What is the point of places like this?
music videos
wash clothes.
>>68611843
getting your clothes unstank
my last trip was unfruitful
>>68611843
leaving your child unattended
>>68611843
Don't know the situation in murica, but here it's cheaper to buy and operate one at home than to pay these places.
If you need fancy treatment a regular machine can't do you go to the dry cleaner.
>>68611843
People can't afford washing machines of their own or their houses don't have room for one
>>68611993
It costs 100 euros here for a decent not great one.
What manner of Bernie supporters are you talking about?
is it true that americans are too poor to have washing machines in their houses?
>>68611843
you can wash your clothes there
not that you would know anything about that
>>68612361
It's cheaper in the long term, but people need that money for rent and food
I like the ambience - baseball on an old TV, mini boxes of soap and dryer sheets from a dispenser, toy/gumball machine, vending machine... summertime next to the pizza place or car wash
>>68611843
Some people don't want to spend the money to have their own washing and drying machines in their homes. That's extra money spent on the water and electricity to run them. Plus they have to be maintained. Some people, mostly poor people, would rather roll into a laundromat once a month, pop a few quarters in a machine and then be on their way.
Also a lot of people rent and don't have machines in their apartments and the landlords don't provide machines elsewhere in the building.
>>68612619
don't you guys worry about other people not messing with your laundry though?
>>68612684
Its my understanding that most machines lock until the cycle is done. They also have a timer on them so you'll know exactly when they're done.
>americans find a way to monetize washing your fucking clothes
>>68612619
>once a month
damn son how big is your closet
>>68612792
more like how much do you smell
Alison is best clone.
>>68612774
>laundry mats don't exist anywhere but america
ok kid
>>68612817
I do laundry once a week because A) I don't have that many clothes and B) it's weird for me to reuse clothing. Just feels dirty, regardless of whether or not they're dirty
>>68612830
>laundry mats
>>68611843
You can wash your clothes. Not everyone has a washing-machine, or the space for one.
You get to meet people, I suppose.
>>68612506
Not being able to save 100 bucks for something as basic as being clean is degeneracy of the highest order, not even using the word in a memetic way.
Cut the burgers out for one month and eat something they cook themselves and that's done.
>>68611843
i don't understand america at all.
sharing a washing machine with strangers, machines don't have different programs for different clothes. 300 $ is a 5 kg simple washing machine in my country.
picture is retarded
>>68611984
In murrika most people who have to do their own laundry are unable to save money or plan for the future, so they bring their wife's family's laundry to the laundry store and hang out at the McDonald's next door while high on crack
![screenshot-med-04[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/oUdgNC4.jpg "screenshot-med-04[1].jpg")
>>68612506
RENT?
>>68612826
The bangs frame her face nicely and draw attention away from her goober tier forehead.
>>68611843
Man, they should really fix the lighting.
>>68612906
Honestly how many non-Bernie white people would you find in these places?
It reeks of time preference so high and complete absence of time consciousness I can't envision anyone but ghetto trash in them.
But this was shot in Canada...
>>68611843
So the incredibly poor, astoundingly stupid, desperate and those with huge bed covers/blankets can wash their shit.
I inherited a really nice, expensive bed frame, new mattress and sets of bed covers that never had a chance to be used. Every winter I have to haul these fucking things around to be washed because I'd have to buy a new washing machine to clean them.
I go to a laundrette. Not because I can't buy a washing machine, I could easily, but because I can pay some arab guy to wash my clothes for me. Also I live in a relatively small flat in central London, and I find the noise of washing machines perturbing.
If understood how expensive anything bigger than a one bedroom flat in central London is you'd understand.
>>68612869
>save 100 bucks
I'd love to know where you plan on finding even a second-hand, repaired/rebuilt washer and dyer for that little money
>>68612826
Beth/Helena best clones
>>68611843
Yeah why don't they just get their mom to wash their clothes, right?
>travel constantly for work
>live out of two suitcases
>often stay at cheap hotels because I get reimbursed a flat rate for lodgings.
