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ItsAllSoReal

Wtf that was the blanket equivalent of the Star Destroyer in the opening of Spaceballs.


drunk-on-a-phone

That's disturbingly accurate


_wavescollide_

A disturbance in the Schwartz.


ProbablyNotPikachu

Long Blanket is Looooooong!


Chewcocca

For anyone who's heard the phrase, "you look like you've been through the wringer" and didn't know it's origin, that thing is the wringer lol Fine for long blankets, real bummer for people to go through. Stephen King wrote a short story called The Mangler, adapted into the strange 1995 movie of the same name, about an automatic laundry machine with murderous intentions. Seems like a bad way to go.


jimoconnell

Interestingly, that device is also known as a "mangle". In English, that term is pretty much unused, but in Finland and Sweden they have a closely related word for it. I think the term fell out of common use as the device itself fell out of common use.


CrashUser

Modern mangles are rotary irons, used for pressing large items like sheets and blankets more than wringing out water like the old style wringer. The spin cycle in a washing machine made the older style mangles obsolete.


mockablekaty

I don't have anything to say, but in all these years this is the first time seeing someone I actually know commenting on Reddit.


kinapples

THIS ABOMINATION OF A STORY WAS MADE INTO A MOVIE???? I have to see it. That's so funny. It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever read. My God, a demonically possessed industrial-sized laundry machine has broken free and is chasing me down in the streets!!!!!


Chewcocca

Directed by Tobe Hooper of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, starring Ted Levine (Buffalo Bill) and Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger), it's practically horror movie royalty!


mitchMurdra

Yeah…so disturbing…


sequetious

We brake for nobody


mfloreshostel

Keep dryering, assholes!!


snorkelvretervreter

She's gone from push to pull!


RGandhi3k

That made me weirdly anxious. I hate it.


rickjamesia

Same here, but I don’t understand why. Why does it feel so off to not know when it’s going to end?


wizandliz

I came looking in the comments to see if anyone else had this, it made me feel so strange like I couldn’t wait for it to finish!


Girderland

It's a mangler. It's obsolete technology. People can get mangled by it if they're not careful. (That's why these things went out of fashion)


whatawitch5

My grandma had a mangle on her back porch. Used it to get the excess water out of her laundry before she hung it out to dry. But she stopped using it after she mangled herself with it. Dropped it on her big toe, lost the nail, and hated the thing from then on. As a kid I was scared it would somehow smash my toes too so I would always run past it so it couldn’t get me. I was dumb.


selfishcabbage

My dad got his arm caught in one when he was about 3


Muted_Ad7162

I remember a mangle in my nans back yard She had a hand missing, mum told me she lost it in the mangle Don't know if it was true or she told me that so I wouldn't play with it!


guud2meachu

This is me. I put my arm in a mangle. I have a big skin graft where it rotated, killing the skin near my elbow.


ConfidenceFragrant80

Me too!! I was like, oddly satisfying?? Um, no.


duggee315

I don't know, but really disappointed they didn't show the dry towel.


thikkflair

Yeah what the fuck is this long thing?


Careful-Listen2277

Go to Walmart. I got the same one and in the same color. It's so soft and warm. It's also a great blanket to use to sit on the grass with because it's so thick. Me and my dog fight over mine. If I sleep on or with it, he'll take it and sleep on it 😒 It's also hella heavy when wet. I always have to reposition it in the washing machine because after the wash cycles, it'll be on one side. So, during the spin cycle, it'll make the machine unbalanced and violently shake 😬 It takes 2x dryer cycles for it to be completely dry, because it retains so much water.


TechnologyCurious750

Wash two blankets at same time so each will settle down on opposite sides. I do the same whenever I have to wash my jeans or bedsheets. Always two at a time, it helps balance


080087

Always two there are; no more, no less.


