• Kuma@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Here is another shower thought. You touch things other ppl who don’t wash their hands touch all the time… That is worse in my opinion. Because you can wash your hands before touching anything else (belt included) it isn’t as easy to wash your hands everytime on the go. Corona made me very aware of this

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      1 year ago

      The number of men that I see on a regular basis leave the bathroom after going without washing their hands is alarming. I’m almost old enough now to start calling them on it, but not quite.

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      Not sure if I am the only one, but ever since the pandemic, even if I step outside to get the mail up about 500’ away , I just have to wash my hands immediately when I come in. Go to the store? I just feel really gross after. It’s surreal. I guess I’ve become a bit OCD as a result.

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      Oh god the lingering germophobia as a result of the pandemic shining a massive spotlight on surface contamination and spread vectors has completely ruined me.

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        Same, I went from drinking from friends glass to only do so if I felt “forced” as in it would be weird if I didn’t haha And I have a “dirty” hand that can touch things and a “clean” hand that will only touch my stuff that I know is “clean”. Corona really ruined me… But ppl still get corona so I don’t want to just stop doing this either. My parents were out for a week not long ago because of corona, I am pretty sure I will react the same way and I hate being sick it cost time, boredom and money…

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          Public transport is the real killer for me. It seems bizarre to me now that there was a time I could stand on a bus or train and comfortably just hold the support handrail with a bare hand and not wash it afterwards or anything. These days I avoid them at all costs and still gotta carry disinfectant for mental health purposes.

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      1 year ago

      You touch money all the time. Money is filthy, There’s a 100% chance you’ve held a $1 bill that was in a strippers ass-crack at some point. Same goes for being used for blow.

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        I don’t know how true it is but here in the UK they say the majority of banknotes in circulation have traces of cocaine on them

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        Not sure where you are (lots of places use $), but it’s been many many years since I used cash for anything, and it’s probably the same for anyone below retirement age in UK/Europe?

        Paying for something in a shop typically means touching your bank card against the payment terminal.

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          I live in Ireland and was fairly slow to adapt to this cashless mularkey but my mind was blown when visiting Germany how many places were cash only.