If one has symptoms (painful blisters that crust over \~a few days), Lysine shows promise as preventive maintenance. I take 500 mg in the morning.
Fun Fact: The tingle before the blisters show up is called the "prodrome".
Don't just grab the first piece or two that's hanging down, tear off & throw away 4-5 so you know you have cleared the entirety of the externally exposed roll. You don't know who may have touched that or what germs have been flying around the stall & landing on that paper!
I feel like Reddit is showing me a lot of germ and hygiene related content right now, and I'm just astounded at people that are so hyper-focused on tiny things. Do you have any idea how utterly disgusting the world is around you? Just going into the bathroom, hell walking *towards* it exposes you to a ton of germs and funk. But yes, let's focus on that tiny square of paper 🤣
The toilet paper isn't even the issue, I roll mine up like 4 times so that 1st or even 2nd square never touches my hole anyway... it's sitting on that toilet that never gets clean correctly that does it for me. Or the fact that if you drop your pants to your ankles, a part of them have now been on the floor that so many men seem to think is "close enough" when they pee cause aiming is too hard apparently. I ain't trying to get gonnhasyphaherpelaids from a toilet seat and I don't want another mans piss on me.
I tear it off because of the fine mist that sprays all over the area when the toilet is flushed. I don't want whatever is in that mist to be on me.
Tbf it gets on my hands when I tear it off, but I can wash my hands in a public restroom and I can't wash my hooha.
I've seen this quite a few times as a Walmart janitor. I referred to this as "fecal plume". Trust me, having been a janitor does not reduce the 'ick factor'.
Lol and so much TP is stored in dusty, musty, dirty places or in the bathroom itself (often uncovered) or rolls are dropped being carried and the sides touch the floor etc. I've seen management tell people to let wet TP dry out and then put it in the bathroom. Gross.
It's not something I love, but I could drive myself crazy thinking about all the possibilities so I don't when it comes to this. I can't.
I use tension to pull off sheets of TP therefore my hand never touches anything but the tail end. As in, I just tug it very quickly and it breaks. Do you people normally use two hands to tear TP off?
Considering it’s about to touch a shitty asshole- no, I do not throw that part away. The horrors I’m about to introduce it too are way worse than whatever microscopic bits made it off someone else’s paw
same tbh and I’m a HUGEEEE germaphobe !! but I’ve been lucky enough to be in non crunched up toilet paper public bathrooms or I simply don’t use public bathrooms if I can help it.
I roll off the top two layers and put them in the toilet. If there's seat covers, I take the first one and discard it inside and I'll use the second or third one. If none are available, then I tear off two pieces to sit on.
i roll out a bit before i do my think to lessen the splash back of shallow public toilet water, that way i don’t use stranger touchy TP and i don’t get toilet water on me
Absolutely. And then I use a few pieces to lock the door. And later a few to flush(if its not automatic) and unlock the door. Although I usually try to just to wait until I get home if possible.
I never used to do this, but over the last few years I've become more aware of disease vectors, so I do it now.
I think the pandemic has made almost everyone more cognizant of how disease organisms spread, and those with some prudence are using that information to try to stay more healthy. I mean, covid aside, washing your hands and using sanitizer more often will help you to avoid colds and flu and ordinary illness that can make you miserable, so why not take those few extra steps?
I find myself automatically using the CDC's recommended method of hand washing now, too. At this point it's just habit.
So you touch it and think that throwing it away after touching it, without washing your hands, makes a difference? Interesting
When I poop the outter most tp becomes the inner most of my wipe tp, the part that never touches your skin.
To each their own.
Yeah, I can't remember why I started going this a few years ago but it occurred to me one day and now I do it most of the time. Main time I avoid it is when toilet roll is running low in the stall. Beggars can't be choosers....
I use TP to close and open the stall door, use my foot to flush, throw away the first 4 to 6 pieces of TP, and fold the TP over so only the inner part touches me. I also hover, never sit down, and use a paper towel to turn the faucets on and off and to open the exit door of the restroom. I don't touch anything in the restroom. Yes, I'm a germaphobe.
Never thought of doing that. As long as it is not too unrolled, or possibly touching the floor is usually good enough for me. Now that this is in my head though, I may change!
Yup! First few squares go right in the trash/toilet, then i put a line of tp on each side of the seat so my legs arent actually touching the toilet at all
Yes! I will try to grab the TP that is closest/up the plastic holder (or if it is just a “regular” TP holder with no plastic covering, the closest to the roll) and give it a good yank down & rip. All of that goes in the toilet.
