Disgusting things discovered on MN

[Pricklypear12]

During my time on MN I have read about some disgusting/unhygienic things that people do on a regular basis.

Examples are:
Letting dogs lick human plates
Washing dog bowls in dishwasher with regular dishes
Sharing bath water (seen this one today!)
Sucking snot out of a baby's nose (I somewhat get it but really think I could never)

What are some vile things you've read about on MN that are seemingly normal to those that post about them?

One thing which horrified me on here- washing toilet brushes in the dishwasher.
Sometimes my dishes come out with food stuck on them, so what the hell happens with poo particles.
I often mention this at other people's houses to check they are horrified too and I then know they do not practice this !

Using wet wipes and washing towels after every single use is so fucking bad for the environment. I don't understand the issue with the dog bowls either. My dog eats raw, all that is in her bowl is raw meat..like the meat that is on my chopping board so I have zero issue with washing her bowls with my dishes. The bacteria from her does not attach itself to my plates and cutlery, it all ends up CLEAN. I am also a proud utiliser of the sniff test, if I was to wash all clothes (not underwear) after every single use then they would be faded pretty quickly, also shit for the environment.

*Is it just me or are there lots of MN'ers who just have to be better than the last?
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I saw a post recently about washing baby clothes before use, which is fair enough. But people were extreme IMO, one woman swore to have hand washed all of her baby's clothes TWICE 🙄 so much one up man ship here.

@VictoriaBun and I bet you have a robust immune system to boot!

There is a massive difference between poor hygiene that can do harm (particularly around cooking meat and storing foodstuffs correctly) and lifestyle choice OCD 'hygiene' issues.

MimiDaisy11

You could wet the tissue first then wipe which is what most people I know do

I've never asked anyone how they clean their arse before. Am I alone?“

Was thinking the same thing. we’re struggling for scintillating conversation after a year locked in together but we’re not - quite - that desperate yet.

Not washing your arse with soap but just letting shower water run over it. Still gagging at that one.

You could wet the tissue first then wipe which is what most people I know do

I’m still not getting why? I’ve never been able to tell who in the general population, including colleagues, friends, family have dry wiped vs wet wiped so it’s not as though people smell. I’ve never treated anyone where dry wiping has led to some health issue. The only exception would be stitches anywhere near wiping area and then it’s NO wiping but a squeeze bottle and hair dryer on low until healed then back to whatever floats your boat. The only issues I’ve ever come across are disabled/elderly/abused sitting in faeces causing skin damage so that’s NO wiping. Any person who has normal capacity and mobility in arms is able to dry wipe so there is no issue or hygiene problem. Given this, why the hell would anyone wet wipe or it be considered necessary?

Life expectancy has increased 10 years since 1970

It's an interesting thought that we could have achieved all this with clean towels and extra washing, but, off the top of my head, other possible causes include:

Various new vaccines introduced inc flu, HPV, Men C

Huge decline in heavy industry so big decreases in occupational illnesses (like pneumoconosis, asbestosis) and serious injuries.

Decline in smoking.

Compulsory seat belt wearing and safety features in cars.

Technology to improve neonatal survival rates, especially for premature babies.

Increased cancer survival rates due to better screening and treatments.

The NHS and welfare state was only created after WW2, so most adults in 1970 would have grown up without free universal healthcare and access to benefits.

And there are still significant differences in life expectancy between different social classes, ethnic groups and the north/south divide. So, unless white middle/upper class southerners are a lot more concerned with hygiene and cleanliness than everyone else, it's probable that other factors like income, education, housing quality, and access to services are responsible.

I think cleaning was so much better in the past though? They scrubbed and boiled. My mum would scrub the floors on hands and knees, mopping wasn't done as often as she said you weren't giving it as good a clean. Milton and watered down dettol and boiling water for everything. Surfaces were always immaculate. Hovered every day and shake in vac regularly. Sheets boiled. Fridge scrubbed out weakly. So similar to how we clean (except I don't hoover or mop as often) but properly scrubbing

This thread has enlightened me and also made me realise I must be classed a a complete scum bag.

Washing... we mix tea towels and underwear and put on a 40 degree wash.
Bath towels are washed weekly on 60 degree wash.
Bedding changed weekly to every 10 days.
We don't always shower before sex... because we like having spontaneous sex during our work day and don't have the time to fit a shower in before a quick stag.
Our beloved dog sleeps on the sofa, bed or our laps if he wants. His food bowl is washed with our normal dishes in the dishwasher.
I dry wipe my arse.

My entire family follow very similar practices to the above. Mums an ex nurse and ex HSE officer. We are all still alive

@hexagonality

Do you only read the first sentences and ignore the rest? What a useless post, considering what I wrote folowing the first statement, as quoted below, and then my observations about diarrheal diseases.
Well done.

Life expectancy has increased 10 years since 1970. Of course it won't be all due to a decreased rate of infectious diseases, but it will be one factor.

@DragonPoop

One person who NEVER used soap/shower gel when they washed/took a shower - just let the water run over them and considered it job done

You'd think I'm disgusting. I dont use shower gel or soap either. Even the mildest ones strip the moisture from my skin. So I only use the warm water and a sponge or flannel. I come out perfectly clean. Every time._

@stayathomer

I think cleaning was so much better in the past though? They scrubbed and boiled. My mum would scrub the floors on hands and knees, mopping wasn't done as often as she said you weren't giving it as good a clean. Milton and watered down dettol and boiling water for everything. Surfaces were always immaculate. Hovered every day and shake in vac regularly. Sheets boiled. Fridge scrubbed out weakly. So similar to how we clean (except I don't hoover or mop as often) but properly scrubbing

I think your Mum just had high standards, don’t think everyone did all this. Obviously if you go back before hoovers and washing machines they had to beat and scrub things but not more recently.

