@FediFollows @gretathunberg @georgeyoung @FritzBauerInstitut @gitarra @eamonn_kerins And @stephenfry is in the room.

@drmaddkap Pure speculation: leaving the clothes slightly damp is a cheaty way to let the manufacturer limbo under some energy-efficiency mandate or print an artificially low number of kWh on a marketing lie-sheet somewhere.

@drmaddkap I tumble towels for twenty minutes, and then hang them up to dry. It's just enough to keep them soft. It doesn't bother me, but Mrs Wife insists.

Alternative answer: if you were going to iron the clothes straight away, you wouldn't want them bone-dry.

@drmaddkap You can use the cheapest tattoo artist in town. Doesn't need any artistic skill at all.