I hate Germs.

[VirusType2]

My favorite is when at someone else house and my hand sticks to their mouse.

 

[CyberPitz]

My favorite is when at someone else house and my hand sticks to their mouse.

Lucky for me I am crazy about my mouse. Some people have that nasty oil/skin/shit all over their mouse. If mine has ANYTHING around it, even in the cracks, I clean it. If it's in the cracks, I grab my thumb tack and go to work.

Bleh.

 

[Dog--]

You guys are weird asses. If the germs want you they'll get you, you may as well just accept they are our overlords and embrace them as our masters.

 

[The Monkey]

Forgive and forget, major.

 

[Remus]

Lucky for me I am crazy about my mouse. Some people have that nasty oil/skin/shit all over their mouse. If mine has ANYTHING around it, even in the cracks, I clean it. If it's in the cracks, I grab my thumb tack and go to work.

Bleh.

Spoiler

 

[VirusType2]

^Psycho music clip.wav

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_XfUxXDldY&feature=related

 

[dfc05]

I use hand soap regularly but never hand sanitizer. I'm not so much germophobic about germs in my environment, but I absolutely hate germs from other people even though it's not very logical. I've always been shocked that people share food. I can't eat something after someone else has eaten off it unless there's extreme social pressure to do so or maybe if I really like the person. Even then, I'm mentally reeling in horror with each bite. I'm so person-to-person germophobic that I don't even let other people eat my food after I've eaten it. One time I was walking down the street with a box of leftovers and a homeless guy asked me for it, and I just stared at my food thinking "But my GERMS are all over it."

 

[DEATHMASTER]

because that's his number 1 concern.

 

[Raziaar]

I use hand soap regularly but never hand sanitizer. I'm not so much germophobic about germs in my environment, but I absolutely hate germs from other people even though it's not very logical. I've always been shocked that people share food. I can't eat something after someone else has eaten off it unless there's extreme social pressure to do so or maybe if I really like the person. Even then, I'm mentally reeling in horror with each bite. I'm so person-to-person germophobic that I don't even let other people eat my food after I've eaten it. One time I was walking down the street with a box of leftovers and a homeless guy asked me for it, and I just stared at my food thinking "But my GERMS are all over it."

It's just how we're built. Some people don't have a repulsion to their own smells or gross things they do... but can be completely perturbed by foreign things. Helps keep us safe.

Kind of like when somebody vomits and then people who see it vomit it... just another mechanism we've developed to keep us from harm.

Though of course a lot of it is simply just a personality thing. Social influences and the like.

 

[VirusType2]

Hand sanitizer is more effective than bar soap and requires no water or towels. This is some good stuff. But yeah, you don't need to do it all the time, and that could be a bad thing, as Dan went into.

Just keep your hands out of your ears, eyes, vagina, anus, nose, and mouth when in public. I mean, obviously that's probably a good idea as far as social norms go anyway, you ****ing freaks.

 

[Dynasty]

Personally, I dont wash my hands as much as I should.

I never eat peanuts or snacks at a bar, particularly the ones that are there for everyone. Ehh-gad. Its like a bowl of the world's diseases. People go for a piss or ***t, come back and dig in...nah, thats messed up.

I dont understand people that go abroad though. Everyone is so cautious about the local water. Go anywhere outside of, say, the major countries of Europe, and people demand bottled water.

For me, I just get the local stuff into me as soon as I can. Yeah, I get watery shits and feel crap for a few days or weeks, but the sooner you get it into you, the sooner your body can get used to it. I still buy bottled water as well, but you need to expose your system to the bacteria. Otherwise youll get sick when you drink or eat anything in a restaurant. Just because its a restaurant doesnt mean the chefs clean their hands and the food isnt rinsed in the local water etc etc.

Ive been pleasantly surprised with my immune system these past few years. I cant think of a time when I had a cold in 2009. This year Ive been living with housemates overseas, had a manager and director come over from the UK, they had colds, they passed it onto my housemate/fellow employee, and the rest of us knew we were going to get a cold as well now.
I didnt, for some reason. I was the only one who didnt get something. We drive in the same car, we store food in the same fridge, we sit near each other in the living room watching TV, he sits within 3 metres of me in the office, didnt get a cold from him.

Usually, most people avoid people with colds like the plague.

 

[dfc05]

because that's his number 1 concern.

Yeah I realize that and after that I started giving people leftovers if they asked for it. Although honestly these are the dudes that sit in the street by the university. Half of them are kids blatantly sitting around doing drugs, some of them hold "funny" signs like "I just want to buy beer," and another fraction of them have dogs. If you have enough food to take care of a dog, you probably have enough food for yourself.

 

[Remus]

I dont understand people that go abroad though. Everyone is so cautious about the local water. Go anywhere outside of, say, the major countries of Europe, and people demand bottled water.

For me, I just get the local stuff into me as soon as I can. Yeah, I get watery shits and feel crap for a few days or weeks, but the sooner you get it into you, the sooner your body can get used to it. I still buy bottled water as well, but you need to expose your system to the bacteria. Otherwise youll get sick when you drink or eat anything in a restaurant. Just because its a restaurant doesnt mean the chefs clean their hands and the food isnt rinsed in the local water etc etc.

I don't have a problem with drinking local water wherever I go.
I remember when me and two friends of mine were in a hotel in Vienna and I was thirsty, so I just went and took a glass of tap water, they looked at me like I was from another planet.

Also, I've only had one case of food poisoning while traveling.

 

[Tyguy]

Just keep your hands out of your ears, eyes, vagina, anus, nose, and mouth when in public.

so basically you're saying don't have any fun...

 

[CptStern]

I hate Germs.

you forgot the "a" and the "n"

 

[Tyguy]

you forgot the "a" and the "n"

come on, name one bad thing the Germans did.

anyway, i literally just snagged a new mouse from IT after seeing that picture…cloroxed the **** out of it and now I’m good. I think my issue stems from my OCD in a way, I always want things tidy and looking clean.