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I have one kind of black sock, and one kind of white/athletic sock. Never need to match socks, and once every few years when I've lost enough I throw the remaining ones away and start over.

One less thing to worry about, and honestly, most of the time I'm barefoot or in sandals anyway, figure the time savings over the course of a year has to be 30 minutes or so.

http://www.blacksocks.com solves this problem perfectly. I don't even use their subscription, I buy in bulk, then retire them all at once and buy in bulk again.

There is a UK version of that site and business model http://www.socked.co.uk

I discovered numbers written on my Dad's multitudinous pairs of crew socks. I asked my dad about them and he said "That is so I can pair them up to wear evenly."

All different socks don't have this issue :-)