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[Zeyphersan]

I'm apartment hunting right now and no in-unit washer and dryer is literally a deal breaker. I'm done with community laundromats, they're awful

 

[ClayKavalier]

OP how do you deal with touching doorknobs in public places

I only shop at grocery stores that have automatic doors, and typically anywhere else I go out (restaurants, museums, etc) I'm with a group and can rely on someone else to open doors.

 

[How About No]

I only shop at grocery stores that have automatic doors, and typically anywhere else I go out (restaurants, museums, etc) I'm with a group and can rely on someone else to open doors.

LOL spoken like a true germaphobe

"I don't mind if YOU touch the gross shit tho"

 

[Fat4all]

I only shop at grocery stores that have automatic doors, and typically anywhere else I go out (restaurants, museums, etc) I'm with a group and can rely on someone else to open doors.

You use human proxies to open doors?

That's a tad odd.

 

[RedAssedApe]

likely no more gross than the washer and dryer you shared with family members growing up

 

[Jacob]

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?

This is a poor analogy. Sink handles are not self-washing whereas the inside of a washing machine is cleaned along with its contents during every cycle. Unless we're talking about automatic sink faucets in which case who gives a shit?

 

[Salty Rice]

The same as sharing the same air with these dirty people walking around outside.

Seriously tho i love these dumb threads.

 

[Anticol]

So it was ok to wash your clothes at home at the same time with your parent's sheets full of cum but now it is a problem even tho you will wash them afterwards not at the same time?

So the issue is not the cum but if you know or not the people?

 

[Fliesen]

I only shop at grocery stores that have automatic doors, and typically anywhere else I go out (restaurants, museums, etc) I'm with a group and can rely on someone else to open doors.

wellthereitis.gif

so, to answer your thread title question:

Not really gross at all, you're just a germophobe, which is totally okay - as long as you don't pretend your fears are what's "normal" while regular interaction with everyday objects is 'gross'.

 

[NewDust]

Washing machines, besides the addition of detergent, utilize the principle of centripetal acceleration to fulfil their cleaning purpose. Shampoo your hair and spin in the shower with your filthy, filthy clothes on. Now you're ready for tomorrow.

Now, people showering in the evening... There is something that gets me ticked off.

 

[Kelthink]

Please seek help, OP. Unless your immune system is absolutely shot (and even then that doesn't apply to wanting your own washing machine), the mindset and behaviours you talk about are very worrying.

 

[Blargonaut]

Washing machines, besides the addition of detergent, utilize the principle of centripetal acceleration to fulfil their cleaning purpose. Shampoo your hair and spin in the shower with your filthy, filthy clothes on. Now you're ready for tomorrow.

 

[karasu]

So if your friend comes over and they say "hey can I use your washer there's cum all over my shirt from some random dude" you wouldn't let them use it?

lol what? No. And I don't even have the Op's hang-up. Take your disgusting shit home and wash it in the sink if you have to. Don't bring your laundry to my house.

 

[UrbanRats]

What, people don't buy new washers and dryers after using them once?

So gross.

In B4 GAF goes "You tell me you don't pee in your washer?"

 

[Thorgal]

In B4 GAF goes "You tell me you don't pee in your washer?"

Hey i put my own piss in there because it is free compared to soap from the store .

+Piss has so many more Useful applications it can be used for so why shouldn't i ?

 

[ChouGoku]

How do people like this get through life, do you realize how disgusting the world is? Unless you don't physically interact with people at all and wash your hands every time before you touch your face you are living in filth. The world is dirty, but its ok, its the whole world. Try your best to be clean but dont go overboard. Most likely you brush your teeth with shit particles every day.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

How do people like this get through life, do you realize how disgusting the world is? Unless you don't physically interact with people at all and wash your hands every time before you touch your face you are living in filth. The world is dirty, but its ok, its the whole world. Try your best to be clean but dont go overboard. Most likely you brush your teeth with shit particles every day.

I wonder this every day I visit this board

 

[chaobreaker]

Y'all are ruthless lmao

 

[digdug2k]

Yes you're insane. If you really want to be insane, you know you can buy your own washing machine though right? They sell them. At stores. You can haul that piece of meticulously "optimised" junk around with you for the rest of your life.

 

[kamakazi5]

I only shop at grocery stores that have automatic doors, and typically anywhere else I go out (restaurants, museums, etc) I'm with a group and can rely on someone else to open doors.

Unless this is a poor attempt at sarcasm then your behavior is not "normal." If it isn't causing issues in your day-to-day life then great but it is not something that you should expect many to agree with you or even understand.

 

[Sakwoff]

When I came of age here in Germany, if you didn't do military service you had to do alternative community service for a year.

During that year I've come into contact with all kinds of bodily fluids. All the time. And I've just had to deal with it.

And you know what? I'm not dead. I'm still here. It's okay. You're always going to come into contact with stuff. It's everywhere. I get that this specific line of work isn't for everyone, and that people have different tolerances, but at some point you have to get over yourself and deal with the fact that the world isn't aseptic.