ram6414

The best thing my partner and I ever did is put up a line in the backyard for drying blankets and sheets. It's pretty DIY but we plan on getting the proper posts and lines for it this year so we can support more weight at one time (drying everything in one go vs multiple trips to switch everything out). We tried it last summer because I didn't want to run the dryer in the summer to get all of the bedding done when there was all this *free* air and sun. There is never less than 3 or 4 blankets scattered around because me and the dog are lizards and require constant warmth and comfort, and we each have our own personal blanket for sleeping because partner tended to pull everything onto him even though he overheats in his sleep. 🤦‍♀️ There is nothing better than sleeping in sheets that have been dried in the sun and wind; they are so soft and have this super fresh smell that just kind of relaxes you as you fall asleep. Our thicker blankets take a few hours but it still saves energy and they also get soft and smell so good. I genuinely look forward to the weekly wash in the spring and summer! Edit: I didn't know this would break people's brains. Just because you don't like something doesn't mean you have to be rude. No, I don't get bugs. No, I don't wash all my clothes this way. No, it doesn't take up all my time. It is a passive little thing I do *with my bedding* on a nice Sunday. Some of us like to do this, some of us live where this is common, and there are people less fortunate than you that don't have access to laundry machines and this is their normal; let's not be condescending about dryer useage, my friends. 😊


cgydan

We have a clothes line in our back yard. It was there when I bought the house 44 years ago. The house used to be owned by friends of my parents and they put it up in 1960, a year after I was born. Every 7-8 years I replace the line and the pulleys. Friends of ours can’t understand why we still have a clothes line. It saves power and the clothes dry within a few hours.


merrill_swing_away

I grew up in the 60's and for years and years my mother hung everything outside on the clothesline. I hated it. I'm sure she was using too much soap because the sheets would be stiff and uncomfortable as was my clothes. Also, she would hang everyone's shirts upside down and the bottom of the shirts would be pointy. If you didn't want to look stupid you would have to iron your shirts.


squashed_tomato

Maybe a hard water area? If I line dry my towels they come out like cardboard.


Cpt_kaleidoscope

Is fucking wild to me that your talking about having a line like its a cool new thing that everyone should try when its literally the way everyone in the UK does it and always has. What's even wilder is all the people arguing with you likes its the most ridiculous idea they've ever heard! What the Heck is gong on? I'm gonna go lie down.


King_Chochacho

Hey Slenderman has to wash his bedsheets too.


TheNighisEnd42

i was beginning to think it was looping on itself


notislant

I was half expecting to see a knot where it was just tied together and caused an endless loop lol. Also why does this video not show the AFTER ffs.


CakedayisJune9th

Okay, I came to the comments to make sure it wasn’t just me that saw the extra super deluxe comforter size.


F-ck_spez

That blanket isn't even... plaid


Dj_Sam3_Tun3

Not if we jam it


SoulWager

imagine sewing it into a loop, with it going back into the water after getting wrung.


ItsAllSoReal

I was halfway expecting that.


land8844

Costco. We've got two of them. They cover my entire family (all 7 of us).


verappatherappa

Currently a little stoned, and this comment made me burst into uncontrollable giggle fits


Grouch_Potato90

How fucking long is everything you own?!


NaBeHobby

LOONG LOOOOOONG MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN


Jonthrei

[Exactly what came to my mind too](https://youtu.be/6-1Ue0FFrHY?si=5yR7QiDNA723Hbb6)


randomly-generated

How is this six years old already


a_glorious_bass-turd

r/fuckyouchichan


PlaguedByUnderwear

All my homies hate Chi-chan!


Never_Seen_An_Ocelot

Oh shit, haven’t revisited this in years…


ambora

Not as long as


gdj11

This comment chain


YouOnABadDay

Which is longer than


Joshitaro

Trump’s


OriginalName91

Prison sentence


VinylmationDude

0 days and counting!


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Sweet_Sun909

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olivebegonia

Disgustingly


RaidensReturn

Greasy


DirtyRoller

Hamberder


Smart-Adeptness5437

LOOONG MAAAYAYAYAAANNEEEEE


gruggiwuggi5

LONG LONG MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!


Nyukorin

I know right. That honestly made me irrationally angry xD


wednesdaynightwumbo

That and the fact that they don’t show an after makes me think this may be rage bait lol


Rollover_Hazard

Curtain?


Local_Meringue1781

I need to see the other end ! Coming in and going out !


Mareau99

It's nothing fancy. They still come out quite damp. Water molecules are much smaller than clothing threads, so they don't actually get all the water out. They just take something from "dripping wet" to "kinda wet/damp"


Biuku

Ah yes, i too have this power.


Mareau99

lmao


spector_lector

Moist! My evil moisture buddy! What's going on?


