Father Mckenzie

Socks are tricky creations. They tend to sneak off to places they don't belong. They are the spaghetti of the clothing world, slurped and munched by washers and driers. The Houdini's of all garments. So holey and mismatched.
The one thing that gets me about socks is not their ability to disappear, not the fact that holes are worn into them like Swiss cheese, and not how they tend to cause more static electricity than a cat with a balloon, but how exactly they're to be washed.
My mother claims that they are to be turned inside in and washed that way because then the outside of them gets washed. I beg to differ. I think that the inside of the sock should go on the outside, because the inside is what needs to be washed. The inside is what gets dirty because that is what is on people's sweaty feet. There is no need for the outside of the sock to be as washed as the inside. Unless the inside of your shoes are incredibly dirty, there really is no need.
The dirtiness of the outside of your sock is directly effected by the dirtiness of the inside of your shoe. The dirtiness of the inside of your sock is determined by several different things.

Dirtiness of inside of sock = cleanliness of foot + sweatiness of foot x time worn.

There are many different things to factor into the inner sock dirtiness, therefor making it more dangerous and detrimental than outer-sock dirtiness.
So, henceforth, I demand that socks be washed inside out.
Washing machine HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!