Do you follow the 5 second rule?

[MementoMori777]

Do you do it or no?

For the ones that don't know what that is, 5 second rule is when food falls on the floor and you pick it up and eat it within 5 seconds before too much bacteria gets on it, I know people know the science doesn't really work like that but I'm sure it don't stop all of y'all soo...5 second rule? 😂

[Massageman]

Depends on the food. Processed snacks, nuts, etc. not really a problem. Heck, when you bring them to a beach or a picnic, heaven only knows what is falling on them and people eat them anyway. The mushier, "purer" stuff I will just wipe and toss. Also, "hard shell" items such as M&M's, hard candy, etc just get brushed off and used. And yes, I have read the science and am aware that in most studies anything that will be transferred to the food HAS been transferred to the food within the first second or two.

Depends on the surface. If it's outside on the driveway, no, that will get tossed. We are constantly wiping/mopping up our kitchen, so as long as the new puppy hasn't pottied there recently, should be "comparatively non-poisonous".

Bonus: Foods with vinegar in them (slaw, pickles, salad dressings, just plain vinegar on cucumber slices, etc.) or mayo (since it has vinegar, too) are safer to keep at room temp for a few hours when serving them at you Memorial Day BBQ, then those food without the vinegar.

[FunkyMonkee]

It depends on how dirty the floor is and how sloppy the food is. The sloppier it is, the more likely it's GONNA pick up hair and dirt when you get it off the floor so, that gets pitched! Here next to my bed, the floor is pretty clean and the only stuff I eat here is stuff like potato chips, popcorn, nuts, candy so, I really don't care how long it's on the floor, I'll still pick it up and eat it because you've got antibodies whose job it is to kill any foreign "invaders" and, if they don't get any practice, they won't be able to do their job as well!! So, I'm not really all that worried about bacteria. Let the antibodies deal with it.

[MementoMori777]

Yea I feel ya lol

[FunkyMonkee]

Y'know, how much dirt is gonna get onto a potato chip after landing on a pretty clean carpet? If it gets any, I'll scrape it off.
My grandmother used to clean out the fridge once a month and throw it all into a huge pot to make stew out of it. If something in it had mold on it, she'd scrape off the mold and put the rest into the stew and feed that to her family! Almost every one of them lived well into their 80's!! Uncle Richmond drowned when he was 12 and uncle Chuce died in his `70's from a heart attack. Grandpap was at least in his late 70's when his heart attacked him. Uncle Howard was in his early 80's, Wally was 93, Edwin was 94, Grandma was 94, dad was 81 (he looked 61!!), Shirley was in her mid to late 80's.

[MementoMori777]

They had monstrous immune systems 💪😎

[FunkyMonkee]

See?

[RingOfFire]

"next to my bed, the floor is pretty clean"

So you never walk on it in shoes that have been outside stepping on the remnants of animal excrement and unknown contaminants that you cannot even see?

[FunkyMonkee]

@RingOfFire Possibly but, I've been doing this for a few years and I'm still alive!

[RingOfFire]

Kid of reminds me of the one...
"I plan to live forever. So far so good!"

[FunkyMonkee]

@RingOfFire I plan to stick around at least another 60 years.

[OldWomanBySoul]

Depends where I'm at/ if it's my apartment then the floor is pretty damn clean and it could be on the floor for 20 seconds I'd still it eat it (obviously depends what food it is). In public spaces, fuck no. In my mom's back yard on the ground? I've eaten worse thing from there that aren't food so for food 5 to 10 seconds won't do shit and few ants aren't much to flick off. At friends House? Probably not

[MementoMori777]

Fair enough, best way to test your immune system is the 5 second rule lol

[OldWomanBySoul]

My immune system can take anything, I grew up on the countryside and I ate anything that existed as a toddler lmao. No bugs, spiders, worms or old food was off limits as long as I managed to eat it before my parents could take it away lmao

[MementoMori777]

Damn so you were a taste tester as a toddler? 😂

[OldWomanBySoul]

Oh yeah and my stomach was basically a black hole. Anything that I could get my hands on was fair game lol

[MementoMori777]

Lol.

