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If you are worried about this you might want to consider whether you have a healthy degree of concern about hygiene and bacteria. It could be worth speaking wit

If you are worried about this you might want to consider whether you have a healthy degree of concern about hygiene and bacteria. It could be worth speaking with a therapist.

Gigachad 1y ago
If the bacteria on toilet rolls was an actual problem, toothbrushes would be a much bigger issue than storage tubs.
- Nullabillity 1y ago
  Usually you don't use your toothbrush while fondling your genitals...
  - IlikeKitties 1y ago
    You don't know what you are missing but to each their own i guess.
    - speedbird 1y ago
      Got a proper chuckle, TU
  - yapyap 1y ago
    … do you.. use a toilet paper roll for that?
    - malfist 1y ago
      Modified wooden toilet roller? Wow. Just wow. I think maybe I've been on fark too long. https://m.fark.com/comments/6611712/Woman-discovers-boyfriend-is-actually-lesbian-sex-offender-Awkward-wpics https://m.fark.com/comments/6611712/Woman-discovers-boyfrien...
      - dylan604 1y ago
        I was shocked that this might have been a recent thread on fark, but the time stamps reassured that fark is part of the past still
        malfist 1y ago
        It's still alive and well, unless you could demographics aging like South Korea
    - Nullabillity 1y ago
      ..how else would you possibly wipe them?
  - mapt 1y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_plume https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_plume
  - eloisant 1y ago
    There are way more bacteria in your mouth than on your genitals
    - dotancohen 1y ago
      There is an equal amount of bacteria in your mouth and on my genitals.
    - dotancohen 1y ago
      I feel like invoking the zeroth law of thermodynamics here.
gavmor 1y ago
I am not personally turned off by the hygiene of toilet paper rolls, but I think any rational adult's Overton Window should accommodate those who are. Your condescension is grossly unwarranted. You don't have to be Adrian Monk to recognize that toilets are unsanitary.
- ffsm8 1y ago
  Eh, it got a chuckle and eye roll outta me so I didn't mind. And fwiw, I don't really care either wherever people use them for whatever they want, I am just still confused why people would want to use paper (sourced from leftover toilet utensils), which is notorious for being basically un-cleanable... as food storage, but to each their own. I'm surprised how many people hate me for such (imo) mellow statement though
  - sarchertech 1y ago
    I definitely wouldn’t want to he any kind of un-cleanable surface as long term food storage. But I don’t think most people are using gridfinity as food storage.
    - ffsm8 1y ago
      I just contextualized it around food storage too, as jot's link has pictures of such (the comment that started this thread). But the article/video we're commenting on doesn't do so, so that's fair I guess?
  - function_seven 1y ago
    This isn't a food storage thing, but I think I see where you got that idea from the photos in the link. He's showing the types of paperboard that work with his system. Old cereal boxes, coffee filter boxes, etc.
  - Spunkie 1y ago
    > notorious for being basically un-cleanable I don't really think anyone other than OCD/germaphobes thinks about toilet paper rolls in that way and it's certainly not "notorious". I'm pretty sure the general sentiment is that it's a perfectly benign material, often given to kids to play and craft with. The same thing happened with that episode of mythbusters about the toilet ploom from flushing. A bunch of OCD/germaphobes lost their minds and have not stopped thinking about it since. Meanwhile the rest of society gave a collective shrug and couldn't even be bothered to move their toothbrush brush to another room or close the toilet lid while flushing.

If you are worried about this you might want to consider whether you have a healthy degree of concern about hygiene and bacteria. It could be worth speaking with a therapist.

Gigachad 1y ago

If the bacteria on toilet rolls was an actual problem, toothbrushes would be a much bigger issue than storage tubs.

Nullabillity 1y ago
Usually you don't use your toothbrush while fondling your genitals...
- IlikeKitties 1y ago
  You don't know what you are missing but to each their own i guess.
  - speedbird 1y ago
    Got a proper chuckle, TU
- yapyap 1y ago
  … do you.. use a toilet paper roll for that?
  - malfist 1y ago
    Modified wooden toilet roller? Wow. Just wow. I think maybe I've been on fark too long. https://m.fark.com/comments/6611712/Woman-discovers-boyfriend-is-actually-lesbian-sex-offender-Awkward-wpics https://m.fark.com/comments/6611712/Woman-discovers-boyfrien...
    - dylan604 1y ago
      I was shocked that this might have been a recent thread on fark, but the time stamps reassured that fark is part of the past still
      - malfist 1y ago
        It's still alive and well, unless you could demographics aging like South Korea
  - Nullabillity 1y ago
    ..how else would you possibly wipe them?
- mapt 1y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_plume https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_plume
- eloisant 1y ago
  There are way more bacteria in your mouth than on your genitals
  - dotancohen 1y ago
    There is an equal amount of bacteria in your mouth and on my genitals.
  - dotancohen 1y ago
    I feel like invoking the zeroth law of thermodynamics here.

gavmor 1y ago

I am not personally turned off by the hygiene of toilet paper rolls, but I think any rational adult's Overton Window should accommodate those who are. Your condescension is grossly unwarranted. You don't have to be Adrian Monk to recognize that toilets are unsanitary.

ffsm8 1y ago
Eh, it got a chuckle and eye roll outta me so I didn't mind. And fwiw, I don't really care either wherever people use them for whatever they want, I am just still confused why people would want to use paper (sourced from leftover toilet utensils), which is notorious for being basically un-cleanable... as food storage, but to each their own. I'm surprised how many people hate me for such (imo) mellow statement though
- sarchertech 1y ago
  I definitely wouldn’t want to he any kind of un-cleanable surface as long term food storage. But I don’t think most people are using gridfinity as food storage.
  - ffsm8 1y ago
    I just contextualized it around food storage too, as jot's link has pictures of such (the comment that started this thread). But the article/video we're commenting on doesn't do so, so that's fair I guess?
- function_seven 1y ago
  This isn't a food storage thing, but I think I see where you got that idea from the photos in the link. He's showing the types of paperboard that work with his system. Old cereal boxes, coffee filter boxes, etc.
- Spunkie 1y ago
  > notorious for being basically un-cleanable I don't really think anyone other than OCD/germaphobes thinks about toilet paper rolls in that way and it's certainly not "notorious". I'm pretty sure the general sentiment is that it's a perfectly benign material, often given to kids to play and craft with. The same thing happened with that episode of mythbusters about the toilet ploom from flushing. A bunch of OCD/germaphobes lost their minds and have not stopped thinking about it since. Meanwhile the rest of society gave a collective shrug and couldn't even be bothered to move their toothbrush brush to another room or close the toilet lid while flushing.