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minus-squareummthatguy@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoI thought most hand dryers were bacteria traps? Unless they’ve made some changes since.
minus-squareCosmos7349@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year agoI didn’t say what it was engineered for
minus-squareNorgur@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoThere is just a little transporter there, storing all pathogens in the pattern buffer. Patent goes to a Mister Oberin or something.
minus-squareP1nkman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoOh, they are. It’d be cleaner to lick the general toilet seat than to lick your finger after using one of these. I don’t use them at all.
minus-squareRichard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoYour hands are supposed to be clean from washing with soap and water. The dryer is just there to make your hands dry because moving around with wet hands isn’t very comfortable.
minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoBut they rapidly suck air in from the surrounding area which means if someone flushes the poo partials are in the air and being blown on your hands.
minus-squareBakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·1 year agoGonna let you know that paper towel dispensers aren’t air tight, so they are every bit as contaminated as everything else in the bathroom
minus-squareNightwatch Admin@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoPaper towels aren’t very good at sucking. If they were, they’d run out faster on the gent’s than Musk buys a social media company.
minus-squareMelodiousFunk@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd then you have to touch the doorknob/push plate/etc. to leave.
minus-squarenightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNew hygiene unlocked. Gonna stop wasting money on soap.
minus-squareP1nkman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoYes, that’s the idea. And it works. But you’re hands are no longer clean. Quick search: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hands+dryer+bacteria+&t=fpas&ia=web har an impact on me, and i don’t use them at all.
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoIt’s possible that the Dyson driers do a miny Baryon sweep of your hands…except it doesn’t ablate your hands off.
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoHu-vok tried to laser-torch Picard. He will not be missed.
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoDisclaimer: “Minor ablation may occur.”
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoThis needs to be a Lower Decks episode. Mariner: Why don’t you use the Dyson dryer? Boimler: Because they don’t really get your hands dry. I end up using a paper towel anyway. Besides, I don’t want to accidentally slice my hands off. Mariner: Quit being a baby. I just finished tuning it. Give it a try. Boimler: sigh fine. The Dyson dryer cuts his hands clean off. Beat They both start screaming
I thought most hand dryers were bacteria traps? Unless they’ve made some changes since.
I didn’t say what it was engineered for
There is just a little transporter there, storing all pathogens in the pattern buffer. Patent goes to a Mister Oberin or something.
Oh, they are. It’d be cleaner to lick the general toilet seat than to lick your finger after using one of these. I don’t use them at all.
Your hands are supposed to be clean from washing with soap and water. The dryer is just there to make your hands dry because moving around with wet hands isn’t very comfortable.
But they rapidly suck air in from the surrounding area which means if someone flushes the poo partials are in the air and being blown on your hands.
Gonna let you know that paper towel dispensers aren’t air tight, so they are every bit as contaminated as everything else in the bathroom
Paper towels aren’t very good at sucking. If they were, they’d run out faster on the gent’s than Musk buys a social media company.
And then you have to touch the doorknob/push plate/etc. to leave.
Just wear gloves ffs
…why?
licks fingers clean
New hygiene unlocked. Gonna stop wasting money on soap.
Yes, that’s the idea. And it works. But you’re hands are no longer clean. Quick search: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hands+dryer+bacteria+&t=fpas&ia=web har an impact on me, and i don’t use them at all.
It’s possible that the Dyson driers do a miny Baryon sweep of your hands…except it doesn’t ablate your hands off.
Watch out for “Tuvok”
Hu-vok tried to laser-torch Picard. He will not be missed.
Disclaimer: “Minor ablation may occur.”
This needs to be a Lower Decks episode.
Mariner: Why don’t you use the Dyson dryer?
Boimler: Because they don’t really get your hands dry. I end up using a paper towel anyway. Besides, I don’t want to accidentally slice my hands off.
Mariner: Quit being a baby. I just finished tuning it. Give it a try.
Boimler: sigh fine. The Dyson dryer cuts his hands clean off.
Beat
They both start screaming