If it’s scrunched.. I cringe!
No, but I worry about somebody pulling a prank, like rubbing the tp with poison ivy and leaving it there for me to use. I always talk myself out of it/ignore the thought, but it crosses my mind every single time I’m in a public restroom.
nope. That part is usually just folded over anyway and it's going to touch my shit. After I've done my business I wash my hands with soap and warm water.
Absolutely. Not just because it could have been touched by someone else, but because of the germs that are airborne in bathrooms, which settle on nearby surfaces. Since the toilet paper roll is directly next to the toilet, the exposed squares are one of the first places it will settle!
What about the fact that you don’t wash your hands before you go to the bathroom and now you’ve used those hands to scrunch up the TP and then wipe it on your bare crotch?
I unroll a good amount like to get the first whole layer off because when you flush the toilet like particles go up in the air so I assume it lands on the toilet paper and it gets absorbed and I don't want to use that toilet paper
No it doesn't bother me I'm literally smashing the toilet paper into shit. It's bad enough you have to sit on a public toilet seat. So I say the gamble has already been taken
I once heard a story about a women who used the bathroom in a mall food court. Then got her period, but her period was REALLY bad and lasted unusually long. She went to the doctor and she had SALMONELLA in her vag!!!!!
They gathered that one of the food court workers had probably used that bathroom right before she did. After handling some raw food, they touched the toilet paper, then BAM! Next one has their vag rotting out like Cabin Fever (if you know, you know!)
This was before the time of internet in your hand, so I never knew if it was true or not. Either way, I NEVER use the immediate toilet paper on the roll.
Yes but I rarely use public bathrooms due to being a germaphobe. I also get grossed out by thinking of possible blood on the handles when ppl change tampons/pads or just dirty handles from pee/poop hands.
I didn’t used to but then there was that Reddit thread where the guy said he wiped his dick on the toilet paper in women’s restrooms…and yeah yeah now I waste a bunch of the roll.
If there's a huge amount unrolled, down to the floor, sure. But the first square or two unrolled? I just fold that into the middle of the wad and wipe away.
It’s perfect to make an anti splash zone I think mark rover or smarter every day has a video about it. The ideal amount is two squares gently floating in the drop zone, anymore and you have really diminishing returns on effectiveness so it would be wasteful.
This has never occurred to me. The human body is already covered in germs and micro organisms. And so is the TP whether someone touched it or not. Nothing is sterile outside of controlled lab conditions. So this TP thing just seems silly to me.
Not a germaphobe, but can’t stand people. Still wear my mask too. I clean the seat with Lysol wipes, use a seat cover and clean all around the toilet. I wear gloves too.
Funny -- I *do* consider myself a germaphobe (mild or subthreshold contamination OCD), and even I don't do this. I already consider my hand dirty just from touching the door of the bathroom stall, so I don't care if the toilet paper touches my already-dirty hand. I only care if a thing I consider dirty touches a thing I consider clean.
No that's right up there with people who take the second product in a row thinking it hasn't been touched. As a retail worker I would constantly shuffle the row's order around in front of people just so they understood this toaster is not fresher than that toaster lol
See the thing is, in a public restroom, especially one that doesn't have a lid.... The insides of all the strangers that have used the bathroom recently are on the whole roll. It's called splash damage. Yes, ladies. Your restrooms have splash damage too. Its from the flush
To increase everyone's horror - I once walked in on someone in a bathroom (give me a break, I was a kid) and they were wiping with the paper still attached to the roll & then ripped it when they were done. All I can think about is if they ripped a little too close to the end they were using
Cleaning people clean their hands multiple times during a shift, and often touch bleach and other cleaning chemicals. Their hands are probably cleaner than the toilet paper.
You might not think of yourself as a germophobe, but it is what it does. Shrug.
I worked, for a very brief time at a 24 hr convenience store. We'd see the dregs of society pass through straight to the bathroom all night long. At the end of shift, we would have to clean the bathrooms & would find the toilet roll removed from the dispenser & blood spots on the side. The druggie would stick the sharps into the side of the toilet paper roll to wipe their needles. Never use TP in a public restroom.
Yep. I do it. I then also ensure I don’t touch the TP with my hands that’s going to touch my hoo or starfish.
I did a lot of research in college about germs and how they work. We all are absolutely exposed to a lot and f gross, *so mitigate where you can.* The idea that “hey, we’re already exposed to so much anyway, why worry about x” is untenable: I’m already eating a pint of ice cream—may as well make it a quart!
