Don't you understand?
I like the joke, but my pile of clothes is entirely about things that I want to reuse. They’re too dirty to hang back up in the wardrobe, but too clean to throw in the dirty clothes basket. I’m sure there’s an analogy someone could make for this, but Async’s analogy doesn’t work in my case.

They’re too dirty to hang back up in the wardrobe

Why? Can they smear other clothes?

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Which one? There are so many good Fillion GIFs!
As I suspected, but thanks for the confirmation!