadly, it’s still a very real thing. I don’t sweat much at all, and I shower every morning, and it’s still a thing to struggle with if you wear collared shirts daily for work.
mgyro@reddit
You’d have to wear a collar to get a ring. No ring around the hoodie.
dufflebag7@reddit
Holy crap. Memory unlocked.
When I do wear button-down collar shirts all day, I tend to avoid solid white ones, which tends to help.
Tacothekid@reddit
Go to a Goodwill store, or a thrift store...plenty of it there...
Solid-Hedgehog9623@reddit
Maybe wisk caused ring around the collar. I never hear of either anymore.
FlimsyTry2892@reddit
My grandma used to clean her dentures with that stuff. I used to tell her it got ring around the tooth.
Ok_Criticism7172@reddit
I wish...
Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit
lol my mom was terrible at laundry!