>no washing machines or washing service
>without laundromats I wouldn't have no where to wash my clothes
>spend a fair amount of time hanging around in them
>always lots of interesting people who want to talk
>get to have real conversations with real people instead of shitposting at anonymous internet users all my days.
>>68613465
>Travel for work
>Doing the same shit
>Never have the correct fucking change for those fucking cunt machines
>Have to wash my clothes by hand
>Hang clothes on string
>Carry a high speed desk fan with me to reduce drying time
>Iron them if I'm running out of time
90% of those fucking places here take 20c and $1 coins, and that's it. Go to get change and they're so used to people asking they say no. Fucking hate them.
I think if you're renting accommodation you often don't want to buy big items like washing machines, especially since they have to be hooked up to the water and some landlords wont want you messing around with stuff like that. But once you've bought your own house then you start to fill it with possessions
>>68612992
They're mainly used by people living in city apartments that don't have laundry facilities. Like in New York. If you live somewhere with a cheaper cost of living you usually have laundry in your apartment or at least in your building.
To keep the poor, poor. They can't afford a washing machine but they can afford $10 a week to wash their clothes. If they could just save that money for ten weeks they could buy their own washing machine. Look into how it costs a lot to be poor.
>>68613280
Not him but
https://www.leboncoin.fr/electromenager/957047101.htm?ca=2_s
50€
>>68611843
For people who are for some reason unable to afford a washing machine and dryer.
>>68614576
I guess I just won't wash clothes for ten weeks
That's the problem with the saving up argument
Just save up for ten years for a car!
Just save up for fifteen years for a house!
Until then, I dunno, think of something
Damn, poor people are stupid!
>>68613280
you don't need dryer, just put a fucking line in your garden/balcony/over the bath and you're good to go
Your week's laundry washed and dried while you are at work, fuckwits.
laundering your clothes anon, jesus fuck does your mother do everything for you?
>>68614813
Wow, you're a huge asshole. You just put your clothes on and then leave them there for hours so no one else can use the machine? Kill yourself, please.
The autism is strong this morning.
Laundromats are popular in high population density areas where people don't want to devote precious living space to appliances, and also in low income areas where they may not be able to afford a home washing machine.
Although, in recent years home washing appliances have become so inexpensive, I don't think laundromats will exist much longer outside of dense metropolitan areas like New York or Hong Kong.
>>68611896
Best anwer.
>>68614874
You're a fucking moron.
UK
You can pay for a service wash.
Hand your laundry in and it's washed and dried and folded.
You collect after your work.
Get it yet?
I use to use my own washer and only used my dryer during cold/rainy periods. While on vacation I had to use a laundromat and was surprised at how cheap it was and how much better and faster the dryer was. When I got back I did some checking on my bills and switched to using a local laundromat. The money spend there vs the money saved on bills came out with me saving around $80 that year.
Not much but hey that 80 bucks is 80 bucks that I didn't have the previous year.
>>68611843
>city americans are so poor that they can't afford their own washer
>>68611984
if you live in a big city in murrika where real estate is at a premium and you live in tiny postagestamp tenement housing where you can touch both of your walls at once without stretching that doesnt offer on-site communal washing machines then these places exist there
>>68615079
>if you live in a big city in murrika where real estate is at a premium and you live in tiny postagestamp tenement housing where you can touch both of your walls at once without stretching that doesnt offer on-site communal washing machines then these places exist there
that doesn't happen unless you're living in San Fran or Manhattan
not representative of most cities.
>>68615023
taking all those heavy clothes back and forth either by foot or driving, extra time it takes to do deal with that stuff
It just sounds like a lot of effort for $80
>There are people who actually like that green color filter
Eww
>>68615108
So it only applies to about 50 million people
>>68615254
post the full pic
>>68615254
Landromats really look like that though. Especially late at night when you're tired as fuck with the fluorescent lights buzzing and it feels like static in your eyes and ears
>>68615158
I suppose distance from the laundromat plays a factor for people as well, I hadn't really considered it since mine is only a 10 minute walk away. Clothes aren't really heavy to me either. I'm not buff or superfit or anything but I'm certainly no hambeast.
It all depends on your personal circumstances I guess.
