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- 7of7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5People worry too much. If they just stopped taking antibiotics every time they got a bit of anything, their body would be able to deal with sickness much better.
- OneZeroZeroOne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Did you know that every time you flush the toilet, even if the lid is closed, it instantly sprays a fine aerosol mist of whatever was in the bowl over a fairly large area?
Quit worrying about what's on the door handle because you've already inhaled whatever's there. Unless you've just wiped the motherload, I wouldn't worry too much. - ninakin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@ 7of7 true that i don't take any meds and i have been sick once in the last 4+ years
- pkulak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Gee, good thing we have skin or all these germs could really make us sick. This is retarded; we're all turning into a bunch of Howard Hughs'.
- buss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1what really surprised me about those statistics is the concentration of germs on shopping cart handles!:
Shopping cart handles - 1100 CFU per 10 sq cm
compared to "just" 340 for Public toilet handles and door knobs.
I wash my hands after using the bathroom, but I've never thought of washing my hands after grocery shopping! I was just out grocery shopping last night and I bought a chocolate bar, which I ate without washing my hands, i think i'm going to go vomit...thanks. - bschweit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Seriously people.
Bush hand straps = Bus hand straps? Was it that hard to figure out!!! - mogebier, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I wondered why I was getting sick all the time.
I lick the mouses... er... mieces... er.... mousies..... every time I see one, no matter where it is.
I have a mouse fetish. - thenativeraver, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1what was that stuff martin sargent called? That stuff that detected jizz? they should try that out.
- giveer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Okay. Here's the grammar lesson for today for those who are bitching:
1) 'color' is the American spelling of 'colour'. They chose to spell that way. Let them. Sort of how they choose so say "Saint Lewis" for St. Louis, even though the person the city was named after is pronounced "saint Lou-eee". I don't know why, but they did. Fantastic. See how easy it is to not get all twisted in a knot about this?
2) Mouse is singular. Mice is plural. "Mouses" is used by some in confusion, but it is by no means a "proper" word anywhere.
HOWEVER....
Since the object is a single mouse, although referencing many, the Proper referencing word should be made by pluralizing it's article:
"I have many Mouse Devices"
-or-
"I have a collection of Mouse Optical Lenses"
-- you WOULDN'T say: "I have optical lenses from many mouses/mice"
There. - Strahd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"People worry too much. If they just stopped taking antibiotics every time they got a bit of anything, their body would be able to deal with sickness much better." -7of7
I agree that our immune systems shouldn't be too sheltered. However, needlessly exposing yourself to an active bacterial colony can make you violently sick or even kill you. A stupid kid in my college bio class licked a petri dish with an active colony of a relatively benign bacteria (yes, believe it or not, 95% of bacteria are completely harmless; they live on your skin right now as a matter of fact), and he got so sick he had to be hospitalized.
Frankly, it's not a bad idea to carry around a small bottle of that ethyl alcohol hand sanitizer. It could keep you from getting the flu or a terrible cold later. +Digg - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Mostof the bacteria was found under the mouse balls.
couldn't resist - Kitsune818, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You mean I shouldn't eat that stuff I occasionally scrape off the mouse rollers??
Seriously though.. what the hell is a Bush Strap?? - ultimathule, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Considering that most people don't wash their hands after they use the toilet, I'm not in the least bit surprised. It's nasty. It's why I won't touch the doorknob in the restroom at work.
So how do you enter the restroom?"
Just kick the door. - breadtech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0good to know.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0*Mouses* is correct
Many of you people are Americans, and ignorantly assume everyone must speak American English here. English speaking countries may have different grammar, spelling than the United States. Such ethnocentrism on Digg will not be tolerated.
Just because we're on the Internet here doesn't mean that we must all adhere to American English standards. That's a George W. Bush mentality.
It's "colour", not "color"..........it's "mouses" (in some english speaking countries), not "mice". This article is based on Australia, and the writer may be speaking a local dialect in which "mouses" may be proper. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Computer mouses found in cyber cafes have been ranked as the second most bacteria-infested items in a list of commonly touched objects."
The first being Courtney Love. - emlprime, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The antibiotic problem is one of escalation. It's the same with the gun problem and the car size problem. If some people use antibiotics and don't entirely kill their population, the germs that survive are the tolerant ones. Those germs are stronger and more resistant to antibiotics. (In the same sense that if larger cars receive less damage in accidents, it means people feel that the need to continue buying larger and larger cars to feel safe). I think @7of7's point is if none of us used antibiotics at all, some of us would get sick (some of us get sick anyway), but the germs wouldn't be as tough. I suspect antibiotics don't make things worse for the people taking the antibiotics, but it does make it worse for those who don't. It just makes things more expensive.
Also, any system which requires users to be perfect...well I just don't see how that's ever going to work. Communism would work if we were perfect. So people who use anti-biotics are apparently also communists. ;op - antdude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0We should start wearing disposable gloves. :)
- NeoCloud, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0does this come to a surprise to anyone?
- h0dg3s, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0jack1 said "I can feel my hands get all sticky while using my personal mouse ... I can imagine what's going on in cyber cafes.
PS: Keyboards have more bacteria than toilet seats."
What the hell are you doing with your mouse?
