Recent comments in /f/nottheonion

StarGaurdianBard t1_jaa2tw7 wrote

Super germs are being created primarily as a response to overuse of antibiotics, not because of disinfectant wipes.

If you are worried about the whole cube/desk having germs ill once again point out that you shouldn't go out in public then. Where you eat at a restaurant will have more germs than a cubicle. Public transportation will have easily 1000x more. Being In a crowd will have more. Literally any doorknob/doorhandle in public. And if you don't believe in disinfectant I hope you only ever use the bathroom at home.

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cramduck t1_jaa2jk7 wrote

I would have a much easier time of this if all of our roadway infrastructure wasn't built for cars. As it stands, seeing a bicyclist is like a weird mix of encountering a deer "Oh God, I hope it doesn't suddenly dive in front of me" and encountering a cop "Oh God, I hope I'm not doing something illegal."

The end result is that any time I have to share a road with a bicyclist, my blood pressure goes through the roof.

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SpaceDoctorWOBorders t1_jaa27a6 wrote

You think a keyboard is the only thing being shared in the cubicle? The whole cube/desk can carry bacteria.

Also, isn't there a whole thing about the overuse of disinfectant and breeding more harmful bacteria/viruses?

https://vitalacy.com/super-germs-are-we-making-bacteria-more-resistant/

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igner_farnsworth t1_jaa135w wrote

Share the road... most bikers think this means "I'll do whatever stupid, illegal, inconsiderate, or dangerous shit I want while putting my life in your hands expecting you to see me, know what I'm doing, and not run my ass down."

Like I said back in the days I used to drive forklifts for a living... it doesn't much matter what the rules of driving a forklift safely are if you have a fork sticking through your chest... don't make your safety my responsibility.

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StarGaurdianBard t1_ja9zwh6 wrote

Literally the whole point of hand hygiene and disinfectant is to kill germs. To deny the effectiveness of having the ability to I'll 99.9% of germs means you should live in a bubble since the chances of you getting sick from a disinfected keyboard is astronomically lower than literally touching a doorknob, being around other people, etc. A disinfected keyboard, mouse, etc will have much less germs on them than literally anything else in your life.

It's literally how germ theory and cleanliness works.

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lrrc49 t1_ja9y1ei wrote

just a way to get money from those with money to spend.

phd in biochemistry and molecular biology: only the wealthy will be able to afford genetic screening and alterations.

Ethically I think all forms of embryonic genome editing in humans should be banned unless it is to treat a specific genetic disease.

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