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Study finds that ATM machines are as bacteria laden as public toilets

anyone who thinks that anything that hundreds of people touch a day isn't full of germs is a moron.

let alone things that are rarely cleaned.
 
These studies are so dumb. OMGZORS YOUR PHONE HAS AS MUCH BACTERIA ON IT AS A TOILET!!! OMG OMGOMGOGMOGMOGMG MASS HYSTERIA!

Anyone ever notice the clean freaks are usually the ones that get sick the most?
 
mesthead21 said:
These studies are so dumb. OMGZORS YOUR PHONE HAS AS MUCH BACTERIA ON IT AS A TOILET!!! OMG OMGOMGOGMOGMOGMG MASS HYSTERIA!

Anyone ever notice the clean freaks are usually the ones that get sick the most?
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There's a reason for that. In all their clean freakness they don't have a good immune system or anti-bodies to fight bugs.

People, we have the best defense against germs ever known. It's called your skin.
 
spidey07 said:
There's a reason for that. In all their clean freakness they don't have a good immune system or anti-bodies to fight bugs.

People, we have the best defense against germs ever known. It's called your skin.
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Yep, have a good friend and his fiance is a germaphobe. She is constantly sick, and so is he from getting infected by her.

I work a pretty dirty job, and am outside most of the time. Haven't had even a common cold in about 2 years. I still do stuff like not touching a bathroom door without a paper towel, and store doors etc I grip in places most people don't. Don't like using ATMs or gas station pumps either, but I put it out of my mind.
 
RockinZ28 said:
Yep, have a good friend and his fiance is a germaphobe. She is constantly sick, and so is he from getting infected by her.

I work a pretty dirty job, and am outside most of the time. Haven't had even a common cold in about 2 years. I still do stuff like not touching a bathroom door without a paper towel, and store doors etc I grip in places most people don't. Don't like using ATMs or gas station pumps either, but I put it out of my mind.
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I use gloves to pump my gas, but that's my only OCD clean tendency besides hovering over public toilets because people tend to pee on them.
 
spidey07 said:
There's a reason for that. In all their clean freakness they don't have a good immune system or anti-bodies to fight bugs.

People, we have the best defense against germs ever known. It's called your skin.
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Not to mention the fact that we are really screwing ourselves with all these "sanitizers" in use now. We are going to end up with a lot of super bacteria resistant to all that stuff.
 
This sounds like a similar experiment that my 5th grade science class performed, which showed that pretty much any public thing has more bacteria than toilets.

Thanks for the research, idiots.
 
they are probably worse than public toilets as banks do not clean them.
For years now I have only used a knuckle to push the buttons.
 
God Mode said:
I dare you to lick the keypad.
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I'd lick the keypad if you paid me. It wouldn't even take a lot of money. A couple beers at the pub would be suitable payment. I have full confidence in my immune system, and while kind of gross, it isn't a big deal.
 
lxskllr said:
I'd lick the keypad if you paid me. It wouldn't even take a lot of money. A couple beers at the pub would be suitable payment. I have full confidence in my immune system, and while kind of gross, it isn't a big deal.
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What other disgusting acts will you perform for a small amount of money?

Just askin'.
 
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