So wait, in the US it's not common to have laundry rooms in the basement for the tenants? Or is the problem that people are unable to share and take care of a common space?
>>68615308
>>68615331
>>68614619
>.fr
Where do you think you are, Pierre?
>>68612398
:( yes
>>68611843
california is a super expensive state and some people still can't afford a washing machine or live in a van
I live in California, and it's not as much about money as it is actually enjoying getting out of your apartment to spend some time outside. Laundromats are very social places and have active communities.
I wouldn't get a laundromat for my apartment even if I had enough money. And I have.
>>68615494
>having enough money to fit an entire laundromat in your apartment
Are you the 1%?
>>68615494
>Laundromats are very social places and have active communities
Why? It's not like it's a bar what is there to bond over being in a place full of stinky underwear?
>>68615494
>laundromat community
Just give up.
>>68615494
>getting out of your apartment to spend some time outside
>outside though not really
>inside a space filled people, noise and fluorescent lights
Yeah sounds great
>>68615649
>laundromat community
what
>I live in California
oh
>>68615494
>california
>>68615369
I think the latter is an issue in black communities, I don't want to be a /pol/tard but that seems to be the reality
>>68615853
>>68615847
>>68615762
When people tell you to go outside and be yourself they mean places like the laundromat, not just aimlessly walking around in the city
>>68615950
Hmm I thought they might mean a park or the beach.
>>68615975
What? No.
All the best social gatherings happen in poorly lit rooms that smell of biological cleaning agents and detergent.
>>68615950
>tfw picturing some /r9k/ autist hanging around in laundromat "socializing" using tips he got from some pua thread
top fucking kek
>>68616046
Whereas, you genuinely sound like someone with a profound leaning difficulty or even brain damage.
Top 'kek' indeed, Mongo.
>>68616144
I can lean just fine, I think all those cleaning chemicals are getting to your head
>>68611843
I've never seen this kind of place in Poland. I haven't seen an apartment without a washing machine.
>>68611843
Some people live in apartments. No room for washing machines.
OP confirmed living with his mom.
>>68616285
One year's rent in Callie can buy you a mansion in Poland
Some laundrys have bigger machines which can clean 25kg or even 50kg of clothing quickly and in one sitting. Ditto the huge dryers.
Football teams use them for all the team's kit and towels.
Working mothers can get their kids shity clothes all washed while at work.
But for many it's just time and effort. I can get 25kg of clothes washed, dried and folded neatly for £9.
>>68616316
>American "apartments"
>>68616046
>>68615079
I live in a very rural area where 95% of the people live in big houses. There's still several laundromats here. The apartment buildings have their own of course, but there's 3 laundromats around the local town and get used all the time.
People hang out at the laundromats all the time. Half will be washing clothes and the other half are loitering. One laundromat owner built a small playground for kids.
>>68615373
There's an orange lit laundromat here. I think it uses sodium-vapor lights or something like those orange/sepia street lamps.
>>68616355
considering that a month's rent in California is about 2000$ and some luxury apartments in Poland can cost over 1 million $, you're retarded.
>>68615494
I've never seen white people socialise at a laundromat. Just Asians and other elderly immigrants.
>>68617482
>I've never seen white people socialise at a laundromat
I've never seen white people at a laundromat
>>68611896
lel
I drop my clothes there, they wash, dry & fold it for me at about a $1.50 per pound. They do a great job too.
>>68615373
jesus fucking christ
it's like there's some elaborate prank to fuck up all the movies in the Blu-ray industry
>>68612952
YOU'LL GET YOUR GOD DAMN MONEY WHEN YOU FIX MY FUCKING DOOR, YOU RUSSIAN COCKSUCKER
>>68613597
>20c and $1 coins
Holy fucking shit, that's terrible.
>>68614792
>can't shave the 10$ out of something else
But I guess we're talking in extremes.
>>68611843
Its because of most houses in NYC are shit and don't have neither room nor a place for a washing machine.
>>68611984
This show takes place in Canada, eh.
This is the shittiest Orphan Black thread ever. Like three anon's here have even seen it. Close to none of the show takes place in 'Murica.
