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What psychopath architects are still designing bathrooms that you have to pull the door open in order to leave? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by MrBakedBeansOnToast@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It’s both a hazard for emergencies as well as a hygienic nightmare. We all see the people leaving without washing their hands!

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[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You are. Roughly 48 million food borne illnesses per year in the US, in large part due to people not washing their hands.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foodborne_illness#Epidemiology

Also Noro-virus:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norovirus

A large part of prevention is handwashing.

Also, Cholera:

https://www.cdc.gov/cholera/preventionsteps.html

Have a guess what prevention step 2 is.

You go around with shit particles on your hand, infecting everything. You're a typhoid Mary. Even if you've never been ill after eating some food (which I find unlikely) it's not unlikely that you have made people ill, and maybe even killed someone with a weakened immune system.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not in the us so relax.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The US has relatively low levels of food borne diseases. It was an example.

Also parasites, like hookworm:

https://www.healthline.com/health/whipworm-infection#prevention

Up to a quarter of a billion people are infected worldwide, in large part due to poor hygiene.

Then there's round worm, likely a billion people infected globally. Once again, due to poor sanitation and hygiene aka handwashing.

But hey, you do you.

Just know that at this point you might as well stick your thumb up a strangers ass then lick it. It's fundamentally not that different to not caring about washing off shit particles before eating food.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you might as well stick your thumb up a strangers ass and lick it.

Mate people are eating a different strangers ass each week. These people never get sick because it builds up the immune system

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

As mentioned above, people get sick in large numbers, and many die.

You can't 'build up your immune system' by eating literal shit.

You can't prevent cholera or a parasitic infection by licking toilet seats either.

I mean, seriously. Don't believe me, go eat an actual turd. See how you feel.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Look at the difference in sick days between a construction worker and an office workers. Spending your whole life trying to avoid germs is a futile battle.