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Double Dipping is worse than you think!

news.yahoo.com — Keep an eye on the salsa this Super Bowl Sunday: A researcher inspired by a famous "Seinfeld" episode has concluded that double dipping is just plain gross.

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  • debbiemae, on 02/02/2008, -49/+11I think we should quit being so paranoid. "What you fear the most will come upon you"
    How have we survived so long without all this info? C'mon the Indians lived here for centuries drinking the water from lakes and streams. Ask the Lord to BLESS what you eat and drink, and if you BELIEVE...HE will do it. PERIOD.
    • FrostyFire, on 02/02/2008, -11/+4Exactly......people do a lot of making out without whining about it.
    • Rheic, on 02/02/2008, -5/+18You scare me.
    • legendxx, on 02/02/2008, -5/+14wtf
    • lex0nyc, on 02/02/2008, -5/+24The Indians also (A) didn't dump dioxin into their lakes and streams, (B) were isolated from foreign bacteria that is so present in our world thanks to large human migrations in the 15th to 20th centuries (i.e. all their germs were the same whereas if you go to a party in New York City, you're in contact with bacteria that has come from all the corners of the Earth), and (C) expecting God to save you from every day challenges is idiotic.
      • Ranvier, on 02/02/2008, -13/+9Perfect, and to go even further, expecting God to do anything is idiotic.
      • elfprince13, on 02/02/2008, -0/+7you also don't get dioxins from someone else's mouth germs
      • po43292, on 02/03/2008, -3/+1The earth doesn't have corners.
        • lex0nyc, on 02/03/2008, -0/+3Sure it does, they're just not the corners of simple geometric shapes.
        • Dundasbro, on 02/03/2008, -2/+6Sure it does, and i'm going to stab you with one for being a pedantic dick.
        • skidooer, on 02/03/2008, -0/+2I stabbing someone with a corner of the earth more or less dangerous than sharing a double dipping dip?
        • Synova, on 02/03/2008, -1/+2Wrong! The bible says there are "four corners of the earth" therefore I'm going to ignore all scientific evidence and maintain my earth is flat theory.
      • rnwen2750, on 02/03/2008, -1/+2And (D) were not in the Americas.
    • bugsy187, on 02/02/2008, -2/+26Say I have oral herpes and I double dip. Then I ask the lord to bless the salsa, as you say. Would you eat it?
    • debuggercll, on 02/02/2008, -0/+4This rule does not apply to sex.
    • linagee, on 02/02/2008, -2/+8"Double dipping is like kissing everyone at the party." HOT!
  • iRoy, on 02/02/2008, -4/+96People are extremely paranoid about this... Those same bacteria in your mouth also do a good job at fighting off foreign bacteria.

    Well unless someone has a cold sore, then everyones day is *****. Gross.
    • mithrasinvictus, on 02/02/2008, -2/+19Next time you need a flu shot, just ask a stranger to spit into your mouth. Same difference, right?
    • wcarolyn, on 02/03/2008, -1/+8Nobody cares about bacteria; it's the viruses that are causing the concern. One of the most common one is the spread of cold sores. Usually it's OK to double dip, but you should not double dip if you do not know who you're sharing the dip with or if you're sharing with sick people.
    • ChronicColonic, on 02/03/2008, -4/+13Two girls shared one cup once and everything was o... oh yeah, they got sick.
    • hipnotyq, on 02/03/2008, -1/+5YOU DIPPED IT, YOU TOOK A BITE, AND YOU DIPPED AGAIN!
    • Rocketbird, on 02/03/2008, -1/+3Right, and all it said was that it transferred 10,000 bacteria. Alone, it seems like a big number. But how much bacteria do we have in our mouth? How much would a q-tip swab pick up?
      • hitokiri808, on 02/03/2008, -0/+2How much bacteria is on a persons hand holding the chip? What about when people touch other chips in the bowl or bag?

