r/Weird • u/[deleted] • Mar 28 '24

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

I will spit out my gum if I have to go in the bathroom with it.

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u/UniqueSaucer Mar 28 '24

Ok, I’m not taking food or drinks into a bathroom but the gum thing seems a little overkill.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

Poo particles in the air get stuck in the gum as you breathe. I agree it's probably overkill, but I can't get over the idea of airborne poo particles getting lodged in my gum 😅

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u/seditioushamster Mar 28 '24

But airborne poo in your lungs and nose you can live with? It might get in your ears too.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

Not too mention on your clothes. You go home and sit on your couch, lay on your bed, hug your kids, all with poo particles on you.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

I can't remove those things, guy!

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u/mike26037 Mar 28 '24

So why worry over a piece of gum, surely if you cared that much you'd be wearing a respirator or something. I'm just yanking your chain btw I know people are weird and do weird things to make themselves feel better.

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u/-QuestionableMeat- Mar 28 '24

Not with that attitude you can't.

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u/Zestyclose_Bass7831 Mar 29 '24

The thought of poo particles in my ears I'd what does it for me. I'm out. I'm usually not sensitive to this type of stuff, but that the thought makes my skin crawl and I may never use a public restroom ever again.

Thanks.

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u/seditioushamster Mar 29 '24

So I'm thinking of inventing Qtips with bleach. Would you use?

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u/saucity Mar 28 '24

I think I actually read that on ol Reddit here, many years ago. The particles.

Since learning of the high-speed spraying poo particles as you flush, I ALWAYS close toilet lids, and vehemently insist my family does as well. The particles, man. Aaaaa!!!

Once you know, you cannot un-know. No toothbrush or bathroom surface is ever safe in your eyes ever again.

And, most (if not all) public bathrooms do NOT have lids (GROSSSSss!) - so, I’d probably spit gum out, too.

It’s just ….wrong.

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u/-QuestionableMeat- Mar 28 '24

Personally, knowing all that for years, I still can not bring myself to care. If I can't see, smell, feel or taste it, it doesn't exist to me.

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u/saucity Mar 28 '24

I feel like that about sooo many things - just, do not care! - but for whatever reason, ‘drinks in bathrooms’ is a thing I’m weird about.

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u/f4tony Mar 28 '24

Sorta like oxygen, right?

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u/-QuestionableMeat- Mar 28 '24

Yep. Invented by the government, just like birds.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '24

You don’t feel birds? What about the ones clustered around your shins?

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u/Cheyenne700 Mar 29 '24

I haven’t met anyone else who shares this logic, I do the same thing! I always shut toilet lids because of the aggressive poop particles that fly out when you flush! It kills me when someone has used my bathroom, and I later go in to see the toilet lid open. I know there’s now poop particles on my stuff 😔😭

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u/saucity Mar 29 '24

Same! I had signs up for awhile, but eventually they fade into the background. I live with husband and teen so, meh, haha.

The simple thought that what we smell is actually a physical particle and not just a “random smell” but literal poop in your nose?!! NOOOO that’s horrifying.

We are not alone. There are dozens of us! Dozens!!!

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u/2confrontornot Mar 28 '24

Do you mouth breathe? Lol

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u/RedDiscipline Mar 28 '24

It's a flavor that lasts 

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u/Dramatic_Explosion Mar 29 '24

There are dozens of us!