Once when I was with Marcello he went to Costco and bought a rather large amount of brand new socks—all the same type, so that he didn’t have to worry about mixing and matching. This made my impression of his instrumental rationality go up. (I’m sure a lot of people have different socks for different purposes, but it’s something that I probably would have failed to optimize.)
Added: Thanks for linking to Kool Tools! I might travel the country for a year or two while trying to be as light as possible, and that site had a few items that seem like they would be pretty useful.
I do this as well. Clearly this calls for a poll! How many of us avoid sock-sorting by buying bulk quantities of identical socks? (Or the alternative solution.)
Once when I was with Marcello he went to Costco and bought a rather large amount of brand new socks—all the same type, so that he didn’t have to worry about mixing and matching.
It’s a practical move. Myself I have three roughly equal collections of socks—identical black ones, identical sports ones and assorted others (mostly either gifts or particularly high quality pairs that I use for marathons and long runs in general).
Once when I was with Marcello he went to Costco and bought a rather large amount of brand new socks—all the same type, so that he didn’t have to worry about mixing and matching. This made my impression of his instrumental rationality go up. (I’m sure a lot of people have different socks for different purposes, but it’s something that I probably would have failed to optimize.)
Added: Thanks for linking to Kool Tools! I might travel the country for a year or two while trying to be as light as possible, and that site had a few items that seem like they would be pretty useful.
I am still mostly wearing socks from the massive online bulk order of identical boot socks I made four or five years ago..
I do this too, and my brother and I have communal socks. I hadn’t thought of ordering online. Good idea.
I do this as well. Clearly this calls for a poll! How many of us avoid sock-sorting by buying bulk quantities of identical socks? (Or the alternative solution.)
I avoid sock-sorting by not buying or wearing socks, which is still more efficient.
I do this!
It’s a practical move. Myself I have three roughly equal collections of socks—identical black ones, identical sports ones and assorted others (mostly either gifts or particularly high quality pairs that I use for marathons and long runs in general).