I’d go black over white for the cleaning. After a while the white ones don’t look so white, whereas the black ones keep looking black. Merino wool for the win. Very breathable
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I also think white socks look dorkier, but yeah, it probably is mostly due to the staining
I guess they work if you’re wearing white sneakers with shorts (and you don’t skip leg day). But then you always have to worry about coordinating. Black no show you can use your mental bandwidth on something else