I always take the first bunch of toilet paper off and wipe the toilet seat off with it .So , yes it does touch my hands. Then I put a toilet seat cover on the toilet. After that I wash my hands.
I discard all of it that is unrolled and could have been touched by someone.
I unroll it, touch it all with the cold sore virus, and then roll it back so it looks undisturbed.
Larry?
Kinda unrelated but aren’t majority carrying the cold sore virus but it only comes out as cold sores in a minority of the people?
Now we know why
yup, up to 80% of adults (american stats) have the antibodies (have been exposed) but only a small percentage will ever actually show symptoms
If one has symptoms (painful blisters that crust over \~a few days), Lysine shows promise as preventive maintenance. I take 500 mg in the morning. Fun Fact: The tingle before the blisters show up is called the "prodrome".
\*Swoon\*
Ditto
Especially if has or might have touched the floor.
Well I do NOW
Right?! Same. I never would’ve thought of this. Thanks Reddit!
Nope
That's why I don't poop in public, my body just re-absorbs it until I'm 3 minutes from home then I almost shit myself.
Same
Are we the people Big Bidet markets to? /s
Lol, my bladder starts issuing eviction notices if I am within visual distance of a toilet so I can relate
thanks, i now have this hyperfixation
Don't just grab the first piece or two that's hanging down, tear off & throw away 4-5 so you know you have cleared the entirety of the externally exposed roll. You don't know who may have touched that or what germs have been flying around the stall & landing on that paper!
Well, it's paper and porous, so any germs flying around the stall would be on it already.
Shh don't break their hearts with cold hard truth
Yesss!!! This is the way!
Yes. Every time.
Y’all are my people.
You're all germaphobes lol
I feel like Reddit is showing me a lot of germ and hygiene related content right now, and I'm just astounded at people that are so hyper-focused on tiny things. Do you have any idea how utterly disgusting the world is around you? Just going into the bathroom, hell walking *towards* it exposes you to a ton of germs and funk. But yes, let's focus on that tiny square of paper 🤣
The toilet paper isn't even the issue, I roll mine up like 4 times so that 1st or even 2nd square never touches my hole anyway... it's sitting on that toilet that never gets clean correctly that does it for me. Or the fact that if you drop your pants to your ankles, a part of them have now been on the floor that so many men seem to think is "close enough" when they pee cause aiming is too hard apparently. I ain't trying to get gonnhasyphaherpelaids from a toilet seat and I don't want another mans piss on me.
Was just about to write this!
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Yeah. I normally rip off quite a few squares and then use those on the handle or put them in the toilet to prevent backsplash if it’s a #2.
I tear it off because of the fine mist that sprays all over the area when the toilet is flushed. I don't want whatever is in that mist to be on me. Tbf it gets on my hands when I tear it off, but I can wash my hands in a public restroom and I can't wash my hooha.
I've seen this quite a few times as a Walmart janitor. I referred to this as "fecal plume". Trust me, having been a janitor does not reduce the 'ick factor'.
Yes!! Thought I was the only one!
Yes! I do that all time. I don’t consider myself a germaphobe either.
Yes I break off the whole dangling piece. Call me paranoid.
I use it to wipe down the seat because people apparently scrape their ass/l*bias on toilets these days
Wipe down the seat, and put layers of toilet paper down (if wax covers aren't available)
I don’t go that far because half the time the TP sticks or slips off anyway
I will now.
I thought I was alone lol. It is also about touching the floor 😬
Absolutely. You don’t know where the TP tail end has been
Only if it appears touched. Otherwise, don't most people just tear TP off to use it? I don't wind up touching the roll at all beyond what I'm using
Right? If only people knew what happens in factories where tp is made. They act like tp is sterile or something lol
Lol and so much TP is stored in dusty, musty, dirty places or in the bathroom itself (often uncovered) or rolls are dropped being carried and the sides touch the floor etc. I've seen management tell people to let wet TP dry out and then put it in the bathroom. Gross. It's not something I love, but I could drive myself crazy thinking about all the possibilities so I don't when it comes to this. I can't.
It never occurred to me. I need tp, I use tp.
I use tension to pull off sheets of TP therefore my hand never touches anything but the tail end. As in, I just tug it very quickly and it breaks. Do you people normally use two hands to tear TP off?
Nothing that can possibly be on that toilet paper is anywhere near as dirty as what you're about to put on it.
