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I think it's less about how clean it actually is VS the psychological thought of what the toilet is used for. I'm not too scared of germs myself and have learned from my visits to the hospital (I have a heart condition) that I can't live in a bubble.

It's just the very nature of what a toilet is that makes me unwilling to bother with anything that would accidentally fall in there. Luckily I haven't had a phone eaten up there yet(and I hope I didn't jinx myself)


Ha, lets hope not, I wouldn't be too keen on dropping mine in there either.

You're right of course, the psychological effect just from anything related to the functions performed in that room are very off putting :confused:
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It's better than nothing essentially, although there are certainly better things out there, just typically not ones that most people have or would really bother with in most cases.

I wonder how desiccated coconut would fare compared to rice :D
 
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You must upgrade your cleaning regime, then you wouldn't have to be so wasteful.
On average there's more bacteria and often as much as 200 times more fecal bacteria on a chopping board than there is in the loo. The chopping board is an extreme example of course, it's due to the amount of fecal bacteria that originates from raw meat, those nasty animals have a lot to answer for.

Not to mention that most smartphones have significantly more bacteria as well due to them being used so frequently and in so many different places.

By contrast, the toilet in many people's homes is significantly cleaner. Because of what it is, most people clean it more than any other room and with stronger cleaning materials thanks to the psychological impression that it's a dirty place.

Of course those are just averages based on research. It wont apply the same to people like myself who are semi-obsessed with cleanliness and order. Or those nutters you see on TV who bathe in diluted bleach because they're so terrified of germs.

Which is so far beyond stupid it's baffling, we need exposure to germs and bacteria to build a healthy immune system, but that's another matter altogether.

I have the tendency to be OCD with germs. Though I understand what you are saying as I have seen similar reports. Mentally, no matter how clean my personal toilets may be, I just can't get beyond the fact that anything falling in the toilet can ever get clean enough. And public toilets.....OMG no way. They are nasty.

About the chopping board situation.....that's why you are supposed to rinse the meats before prepping them ;-).

And for the record.....I'm not anywhere near as quaky as people who bathe in diluted bleach and have not come across them. That reminds me of one of a bad movie I saw once where a guy was inundated by certain bugs.

Cheers!
 
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