        People worry too much about bacteria nowadays. 10k out of billions we encounter daily is chump change.
    • GOVStooge, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1Double dipping has nothing to do with it. The fist dip lays down just as much bacteria. As long as people aren't licking the chip soggy then dipping you should get over the OCD ways that are destroying our ability to fight off anything.
  • AccuraCast, on 02/02/2008, -4/+183Breathing regular air is even more dangerous..... so why not live in an oxygen tent, bleach your skin, make your nose fall off and hang your children over the balcony....
    • borninda818, on 02/02/2008, -17/+3digg me down if you must but I have to say it...LMFAO!
    • wcarolyn, on 02/03/2008, -4/+4Because many viruses die in the air. Double dipping can spread cold sores.
  • farmboymdp, on 02/02/2008, -6/+12510,000 bacteria? Out of what, trillions? Enjoy my spit, losers.
    • FatPhizzle, on 02/02/2008, -1/+8I agree with your statement. At one point in the article the researcher said that he didn't think he would get an amount of bacteria that was traceable but instead got 10000 bacteria. How much was that untraceable amount of bacteria? Was it 20, 1000, 4000, 7000?? It would be more effective if we had another number to compare the 10000 bacteria with.
    • LBobRife, on 02/02/2008, -0/+7Yeah i read that article a few days ago. Saw a news report on the ***** too. I'm sitting here thinking " only 10,000? That seems a little low for a bacteria count."
      Hell, I wonder what the results are when you don't dip from the same side you took the bite from. I usually rotate my chip.
      Even so, like said above, bacteria isn't necessarily bad for you. This just seems like sensationalist garbage.
      • Condoulo, on 02/02/2008, -0/+1hah. To even add to your statement about rotating your chip, I just usually break the chip into smaller pieces to dip.
        • KloroFormd, on 02/03/2008, -0/+3Then you're no longer double-dipping.
    • Ranvier, on 02/02/2008, -0/+0I would like to know how big their dip samples were, first and foremost. If they were small 10,000 wouldn't be "nothing," however, if this is an average size bowl of dip that you'd see at a party, it is virtually "nothing."

      Either way though, I wouldn't touch any of the food at the party. That's disgusting.
    • jeff419, on 02/02/2008, -0/+3Kind of off topic but if you think about it nothing is really ever clean. Those "antibiotic" soaps you use only kill 99.9% of germs. That means one out of every thousand lives (usually the meanest ones). Only missing 1/1000 doesn't seem so bad until you consider that there are millions if not billions of germs on everything.
    • urworstdaydream, on 02/03/2008, -0/+4It's over 9000!!!!!!!!
    • dealseeker, on 02/03/2008, -0/+1That invitation you got to my Super Bowl party? Lose it.
  • christopherRB, on 02/02/2008, -5/+17Sheesh, it takes research to figure that out?
  • blooby, on 02/02/2008, -19/+9I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels the same about this. Even if it's not dangerous, it's still not nice. When I see someone do it I won't use the dip.
    • Kakemonster, on 02/02/2008, -6/+4You wont use it? WEIRDO!
    • Klisk, on 02/02/2008, -10/+8I double dip just to ***** people like you off... No offense. I just think it's silly to be so paranoid over, well, pretty much nothing honestly.
      • blooby, on 02/02/2008, -2/+6I'm not paranoid - I just don't think it's nice or considerate.
        • Klisk, on 02/02/2008, -9/+1My parents never did teach me etiquette.
    • kanabiis, on 02/02/2008, -3/+4Good more dip for me.... do you really think that hot dog or hamburger you just fixed yourself was cooked in a clean room with anti bacterial precautions, dream on, it was probably cooked by a half drunk slob who just shoved a hand full of chips in his mouth and wiped his hands off on his jeans..... or worse, licked clean first.... but whatever......
      • blooby, on 02/02/2008, -0/+7Out of sight, out of mind
        • whahaa, on 02/03/2008, -0/+0you could run for president with that kind of logic.
        • empty521, on 02/03/2008, -0/+0then keep it in mind!
          also, think about that meat is 2/3 months old
          but sheesh! out of mind!
  • OdepiTy, on 02/02/2008, -2/+29How about the double dip from Seinfeld? hahah
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P7pr5whWR4
    • jimmick, on 02/03/2008, -0/+2This, IS the double dip from Seinfeld.
      Learn to read thanks
  • thethink, on 02/02/2008, -2/+5Double dipping is more deadly than DWI, it would seem.
  • SmilinBob82, on 02/02/2008, -1/+8First off, I am somewhat surprised that someone actually did a study on this. Next they'll be doing a study of the effects of cold water on male genitalia...
    Also I was somewhat surprised they found that much bacteria transfer. I was under the assumption that when you double dipped, any of the salsa that touched the part of the chip that was "contaminated" would just have been removed by the chip. Either way, 10,000 bacteria isn't that much. You can get more than that just by touching a door handle.
    • Ranvier, on 02/02/2008, -0/+0From the looks of it, it's undergrad research, so it's not the most advanced you'll find.
    • RaDeus, on 02/02/2008, -0/+0well you dont open the door with your mouth... so unless you have skinless hands its just not the same...
    • exomni, on 02/02/2008, -0/+3"I WAS IN THE POOL!!"
  • IgWannA, on 02/02/2008, -4/+27double dipping is for amateurs. the professional nacho eater gets it right the first time.
    • s3Canuck, on 02/02/2008, -11/+1Err... no? It's called being polite. And you just don't dip with nachos..
  • greenlight2001, on 02/02/2008, -1/+44Everyone realizes that when we're born we have basically a sterile gut right? And we get that bacteria after birth from basically consuming mom's feces, either on the way out, or from her skin (and then through the rest of our lives from other people in various ways). Without this bacteria, we'd die. We are MADE to consume bacteria. It;s been going on for a LONG time. It's not as big of a deal as everyone makes it out to be. As long as your not going crazy and licking everyone's asshole, you have a low risk of permanent long term effects. Double dipping contamination is low risk.
    • skyfire1, on 02/02/2008, -12/+2I dugg you down because that was disgusting.
      • macweirdo42, on 02/02/2008, -0/+10Life is disgusting, yes. Don't like it, maybe you should think about changing your state of existence.
      • techlyc, on 02/02/2008, -0/+3moral relativity is retarded. what makes it disgusting? because the majority of the people in your culture say so - even though we are designed to handle it, and benefit from it?
    • FoxDiller, on 02/02/2008, -5/+1I digg because 7 out of 10 politicians lick assholes.
      • Disease, on 02/03/2008, -0/+1Way to bring politics into a discussion about double dipping.
    • thejuggernawt, on 02/02/2008, -0/+1....

