I think a lot of things use pre-shrunk fabric these days. I've got t-shirts that haven't shrunk, and t-shirts that have. Unfortunately a lot of band shirts bought at concerts fall into the latter :(.

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philipallstar 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I tend to find that older (10+ years) t-shirts shrink a lot. Even if I don't wash them.

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vayup 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Same happens to me, but I don't think it's the T-shirts that are shrinking.

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taeric 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I literally have a t-shirt from 1997 that doesn't shrink in our machines. :D

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drdec 6 hours ago | parent [-]

I think you may not have fully appreciated the comment you replied to

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taeric 6 hours ago | parent [-]

I was just offering the amusing anecdote that I have a 30 year old shirt that doesn't shrink. I used to treat it with kids gloves to keep it from doing so.

Note that I fully understand it for the anecdotal weight that it has. That is, basically none. Is fun for conversation, but isn't intended to prove anything.

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cogman10 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Earlier commenter was talking about getting fatter as they age. Not actual cloths shrinkage.

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taeric 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Ha! Ok, yeah, I definitely missed that aspect of the joke. :D

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moehm 6 hours ago | parent [-]

> Note that I fully understand it for the anecdotal weight that it has.

At this point I thought you were going for an ahem heavy-handed joke.

	▲	taeric 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I can only wish I was that comically gifted. :D

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DANmode 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That’s not who they were replying to.

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hobo_in_library 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's weird, I never had that problem yet suddenly my old clothes started shrinking a couple years ago too.

Might have been our new hangers.

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taeric 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Even cheap band t-shirts don't shrink in our dryer. I have sweaters that I am confident would have shrunk in the past, but do just fine here.

On that last, I almost forgot I had direct evidence. We visited a place that shrank some of our clothes that we had washed many times back home.

	▲	DANmode 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Warm vs cold water usage, dryer settings, local environment in the laundry room. Probably in that order.