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How gross is sharing a washer and dryer?

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MattKeil said:
There's very little that could be on your average dirty clothes that hot water alone wouldn't handle in terms of potential contamination with the next load of wash, especially if that next load is using detergent properly. The point of a washer is to clean clothes. It wouldn't be a very useful machine if washing one load of dirty clothes contaminated every load after it.



Dude, you don't have to even necessarily run bleach through a washer even after washing towels with chemotherapy contaminated urine on them. Semen is a non-issue.
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1) I don't really trust machines that run near 24/7 in many cases and that it's hard for a layperson to tell if they're running completely optimally

2) "Necessarily"? I have bleach, why take the risk?
 
I don't think I've ever seen anyone, who doesn't know how washing machines work. OP do you know what that mysterious blue liquid people pour in the washer does? Google liquid detergent. It'll blow your mind.

Also, you seem to have the some form of germophobia/paranoia of contamination. That's way worse for you than sharing a washer. Look into that.
 
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I have a dryer that squeaks crazy loud and takes like 4 hours to dry even damp clothes. I envy your situation OP, to be frank.
 
The whole point of a washer and dryer system is that they destroy dirt and grime, so whenever you reach inside an empty machine it's already clean again. I don't get the hang-up.
 
OP, you should create disposable clothes. you wear them once and throw them away, but they still look and feel good, and they're not bad for the environment. you'd make a fortune.
 
The chemicals in your detergent and amount of heat produced by a dryer kill the germs induced by your neighbors.

The only reason why I would opt for my own washer/dryer is for availability. I hate working laundry into my schedule then going down and finding that someone else is using it and then they decide to not pickup their stuff in a timely fashion or I use a laundromat and the workers decide to close early to smoke. Luckily the people in my current building all use delivery services so I basically have free rein of the machine.

Jake. said:
you are mentally ill.
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Yikes! lol
 
I with the OP. I always run my finger along the inside of any public washing machine then lick it to see if I can taste any cum before I wash my cum-soaked load.
 
F0rneus said:
Also, you seem to have the some form of germophobia/paranoia of contamination. That's way worse for you than sharing a washer. Look into that.
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He touches the unclean handle of the washer door (covered in other people's cum I guess), then touches his clean clothes inside to take them out. He's already dead.
 
ClayKavalier said:
1) I don't really trust machines that run near 24/7 in many cases and that it's hard for a layperson to tell if they're running completely optimally

2) "Necessarily"? I have bleach, why take the risk?
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1. As long as the hot water is working, it's fine.

2. Because there is no "risk." Risk of what? There's nothing there.

Having in-unit washer/dryer is a convenience thing, not a health issue.
 
ClayKavalier said:
I'm currently looking for an apartment and while it's not a dealbreaker if I find an awesome place without an in-unit washer and dryer, it is pretty important to me. I had to use a laundromat for years but my last pace was a duplex that had a washer and dryer, and I really, really don't want to go back. The idea of using a washer after someone else has ran through their cum-soaked seats or sweaty gym clothes or something with blood on it or whatever else just seems disgusting.

Am I wrong in thinking this? Obviously tons of people use public laundry facilities. Are you reasonably safe from other peoples' gross stuff? I guess washers are self-cleaning, but what if someone forgets to use detergent? What if the water isn't getting as hot as it's supposed to because of an issue with the piping or something?

Anyone else grossed out by this?

Edit: Realized the thread title is kind of weird after posting, but hope it's obvious I mean sharing with strangers or other families, not that I think each person in a household should have their own w/d.
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Yep, you are ridiculous.
 
What's so nasty about cum in a washer? It's just thicc man juice. Sometimes I forget a blow a wad in my sock and then wear it a few days later put it to wash that same night and it's as good as new.
 
I save on detergent by ejaculating it directly into the washer. If I use the cap I tend to use too much, so I give it two quick pumps and I'm done.
 
OP. Listen: unless the lid of the washing machine is covered in piss, shit or....cum (lol), it's going to be OK. A washing machine washes (and drains) all of that away. It's not like when you open the lid there's going to be any of that in there. There will be no trace of that inside a washing machine, unless they put it in there directly.

The only thing that sucks about apartment complex laundry rooms is that the machines themselves may do a shitty job washing (at least mine did). They may do a bad job getting at hard to clean stains (and you might have to do more prewashing), and they totally ruined most of my white socks. They just kept getting darker and darker....
 
ClayKavalier said:
Would you rather use a sink in a public restroom or one in your own home? Ambivalent, right? Since a sink washes things? Or do you not know what a sink does?
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Well no shit. In a perfect world, I'm sure people would prefer to avoid public restrooms, touching doorknobs, shopping carts, keyboards, and whatever else other people have put their hands on.

The point is what you're saying is hardly ideal or practical. You're complicating your life for no reason.
 
ClayKavalier said:
Would you rather use a sink in a public restroom or one in your own home? Ambivalent, right? Since a sink washes things? Or do you not know what a sink does?
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I have no preference whether I wash my hands using my own sink or the one in a public restroom..... I mean, why would I? It's just not something I think about.
 
_Nemo said:
Well no shit. In a perfect world, I'm sure people would prefer to avoid public restrooms, touching doorknobs, shopping carts, keyboards, and whatever else other people have put their hands on.

The point is what you're saying is hardly ideal or practical. You're complicating your life for no reason.
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First of all, apparently no, the average GAF has no preference between using a gas station restroom and their own.

Second, preferring a washer and dryer in my apartment has not complicated my life at all, especially since, as I noted in the OP, going without isn't a deal breaker for a place I like otherwise. Not sure how you think I'm making things harder for myself, but w/e.
 
Wait till op realizes the pound and pounds of dust mites, prior tenants dead skin cells, and general gunk that's going to be in every crack, crevasse, and floating in the air of his apartment.
 
OP needs to chill.





OP also needs Jesus.
 
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washing
wash

Valve is based in Washington
Washing machines wash away dirt, blood, cum, and other detritus. This is their primary function.
There is a puzzle involving a washing machine used as a counterweight in Half-Life 2.
To complete this puzzle you must run around a sewage area filled with dirt, and possibly blood and cum, to reach a pristine washing machine untouched by humankind since it is sitting on an iron bar 3 stories above the ground.

Half-Life 3 confirmed.
 
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