@EasterIsComing agree, my mum never did all that! But we certainly didn't have a dirty home.
Some people must have nothing better to do, if they can spend so much time cleaning!

Ironic that the people most likely to be horrified by lack of 'hygiene' are also the ones slowly killing all of us and the planet with their unnecessary chemicals, single-use plastics, energy usage, and anti-bac everything creating antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Life expectancy has increased 10 years since 1970. Of course it won't be all due to a decreased rate of infectious diseases, but it will be one factor.

Not at all. Pretty much all down to medical advances in diagnostics and treatment. Unsurprisingly this will rocket off again occasionally in times of significant medical advancements. It won’t be due to dry wiping vs wet wiping or bath water or how often you wash your domestic towels.

OTOH, looking at diarrheal diseases on this site, I was shocked to notice the peak in deaths by diarrhea between 2000-2010. You'll have to select only the UK on the charts. A more than 10 fold increase from 1990 to 2007

Stuff like that is easily explained by the explosion in elderly out of home care models etc. It’s an ageing population, traditional modes of elderly care are rapidly transitioning towards out of home models because social frameworks are rapidly changing. Concentrations of elderly people in nursing homes leads to an increase in stuff like this. Just like Covid will rip through a nursing home with greater numbers affected than domestic situations. So does gastro. That’s the answer, not the odd person here and there letting a dog like the plate before putting it in the dishwasher or the cat sleep in their bed or not changing their sheets every time they fart.

Sure, I certainly wouldn’t wipe the kitchen bench down with a cloth that has just been used to wipe up raw chicken juice as there is a good chance of a dodgy belly but most of the stuff people have put here as necessary/hygienic is just nuts.

@Biffbaff

The grossest thing I have come across is a breastfeeding mum whose blocked duct was so bad, she couldn't shift it in any of the usual ways. Her husband had a suck and got a mouthful of pus - cleared the blockage though!

Whoever said that a bar of soap is unhygienic, what is wrong with you?

And you win the Internet for today!

We don't need bidets, a shower does the job fine. Except that so many of them are designed not to let you take the showerhead down. Why - I don't mean the ones with the rainshower heads, but the ones where you could take the shower down but they have a ring to stop you.

An Irish friend said it was to stop women giving themselves a good time

@halfathreepence

Ironic that the people most likely to be horrified by lack of 'hygiene' are also the ones slowly killing all of us and the planet with their unnecessary chemicals, single-use plastics, energy usage, and anti-bac everything creating antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Yes. Like all the covid theatre anti-BAC hand sanitiser. We're a year in, and people still haven't worked out that it's a virus and hot water and soap works just fine?

@DoTheRightThing11

I just googled dragon butter and munting and wish I didn't

I googled dragon butter Can't believe there are sicko perverts who like these things.

@poppycat10

We don't need bidets, a shower does the job fine. Except that so many of them are designed not to let you take the showerhead down. Why - I don't mean the ones with the rainshower heads, but the ones where you could take the shower down but they have a ring to stop you.

An Irish friend said it was to stop women giving themselves a good time

Just don't put it in the ring! Unscrew the shower head, pull the hose out of the ring and screw head back on. I do t wash after the toilet, but sometimes wash my hair over the bath with it.

[quote Lweji]@hexagonality

Do you only read the first sentences and ignore the rest? What a useless post, considering what I wrote folowing the first statement, as quoted below, and then my observations about diarrheal diseases.
Well done.

Life expectancy has increased 10 years since 1970. Of course it won't be all due to a decreased rate of infectious diseases, but it will be one factor.[/quote]
Yes, I did look at the link you posted, but it didn't seem to show statistically significant figures for the UK, e.g. 0.83 deaths per 100,000 from diarrhoeal diseases in the UK in 2017, 1 death preventable from rotavirus vaccination in England 2016, 90% of 1 yr olds vaccinated against rotavirus 2019.

@DenisetheMenace

MimiDaisy11

You could wet the tissue first then wipe which is what most people I know do

I've never asked anyone how they clean their arse before. Am I alone?“

Was thinking the same thing. we’re struggling for scintillating conversation after a year locked in together but we’re not - quite - that desperate yet.

😂😂😂😂 yes! Exactly! I don't know a single other person on the planet's arse wiping approach

Yes, I did look at the link you posted, but it didn't seem to show statistically significant figures for the UK, e.g. 0.83 deaths per 100,000 from diarrhoeal diseases in the UK in 2017, 1 death preventable from rotavirus vaccination in England 2016, 90% of 1 yr olds vaccinated against rotavirus 2019.

So, you're still ignoring what I actually wrote and what I pointed out in the link (no mention of vaccines or vaccination). And that I posted that link in contradiction to my previous comment.

Oh dear I would be fine with any of those things (not the snot sucking though). I am rarely ill, ditto husband and children.

I'm amazed how prissy and germ phobic so many posters are. Especially as so many of you have managed to conceive and breastfeed children. Did you remember to sterilise your husband's cock and your nipples, seeing as bodily fluids are so disgusting?

Also surely you wouldn't own/live with a dog if you found its food/saliva etc so disgusting.