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[-] Autisticat@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

In graduate school I swabbed a public toilet seat and wiped the specimen in a Petri dish. My cohort swabbed the bottom of their shoe and did the same. The public toilet specimen grew virtually nothing. The shoe specimen grew the equivalent of a rainforest in bacteria.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago

I can't believe Americans wear shoes inside.

[-] StandingCat@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

You expect us to step on our bathroom carpet in our bare feet?

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

LMAO, I was like what the fuck is bathroom carpet, then I got the joke. It's a joke right? Please.

[-] StandingCat@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately not, some areas of the US have nasty ass carpet all the way up to the toilet.

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Hey! You leave my extensive-rug-of-back-hair out of this!

[-] Urbanfox@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

2 of the rentals I've lived in had bathroom carpet.

Rentals.

Student accommodation..

They were probably 40% vomit, 25% filth, 25% jizz and 10% actual carpet.

[-] TheWoozy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Some do. Most don't (in my experience).

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I live in California. The only people I know who wear shoes in the house are those with neurological damage making it painful for them to walk around in socks, slippers, or barefoot. CRPS sucks.

[-] Oyster_Lust@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

"No shirt, no shoes, no service". You get kicked out of most places if you don't have shoes.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm obviously talking about inside houses.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Me neither it weirds me out when people do this

[-] Autisticat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Americans also don’t eat off the floor.

[-] Hyperi0n@lemmy.film 3 points 1 year ago

Toilet seats are naturally smooth and bacteria have a hard time staying on the surface. Most public toilet seats have an additional antimicrobial coating.

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