• tourist@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Same. That lamp has absolutely been licked before. You don’t know by whom and you don’t know how recently. If you’re at least a tiny bit of a germaphobe, those statements should frighten you.

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      7 months ago

      The high salinity should take care of any bacteria in short order. It may not be clean, but there ain’t no bacteria on it!

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      7 months ago

      tiny bit of a germaphobe

      iirc salt is a has antimicrobial properties. So if anything, then licking that salt, will reduce the germs in your mouth. So a true germaphobe would be all over that lamp

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      If you’re a germaphobe then surely you should know that 100% salt is enough to yeet literally any microorganism to the back of beyond; in fact anything over 30% is

      That lamp is more hygienic than your dinner plate, more than the inside of any food package and infinitely more than your hands even after you’ve just washed them