Internet Divided Over How Woman's Boyfriend Does Laundry: 'There's No Way'

A man has gone viral for sharing his shock at how other people do laundry, and people are divided on it.

Spencer Hoogveld, 24, lives in Los Angeles and regularly shares videos to his TikTok account, @spencerhoogveld, usually comedy or positive messages to "uplift others."

"I enjoy sharing my thoughts on current events and trends to create discourse with others online and offer a perspective that may allow them to feel seen or think about something in a way that they never have before," Hoogveld told Newsweek.

Now one video that's caught the attention of more than 1.1 million viewers since being posted on March 13 has seen Hoogveld spark a major conversation, as he asked for people's opinions on how to do laundry—and in particular, if he was doing it wrong.

In the simple video, Hoogveld tells the camera he was left shocked by a post in which a woman showed the way her boyfriend does laundry—by filling the cap with laundry detergent and throwing the cap in with the clothes.

He said this method "doesn't compute in my head," but when he looked at the comments, he saw "90 percent" of commenters were saying the boyfriend was "actually right, this is how you're supposed to do it."

Hoogveld thought: "There's no way people are out here filling the cap that comes with the laundry detergent bottle, and throwing the entire cap into the washing machine."

He went on in the video: "And then you have your laundry detergent bottle sitting naked on top of your washing machine? And the cap is just flopping around in there with your dirty clothes?

"I didn't even know this was an option. This doesn't make sense," he said, baffled.

He said the positive comments made him feel as though he was being "gaslit," and he was "rethinking everything I've ever done."

And while commenters on the original TikTok video may have agreed with the boyfriend, on Hoogveld's clip, many were as shocked as he was.

"People actually use the cap??? I pour until the ancestors say stop," one admitted, as one suggested "the hard plastic edges [of the cap] would totally destroy the clothes, there's no way."

One joked: "When I cook I measure ingredients and then throw the whole teaspoon in."

But others hit back, as one said, "I do this EVERY time," and another pointed out, "It rinses out the cap for you it's the only way."

Hoogveld told Newsweek he found it "amusing" that so many people in the original video agreed with the method the boyfriend used for his laundry, and "thought it would be humorous to open the conversation to others."

He added: "I have not done my laundry in the 'weird' way discussed in the video, but I love the idea of playing with different ways of doing the mundane things in life such as laundry."

Laundry detergent Persil states on its website that a "pro tip" for laundry is to "toss your detergent cap into the washer drum with your clothes to clean off any detergent residue."

However, James Joun, co-founder of laundry company Rinse, warned that many detergent caps could crack, break or get stuck in the drum or filter, leading to damage to your machine or clothes, according to Buzzfeed.

Hoogveld told Newsweek he believes it's important to "enjoy this life we are living to the fullest extent," whether that means "throwing the cap of the laundry detergent in to be more efficient or gardening in your backyard completely nude. As long as others are not being harmed, why not switch things up a bit?

"It's rare for me to think that there is only one way or a most 'correct' way to do most things. Whatever works for me and what I find joy in could be a disaster to someone else. I say the more fun we can have with the little things, the more enjoyable this whole experience of life will be for all of us."

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