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Shoot, I get nervous and feel like crying when I see a hand dryer, and I’m in my mid 30s. Those devices are literally painful for me to be around. I view them

Shoot, I get nervous and feel like crying when I see a hand dryer, and I’m in my mid 30s. Those devices are literally painful for me to be around. I view them as a scourge and will consider not washing my hands if there’s no soundproofed alternative.

abugheratwork 7y ago
I always think they should just take it down and put up a sign that says, "Too cheap for towels." It won't damage my hearing and will get my hands just as dry.
- mindgam3 7y ago
  Let’s not even mention how they always try to justify these monstrosities by saying they’re better for the environment. Insult to injury.
  - jasonmp85 7y ago
    YES! "This device saves trees" No, it doesn't. We should be (and AFAIK often are) at the point that paper towel pulp is coming from forests we replant. Also, I don't know, maybe those dryers "save trees" but the paper towels provide a forcing function for someone to always have a couple of ready forests on hand, which seems better?
    - mindgam3 7y ago
      Yeah, I just don’t buy it. 100% recycled paper towels are a thing. And if you really want to get technical it seems like manufacturing and using those devices consume far more energy. Anyway, glad I’m not the only one shaking my head at these things...
jdmichal 7y ago
Honest question: Have you tried just vigorously shaking your hands and then letting them air dry? It only takes a couple minutes. Worth the wait to still have clean hands.
- mindgam3 7y ago
  Honest question: is there anything about my comment or profile that suggests I’m open to receiving hygiene suggestions from a complete stranger on the internet? It’s not like I don’t know how to have clean hands, just saying.
  - jdmichal 7y ago
    Actually, it was the part where you stated you considered not washing your hands? And I was honestly asking because most people don't realize how quickly human skin dries. I hate air driers also, but I generally don't use paper towels anymore either unless I'm planning on needing dry hands within a minute of leaving the restroom. Or, hey, we could go with your interpretation that I'm a raging asshole that thinks you don't know how to wash your hands. Whatever floats your boat.
    - mindgam3 7y ago
      Sorry. I assumed I was being trolled and reacted accordingly. I was being ever so slightly hyperbolic in my statement about not washing hands. For the record, I do use the time-honored air-dry, shake-hands-vigorously and/or dry-on-pants methods when circumstances demand.
  - serf 7y ago
    >is there anything about my comment or profile that suggests I’m open to receiving hygiene suggestions from a complete stranger on the internet? It's probably that you're participating online in a discussion about hand-dryers, and, by proxy, washing your hands -- and expressing your disinterest in using them (hand dryers) . It might even be the fact that you've said that you considered not washing your hands all together when posed with no alternative -- a danger to others besides yourself. I find your tone to be entirely unwarranted and rude. 'Just saying.'

abugheratwork 7y ago

I always think they should just take it down and put up a sign that says, "Too cheap for towels." It won't damage my hearing and will get my hands just as dry.

mindgam3 7y ago
Let’s not even mention how they always try to justify these monstrosities by saying they’re better for the environment. Insult to injury.
- jasonmp85 7y ago
  YES! "This device saves trees" No, it doesn't. We should be (and AFAIK often are) at the point that paper towel pulp is coming from forests we replant. Also, I don't know, maybe those dryers "save trees" but the paper towels provide a forcing function for someone to always have a couple of ready forests on hand, which seems better?
  - mindgam3 7y ago
    Yeah, I just don’t buy it. 100% recycled paper towels are a thing. And if you really want to get technical it seems like manufacturing and using those devices consume far more energy. Anyway, glad I’m not the only one shaking my head at these things...

jdmichal 7y ago

Honest question: Have you tried just vigorously shaking your hands and then letting them air dry? It only takes a couple minutes. Worth the wait to still have clean hands.

mindgam3 7y ago
Honest question: is there anything about my comment or profile that suggests I’m open to receiving hygiene suggestions from a complete stranger on the internet? It’s not like I don’t know how to have clean hands, just saying.
- jdmichal 7y ago
  Actually, it was the part where you stated you considered not washing your hands? And I was honestly asking because most people don't realize how quickly human skin dries. I hate air driers also, but I generally don't use paper towels anymore either unless I'm planning on needing dry hands within a minute of leaving the restroom. Or, hey, we could go with your interpretation that I'm a raging asshole that thinks you don't know how to wash your hands. Whatever floats your boat.
  - mindgam3 7y ago
    Sorry. I assumed I was being trolled and reacted accordingly. I was being ever so slightly hyperbolic in my statement about not washing hands. For the record, I do use the time-honored air-dry, shake-hands-vigorously and/or dry-on-pants methods when circumstances demand.
- serf 7y ago
  >is there anything about my comment or profile that suggests I’m open to receiving hygiene suggestions from a complete stranger on the internet? It's probably that you're participating online in a discussion about hand-dryers, and, by proxy, washing your hands -- and expressing your disinterest in using them (hand dryers) . It might even be the fact that you've said that you considered not washing your hands all together when posed with no alternative -- a danger to others besides yourself. I find your tone to be entirely unwarranted and rude. 'Just saying.'