Agree, everyone had this: after washing in the washing machine, one sock, a pair of panties, and sometimes T-shirts with shirts were missing. Have you ever wondered why clothes constantly disappear or lose their presentable appearance after washing?
Today, I'm going to share with you the theory that people get actively put down on search queries, deleted articles on Facebook, subreddits on Reddit, etc. Her name is "The Cotton Plot"
First, a little history
The first mention of this theory is dated September 26, 2005, according to the thread of the same name on 4chan.org. There, the anonymous author told about how he personally communicated with the creator of this theory (John McNorkup) and at first did not believe him, but after studying all the materials, including checks, photographs and correspondence, he began to carry it to the masses. After the first material on this topic was created, it immediately took off to 6th place among the queries about cotton, and then was hastily removed from the search results. Technical support answered the questions of the conspiracy theorist something like this:
After that, John re-read almost all the rules for issuing search queries that the TP agent provided him, but the material did not contradict a single point.
Then, by creating a similar page, but replacing the keywords with the names of sweets, the article was not removed from the search results, although its text was similar. Subsequent appeals were also unsuccessful, but the text of the main theory was retained by the author of the thread, so I present it below with explanations and the translation of units into SI.
Promotional video:
The cotton conspiracy theory
Part one: introduction
Hello everyone, I'm in touch, John Mc Norkup. And today I will tell you about a theory that can blow your mind. Yes, I understand that this is roughly how every theory begins, but this theory, I promise you, will really open your eyes to the clothing industry.
Part Two: Hawaiians
About 2 weeks ago, my boyfriend and I ordered a couple of shirts with AE *. They fit us well and looked really good, if you're interested. Since they were of the "Hawaiian" type *, they immediately went to the wash. After washing, my shirt got a huge 2 "x 2" * hole, and my boyfriend's shirt had almost all of his favorite football team (LAFC) drawing peeled off. We thought the shirts were defective.
About 2 weeks ago, my boyfriend and I ordered a couple of shirts with AE *. They fit us well and looked really good, if you're interested. Since they were of the "Hawaiian" type *, they immediately went to the wash. After washing, my shirt got a huge 2 "x 2" * hole, and my boyfriend's shirt had almost all of his favorite football team (LAFC) drawing peeled off. We thought the shirts were defective.
The ratio of centimeters to inches.
Part Three: American Eagle and All-All-All
After contacting the store and, in particular, the seller, we returned the money and apologized for the low-quality product. We decided to order other shirts, but still in the same place. The shirts were brought - history repeated itself and the money was returned to us again.
American Eagle emblem.
After contacting the store and, in particular, the seller, we returned the money and apologized for the low-quality product. We decided to order other shirts, but still in the same place. The shirts were brought - history repeated itself and the money was returned to us again.
A week has passed since the purchase of the first shirts, we changed everything: the washing machine and dryer, filters, washing powder, changed AE to Godwill, and then to TILLLL with Ood Nooy, but the problem remained the same: whatever item we ordered after the first wash it lost its appearance or original quality. Unable to withstand this mockery of us, I turned to a private laboratory in order to identify the composition of water, powder and ill-fated shirts and other "missing" things in order to find out their composition and mutual influence. Although I dumped a decent amount for this, the answer killed me. Water and powder had nothing to do with it. All things contained the same substance in different concentrations.
Part Four: Trinitrotoluene
As they explained to me in the results, I quote:
Trinitrotoluene formula.
After studying Wikipedia and asking the old chemistry teacher, the following conclusion was made:
In the manufacture of socks, for example, cotton, synthetics and "elastic" are used to fix the sock on the leg. And it is just during the manufacture of the gum that that ill-fated substance is added. In shirts - in collars, in T-shirts - in seams or a pattern.
Part Five: Summary
Thus, when washing, interacting with water and powder, foam is formed, which "dissolves" our clothes. Technically, to prevent this from happening, it is necessary to neutralize the clothes with hydrochloric acid, which will undoubtedly destroy them again.
Just a couple of formulas and the imposed washing stereotype got us hooked on the eternal "Buy".
John Mc Norkup, photo from his now deleted Facebook profile.