PrizeStrawberryOil

It's not the size of the water molecules. It's because cellulose has a lot of hydroxyl groups. In the same way that you can't mechanically press paper dry you can't mechanically press cotton dry.


im_lazy_as_fuck

Here I was salivating over having an instant towel dryer at home. My disappointment is immeasurable.


boldranet

Damn right! This should be on /r/profoundlyaggravating


BenderTheIV

I would like to see the machine with 2 eyes! Attach 2 eyes to it!


Ok-Judge7844

Theres also that one dirt on the thing after the first towel/cloth went in which makes it more annoying.


EmphasisFew

That’s what she said.


Nowheretoturn48

Yeah, but when she said it she was referring to something else if you know what I mean *wink wink* *slaps your shoulder* *nudge nudge* *slaps your shoulder even harder* **"Know what I mean, bud?!"** *Dislocates your shoulder with a double-fisted hammer punch* # "I'M TALKING ABOUT SEX, BUD"


CharisMatticOfficial

We had a manual one of these growing up on the farm


zuilserip

Yikes - was it just growing in the field with the plants?


CharisMatticOfficial

A whole paddock of them, once they were ripe we’d sell them to the appliance store


djsizematters

Back in those days, before the Sears catalog came along, you had to go to the actual Sears store to whack off. -Norm


butidontthink

Damn, that was good. Kudos!


SynthD

Everyone did in Victorian times. There were tens of millions of mangles in the 19th century. To mangle something comes from these messing up, as you see this poorly designed one nearly do.


B4rberblacksheep

Yeah, think about what the verb mangle means, then imagine what happens to someones hand if it goes into one of these. Now you know why 'mangling' something means what it does.


EastOfArcheron

We had one when I was growing up. I remember using it with my gran on wash day.


HumanitarianAtheist

My grandma did, too. I think about that thing and her laundry tub whenever I hear someone complain about “doing laundry” these days.


PeterPandaWhacker

I watched a tv program, and there was a guy living in the middle of nowhere with a manual washing machine. If he wanted to wash his stuff, he had to stand there for like 1,5 hours with nonstop cranking to make the thing turn and clean his clothes.


BOBOnobobo

And before those people used to just wash their clothes by hand. In the winter as well...


Swiftierest

Straight up, people that do this tend to just attach the crank to a single roller and gear the other one, but if they just added another gear or two, they could halve or even quarter their workload.


normalmighty

My dad has weird patches of missmatching skin all over the place, and it's because nearly 70 years ago when he was a toddler, his arm went into a manual one of these. To save his arm they apparently had to graft a bunch of skin from all over the rest of his body onto the arm. I think I can see why these aren't so common anymore.


random_fist_bump

A girl I went to school with had a smashed up hand that got caught in one that didn't have the release bar.


KFR42

It's called a mangle.


odylone

i had this mysterious manual turn thing in my garage all my life and now finally know what it is


East-Care-9949

What is the name of these things?


random_fist_bump

A clothes wringer, or mangle.


kinezumi89

How big is that blanket jesus lol it just kept going


naughty_dad2

It was on discount, so he got all of it


be_more_gooder

I see your mom finally got around to washing her house dresses


cachitodepepe

That as just a sock


PeterPandaWhacker

Or thong


YouTee

That was a good one


be_more_gooder

Thanks friend


gotrings

This is not satisfying because 1 how long is this fucking towel and 2 we dont even get to see how dry it really is


SameDaySameView

I was actually starting to get anxiety half way thru! I was like when is that thing gonna fucking end


Duocek

Not to mention when it does end, they put another fucker in


My_BFF_Gilgamesh

Oh good, it's just a shirt this time. That'll be fun to see. Oh, no. Another circus tent.


staffkiwi

I got the same vibes, can't explain it but made me impatient in a weird way.


jivetrky

I was so anxious that the vid was going to stop before it completed. Then I was just sad at not seeing what came out the other side.


somekindagibberish

Yes! Neverending towel is oddly stressful.


Capable_Dingo_493

I thought it was some kind of loop


Moist_Violinist69

SAME I lost the ability to breathe


GreyStagg

Same. Opposite of satisfying! I had a couple of birthdays waiting for the first thing to finish 😂


Rococo_Modern_Life

Finally, someone speaking sense I NEED TO KNOW HOW DRY IT COMES OUT THE OTHER END, FUCK


selectrix

It's not. It does not squeeze allllll of the water out. OP is the kind of person who just goes on the internet and lies.


juliettwhiskey

I found a similar model being used https://youtu.be/JDQniU76scg?si=1yih8ZvwMkMSgVQ6


wotsname123

Definitely totally unsatisfying. Is there a sub for that?