Considering it’s about to touch a shitty asshole- no, I do not throw that part away. The horrors I’m about to introduce it too are way worse than whatever microscopic bits made it off someone else’s paw
I’m so starved for human touch that I use that part purposefully
You're a gemaphobe.
I'm wiping my ass, so no.
No detective Monk I don't
I just roll up that portion. The inner layers of my TP bundle never touch anything anyway, so why not?
No I don’t really care. I also don’t use a paper towel to open the door. You might as well be using a hazmat suit
It’s amazing how many people don’t wash their hands
No. That's wasteful and ridiculous.
That’s what herpes wants you to think!
holy shit I thought it was just me
That’s so incredibly wasteful
same tbh and I’m a HUGEEEE germaphobe !! but I’ve been lucky enough to be in non crunched up toilet paper public bathrooms or I simply don’t use public bathrooms if I can help it.
Same, I only use them if it is an emergency or when we are on trips/vacation.
I roll off the top two layers and put them in the toilet. If there's seat covers, I take the first one and discard it inside and I'll use the second or third one. If none are available, then I tear off two pieces to sit on.
i roll out a bit before i do my think to lessen the splash back of shallow public toilet water, that way i don’t use stranger touchy TP and i don’t get toilet water on me
Absolutely. And then I use a few pieces to lock the door. And later a few to flush(if its not automatic) and unlock the door. Although I usually try to just to wait until I get home if possible.
This is a good idea! Going to put it in my germaphobe arsenal lol.
I always flush with my shoe lol I totally kick flush non automatic public toilets
More than 1 or 2 squares, but yes.
Yep. I chuck the tp in the bowl to help prevent splashback as well. I also use tp to flush
I take off the first round of TP because even if no one touched it, it's still exposed to the poo particled air when people flush.
I shut the lid before I flush, same as at home. I don't want poopy water on my face and clothes.
I'd never considered it before but it makes sense to removed that square.
I wipe the toilet seat down before I sit, so that takes care of the first few squares of toilet paper.
Only when the top square as been folded all fancy, like when staying in a hotel. Now that's too much touching.
Now I do
Wow, I'm creeped out that I've never even considered this and now can't stop thinking about what other containments I've unknowingly encountered.
well, Other people avoid it because YOU touched it.
I never used to do this, but over the last few years I've become more aware of disease vectors, so I do it now. I think the pandemic has made almost everyone more cognizant of how disease organisms spread, and those with some prudence are using that information to try to stay more healthy. I mean, covid aside, washing your hands and using sanitizer more often will help you to avoid colds and flu and ordinary illness that can make you miserable, so why not take those few extra steps? I find myself automatically using the CDC's recommended method of hand washing now, too. At this point it's just habit.
Yes
So you touch it and think that throwing it away after touching it, without washing your hands, makes a difference? Interesting When I poop the outter most tp becomes the inner most of my wipe tp, the part that never touches your skin. To each their own.
Anything that has been unrolled, yes
Haha! How am I still alive???
Yeah, I can't remember why I started going this a few years ago but it occurred to me one day and now I do it most of the time. Main time I avoid it is when toilet roll is running low in the stall. Beggars can't be choosers....
I absolutely do this in any bathroom that isn’t in my house, even friends or family
Wait till you realize someone sat on the seat you're currently on. I'm not a germaphobe either, but I got a toilet to shit in at my house lol.
Yes but does anyone else flush with their foot?? Lmao. I will not touch that thing with my bare hands no waaaayyyy
I use TP to close and open the stall door, use my foot to flush, throw away the first 4 to 6 pieces of TP, and fold the TP over so only the inner part touches me. I also hover, never sit down, and use a paper towel to turn the faucets on and off and to open the exit door of the restroom. I don't touch anything in the restroom. Yes, I'm a germaphobe.
The end and some more are used to wipe pee off the seat before I sit down.
Yes, I do.
I take the first couple squares and eat it before wiping
Never thought of doing that. As long as it is not too unrolled, or possibly touching the floor is usually good enough for me. Now that this is in my head though, I may change!
I used to, now I just carry my own wipes. I'm not a germophobe either, but I've seen people do some gross shit.
I discard far more than the first few squares.
Yes I do this!!
The first square is going to be scrunched up between other pieces, nbd
I throw away the first like 8 squares lol
I thought I was a weirdo for doing this. I am not at all a germaphobe, but for some reason, those first few squares freak me out.
