# Mundane pointless things you do anyway **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-you-do-anyway/954682 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [November 20, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-you-do-anyway/954682 "2021-11-20T18:12:35Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 13
### Author: ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid) #### Post date: [November 21, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-you-do-anyway/954682/13 "2021-11-21T01:24:31Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I think I had an underwear thread once on the old board. That would be this one? > [@Let us now praise... our favorite, comfortable underpants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-now-praise-our-favorite-comfortable-underpants/917592): > > I’m talkin’ bottoms here… people’s bottoms and the garments that enclose them. Searching for the Ideal Underpant. I’m fed up to here (or rather, to down there) with itchy elastic that irritates your skin until the day it stretches into non-functionality, poky labels with that NASTY razor-like nylon thread, and stretchiness that turns quickly to baggy-saggy-ness. I want reasonable fabric structure that stays put and does not ride up and disappear into the folds, cracks, and crevices of one’s ana… There was also this (which largely revolved around discussing the comfort of various fabrics, IIRC): > [@Ladies, can we talk about panties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-we-talk-about-panties/615906): > > I need new drawers, and I’m not sure where to look. I’m the kind that looks for a kind I like and then buys 14 pair and is finished. I don’t have 10 different styles like many girlie-girls do. I like my well-fitting, modestly attractive panties. When I walk into an intimates department, I usually get overwhelmed and then leave. Right now I have some microfiber Jockey hipsters that work for me, don’t leave panty lines, and fit well. But I’ve read a lot about how 100% cotton is the way to go for… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-you-do-anyway/954682)._