      *****.
    • wolfkeeper, on 02/03/2008, -1/+4Actually, no, when the acid starts to be secreted in your stomach after a very young age, the route to pick up bacteria gets blocked off- bacteria has a really, really hard time making it through. And any low numbers of bacteria that do, finds the bacteria that got through when you were young entrenched there, and has a stupildy hard time getting any permanent foothold.

      Basically, the bacteria you get as a baby lasts you your whole life; only changes if you go on antibiotics.
      • debbiemae, on 02/03/2008, -1/+2Nice to see someone has a brain and uses it! kudos!
  • dannybito, on 02/02/2008, -10/+2Dont be pussies! Double Dip!
  • maximusss, on 02/02/2008, -13/+21 Dip Once
    2 Double Dip
    3 ???
    4 Profit!
  • Hindu_Wardrobe, on 02/02/2008, -0/+23Tomorrow is going to be a bad, bad day for obsessive-compulsives.
  • Yanaran, on 02/02/2008, -0/+54"I like to say it's like kissing everybody at the party"

    I'm in.
    • einstevo, on 02/02/2008, -0/+1ok aside from the "that is awesome" response, it seems like a ridiculous, casual remark on the professors part to say that micrograms of spit from your lips deposited from a double dip chip, into dip, and then back into another person's mouth is the same thing as locking lips. It can't be the same...
    • passedoutghost, on 02/03/2008, -1/+2Wait, even the guys?
  • noeyesface, on 02/02/2008, -0/+48God forbid my immune system be strengthened by exposure necessary for LIFE!
  • kanabiis, on 02/02/2008, -0/+10With all the danger, why has noone died of double dipping yet?

    Wonder what the results of a similar study after a french kiss, or a drink off someone elses soda bottle, or sharing food with other parties at your dinner table....

    More FUD and Hyperbole.

    Do these people have no idea how the human immune system really works? It only gets stronger when introduced to foreign 'threats'. The more you shield yourself from 'harmful' bacteria, the more harmful it actually becomes. Lets not bring biology into the discussion though, that would be illogical.

    Reminds me of the George Carlin bit, when he discusses the fact that he didn't get sick as a child, because he swam in the Hudson River, or as he put it, Raw Sewage, which made his immune system so strong he has super immune system.
    Always cracks me up when I hear it.
    • Rapter09, on 02/02/2008, -0/+1George Burns, man.
      George Burns.
      Do everything wrong in life, and still live to be 101 and get all the ladies.
    • techlyc, on 02/02/2008, -0/+2That George Carlin routine is from You Are All Diseased in 2000, where he does an amazing analysis of airport/airline security/safety - about a year and change before 9/11.