Btw, toilet seats should be relatively clean as you're not supposed to *****/piss on them. - aqualung, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Anyone know what "Bush hand straps" are?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0wow i always thought toilets were the worst
- sparkmonkeyz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I am not really so sure about this whole article, but i can beet that they are the most infected thing in my school
- 7of7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Frankly, it's not a bad idea to carry around a small bottle of that ethyl alcohol hand sanitizer. It could keep you from getting the flu or a terrible cold later
I'm not saying that washing hands is a bad idea, and licking lab samples of bacteria is certainly a bad idea. However, unless someone sneezes a really infectious disease onto a mouse, you really should be terribly afraid of the bacteria in public computer areas. Just make sure to always wash your hands before you eat with them. - teitoku, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm not worried. I own my own PC. No need to go grab all over a mystery PC.
- chrishill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0> 3. Bush hand straps - 380
they have hand straps now?! I'm obviously not hanging out with the right girls...
also
"Quoting statistics, the spokeswoman said that while more than 77 per cent of people were aware of the importance of washing hands, only 47.9 per cent actually bothered to wash them."
so, 52.1% of koreans dont wash their hands, and 23% of them dont have a clue that not washing your hands spreads germs? thats madness! - krg123, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1bush
buss - Pandaman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It reminds me of those keyboards/mice at the computer labs at college; they were disgusting.
- jk_baller23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What about the keyboard. I would think it would be worse then a mouse since you only use one hand while you use 2 on the keyboard. Anyway, makes me want to wipe down my keyboard, mouse, desk, etc. right now.
- davidhalsey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@ 7of7 if all of society stopped taking antibiotics halfway though their recommended dose we would have an epidemic on our hands.
- diggdeeznutz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0After a few cups of Java and a bran muffin like clockwork, I hit the can to drop the deuce. I always return back to using the mouse without washing. I didn't think I affected that many people.
- mikedpirone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Not surprised at all. I used to frequent a few internet cafes in the area when my friends and I would get the feeling to play some LAN games. Every time you touched one of to use mouses you could feel this strange greasy film on the mouse. It got to the point where I would use one of those moistened napkins on them before I would use them. Also to the guy who was wondering why the mouse is dirtier than a keyboard its because your hand usually spends more time on a mouse than it does on the keyboard, and you are only tapping the keys on a keyboard.
- Biker803, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0There was an almost identical story a few months ago about keyboards. Obviously you could apply the same idea to the mouse. Since it sits right next to the keyboard. The home office desk is getting more and more dirty all of the time. People need to make sure their hands are clean. Like, before they eat food, many people wash their hands (if they don't, they should). Same idea applys to the keyboard. You don't have to be as thorough about it, but I can't stand keyboards with crums and food and all of this other crap under the keys. Disgusting...
- diggerphelps, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The article is wrong.
The WORST thing you can touch in the world, bar none, is paper money. - thomashallock, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Buss Hand Straps". I think that's what they ment... that would seem consistent with the article.
- shiftless, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I go out and touch anything I want. Why? I wash my hands after.
/fearless - NicP, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0To all those that thing mouses isnt the plural of mice (when talking about a computer mouse NOT a rodent mouse):
pl. mice or mous·es (mousz) Computer Science. A hand-held, button-activated input device that when rolled along a flat surface directs an indicator to move correspondingly about a computer screen, allowing the operator to move the indicator freely, as to select operations or manipulate text or graphics. - digigal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Bunch of hypochondriacs! Germs are all over the place, even on your skin. GET OVER IT!
- xLiKx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0no surprise, look at the habits of most computer users out there...the things they do while browsing is disgusting. anti-bacterial hand gel is your best friend
- mojaam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeh, schools computer labs/library computers are so greasy that you can actually see it with your eyes.
- ClemsonDude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The Microsoft(R) Manual of Style for Technical Publications
(ed. Amanda Clark, Microsoft Press, 1995, ISBN 1-55615-939-0)
says: "Avoid using the plural mice; if you need to refer to more
than one mouse, use mouse devices."
Down with mouse devices, real men use trackballs. - mikedpirone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Actually "mouses" is not proper in any form of the English language, whether it is American English or true England English. The correct plural form for a computer mouse is mouse devices. I just checked it in Websters dictionary, so just because you can't use proper grammar don't bash Americans as an excuse. We get enough bashing about our retarded president.
- h3adstr0ng, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0can you say masturbate?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What about those toilet seat covers found in dispensors all over the place? Why not have a little "mouse cover"...............BAHAHAHAHA
If CSI ever looked at my perpherals, I'd be pretty embarressed - pnmerk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i wonder how casino chips would rank?
- bobb243, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0rofl @ 3. Bush hand straps - 380
- Minishark, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm reading this at a cybercafe computer.
- bigstinky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Cool ! I got to learn about words today. Can anyone give me a little help on "Moose" vs. "Mooses" ?
- kosibar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0My grocery store has these "SaniCart" things... how about SaniMouse? They're just these little disinfecting napkins in a "SaniCart" ... err... SaniMouse dispenser near the mouses. Wipe and click bacteria free!
Or you could just not disinfect your entire life and then your body will be able to handle a little bacteria here and there. (But maybe not as much as can be found on a mouse. I don't know.) -
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