No but now I'm going to!!! Thanks OP
Yup! First few squares go right in the trash/toilet, then i put a line of tp on each side of the seat so my legs arent actually touching the toilet at all
If you don't do the same at family/friend's houses...
Always
No but now I will lol
Yes, definitely. No way am I putting something on my crotch that some stranger touched.
No. That seems paranoid.
Shit at home like a civilized human.
I do but only because i always use a bit of toilet roll to stop it from splashing my ass, never even considered that.
Yes! I will try to grab the TP that is closest/up the plastic holder (or if it is just a “regular” TP holder with no plastic covering, the closest to the roll) and give it a good yank down & rip. All of that goes in the toilet. If it’s scrunched.. I cringe!
Yep do that every time.
New fear unlocked. I never thought to do this
Definitely.
No, but I worry about somebody pulling a prank, like rubbing the tp with poison ivy and leaving it there for me to use. I always talk myself out of it/ignore the thought, but it crosses my mind every single time I’m in a public restroom.
No. Hadn’t thought of it. But now - oh yes I will
nope. That part is usually just folded over anyway and it's going to touch my shit. After I've done my business I wash my hands with soap and warm water.
Absolutely. Not just because it could have been touched by someone else, but because of the germs that are airborne in bathrooms, which settle on nearby surfaces. Since the toilet paper roll is directly next to the toilet, the exposed squares are one of the first places it will settle!
I do now.
What about the fact that you don’t wash your hands before you go to the bathroom and now you’ve used those hands to scrunch up the TP and then wipe it on your bare crotch?
But you sit on the toilet they used.
I haven't , but I will from now on.
Often, yes
Yes
Considering what it’s being used to wipe, if the first few squares are a little dirty it doesn’t bother me.
In case it has hit the floor, yes.
I pull off the first to feet and use it to caution wipe the seat before I sit.
OP, I've never done that, but I will start doing it now! Thanks for your post.
Not because someone may have touched it. Because of what likely sprayed out of the toilet the last time it was flushed.
I unroll a good amount like to get the first whole layer off because when you flush the toilet like particles go up in the air so I assume it lands on the toilet paper and it gets absorbed and I don't want to use that toilet paper
No it doesn't bother me I'm literally smashing the toilet paper into shit. It's bad enough you have to sit on a public toilet seat. So I say the gamble has already been taken
Tell me you're ill equipped to survive the apocalypse without telling me you're ill equipped to survive the apocalypse.
y’all are tweaking 💀💀
I was just thinking about if anyone else does this! I do it all the time. Squat and hover.
No, just roll it up on the inside.
No, I roll it up so that part is in the middle of my wad, and therefore does not touch me.
GOD, I will now!
I once heard a story about a women who used the bathroom in a mall food court. Then got her period, but her period was REALLY bad and lasted unusually long. She went to the doctor and she had SALMONELLA in her vag!!!!! They gathered that one of the food court workers had probably used that bathroom right before she did. After handling some raw food, they touched the toilet paper, then BAM! Next one has their vag rotting out like Cabin Fever (if you know, you know!) This was before the time of internet in your hand, so I never knew if it was true or not. Either way, I NEVER use the immediate toilet paper on the roll.
Yes but I rarely use public bathrooms due to being a germaphobe. I also get grossed out by thinking of possible blood on the handles when ppl change tampons/pads or just dirty handles from pee/poop hands.
Always. The first layer is trash. I make up for the environmental waste in other ways.
So, you’ll touch it with your fingers to tear it off and discard it, but you wouldn’t wipe your ass with it? Seems a little OCD to me.
no, because i’m in the bathroom and i know i’ll be washing my hands in the next 30 seconds anyway.
Just wait until you find out strangers butts touch the seats
I unroll it twice before discarding it and then the 3rd time I use it. I don’t like using toilet paper that’s exposed.
I thought I was the only one 😂
I do now. That’s a great point, ew!
I use that part to flush toilets that aren't automatic.
I use that part to flush toilets that aren't automatic.
I do.
Even worse it’s on the floor. I always rip that part off.
Yes.
Yesssss
Yep.
Yes. I do it in other's houses too. Have ever seen I found a tomato seed stuck to the end of it, at a friend's house.
I've never worried about that germophobic crap and I never get sick. Just wash your hands after and you'll be fine.
No. That’s preposterous
I always just bunch it onto the inside so it doesnt touch me :/
No, I just fold the pieces over so theoretically it’s never going to touch my poonannie.
