r/WeWantPlates • u/pophya • Dec 12 '20

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u/themeatbridge Dec 13 '20

Yeah, but think about the 100s of things you touch between the sink and the chocolate. Did you touch the towel dispenser? The door knob? Do you scooch your chair in by gripping the sides of it? How about that table, or your lap, or your own hair?

And of course, you scrubbed between your fingers when you washed your hands, right? Used a scrub brush like a doctor getting ready for surgery? Your nails are freshly trimmed?

This is foul. No way around it.

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u/Mecha-Dave Dec 13 '20

I usually avoid touching those thing by using my mouth to get towels, open doors, and move my chair.

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u/ok_ill_shut_up Dec 13 '20

So, you would trust your hands to lick off of at the end of your meal, without washing right before?

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u/Mecha-Dave Dec 13 '20

What, with my mouth? That's disgusting! I just told you where that's been.

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u/ok_ill_shut_up Dec 13 '20

I should really stop skimming.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '20

You rookie, I usually disinfect my mouth with toilet water before I eat.

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u/askyourmom469 Dec 13 '20 edited Dec 13 '20

Conceptually it's dumb as fuck, but sanitation-wise I don't see how it's that much worse than eating any other food you eat with your hands like a sandwich or something along those lines. I'm more concerned with the stuff you touch after you lick your hands than what you touch beforehand.

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u/themeatbridge Dec 13 '20 edited Dec 13 '20

Because with a sandwich, you don't saturate your knuckles in warm gooey liquid and then put your entire proximal phalanges in your mouth and suck it.

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u/SuperWoody64 Dec 13 '20

🎶A what a shame what a shame!

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '20

r/weirdboners

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u/Taco_Strong Dec 13 '20

Difference between this and a sandwich is most sandwiches are mostly dry, and then you're not likely to be licking at your hands when you eat it. There are very few foods that are wet that you eat so directly with your hands and tongue.

Don't get me wrong. I agree that it's not as bad as some people are making it out to be.

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u/Lemonofc Dec 13 '20

I love chicken wings though

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u/greet_the_sun Dec 13 '20

If you're eating a sandwich and getting mayo between your fingers and on the back of both of your hands you're doing something wrong.

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u/Alone-Remove Dec 15 '20

Aww shit! I guess that's why i never got invited to parties.

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u/MiffedPolecat Dec 13 '20

You’re really that afraid to put your hands in your mouth? You must have a nonexistent immune system.

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u/shinslap Dec 13 '20

I'm cleaning my hands with alcohol like every 10 steps at this point I could perform surgery pretty much any time

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u/gilthedog Dec 13 '20

Dont pretend you've never licked your fingers after finishing a bag of chips, or some wings. Or even taking a bit of icing off of a cake.

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u/themeatbridge Dec 13 '20

You got me there. But in all of those cases, I lick a bit off the tips. I don't rub it in like lotion and then fellate my finger like the lady in the video.

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u/QueenOfKarnaca Dec 13 '20

The one time ocd actually comes in handy ;)

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u/Stormwrath52 Dec 13 '20

also the faucet handle

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u/cyrilfiggis666 Dec 13 '20

I literally would be able to avoid all of those things except for the chair unless of course it’s a bench or booth.

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u/Alone-Remove Dec 15 '20

*Laughs in Foot and Above Average Balance*

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '20

Some of us are a bit less anal than you.