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rocknrollunicorn
06/12/09

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I love Sadie. I am TOTALLY vile. This is great.
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hippichx sez PEACE PLEASE
06/12/09

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i feel like it might actually be more important to wash hands before peeing than after... but i've never thought about it before.
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stoprobbers
06/12/09

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I'm vile like Sadie. Also, dirt is yummy.
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The Lone Scout
06/12/09

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Wow, I'd hate to see what that toilet-seat thrower is using for a post--ouch!
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Ascendo_tuum
06/11/09

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I will sit on a public toilet without a seat cover (if it's dry) but I flush with my foot, and I use a paper towel to open the door if it doesn't push out. I hate when they don't have a little trash can by the door for that purpose.
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thesciencegirl
06/11/09

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I wash my hands before using the bathroom, but that's because I'm a scientist. :)

If I'm not at work, I only wash beforehand if I'm changing a tampon.

I don's squat; I wipe first. I hate when other women squat and pee everywhere.
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That_little_attention_whore
06/11/09

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I'm with Carlin on this issue: your immune system is there for a reason and it needs practice.

"When I drop food, I pick it up and I eat it. I eat it. Even at a sidewalk cafe. In Calcutta. On New Year's morning after a soccer riot."
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Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.
06/11/09

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I can get really worked up about hygiene when I'm at work - it's the only place I have my own personal bottle of hand sanitizer on me at all times. I'm a cashier at a grocery store, and after constantly handling cash, writing utensils that dozens of people use (to sign checks and receipts) and the occasional leaky package of raw meat I sometimes feel like I can actually see the germs crawling on my hands.
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RobertaFisk
06/11/09

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Everything has to be cleaned when I move into a new place - not just the bathroom and kitchen, but doorhandles, inside the cupboards, make sure the landlords steam cleaned the carpets, etc. However, I am currently flossing while typing on my keyboard. Which, when I think about what must be on this keyboard, is fucking disgusting. I have no clue how to clean a keyboard, and it's a laptop, so I'm afraid to screw it up and have to buy a new computer.
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tomatoheart
06/11/09

@RobertaFisk: just wipe it off with some clorox wipes. Those things are awesome
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Conrad
06/11/09

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Most of these comments just make me sad. There is a difference between overly cautious, and stupidly cautious.
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CherriSpryte
06/11/09

@Conrad: Yes, but where is that line? I think its different for everyone.
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HereComesMyBaby
06/11/09

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I love how we're not even mentioning Tracie.
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Alys Brangwin can't stop the beat
06/11/09

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I wash my hands after I use the bathroom, right when I get home, and always before I eat. All the other times just seem excessive. Also I don't mind shaking hands with people just because if I'm going to eat something, I will wash my hands before I start. Does that make me vile?
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HuckleberryFriend
06/11/09

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So far this thread has been both horrifying and informative.
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oh.geez.
06/11/09

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I'm sorry, as a woman I feel that my vagina is more open to a contracting a germ- related problem than some guys penis. Wrong or not, I guess I feel that way bc a vagina is a moist area leading into the body -yes, a penis has the hole (urethra), but it's basically an appendage that's very similar to an arm. I don't want anything other than clean toilet paper coming in contact with my crotch in a public restroom. Also, use paper to open the door to your bathroom stall when you're exiting. Some women have inserted tampons, others who may have some communicable disease, etc. have all bare-handed that door latch before you arrived there. Aaaand yes, I do realize that many germs can only survive without being attached to a living oraganism for a short time, but when you touch that latch, & then possibly touch your OWN vagina to do whatever, what the hell is on your hands, that you're now putting on your own body? (Oh, and please don't flame away bc you think I'm saying vaginas are bad. I'm not. I'm just honestly saying that I don't want to come into contact with anyone else's.)
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Conrad
06/11/09

@oh.geez.: Vaginas have bacteria that help clean it. A lot of the germs we come in contact with, our body will kill. Our bodies are very good at getting rid of things that aren't supposed to be there. The vagina is a self cleaning oriface. Also as stated elsewhere, we are more bacteria and other organisms, than we are people.
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oh.geez.
06/11/09

@Conrad: Yeah, I've known that forever. I still don't give a shit, it can be self-cleaning all day, I'll still hit that bad boy with soap & water twice a day. I'll never be a stank-lovin' hippy. Here's another one that's unfair, but I feel this way & it won't change: if both are disease free, I'd rather shake the hand of a guy who touched his penis & didn't wash his hands, than a woman who touched her vagina & didn't wash hers. Why? One is dry, and one is wet. To me, it's like the difference between walking into a strange place & putting your hand on a dry countertop vs. a wet one. It's the "wet" part that makes me feel nauseated (& no, a woman's unwashed hand wouldn't still be wet, but when I think about shaking it, ew). Also, yes, we are more bacteria & organisms, but I prefer to keep mine to myself as much as possible, while keeping clean, and I'd prefer for others to keep their snot, boogers, urine, pussy juice, dick drippings, etc. to themselves, also. Now, if I'm fucking you- I'm all in and all about whatever you got. Bring it. But, I'm definitely hostile to strangers' various excretions.
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Conrad
06/11/09

@oh.geez.: Goats milk soap is a vaginas friend. If you feel a need to clean internally.
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oh.geez.
06/11/09

@Conrad: I should have said "vulva". That's what I meant (but, yes, I guess I should include my vagina- bc I clean my entire body like I just came back from the woods).
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GoldenRatioφ (aka -girl11)
06/12/09

@oh.geez.: Okay I see where you are coming from, but are people actually putting their vaginas on toilet seats? This is the thing that confuses me, I just put the backs of my legs on the seat. The toilet seat never comes in contact with my vagina.
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lalaland13
06/11/09

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I use a paper towel to open bathroom doors sometimes. When available, I try to use soap and water because I think it's better for me than Purell. But it's not always available.

Some people at my office question why I close the lid before I flush. Once I got asked if I have cats. I said yes, but declined to reveal that it didn't matter if I had cats or not, I still didn't want urine and shit swirling around the bathroom. Public toilets without a lid always make me a bit nervous. And I try to have my hand on the door, flush with my foot, then run away.
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