the autistic paradox of needing to cut all tags off your clothes and needing the tags so you can buy the same item of clothing again for the rest of your life

Aha! You activated my adhd trap card. Bought 50 pairs of the same shirt, 200 of the same socks and underwear, 20 of the same shorts, threw out everything else. Cya decision fatigue or the spoon robbing experience of ever having to buy clothes again.

This is what smartphones are for. Take picture of clothing item. Take picture of clothing item tag. Save pictures in a "clothes" folder that is synced and/or backed up elsewhere and reference them as needed.

Buy t-shirts without tags, like from Ouky. They are lightly printed.

@MadgePickles You need a dedicated container for those tags, a drawer or a box.

I had not previously thought of doing this. But now I want to.

And needing the tags because you can't throw them away for whatever reason, even though they're trash.