      Anyway, the best line from his immune system rant is about how when he "drops a sandwich, he PICKS IT UP, and he EATS IT!!! Even if it was a dirt floor .... at a sidewalk cafe in Calcutta.... on New Year's Morning during a soccer riot!!" "When some supervirus comes along that turns your organs into liquid *****, hes gonna be fine, because his immune system can handle it - because it has practice!!"

      I can attest to this - I worked in a pharmacy for two years - got sneezed and coughed on and everything... I HAVE NOT BEEN SICK IN FOUR YEARS!!!

      Sucks because when I call in sick to work now, they call BS. :(
  • antigirl, on 02/02/2008, -1/+18What if I WANT to kiss everybody at the party?
  • Phillyzero, on 02/02/2008, -0/+25So...the picture has a caption: "This photo illustration shows tortilla chips and salsa, in New York, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008..."
    Glad I know that.
  • jnnycakes, on 02/02/2008, -3/+7I swear I saw a different study that concluded double dipping was fine and it did not add a great amount of bacteria to the dip. Believe whichever you want, I guess.
    • eohano, on 02/03/2008, -0/+410,000 is not a "great amount of bacteria." They're just trying to scare all the uneducated sheeple.
      • hitokiri808, on 02/03/2008, -0/+2Indeed 10,000 is chump change compared to ordinary exposure. I'm sure public keyboards, doorknobs etc have billions.
  • CheeseburgerBro, on 02/02/2008, -1/+49If you can't handle the bacteria from the occasional double-dipped bowl, see your doctor: you have AIDS.
  • S2000, on 02/02/2008, -8/+0Two terms of Bush in office, I think we know how bad double dipping can be.
  • EvilFerret, on 02/02/2008, -0/+19Grow some ***** balls. I'm sick of people getting pussified from these *studies*. We're getting to the point where people are too ***** afraid of drinking from the same glass these days. Guess what? Talking to somebody face to face is transmitting bacteria/germs ect as well. The rate we're going, everybody is going to want to live in ***** bubbles 50yrs from now.
    I don't double dip, because I know how to get my chip right the first time. However if I see some n00b chip dipper needing to double up on his *****, I'm not going to say anything.
  • Sroek, on 02/02/2008, -5/+11It's not about bacteria. When I dip a sauce, I only want that sauce, not ***** saliva.
    • kanabiis, on 02/02/2008, -7/+1Who the ***** do you eat with, Sammy the sprinkler? If the people you eat with are having trouble keeping excess spit in their mouth when they eat, maybe you should stop eating with them.....
      • Sroek, on 02/02/2008, -1/+4Yes, but double dipping is gluttonous and inconsiderate. A food item almost always requires one dip if you know how to do it correctly.
    • EXreaction, on 02/02/2008, -3/+3I assume you grow absolutely all of your food at home, are a complete vegetarian, and live by yourself. Otherwise a little saliva is the least of your worries.
    • eohano, on 02/03/2008, -0/+3Because as soon as you put it into your mouth, there DEFINITELY wont be any saliva there.
    • GOVStooge, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1Double dipping is fine. People that lick a chip soggy then dip is not.
  • 3amboo, on 02/02/2008, -5/+0ewwwww man to man kissing fest on superbowl sunday
    • FoxDiller, on 02/02/2008, -2/+1I'd start to enjoy football if that was the case...don't tease me bro. :(
    • EXreaction, on 02/02/2008, -1/+4You're the one who thought about it.
  • jotatmo, on 02/02/2008, -2/+1ha ha! "kissing everybody at a party"
  • D3koy, on 02/02/2008, -3/+6What is "double dipping"? simply dipping the same chip back in the dip after taking a bite, or dipping once then licking off the dip and doing it again...The way you guys are bitching I'd have to guess it's the latter...which I've never seen anyone do ever...
    • vpshockwave, on 02/02/2008, -0/+6Who the ***** licks the dip off a chip?
      • mhaus, on 02/02/2008, -0/+3that was the point.
      • passedoutghost, on 02/03/2008, -0/+0Damn...i guess I shouldn't say anything then huh?
  • pradador, on 02/02/2008, -1/+4I just flip the chip around if I feel the need to double dip. There's usually 3 sides to them so one is to hold, one is to bite, and one is for second dip.

