Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoThose of you who don't wash your hands after going to the bathroom, why?message-squaremessage-square140fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down14
arrow-up168arrow-down1message-squareThose of you who don't wash your hands after going to the bathroom, why?Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square140fedilink
minus-squareAnEye@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoI do 99 time out of 100, but imma point out that if I’m just urinating, I can go to the bathroom without touching anything but my belt loops. So what would be the reason to wash, if anything wetting hands would increase the chance of contamination.
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoBecause peeing spreads around microscopic pee particles that go many places. Same for flushing after pooping squirts poop particles around. IIRC, that luteral crap can spread around 2 meters of a toilet
I do 99 time out of 100, but imma point out that if I’m just urinating, I can go to the bathroom without touching anything but my belt loops. So what would be the reason to wash, if anything wetting hands would increase the chance of contamination.
Because peeing spreads around microscopic pee particles that go many places. Same for flushing after pooping squirts poop particles around.
IIRC, that luteral crap can spread around 2 meters of a toilet