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"Onederwear" makes me wonder about our common sense
Have you ever undressed to shower while on vacation and thought, "Gee, I really wish I didn't have to go to all the trouble of putting this underwear back in my luggage"?
No?
Me neither. But just in case you're simply too lazy to re-pack those dirty underpants, here's Onederwear -- wear-it-once disposable cotton undies.
OneDerWear is an ultra-light disposable underwear created for traveling. Designed to provide the utmost comfort and convenience, OneDerWear disposable underwear is 100% cotton and ideally packaged for maximum space efficiency. Each package contains five compact pairs of individually wrapped disposable underwear that can fit in the palm of your hand. With OneDerWear, you simply wear and toss! By the end of your trip, you'll be surprised to find plenty of luggage space for gifts and souvenirs.
The site even suggests that parents send them to their college students, who can't be bothered to wash their underpants during finals.
Seriously? Well, yes. The biggest problem with Onederwear is that it's not a joke. The waste, the ultra-consumerism, the sheer laziness, it's all for real.
Well, Amanda, I agree that use of such a product in place of a washable product is bizarrely wasteful, ... but I have to admit that I have traveled with disposable underwear as an adjunct to regular underwear in case of emergency (giardiasis, etc.) extended delays, or luggage loss. Cotton is renewable and biodegradable.
I also agree that this product is bizzarely wasteful, much like others on our market today. It makes me think "what next?".
What do you do with your dirty socks, or a shirt that you spill coffee on? Should I wear disposable cothing to events that I might get my clothes dirty at so I don't have to be "bothered" to deal with them later? And by deal I mean throw them in the wash with other clothes that need washing...
Just because something is biodegradable and "natural" is not a way that I can justify over-consumption and extreme wastefulness.
-Nicole
I don't think you can compare a dirty underwear to a shirt with food stains. Opening up a suitcase to find a soiled underwear is not the same as a suitcase of dirty clothes.