    But more often than not, it's a one-bite kinda deal.
  • ddotccDPU, on 02/02/2008, -1/+4Why does anyone need to DD? I just put enough salsa on to eat it in one go...
  • arevolutionof1, on 02/02/2008, -7/+5If you double dip, you might as well just spit or cough, or as in the Seinfeld episode, put your mouth in the dip. It's a matter of consideration for other people eating with you. Just as you wouldn't do any of those things, you shouldn't double dip. If you do you're uncultured and barbaric. It's that simple. Want to double dip, get a saucer, spoon some dip on it and keep your spit to yourself.
  • JPOnion, on 02/02/2008, -0/+2Sloppy seconds?
  • Ica7us, on 02/02/2008, -1/+0well if you get 10,000 bacteria from a single double dip think about how gross it is to make out with that cute girl that you met a moment ago. OMG WHAT IF SHE DIPPED AFTER A DOUBLE DIPPER?! THAT'D BE SUPER GROSS!!!
    meh. I'd rather kiss the girl.
  • 7Towers, on 02/02/2008, -4/+3I put my hand up on your hip
    when i dip you dip we dip
    you put your hand up on my hip
    when you dip i dip we dip
    you put yours and i put mine
    and we can dip down low and roll and grind
  • gridbread, on 02/02/2008, -0/+1Eh, I don't buy it, I recently watched a news segment that detailed research which argues against this article.
    Might be one of those things that gets tossed back and forth about whether or not it's healthy.
  • RaDeus, on 02/02/2008, -3/+0ive never seen anyone dubbel-dip before but if i see it im going to walk up and spit them in the face...
    its the same thing... or its worst...
    • reevz23, on 02/03/2008, -0/+0I never seen anyone DUBBEL-DIP before either.
  • solarisom, on 02/02/2008, -1/+2This isn't that gross considering that bacteria outnumbers our cells 10:1 and these are benign strains that either don't harm us, or protect us from malicious bacteria and digest things we couldn't otherwise.
  • exomni, on 02/02/2008, -1/+4Whatever happened to breaking the chip in half?

    Okay, I admit it: I'm quite OCD.
  • timothy333, on 02/02/2008, -1/+0What a load of rubbish story, people are dying on this planet of food shortage and we waste our time reading about double dipping chips. It'll be different in the future, yeah right.
  • SLockhart, on 02/02/2008, -0/+4Exposure to small amounts of bacteria builds immunity. This article is FUD.
  • exomni, on 02/02/2008, -1/+1Peter Mehlman is a genius.
  • myfilthyheart, on 02/03/2008, -1/+0tch!
  • Papajohn56, on 02/03/2008, -0/+1Ah yes, my University, Clemson. Leading the world in Seinfeldian Research.
  • pudgyv, on 02/03/2008, -2/+110K bacteria from a double dip. Kissing must be very dangerous and coont lapping instantly fatal! Get these 'studies' out of my face.
  • jerkfaceirl, on 02/03/2008, -1/+1Am I the only one that thought this was about sex?
    I've been on-line too long...
    • ubernerd845, on 02/03/2008, -0/+2Ewwww gross. "Double dipping" in a sexual way!??!? "STDs - Collect them all!™". Lol.
  • DickyT83, on 02/03/2008, -0/+1George would be ***** if he read this article.
  • Sroek, on 02/03/2008, -1/+1Seriously, if you need to double dip your chips, you eat like a pussy.

    All I need is one dip and one bite.
  • Mariachi94, on 02/03/2008, -0/+2You dip the way you want to dip, I’ll dip the way I want to dip.
    • tehknotte, on 02/03/2008, -0/+1well if you were at someone else's party, that would be rude
  • tehknotte, on 02/03/2008, -3/+1I didn't expect to see so many people be like "its not that big a deal bro let me keep dipping please". come on. it is disgusting. dip once. why do you even need to dip twice. don't be a selfish lardass and take over bowls of dip.
  • zephyyr, on 02/03/2008, -0/+0dugg! for great justice!
  • dealseeker, on 02/03/2008, -0/+1"A researcher inspired by a famous 'Seinfeld' episode" != "relevant journalism"
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