The context of the following conversation is Alex never washed his clothes. He hated doing laundry more than anything else.:
Alex says In college all my roomies would laugh at me when I came home with new clothes from the walmart every week.
The friend responds Why did you buy so many clothes?.
Alex responds I really dislike laundry, it is my worse chore so when I ran out of clean clothes I would just go buy more.
The friend responds This is a waste of money. Let me show you how to do laundry, it is not that bad.
Alex responds It is sometimes my cloths shrink or colors faded off.
The friend responds The label tells you what best to wash it at, so it won't shrink!.