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> Public transport seats or even chairs that were used by many, many people over the years are just yuck. Same with door handles (i so hate the Americanbones - you can't use your elbow or wrist to push them!), public transport, handrails, ATM pinpads...

At what point do you come to the terms with our inability to eliminate all germs and get on with life? I apologize if it's a condition and not just a preference.

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Lmao agreed. Some people are grossed out by the thought of an object being used by other people and not because of any scientific concern about disease. It’s a psychosomatic condition

I opted specifically for a fixed office desk as i don't share my keyboard / mouse with others, and it grosses me out if people use mine or i have to use theirs.

Laugh all you want, just observe the typical shiny keycaps of most people's keyboards. You won't find those on mine, i wash hands frequently.

Btw: i bet quite some of you who are laughing about my 'regulations' just started to wash hands and wear masks because the CDC etc. told you so, and saw no issues with it.

LMAO

I'm sorry but if you set foot in my clean house you clean your hands and keep your shoes away from my clean floor. God knows where you've been and what you've touched before

Don't put that finger in your ear - you don't know where that finger's been!

Also, don't breathe any air. Some of the molecules in it have been exhaled by other people.

Can't tell if sarcastic or not.

I eat unwashed roadside fruits, stuff from fields, etc. am not too picky re: freshness of foods etc., use public pools (...just hope people really shower before they dive in) or the office / restaurant restroom, etc.

Just don't have an desire to sit in seats where bums and people with god-knows-what conditions have been, or hold onto rails touched by people scratching their butt. Washing hands frequently, espeially after handling cash + followed by having a snack. Didn't your parents teach you that?

Not having issues with dirt etc., if it is MY dirt. How many strangers to you willingly exchange frsh or dried bodily fluids with?

Also a reason i have absolutely no intention to ever visit India, if i don't have to for business reasons. And i've walked Ethopian streets.

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