Mika lives in a fucking trailer. Of course she uses a laundromat.
My apartment only has a couple regular sized washer and driers in the basement.
I often ignore my laundry until I literally have no clothes left. If I used the machines in the building it would take me all day. Instead I drive over to the laundromat(which is nicer than the one in the OP pic) and fill up several of their large capacity washers/driers and am done in just over an hour.
Plus there is the added entertainment bonus of watching poor/black people.
>>68611984
if you live in small apartment i doubt youd wanna invest on a huge fucking washing machine.
>>68615373
Thats how you make a fictional feel for a fictional world.
>>68611984
If you rent/own a house in GODS GREATEST NATION then you have a washer/dryer set-or if you live in the southwest you have at least a washer. Summers in the south we air dry to save money on electric.
An apartment building will usually have a communal set.
If nothing else, these exist for the people who don't have or have a broken set. One around the corner from me I used in winter when my dryer was broken.
>>68620253
they have small portable ones that hook up to your sink, and are relatively cheap.
my family almost bought me one for christmas, but instead I got a PS4.
>>68620317
goodluck dragging that around when you move.
>>68620317
I just handwash my shit and just hang it i only wash my own clothes which arent that alot.
I only go to laundromats for washing my dogs' beds/cushion covers when they get all fucked up. I'm sorry peasants.
>>68611843
>Americans don't even own their own washing machines
I thought they were meant to be first world.
>>68620304
>He communally washes his clothes
>he doesn't consider himself part of all the other poorf people also communally washing their clothes
>>68620488
>meant to be
Yeah exactly. Half of the US is a third world country
>>68612826
its helena by far
>>68620357
It weighs under 50 lbs.
Plus I have other things, like a couch and a queen sized mattress, that would be far more difficult. I plan on just hiring a moving company next time I move.. though I like my building and my landlord so that's not happening for a long time.
>>68620686
He's trying to justify not having a washing machine, anon. He's not poor, just practical!
I dont have space in my apartment for a washing machine and my building doesn't have a place for it so i go there
>>68611843
people who have a degree in gender studies or social justice go there to do their laundry. this is because they can't afford washing machines/dryers or can't pay for the extra 2m2
>>68611984
In a lot of big cities people don't have the space for a washing machine in their tiny toilets, or the living arrangement otherwise doesn't enable a personal washing machine. For example the landlord hasn't installed one and the apt is cramped as fuck anyway. I've known several people who were living in dingy little shitholes when doing studues or exchange or interning or otherwise being in a transitory phase of life where you just wanna live in the big city for a while and don't care about the apt being that fancy. Later in life, sure, they'll start caring, but then you can move to the suburbs where there's more space and rent isn't insane like in Manhattan
>>68612848
> still using the detergent jew
Most Americans have been suckered by the clothing and laundry industry to changing their clothes and washing them far more often then needed, resulting in clothes wearing out much sooner due to the caustic detergent and needing replacement.
I’m a machinist and go thru only two pairs of pants and sweatshirts per week (t-shirt, underwear and socks are changed every day) and will wear the same pair of jeans all week long but I’ve got friends who seem to be doing laundry every day, as they’ll put on a t-shirt in the morning and despite just hanging out around the house, will toss it in the laundry basket that afternoon if they’re going out, as somehow it’s “dirty”.
>>68621043
Yup. I know people exactly like this. Machine on 4-5 times a day.
It's habit forming.
>>68612992
Where I live there are a ton of people that are poor as dirt and live off unemployment and government benefits for shitting out three kids
>>68620603
Why do people even like Helena.
>>68621412
cos she's the most based clone?
>>68621043
>It's that one guy who has that gross musty damp smel that you don't ever want to get too close to, but nobody ever says anything
>>68621334
> It's habit forming.
My buddy works in shipping & receiving at an electronics company, which is a clean and easy job so he’s not getting dirty or even breaking a sweat, yet he puts on a clean pair of pants and shirt everyday and of course has to do laundry all the time to insure he’s got clean clothes available, even though the clothes he’s tossing in the laundry basket are still clean and wearable…
>>68612826
Helena > Alison > Sarah > Rachel > irrelevant dead/one off clones > Cosima
>>68621687
> Yes goy… I mean, dude, those clothes are totally “dirty” and “smell”, even though you’re just sitting around doing nothing. Better hurry up and wash them again with caustic detergent!