 

[SiegfriedFM]

Being a germaphobe to that level is actually more likely to make you sick, since you're not being exposed to a normal ratio of stuff for your immune system to deal with. I'm not an expert, but I think that's one of the reasons why allergies are more common now.

 

[EloquentM]

I only shop at grocery stores that have automatic doors, and typically anywhere else I go out (restaurants, museums, etc) I'm with a group and can rely on someone else to open doors.

At first I thought you were just being difficult and weird. Now I think you legitimately need to seek out a clinicin for your potential phobia. There's probably more "quirks" that you haven't told us about as well.

 

[blanchot]

Part of why poor people are disgusting is that they are all covered with each other's cum.

is there some kind of secret society where they do this?

 

[orava]

 

[Figboy79]

Dirty clothes are grosser than sharing a washer and dryer.

Like, the machines are being filled with soap and detergent, so, unless people are leaving their filthy clothes in the machine without actually using the machine, I wouldn't worry too much. Washing and drying clothes tend to rid it of things like bed bugs, cockroaches, whatever you may be afraid of encountering with sharing machines.

 

[Eumi]

You do realise the air you're breathing right now is filthier than the machines that literally clean objects, right?

 

[Thorgal]

is there some kind of secret society where they do this?

I could tell you , but then i'd have to drown you in a bucket of cum .

 

[big_z]

if the OP thinks bed sheets are soaked with cum im curious if he is blowing his loads right into his bed.



as for shared machines they are fine as long as they haven't been used by someone that works in oil and gas or a mechanic. the greases from those jobs do leave residue and odor in the machines which will transfer to your clothes and ruin them.

 

[NewGame]

Use bleach on a rinse cycle if it bothers you so much.

Just remember that there's poo everywhere , it's just in different concerntrations. Pootropy, which is like entropy but poo.

 

[Diamond]

When someone farts in the same room as you, you have a good chance of inhaling molecules that just came out of his ass.

 

[Aselith]

OP

 

[SomedayTheFire]

I only shop at grocery stores that have automatic doors, and typically anywhere else I go out (restaurants, museums, etc) I'm with a group and can rely on someone else to open doors.

You, uh, should probably work on that. If you're not taking the piss it's not healthy.

 

[Jimrpg]

I only shop at grocery stores that have automatic doors, and typically anywhere else I go out (restaurants, museums, etc) I'm with a group and can rely on someone else to open doors.

Restaurants hey? How about the cutlery that everybody uses?

 

[Timedog]

How gross is it touching stuff in public? Other people have touched door handles and railings. Unbelievable. I wish other people would just stop existing, or maybe wear hazmat suits at all times.

Just my opinion, don't flame me for it.

 

[Mechazawa]

"It's not me that's wrong, it's all of you."

 

[Prez]

OP, what job do you do where all the doors are automatic and you don't have to touch anything?

 

[Watevaman]

OP are you Howard Hughes?

 

[GuessMyUserName]

lol what? No. And I don't even have the Op's hang-up. Take your disgusting shit home and wash it in the sink if you have to. Don't bring your laundry to my house.

My animes say it's the only polite thing to do after you spill your juice all over them.

 

[PumpkinPie]

OP is disabled in the brain.

 

[kitchenmotors]

Jesus, this thread. I'll echo the sentiment, how do some Gaffers function in life?

 

[Vagabundo]

If you actually thought about how much cum, piss and shit you touch on a daily basis you probably wouldn't leave the house. It's everywhere!!!

 

[Ekdrm2d1]

I could tell you , but then i'd have to drown you in a bucket of cum .

Cum is like the official word of this thread.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

At first I thought you were just being difficult and weird. Now I think you legitimately need to seek out a clinicin for your potential phobia. There's probably more "quirks" that you haven't told us about as well.

At this point you gotta figure his sheets are so drenched in seamen and whatever else that he's repulsed at the thought of someone else being just as nasty, so he can't use the washer after them..scary.

 

[Spikematic]

OP

HAHAHA. This show is the fucking best.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

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.

Right, my friend got pregnant from using a laundromat once

 

[MattKeil]

Jesus, this thread. I'll echo the sentiment, how do some Gaffers function in life?

The phrase should really replace the "BELIEVE" tagline in the header when you switch to OT.

At this point you gotta figure his sheets are so drenched in seamen and whatever else that he's repulsed at the thought of someone else being just as nasty, so he can't use the washer after them..scary.

 

[Breakage]

Wash at 60 degrees or above.

 

[autumnleaf]

I have lived in plenty of shared accomodation and it has liteally never occured to me that it's weird to use the washer immediately after someone else. I must be a walking cum dumpster.

 

[kyser73]

Other people are a mistake.

This is one of 'those' OT' where I'm not sure if the OP is serious or is genuine and therefore has difficulty functioning in the world.