The whole thing reminds me more and more of subculture of Russian jails. By touching or interacting with something disgraceful, even in-directly, you'll acquire

The whole thing reminds me more and more of subculture of Russian jails. By touching or interacting with something disgraceful, even in-directly, you'll acquire "зашквар" and will be put out-of-the-law (criminal law that is) and will be forced to do disgraceful things, provide sexual services, etc. Example of an act. If someone uses a toilet and then doesn't wash their hands and someone shakes their hand, the person who shook the had go "зашквар" now and that's it, they are done. They'll get a whole in their metal plate they use for food, may be some special tatoos, etc, etc...