>>68621790
how can you rate rachel
>>68611843
Have you never been to university? Is everyone here under 18?
>>68621939
not just university, some shit is too big to put in standard machines
>>68621919
To show just how boring that dyke is
>>68611843
>go to laundromat
>leave cigarettes in jean pocket
>wash jeans
>mfw I opened the washer
>>68622018
>smoking
>>68621621
based on what?
>>68621412
Because my dick gets a little hard every time she says sistra
>>68611843
bedbug distribution center for poorfags
>>68621895
he's kinda right though. I have a sedentary job, shower everyday and used a shitload of deodorant, but my t-shirts stink as fuck in the armpit area after a day
>>68622038
>not smoking
>>68612882
>machines don't have different programs for different clothes.
what the fuck are you talking about
>>68622818
If you’re abnormally sweaty then sure, but most people aren’t and don’t need to put on a clean pair of jeans everyday.
Laundrymats are great places to find cute college girls.
If you are not some fagot beta who only talks about action figures, they will talk to you.
>>68612361
In NYC they arent allowed in most apartments, though some building have one in the basement
>>68612830
They don't.
>>68622865
>smoking
>>68622958
Problem is people like you preach your message and the abnormally sweaty people hear it and end up going from overwashers to just plain smelly.
I think it's a fair tradeoff that everyone keep up the pretence so the abnormally sweaty people think it's normal and just do wash their shit like clean freaks anyway. Otherwise everywhere would smell like a taxi.
>>68611843
4chan is made up primarily of white middle suburban kids but these are quite common especially if you live in an urban area
>>68611843
they're all drug fronts
>>68612361
>100 euros here for a decent
what kind of shithole do you live in where a 100 euro washing machine is decent?
>>68623288
What is abnormal sweat anyway. Everyone sweats nobody can smell like lavendar all day.
You can change the shirt sure if you've done a 5 mile run in or gym session in it but sitting all day at an air conditioned desk means you need to wash your shirt the next day? Nonsense.
>>68623322
I live in a council tower flat and have my own washing machine. Dishwasher too. I've never once seen or heard of anyone in the four adjacent towers taking bags of laundry anywhere else.
God bless the queen.
>>68623414
Middle class cunt!
>>68623191
I've lived in four European countries as well as America, currently the UK and there's one right across the street from me. Do I have to go take a picture you clueless faggot?
>>68623371
So you have to pay more for even worse machines? Okay then.
>>68623474
It is kind of an anomaly. When people hear I live in a council tower flat and my neighbour's a drug dealer they all look at me like a poor African aids child, but it's quite lovely, and the view is great. I also once lived in a house share with coke heads but they had no money (after getting their coke) or friends so when they were up they had nothing to do with their extra energy but clean the house. I'd always have to make extra food because one guy would always pop his head in if I was cooking anything and beg for some, but it was a fair enough tradeoff.
I forgot where I was going with this.
>>68615254
it's CINEMATIC!
>>68623544
what?
>>68612906
>their wife's family
i love that meme
>>68618089
The blue laser ray adds a blue tint to movies and makes them look cold. This is why I like HDDVD better. It used a red laser ray that gave the image warmth.
>>68612906
>In murrika most people who have to do their own laundry
I dunno if mom still doing your laundry is something you should be bragging about.
>>68611843
They're mostly used for drug deals.
>>68619549
You guys don't use coins much do you? When I went to the US it was either bills (felt silly filling my wallet with these) or 1c coins (stupid fucking things shouldn't even exist)
>>68621790
I agree with Cosima being the bottom. I hope she dies soon.
>>68624309
Stay out of the US.
>>68612612
You get it.
>>68619956
I thought it took place in Upstate New York for probably 8 or 9 episodes.
I've indeed always wondered who uses laundromats: people who apparently have money for a car (to lug around their laundry), but not for a washing machine?
