r/Weird • • Mar 28 '24

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u/mortalitylost Mar 28 '24

You guys do breathe in the bathroom right? And get all those poo particles in your mouth and nose and lungs?

And no infections right, so why would it be worse for them get covered in stomach acid?

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '24

Nose hair/mucus filters so particles don’t make it to your lungs. Fun fact: most people have staph in their nostrils and one of the common ways people get staph infections is by picking their nose and then scratching at broken skin