Comments on: Licking your Toilet Seat is Healthier than Typing on your Keyboard

by: Vista On Current Events

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:40:59 +0000

Which is cleaner?…

1) A keyboard or toilet seat?

According to this in Real Tech News.

“We don’t think twice about eating at our desks, even though the average des……

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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:28:18 +0000

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by: MissingFrame

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:55:50 +0000

So how is this anything more than an advertisement for Clorox Disinfecting Wipes?

by: Federal Duck

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:27:00 +0000

So…if you’re eating lunch while using your laptop on the toilet, does it all cancel each other out, or just mean you’re a total freak?

by: jfb3

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:30:18 +0000

So Clorox funds a study that says “There are Viruses on your keyboard so wipe it off with Clorx brand wipes and you’ll probably be healthier.”.

Is this any different than any other company funded study? Nope. Do they mention the *types* of bacteria? Nope. Do they mention that your skin is always loaded with bacteria? Nope.

This is just like if Symantec said “Look out, there are Viruses that target your computer, but our product can protect you against them.”. Oh, wait they do…

Lots of FUD, or at least lots of the F, pitched to appeal to the modern fear of all things virus. (The mere mention of which drives most people to fits these days.)

The article is carefully worded to appear like it’s an informational, helpful, article for public benefit. It’s an advertisement. One of the modern, straight-from-Madison-Ave, seems-like-a-public-service, lawyerly-worded, but still and advertisement.

by: Nico

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 06:18:24 +0000

I just saw on TV last night (South African News) that a study found that there was a rise in respiratory disease and one of the conclusions was that our immune system does not have enough to do anymore (because of healthier, cleaner living) and therefore can’t handle when confronted with some of the allergy causing bacteria, eventually leading to asthma or other problems. Now I may have quoted a bit incorrectly, but that is how I got the story. Just some useless info…

by: John

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 05:16:00 +0000

“The average desk has 100 times more bacteria than a kitchen table and 400 times more bacteria than the average toilet.”
From this quote, it looks to me as if the kitchen table also has 4 times the bacteria a toilet has!

by: Lockergnome's Tech News Watch

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 03:46:51 +0000

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by: Bill M

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:12:09 +0000

In addition to the lower temperature, toilets are cleaned with some very hostile chemicals. I bet there are fewer bacteria in a cup of chlorine bleach than in a cup of milk. I prefer to drink the milk, thanks.

by: David Johnston

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:44:11 +0000

Penn & Teller also did an episode of Bullshit on this topic. Of the four of five people they tested, they all had cleaner (or at least as clean) rear-ends than hands or faces. They also interviewed a doctor who said that toilet seats are an inhospitable environment for germs because they get cold and (hopefully) stay dry.