Most of us hate doing laundry, but at least we know how to do it. However, for one-fifth of the Americans in the Gen Z and Millennial demographics, a survey shows that laundry was yet another of life’s mysteries they needed social media to solve.
Some 65% of the 2,000 Americans polled by Swash Laundry Detergent admitted that they needed to be taught how to wash their clothes. Forty-two percent said a family member or relative taught them the ropes.
Meanwhile, 23% admitted they were self-taught clothes washers. Nineteen percent of those who didn’t know how searched social media for help; 43% looked up how-to videos on YouTube, and 38% did so on Instagram.
That said, two in five still think doing laundry is easy to screw up, and 66% of respondents still avoid washing their favorite clothes because they’re afraid they’ll ruin them in the wash.