eli5 does folding a shirt one way over another method change its volume occupied in a suitcase
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Yes absolutely. There are two reasons for this…one is air space the other is purely geometry. Rolling up a shirt creates a volumetric cylinder, when squashed it’s a volumetric rectangle. As opposed to say a fairly flat rectangle.
Flat rectangles take up more area in a suitcase…suitcases have more volume then area…which means that if you pack things that take a lot of area you’re going to run into trouble. If you optimise for volume you’re in better shape.
Rolling a shirt also makes them more visible when you open the case…where as stacked shirts hide all shirts behind the top one.
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