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If you have used this you are immune to all disease.

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • cattywampas@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Contrary to popular belief, these don’t recycle the same length of cloth over and over. It goes from end to end l.

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    • Jojowski@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They are probably the most hygienic option for public bathrooms (until the towel runs out).

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      • hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        What about paper?

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    • ohellidk@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, then I think it’s washed and replaced.

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      • Almacca@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They still got pretty gross, though.

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    • BleatingZombie@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s true, but they just end up completely unwound on the ground. It also gets progressively more brown

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      • ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        There was a bar near me that still had one of these things until quite recently, and yeah it was always on the ground and gross and stuff. I just used a napkin the few times I went there.

        But then they had a fire and got rid of them. Now they have a freestanding roll of paper towel that’s always wet and falling on the floor which is much better…

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      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Can’t say I’ve experienced this a lot. I’ve seen it happen but those are exceptions. Even in public restrooms they’re kept in good condition.

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    • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The problem with them is that it’s up to the owner of the facility to make sure they are removed and cleaned in a timely manner, not simply re-rolled dirty towel, and the machine was in good repair and didn’t jam.

      Quite often that wasn’t the case, so you’d wind up with dirty towel recycling or stuck.

      Yes, this absolutely contributed to the spread of disease. No way it couldn’t. I had a family member in the medical field and said that the reason we didn’t see them anymore much past the ‘80s is because they were unhygienic thanks to the aforementioned issues.

      So it’s not really the fault of the towel, it’s the fact that people are cheap bastards and don’t keep things serviced, clean, and maintained. It’s better to grumble and shake your hands dry rather than continue to use a jammed, soiled towel machine.

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    • vaionko@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Who believes thar?

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      • dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Image

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  • salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Every bathroom in my high school had them… The worst was when they were jammed and you tried to dry your hands on the already sopping wet stuck section 🤢

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    • somewhiteguy@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That was the end of the roll. It wasn’t a continuous loop, just 100-ish feet of towel that they needed to wash periodically.

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      • salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Oh, there was that part, but there were also times when you could see that there was more but it just wouldn’t come out 😔

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    • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s why God invented clothes.

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  • DrBob@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Better than almost every other option.

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    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m learning from this thread that people have had bad experiences more from shit maintenance than anything else

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      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        but really, maintenance is a very key part of the design and if it’s ass to maintain then it’s just not good…
        What i generally see is stuff from companies whose whole business is selling “solutions”, you buy a container that is mounted on the wall and then you buy their bundles of tissue that you just slot into the container and close it back up.

        When i was working at a theme park they used a system that was fascinatingly well engineered, with tissue bundles that have packaging optimized to be trivial to open, containers that hold like 2-3 bundles at once so there’s a buffer between refills, and best of all the bundles have little velcro pads on the top and bottom so you just place it on top of the previous one and then when people pull out the last bit it automatically pulls out the start of the next bundle!

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  • JelleWho@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I hate those “dryers” who just blow it all straight into your face much more

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      the best driers just blow a large volume of slow moving hot air at your hands, so there’s no splashing and the moisture actually evaporates rather than being physically blown off the skin.

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      • Natanael@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        But not inwards like the not so hygienic Dyson ones.

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      • JelleWho@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Did you think about the part where left over germs are now being evaporated into the air and ready to be breath in?

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    • shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      and they dry my hands too much, i need my hands moist but not dripping, and there’s no such option

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      • dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Just don’t hold it under for so long…

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    • teuniac_@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And I thought I was the only person who had this problem! I have large hands, so lots of water splashes in my fave when using of these (•_•)

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    • hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They are soooooo noisy as well.

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  • Almacca@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The key to a healthy immune system is to give it lots of exercise.

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  • batmaniam@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I recently talked to someone who’s small family business was in their 3rd generation of making these. What they said is that there was a big market in south east Asia.

    Like we learned early covid, a lot of hygienic paper goods are made locally (not worth enough to ship), and they said that there just aren’t as many trees to make paper from there, so despite being very far away, this little family shop made and shipped these.

    The person I talked to wasn’t involved in the business directly, so they/I might have some of that wrong but I thought that was interesting. Like I guess it’s enough to keep them in business but probably not enough to attract new comers?

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    • SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Interesting. I’ve mostly seen them in the Nordic countries. (But then I haven’t had an opportunity to travel to SE Asia yet.)

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  • mechoman444@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not true. My 2 year old just started daycare a few months back and the missus and I have been sick constantly. We’ve had all kinds of weird viruses, sores, ulcers, cough and rash.

    My God. Daycares are biological warfare.

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    • Machinist@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Just wait until they start kindergarten.

      Hopefully your toilet is close enough to the tub or sink so you can puke out of both ends.

      Parenting is just wonderful.

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    • Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This was a problem when my daughter was in a private dayhome, but a licensed dayhome has been a much better experience. Seems like they actually prioritize hand-washing and other hygiene practices. My kid gets sick at about a tenth of the previous rate.

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    • PixellatedDave@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Don’t look up threadworms…

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  • altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Netherlands is the place where I’ve experienced these. I believe they are awesome.

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  • pjwestin@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m pushing 40 and I’ve only ever seen these in movies. I feel like they haven’t been in use since the 60s.

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    • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No I’m 50 and I’ve seen them, definitely wasn’t alive in the 60s.

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      • pjwestin@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        OK, so it sounds like they died out in the 70s?

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    • untorquer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I did see them around as a child millenial. Not totally uncommon in older and public buildings until early 2000’s. The airblade dryers seemed to come in right as the last of these were phased out.

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    • Natanael@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m a millennial that has seen them in Sweden, but probably at least for not a decade or more by now.

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    • Zenith@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m 38 and the racetrack near my childhood home had these, they were always damp

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    • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’d see them very rarely, and wipe my hands on the back of my trousers if they were in use.

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    • gerryflap@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m Dutch and I’be seem plenty of these over the years. I can’t remember where tho, probably university and maybe highschool. I feel like they’re (or were) quite common

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  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I only time I wash my hands in a public bathroom is if I get a substantial amount of shit on them.

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    • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I really expected better of you, SatansMaggotyCumFart.

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      • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You’re not the first person I’ve disappointed today.

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Which is what? Only 2-3 times a week? Tops? 🤷🏻‍♂️

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      • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m pretty careful so maybe two or three times a month.

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  • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They were ok, but could never get my arse really clean.

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  • diemartin@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Is that some kind of joke I’m too living-in-a-third-world-country to understand?

    (Honestly, no idea what that is. Is it some kind of towel?)

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    • Soapbox@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes. It’s a reusable towel system for drying hands in a public bathroom. It’s basically a really long roll of cloth that is supposed to get pulled down as its used and goes down into another rolld and washed and put back. I haven’t seen one in a really long time.

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      • diemartin@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ah, gotcha.

        Sounds totally hygienic /s

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  • Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    These were a feature up into the mid 80’s in some places around here. They were for the most part pretty hygienic on the first pass. It was the asshole who would rewind them that made them bad.

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  • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ve only seen these used in the movie 12 Angry Men. That movie feels so modern in many ways that when there’s a scene in the washroom and one of the character uses these, I’m reminded that the movie came out in 1957

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  • Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Only if you’re out of toilet paper.

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  • atlien51@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    For some reason this made me think of a parking ticket machine

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  • demizerone@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I once met a guy that went blind from drying his face with one of these at a truck stop.

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