Hand Washing and the Fear of the Faucet

[Anti Federalist]

If urine is sterile and dicks are cleaner than sinks then why bother washing in public?

Urine is not sterile.

 

[Suzanimal]

Urine is not sterile.

Well, I feel sorry for all the ladies putting on their face to treat acne. It's on Pinterest.

 

[tod evans]

Well, I feel sorry for all the ladies putting on their face to treat acne. It's on Pinterest.

Look what else they do for attention.........

 

[fr33]

Wash yer hands...

That pic... Wash your shoes and feet!!!

 

[fr33]

I wash my hands after using the restroom. I probably should do it before because I work a dirty job, have a good immune system, and am probably a carrier of dangerous bacteria.

 

[angelatc]

Urine is not sterile.

It is unless you're sick.

 

[Anti Federalist]

It is unless you're sick.

Is urine actually sterile?

http://www.popsci.com/urine-sterile-drinking-pee

Just in case you were wondering

By Rachel Feltman January 11, 2017

It's a fact frequently shared at parties and across social media: urine is sterile, so you should drink it if you find yourself in a waterless pinch. But like so many cocktail party factoids, this one is absolutely not true.

Urine ain't sterile, friends, and neither is any part of you.

Microbes are an indelible part of our bodies and the world around us. Not even the uterus and placenta, long thought to enshroud fetuses in sterile envelopes during gestation, are actually germ-free zones. They contain complex, varied microbial colonies—microbiomes—that help prepare us for the real world.

But it's apparent that many doctors are still under the impression that urine is sterile (unless someone has a urinary tract infection). That's likely a holdover from the days when bacteria in the body was thought of as a negative thing—the source of infections—as opposed to the complicated garden we now know to exist within us. It would be absurd to assume that a healthy urinary tract has absolutely no bacteria in it, given the abundance of microbes throughout our body. In fact, research indicates that replenishing the "good" bacteria found in the vagina can help prevent or treat urinary tract infections—so it seems likely that these friendly bacteria often traffic there.

So even if urine was sterile at some point, you better believe it's teeming with microbial life by the time it finishes its journey to your toilet (or wherever you're putting it).

Indeed, recent studies have indicated that bacteria are present in urine, though bacterial counts are lower in healthy urine than in the pee of someone suffering from an infection (duh).

Okay, so, to recap. Urine: not sterile. But on the other hand, bacteria: not inherently bad. So if you don't have a UTI, is drinking your urine okay?
Lots of folks drink their own urine for the supposed health benefits (which, for the record, are totally unproven). Others rely on urine during emergency situations out in the wilderness, and still others consume it for more, ahem, personal reasons. But it's not a great idea: even when you're healthy, urine contains salt, which will dehydrate you. If you're drinking urine because you're dehydrated, the salt concentration will continue to increase every time it goes through you're body. You're basically forcing your kidney to re-filter the substances it voided in order to keep your body healthy, and it should go without saying that this isn't a great idea.

If it's a true emergency? Drinking your own urine is probably okay for a day or two. Any longer, and you risk over-taxing your kidneys and falling into deeper dehydration troubles. But unless you're sweating buckets, you can go three days without drinking any water at all. So maybe you shouldn't turn to pee just because you're feeling parched.

 

[timosman]

Is urine actually sterile?

Is your wife?

 

[donnay]

 

[Suzanimal]

Wash yer hands...

Is the sink that crusty sprayer hanging on the wall? I'd much rather touch dick hands than crusty sprayer hands.

 

[specsaregood]

Is the sink that crusty sprayer hanging on the wall? I'd much rather touch dick hands than crusty sprayer hands.

You dont see any TP do you? that's what the sprayer is for.

 

[Suzanimal]

You dont see any TP do you? that's what the sprayer is for.

That explains the "crust". *gag*

 

[timosman]

That explains the "crust". *gag*

Owner of this toilet relocating to a city near you.

 

[specsaregood]

That explains the "crust". *gag*

It also explains what I was talking about in post #29 in this thread and the watering can these people put in the stalls in a shared restroom in a corporate environment.

 

[oyarde]

Vikings never washed hands , they just licked the fingers when need be .

 

[fr33]

Vikings never washed hands , they just licked the fingers when need be .

To be fair viking food was bland and never spicy. They probably mastered the no-wipe-needed shit.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Is your wife?

WTF has that got to do with anything?

 

[brushfire]

I didn't really pay it that much mind until a couple weeks later, I was taking a piss, the restroom stank like rotten ass from somebody in a stall and then I started to hear pouring and splashing... And then I realized why they had watering cans in the stalls.

Experienced the same thing - people standing on the toilet seats too... They'd messed all over the seat and left it - this was at a software company that ranked within the top 10 in the world at the time. Haven't seen that kind of thing in quite some time though - that must of been 16-18 years ago. Well dressed people, nice cars in the parking lot, and sh!t all over the toilet seat.

 

[Suzanimal]

You dont see any TP do you? that's what the sprayer is for.

Experienced the same thing - people standing on the toilet seats too... They'd messed all over the seat and left it - this was at a software company that ranked within the top 10 in the world at the time. Haven't seen that kind of thing in quite some time though - that must of been 16-18 years ago. Well dressed people, nice cars in the parking lot, and sh!t all over the toilet seat.

Why are they afraid of toilet paper?

 

[specsaregood]

Why are they afraid of toilet paper?

maybe they just like the feeling of their bare hands wiping handfuls of shit from their ass crack.