Aussie’s hilarious reply to laundry saga

US TikTok star @mirandaknows posted a video asking Australians to explain why dryers were “not a thing” and clothes were hung instead on “these drying racks”.

But instead of just helpful replies her video drew incredulous responses from Aussies, who couldn’t believe that Americans didn’t just hang their clothes outside.

Here at news.com.au we like to give you all the updates on important stories, so it was only right that we inform you that one Aussie has in fact gone out of her way to offer a video response – and it’s bloody brilliant.

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After Miranda’s question went viral, Tasmanian TikTok user @miss_janehf decided to offer a very blunt, very Aussie, explanation,

“G’day love, Australian here,” Jane began the video.

“Just wanted to let you know that that right there is a Hills hoist,” she said as she gestured to the clothes line in her backyard.

Adding it was “named from Mr Hill or something”, Jane helpfully explained we “just hang stuff out with little pegs and that dries with the copious amounts of sun that we have here in Australia”.

Jane also showed of her drying rack that she had set up in her living room, explaining that “they’re good for other bits of pieces”.

“Wasn’t sure whether it was going to rain so had to put them inside, didn’t I?” she deadpanned.

“Yeah, so that’s the story about drying clothes in Australia. Dealing with the really, really big issues here.”

Jane’s video was praised by other Aussies, with one person commenting: “Not all heroes wear capes. Job well done ma’am.”

Viewers from other countries joined in, saying they too relied on clothes lines and drying racks.

“We do the same here in Ireland, we also have dryers but they are for emergencies,” one person wrote.

“Same in Finland,” another commented. “We use inside hangers most of the year because negative celsius blankets become deadly weapons.”

‘I just don’t understand’

In her video Miranda had asked Aussies to fill her in as to why they didn’t just use a dryer when doing laundry.

“In Australia almost every single influencer I see that does laundry day takes it from the washer and then hangs it up throughout their house on these drying racks,” she said.

Miranda questioned whether it was because clothes dryers were “not a thing” for environmental reasons.

“Is it like a pollution thing or something? Please let me know if you’re like living in Australia and you don’t own a dryer, is there a reason for that?” she said.

“I just don’t understand.”

Her video attracted thousands of comments, mostly from Australians who were baffled that Americans didn’t air-dry their clothes.

“The real question should be why do Americans use a dryer when the sun and wind is free?” another comment read.

Another Aussie said they hung their clothes to dry as it’s “free if you use the sun and it’s better for the planet”, while another said it was “cos we ain’t lazy”.

“The sun is the dryer mate. It’s free and won’t make ya clothes shrink,” one person wrote.

Why don’t Americans air-dry clothes?

According to a 2010 BBC article the reason most Americans don’t have a clothes line is because of “rules imposed by community associations and landlords”.

“More often than not, the rules governing associations were put in place by developers and builders when the communities were being built,” Community Associations Institute spokesman Frank Rathbun told the BBC.

“In most cases, the decision is based largely on community aesthetics. Developers and builders are trying to sell homes, and I think most would tell you that clothes lines could detract from the overall appearance and kerb appeal of the community, and therefore sales.”

But some Americans are fighting back and today more than 19 US states have rules giving people the right to air dry clothes.