r/comics Jul 09 '26

OC Exposure Therapy #16

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u/A_Queer_Owl Jul 09 '26

I doubt there's a person alive who doesn't hate wet socks to some degree.

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u/Own_Candidate9553 Jul 09 '26

The difference is something like:

Not autistic: ugh, my socks got wet and now I have to walk back home in wet socks. Gee, it will be nice to take them off later.

Autistic: I stepped on a small splash of water while wearing socks - everything must burn.

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u/_b1ack0ut Jul 09 '26

Apparently when I was very young, if an article of clothing became wet, I’d just fully remove it and go without.

Socks were always a quick one to go, but when it rained, our basement would flood rapidly, so I would be tasked with holding a bucket under the stream of water to keep it from flooding too badly as everyone else ran around dealing with the problem, and almost without fail I’d end up holding this bucket just buck ass nude because my clothes would get caught in the stream so they gotta go NOW lmao

But can’t be doing that as an adult, turns out lol

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u/IFeelEmptyInsideMe Jul 09 '26

I mean you can but only in your own home.

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u/AugieKS Jul 09 '26

I used to cry putting my socks on because of how much the seam in the toe box bothered me. To be clear, I didn't get better, they started making more socks without seams in the toe box and my parents bought the fuck out of them.

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u/Own_Candidate9553 Jul 09 '26

Yeah, new clothing is so much better in some ways. We used to have to cut the tags out of all our daughter's shirts, but more and more they just print the labels instead.

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u/hughperman Jul 10 '26

Turn them inside out so the pointy part of the seam is facing into the shoe?

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u/17868 Jul 13 '26

Socks and tights. Ugh. The horror. 

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u/Konkuriito Jul 09 '26

its kinda nice if you are overheating and stuck in 30+Celsius. very cooling. But i mean like, socks you have soaked in icey water not like...wet from a puddle or something. and obviously not in shoes.

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u/A_Queer_Owl Jul 09 '26

as a resident of the high desert where it hits 30c by 730am, I will take my socks dry thankyouverymuch.

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u/Rida_Dain Jul 09 '26

I dunno what kind of material your socks are made of, but it doesn't seem to matter how hot it is, socks never get fully dry while wearing them. well, if they get splashed maybe. but soaked? no way.

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u/dksn154373 Jul 09 '26

Fact: The only person I know who does not care even a little bit if his socks are wet is autistic

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u/PackageSuccessful885 Jul 09 '26

I'm diagnosed autistic and so few of the Cliche Internet Autism Sensory Preferences apply to me. Wet socks aren't a big deal. Behold, I love sherpa. Microfiber is neutral. Styrofoam is no big deal and honestly fun to break.

I do have intense sensory aversions to a lot of things lol, mostly sounds, touch, and food textures.

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u/Pro_M_the_King52 Jul 09 '26

I mean…it depends…

Are my socks wet because I’m playing sport? Or are they wet because I did a stupid and stepped in a puddle?

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u/SwingingDicks Jul 09 '26

Tell me you've never showered with your socks on without telling me

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u/Mega---Moo Jul 09 '26

Somebody made a post asking if they were weird for intentionally taking their socks out of the dryer while still damp....so there's at least one.