45% of Americans wear underwear for 2 days or longer, survey finds.

WGN 9 ^ | 8/16/19 | Tribune Media Wire

[L.A.Justice]

NEW YORK CITY — A new survey found that 45% of Americans claim to have worn the same pair of underwear for two days or longer.

Underwear company Tommy John surveyed 1,000 men and women to determine how long they wear and keep their underwear.

Almost half of participants said they had worn the same pair for two days or more, while 13% said they had worn the same pair for a week or more.

85% of Americans don’t know how long they’ve owned their oldest pair of underwear, according to the survey.

The company states you should swap out your old underwear for a new pair every six months to a year. However, the study found that 46% of Americans have had the same pair of underwear for one year or longer.

The study added that, over time, underwear accumulates various types of problematic microorganisms and fungal germs that can increase your susceptibility to certain illnesses, like yeast infections and urinary tract infections, among others.

The study also states that men are 2.5 times as likely as women to wear their underwear for more than a week.

Click here to read the full survey.

[PGR88]

If its Montana in winter I can understand.

If its San Antonio in summer - ewwwww

[Jeff Chandler]

What’s a bath?

[catnipman]

“45% of Americans wear underwear for 2 days or longer, survey finds.”

i’m lucky to get a half a day out of mine ...

[dhs12345]

That was the third option on the survey... none of the above or don’t know.

[LeoTDB69]

Occasionally back when in college I recycled worn underwear, well until the next trip home so mom could do my laundry. :)

[catnipman]

“4 ways......inside / out / front / back”

i guess that would be for four days, not just two ...

[Vermont Lt]

Depends whether my wife is home. She’s a stickler for clean undies.

[Captain Peter Blood]

What about those people who go “Commando”??????????????

[Charlemagne on the Fox]

Reminds the movie "Bananas" and the first speech of the new revolutionary leader: "From this day on, the official language of San Marcos will be Swedish. Silence! In addition to that, all citizens will be required to change their underwear every half-hour. Underwear will be worn on the outside so we can check. Furthermore, all children under 16 years old are now... 16 years old."

[doorgunner69]

The study added that, over time, underwear accumulates various types of problematic microorganisms and fungal germs that can increase your susceptibility to certain illnesses, like yeast infections and urinary tract infections, among others.

Does washing the damn things after wearing not occur to the genius that wrote this?

[texas_mrs]

Yes, I wear 2-3 a DAY.

AT times I even bathe 2-3 times each day.

[dhs12345]

So you have single handidly skewed the statistics.

[cyclotic]

So?

I usually don’t shower on Saturday’s. Does that make me a bad person?

[wildcard_redneck]

If someone tries that in Arizona in the summer when temperatures get up to 120° their swampy ass will have no friends.

[golux]

Abusing apostrophes could, in time, make you a bad person.

[VTenigma]

Exactly. I used to say that to the newbies at the scary job I used to work. Four flips to the diaper.

[CodeToad]

Yeah. I’m, so frantic the extra 30 seconds is too much.

[MuttTheHoople]

All Democrats

[antidemoncrat]

My doctor ask e why I wear green BVDs and I said that’s strange because they were white when I put them on last month.

[Pollster1]

More than one day straight? Yes, while camping as a kid when I messed up on packing, and while paying a long and tense game with the Soviets at sea. In the past couple decades? No. That’s gross unless there is a real reason. I guess we’re importing a lot of diversity, and diversity brings a variety of cleanliness levels.