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Those sponges can be seen at every Japanese supermarket, to assist in opening tear-off plastic bags, because licking one's fingers is taboo. In a similar way, b
by rjh29 2y ago
Those sponges can be seen at every Japanese supermarket, to assist in opening tear-off plastic bags, because licking one's fingers is taboo. In a similar way, birthday cards need to be closed with tape rather than licked.
- mr_toad 2y agoI wonder if touching a wet sponge which has been touched by hundreds of others is more hygienic? Maybe they add antiseptic.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y agoYou mean like a doorknob?
- shiroiushi 2y agoI think the idea is that you aren't putting your dirty fingers in your mouth, or your spit on stuff that other people might handle. The latter really doesn't matter scientifically I think, but the former probably does. People put their fingers on all kinds of things other people have touched: doorknobs, elevator buttons, shopping basket/cart handles, etc. Adding a moist pad to that isn't going to change anything. Keeping people's hands out of their mouths, however, might.
- Auracle 2y agoOh hell, is that what I’m supposed to do to open the damned things?