Also seems like a huge time sink: how much more could it cost to hand your laundry over to a service who'll switch machines for you and have it ready to pick up in the end?
>>68621787
re-wearing pants, OK, but wearing the same shirt again is nasty. Will smell disgusting.
>>68612830
>laundry mats
I live in Korea. All my little apartments here have had wachine machines, although AFAIK dryers are almost totally unheard of.
>>68619956
Well then maybe OP should start an orphan black thread instead of a laundryman thread.
>>68627173
/tv/ has got to be the most profoundly unintelligent board on this entire site, possibly the entire world
>>68627173
People who rent places that don't have washing machines (or connections)
>>68623970
Ecks-Dee Mate :D
it's for poor brown people and white trash to clean their clothes
>>68613465
>travel for work
>hotels don't wash your clothes
lmao what are you a truck driver?
>>68616464
Average American "apartments" are bigger than the fanciest of british "flats"
>>68619415
>>68612906
Truly a 3rd world country
where do americans go to wash their dishes?
>>68630631
The kitchen.
>>68630631
>wash dishes
We use paper plates and red plastic cups so we don't have to wash dishes.
>>68630631
in the Mississippi River
>>68611984
It's because most people rent the property, so there's no reason to buy a washing machine, because there are laundromats everywhere and once you move out you'll have to get rid of the washing machine.
>>68630631
I usually just hold them in the toilet bowl and keep flushing until they are clean
My local Laundry Mat was the shit as a kid in the 90s. Had a few arcade games in it so I would just hang out there all day playing games.
People in cities are too poor to afford a washer and dryer
>>68612869
I have about 40 grand saved, but I don't own a personal washer/dryer because I live upstairs and fuck carrying those machines up the stairs and have people below me complaining when that shit is vibrating all night
Under communism we had communal washing room similar to this in the basement, every apartment building had one.
Shit was free of course.
>>68623847
What are you talking about? Maybe in your third world country your wife's parents and sisters were killed by the mob, but in America most people have a family.
>>68627405
this thread is appaling. and to think some of the people in this thread don't have minders
>>68612826
she's wearing her rings in the wrong order. engagement ring should be on the outside
>>68630138
Yet you still can't find the space for a washing machine or dishwasher....
>>68630946
what do you suggest for america, bernie or trump
>>68631694
Gary Johnson.
>>68631575
HAVE FUN DRAGGING THAT HUGE MACHINE WITH YOU WHEN YOU MOVE, BET YOU GOTTA HIRE A REMOVER YOU POOR CUNT
>>68631836
So you're saying all your belongings fit into the trunk of the car?
>tfw some asshole steals your huge IKEA bag when you're away
>>68620488
That's Canada though.
You should check out Blind Alley (2011 spanish flick) features the hot chick from Knock Knock trapped in a Laundromat fighting incestual vampire rapists.
>>68631927
#rekt
How do they work, do you just drop it off and get a time to pick them up later that day? The staff clean the clothes right?
Is this a good show? Heard it drops in quality after season 1
>>68615373
Drive is actually victim to this at times i believe.
>>68632996
>The staff clean the clothes right?
>>68611843
Get yourself a good old fashioned raping
>>68632266
>the hot chick from Knock Knock trapped in a Laundromat fighting incestual vampire rapists.
Did my penis write this while I was asleep?
>>68632996
for an extra fee yes, otherwise you put money into the machines you want to use
>>68620972
It's the same deal in Britain, but even the tiniest dingiest flats still have room for a washing machine, it's not like they are that large.
>mfw the first thing I bought when I moved out was a washer and dryer
only smart decision I've ever made
>tfw your new apartment has a whole room for drying clothes instead of one of those faggy lockers
Thank you based landlord god!
>>68612619
>once a month.
Nigga, it's like once a week.
Some apartment complexes do have machines, but they are more costly than taking a trip to the local laundromat.
>Not having a maid and laundry service
Jesus Christ.
>>68633788
Its a personal choice. Some people have them some people would rather use that space for something else. Also if movies have taught me anything you meet lots of QTs at the Laundromat
>>68635007
Plus when they leave to go do something else it makes it really easy to steal their panties and socks.
