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Workstations 'Dirtier Than Toilets'
hettb writes "How often do you clean your keyboard and surrounding work area? A recent study (also discussed here) found that computer workstations harbour 400 times more health threatening bacteria than the average toilet seat. If you're anything like me, spending most of both professional and personal time in front of your computer, this is sobering news. "
Deal? ;)
Man, if workstations are that dirty, imagine how dirty PCs must be.
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Think of it - cleaner environment - no more wasted trips, the possibilities...
I doubt many people catch that many diseases from toilets. I know it's common for people to become paranoid about using a public toilet for health reasons, but it's absurd. Just don't sit in anything wet or lick your hands afterwards and you'll be fine. That goes for using both a computer and a toilet.
My workstation IS my toilet...
Yeah thats cool.... I'm a bachlor myself. :-)
I was browsing Slashdot, fighting the urge to lick my desk, when I saw this article. Good thing too....
I am so happy to know that. I can't believe that for years I've been touching a dirty computer and then touching my clean penis. I could be transferring germs from my computer to my penis without even knowing it.
I completely believe this. I have a coworker that has a 3 year-old cup of coffee that he keeps on his desk. It's mighty furry. He jokes that it will cure cancer one day. :)
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I have noticed that my keyboard gets sticky most, right after I have visited thehun.com. Other than that, that 33mm stride is perfect.
from now on, onsite pc support should put on disposable latex gloves before typing or touching the mouse. For a real gas, put on surgical garb and scrub up before opening the case.
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Whoah, I read "anti-bacterial hand satanizer(tm)" for a moment there. Scary stuff.
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Exactly! And I don't know about you, but the fact that my immune system is capable of handling environments 400 times filthier than the average toilet seat makes me feel pretty damn studly. Now excuse me while I clean the john with my tongue.
There's one sign that gives away a dirty keyboard: half the keys being dark grey :(
They that quote Benjamin Franklin on liberty and safety deserve neither.
The same could be said about most system admins too.
Someone you trust is one of us.
Sure the bacteria isn't all coming from that big smelly hairy guy in the next cube who has the Princess Amidala screensaver?
It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
This is why I use a Keyboard Condom.
Sheesh, it seems like everything is dirtier than toilets nowadays...
Your kitchen cutting board has 200 times more fecal matter than the average toilet seat. Thats why I've started preparing all my meals in the bathroom, using the toilet seat for a cutting board instead (hey, its 200 times cleaner, right?)
Well, this article has convinced me. I'm going to dip my telephone in the toilet once a week for a good cleaning. No more germs for me.
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Dear God! Our poor little babies being babysat by the computers are catching bacterial infections from our filthy, filthy electronics!
Support the Child Online Cleanliness Act (COCA) to mandate child-safe bacterial filters on all library computers!
Stop the scourge of scurvy being brought home by your children using the same computer as some scuzzy homeless person!
Lord knows I always keep a box of handy-wipes by the computer for, um, cleanliness' sake.
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Reminds me of the wise George Carlin. Something to the effect of "I don't get sick, ya know why? Cause I used to swim in the Hudson river, covered in feces, and it builds up your immune system."
I guess it won't be that long until these bacteria start making those utterly pointless "first post" posts to Slashdot. Hell, they're probably already more mentally developed that most of those lamers..
I have to agree with (parts of) this post.
I have a strain of bacteria living along the outside edge of my bathroom sink that are resistant to everything I've thrown at them. I've gone so far as straight bleach and scrubbing with a toothbrush, and then rinsing the area thoroughly. "That'll get 'em this time," I always say. But sure enough, later that day, I see the thin familiar orange line of ogranic matter lining the edge of the sink.
I've just learned to live with them now. The tiny crevice they occupy hasn't gotten any larger in the last year that I've abstained from purposely attempting to obliterate them and so long as they don't mutate into a cockroach or Adam Sandler, they're fine with me.