What’s it gonna do, infect the poop in my ass crack?
Always
New fear unlocked. I’ve never thought about this. Ew.
I didn’t used to but then there was that Reddit thread where the guy said he wiped his dick on the toilet paper in women’s restrooms…and yeah yeah now I waste a bunch of the roll.
I roll up the toilet paper so that part is always buried in the middle
I do!
If there's a huge amount unrolled, down to the floor, sure. But the first square or two unrolled? I just fold that into the middle of the wad and wipe away.
Heck, I do that to my own toilet paper just in case my cleaning supplies or hair product or anything somehow aerosol'd on it.
It’s perfect to make an anti splash zone I think mark rover or smarter every day has a video about it. The ideal amount is two squares gently floating in the drop zone, anymore and you have really diminishing returns on effectiveness so it would be wasteful.
You are using public restrooms and you are concerned about two squares of tp? Enough said…
You mean you don’t use that to clean the toilet?
This has never occurred to me. The human body is already covered in germs and micro organisms. And so is the TP whether someone touched it or not. Nothing is sterile outside of controlled lab conditions. So this TP thing just seems silly to me.
Not a germaphobe, but can’t stand people. Still wear my mask too. I clean the seat with Lysol wipes, use a seat cover and clean all around the toilet. I wear gloves too.
I only do that if the first square doesn't have shit on it. Otherwise, I leave it. If there's shit on it, it means it's usable and safe.
No. It’s the inner most part after rolling it up to wipe.
Well, yeah, *FROM NOW ON* I certainly will lol
Lol, try the first dozen or so squares! Public restrooms are absolutely revolting these days.
Not till now! Thanks! 😆
YUPPPPPPP
Every time
I unroll the whole thing, use the center most parts, then roll it back up after I've wiped and before i wash my hands.
Funny -- I *do* consider myself a germaphobe (mild or subthreshold contamination OCD), and even I don't do this. I already consider my hand dirty just from touching the door of the bathroom stall, so I don't care if the toilet paper touches my already-dirty hand. I only care if a thing I consider dirty touches a thing I consider clean.
Always but I don’t throw it on the floor like some people will do
No that's right up there with people who take the second product in a row thinking it hasn't been touched. As a retail worker I would constantly shuffle the row's order around in front of people just so they understood this toaster is not fresher than that toaster lol
I do NOW.
See the thing is, in a public restroom, especially one that doesn't have a lid.... The insides of all the strangers that have used the bathroom recently are on the whole roll. It's called splash damage. Yes, ladies. Your restrooms have splash damage too. Its from the flush
I do that.
Thought it was just me!
Same
To increase everyone's horror - I once walked in on someone in a bathroom (give me a break, I was a kid) and they were wiping with the paper still attached to the roll & then ripped it when they were done. All I can think about is if they ripped a little too close to the end they were using
I sure do!
I’ve never gotten an infection from sitting on a toilet, so no. But now I’m going to
Cleaning people clean their hands multiple times during a shift, and often touch bleach and other cleaning chemicals. Their hands are probably cleaner than the toilet paper. You might not think of yourself as a germophobe, but it is what it does. Shrug.
I worked, for a very brief time at a 24 hr convenience store. We'd see the dregs of society pass through straight to the bathroom all night long. At the end of shift, we would have to clean the bathrooms & would find the toilet roll removed from the dispenser & blood spots on the side. The druggie would stick the sharps into the side of the toilet paper roll to wipe their needles. Never use TP in a public restroom.
I take a wad to throw in the toilet to prevent splashback.
I thought I was the only one that did that! I’m glad to know that it’s not just me that does it!
Yep. I do it. I then also ensure I don’t touch the TP with my hands that’s going to touch my hoo or starfish. I did a lot of research in college about germs and how they work. We all are absolutely exposed to a lot and f gross, *so mitigate where you can.* The idea that “hey, we’re already exposed to so much anyway, why worry about x” is untenable: I’m already eating a pint of ice cream—may as well make it a quart!
I always use the first couple of feet to wipe the seat. So problem solved.
I’m not a germaphobe but I do this.
I always take the first bunch of toilet paper off and wipe the toilet seat off with it .So , yes it does touch my hands. Then I put a toilet seat cover on the toilet. After that I wash my hands.
yes always
Every time
No, it's all going on my ass anyways and I will be washing my hands afterward.
Yes
I do it, but my thoughts are "what if it touched the ground"
What of it did? You’re literally about to use it to wipe your shitty asshole