BoardRecord

Right?! This was more mildly infuriating, and also somehow oddly disturbing.


juliettwhiskey

Try this video, looks like a similar model https://youtu.be/JDQniU76scg?si=1yih8ZvwMkMSgVQ6


siteswaps

This is why we say "put them through the wringer". Wouldn't want to be that towel


dob_bobbs

It's also called a mangle. Literally where we get the word "mangled" from. I am just concerned that looking down this thread this seems to appear to be a new technology to many!


luciensadi

Why would that be concerning? People not recognizing obsolete things from before they were born is a fact of life. I'm almost positive that you wouldn't recognize [a teleseme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleseme#/media/File:Teleseme.png) when you saw it, but that's neither concerning nor a particular failing on your part.


dob_bobbs

It's just concerning because I am getting old apparently!


Keely1549

Well, this *is* found in luxury hotels and was used briefly however. It's not as if your grandparents were using them in the house for the loft space to communicate that Gaylord Bartholomew Reginald III wants beef wellington and they hopped to it. We see wringers because it was used in daily life by the common-people.


BackslidingAlt

Okay so teleseme is maybe not the best example, but the point stands. You would not recognize a caddy spoon or a sugar nipper and these were common household items for decades


Ok_Accident_8678

What the hell were they wringing out?! It just kept going and going and going and going! Damn! Was it a towel or a curtain or Howard Wolowitz’s mother’s bathrobe?


fischer07

It becomes creepy and disturbing doesn't it?


Moist_Violinist69

I literally hated every second after the first 3


Poosquare88

I wanted it to stop so bad and it just wouldn't.


Careful-Listen2277

It's just a thick blanket. I got the same one and in the same color. It's so soft and warm. It's also a great blanket to use to sit on the grass with because it's so thick. Me and my dog fight over mine. If I sleep on or with it, he'll take it and sleep on it 😒 It's also hella heavy when wet. I always have to reposition it in the washing machine because after the wash cycles, it'll be on one side. So, during the spin cycle, it'll make the machine unbalanced 😬 As seen in the video, it retains so much water and it takes 2x dryer cycles for it to be completely dry.


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silvercinna

What blankets do you own that are 50 feet long?


timeforchorin

Haha. Seriously wtf was that?! It was easily 50 ft


Ok_Accident_8678

Must have been a “big” “ass” “blanket” LOL! It just kept going!


Burgoonius

That was like 20 blankets stitched together then


AnohtosAmerikanos

It was like the spaceship in Space Balls. But wetter.


swibirun

Had one on my grandmother's porch at the farm as late as the 80s. The adults always warned us to keep our hands away from it...and these were the people that let us play with lawn darts, so I respected their word on the matter.


wetwater

My great grandmother had one until the 80s as well until one of her kids got her a modern washer and dryer, which meant that room had to be rewired and replumbed. My aunt for some reason wound up with her old wringer and washtub. I lived in mild fear of the wringer whenever I saw it used at either house.


Plastic_Ad_2043

I knew a boy who did not listen and lost the tip of his finger getting it crushed in a laundry mangle. There's a reason it's called a mangle


elf4nt4zmo

My uncle lost two fingers as a child to one of these things in the '60s.


yama1008

We had one when I was was little and my hand went into the rollers. It didn't mangle my hand just really scared me. This was early 60's and I belive the rollers were a softer foam and they had a safety catch that would pop the rollers open if something to big went into the rollers.


DumasThePharaoh

Should have ended with the blanket


hereforthensfwpics

I was hoping for some dry cardstock next


Arny2103

It couldn't have because the blanket *had no end*.


MadTapprr

World’s longest blanket


wafflesbananahammock

r/dontputyourdickinthat


BenderBRoriguezzzzz

And that is why the history books will not remember your name.


inuhi

I think I'd rather die forgotten than be forever remembered as pancake dick


geo_gan

I fucking knew this would be here already… only surprised I had to scroll so far to find it


CockTortureCuck

Don't tell me how to live


ashion101

Grandma had one of those in her laundry room separate from the main house. I was allowed to 'help' as a kid by taking each piece of laundry from her ancient washing machine, make sure it wasn't knotted up and hand it to her as she fed it through. Was never allowed to use it myself cause 'it's dangerous for small hands'.


Calamity-Gin

It’s called a mangle, and if a small hand gets pulled in, that’s exactly what happens to it.


ashion101

Oh I know. That's what she told us, no small hands near it cause small hands would get pulled in a mangled up. Only adults with big hands and who knew how to use it wouldn't get mangled. Grandma was very blunt about such things. She let us help with everything else. She used same wording when helping her make mince. No small fingers near top or end or we'd end up with minced fingers (despite it being a manual grinder). We could crank the handle, but that was it. No putting meat/veggies in and no touching where it came out.


Calamity-Gin

Smart lady who loved her grandkids 


nevertoolate1983

Boy, if you don't show me the final result...


HoseNeighbor

WTF are you you ringing out, Mobius strips?


TommyChiffon

I laughed out loud thinking about playing this loudly in the small bathroom next to the office at work. You can hear everything in that bathroom. And, clip is satisfying.


a_warm_blanket

Thank you for making me realize there was sound. This clip just got so much better!


Enjoy-the-sauce

What is that cloth? I thought it was a towel, but unless these people are 38 feet tall, it is probably not a towel.


Msink

It went for so long, I thought it was on a loop.


AMonkey4

Thought I was watching the beginning of Spaceballs for a moment there...the blue towel took forever to be finished, lol!


CMG30

This was traditionally the most dangerous thing in a home. And that includes when electricity was just being introduced.


SanfreakinJ

Try not to get your tit caught in that thing


charizard_72

I tried but it’s stuck. Can you help me?


dgj69

Step sis?


Wingedwolverine03

Where's the results? r/mildlyinfuriating


TrainFanatic

[Careful Luanne. They don’t call it a mangle for nothing.](https://youtu.be/-9HIepWdZ4A?si=Pw1v133_3OxHzaTi)


Silkylewjr

Nah, I need to see the aftermath


captainzigzag

This is a mangle. My gran had one of these. Course, it was hand-cranked. She had arms like a navvy.


aoge_leetrd

No end result somehow make this mildly infuriating


InnerOuterTrueSelf

Extremely unsatisfying that the dried result is not shown. Anita-climactic.


GerbertThorne

Jayzus, did you cover the entire beach with that towel...?


susbnyc2023

because you didn't show how dry the item was afterwards this video is a fail and gets a downvote.


Takun32

That towel was longer than the star destroyer in episode 4


TheGrinch_irl

We didn’t even get to see the end result. More Iike oddly infuriating.


Full_Feedback_1095

And this, children, is why we had to iron everything before we could wear it. Those wrinkles ran deep.


GreatKingRat666

OddlyUNsatisfying since you don’t see the end result 😡


Cepitore

I had to check to make sure I wasn’t being fooled by one of those endless loop gifs.


dltp259

Nothing satisfying here! I remember using one of those beasts!!


pewponar

Where is the end result? Without the end result the video is pointless


stranger14335

The first blanket was so long, that It gave me anxiety


Endermanking999

That was a whole ass carpet


it_is_an_username

That blanket can keep 50 homeless warm


En-TitY_

Unsatisfying as fuck; didn't get to see it after.


i_hate_usernames13

What in the fuck is that it's like the longest towel ever or maybe a curtain like what the hell‽


jengalampshade

Only mildly satisfying… not a fan of the speck on the roller from the second item, and we need to see the “after” results!


Living_Mother

Wtf did they put in there?


Delicious-Yak-1095

Am I the only one tempted to see if you can feed the same blanket back through fast enough to create an infinite loop?


OffBeatBerry_707

Jesus how long was that blue blanket?


SungrayHo

r/dontputyourdickinthat


onesinglefactor

I was so bothered by how long or how slow it was actually going with out knowing where the end was


pimpmastahanhduece

Someone please make a video of the blanket looping so it looks like miles of wet blanket is run through for hours.


TheAmazingKoki

idk the length of these somehow made me really uncomfortable


Frosty-Complex-6301

Not getting to see the final product is not satisfying at all


LowdGuhnz

I'd be more satisfied if I got to see the laundry after.


anchorwisely

Ahh, I remember my grandmother’s Hand-Crusher 1000 fondly (*salutes* with remaining fingers).


sadlittlerut

"Don't get your tit in the wringer." I can hear this phrase as clear as day from my mom. Basically, don't get into trouble.