[Genie23]

Ewwwww!!! Never!! I don't even eat if something falls on the kitchen platform even if I clean the kitchen platform 2-3 times everyday. Anything that gets dropped, I lose interest in eating it.

[MementoMori777]

I figured you wouldn't, for some reason the fact that you call the floor a platform just gives that away 😂

[Genie23]

I didn't call floor a platform!! I was talking about the marbel thingy where you keep your gas stove, microwave and stuff, lol. 😅 But yeah! My floor gets cleaned everyday even couple of times a day with lizol. The cleaning lady cleans it in the morning while I clean it again in the evening if I keep the windows and balcony completely open and see bit of dust forming already, lol. So, even after the floor has just been cleaning and I drop it, I still feel icky because we still walk on the floor even if the slippers are washed everyday. Kitchen platform feels cleaner but it's my fear of bacteria that stops me from putting anything that's been dropped to eat, lol

[MementoMori777]

I guess just thinking about the bacteria can stop someone from putting it in their mouth but was it always like this or ever since the Corona virus? Lol

Cause I know many people got traumatized by that virus and now they can't live without hand sanitizer 😆

[Genie23]

No, I have been like this for over 15 years now 😭 My mum have always been very strict when it comes to cleanliness. So, she would make sure everything was super clean and spotless and from a very young like since I and my siblings were toddlers. She would make sure we would clean out hands and feets thoroughly very often before we get on bed and even make sure our feet were cleaned before we entered the home from school. I used to chuckle, make fun of her obsession with cleanliness before I realised I have become like her or worse, lol.

That was the only time of my life when people didn't find it amusing that I was wiping everything with sanitizers and washing hands so often for at least 1 minute. 🤣

[MementoMori777]

So I guess the word we are looking for here is germophobe, but there's nothing wrong with wanting to have clean surroundings, the thing is getting all those sanitizing products 😆

[Genie23]

Not just germaphobe, if you move things big far away from each other. Let's say you move books or jars away from each other or keep it in weird orders, I can't relax 😭

[Genie23]

It is a problem when you spend an hour extra cleaning the place around you. Just imagine how many hours a year I waste on cleaning myself and everything around me 🤣

[MementoMori777]

So you are a perfectionist? I think that's what it is but either ways at least you keep things tidy, maybe too tidy but still, clean is a good thing, now the time you use to keep things tidy, that's different, I'm sure you spend a lot of time 🤣

[Genie23]

Exactly. You described that perfectly..🤣🤣😫 The only time I don't pay much attention to when I'm playing video games, lol

[MementoMori777]

I actually forgot for a second that you were cool like that, you play video games and the fact that you don't pay attention to it while you play shows video games can be a temporary cure lol

[Genie23]

Lol! Yeah, we talked so much so I don't really expect you to remember everything I tell you. But yeah! It's definitely a cure especially playing against my brothers. 🤣

[MementoMori777]

Yep I do remember your humor tho, and that you make yourself laugh as well, which I still find funny, but yea I do forget things quite often but this was something I didn't 😂

[Genie23]

Oh yes! The comments I pass during movies especially sad movies and crack myself up. I'm surprised you remember that 🤣 Honestly, laughing at myself is also the best coverup when my clumsiness makes me fall at random places, in weirdest positions and weirdest moments/times 🤣🤣🤣

[MementoMori777]

It's a unique feature, it's not easy to forget but either ways laughing at yourself is a good technique to fight awkwardness and even embarrassment, I use this technique as well but to see it on on a woman it's quite refreshing I gotta say lol

[Genie23]

That's the effect of having many brothers, I guess, lol. See, we were meant to be acquaintance so we could chuckle at the similarities, Chris 🤣

[MementoMori777]

Indeed, looks like making fun of what we see on TV is something we share in common, I do sometimes wonder how making fun of the TV looks from the third perspective, I must look like a maniac 😂

[Leapfrog00]

If the floor is somewhat clean, maybe. Depends on what it is that falls too. If it's French fries or shrimp I'm putting in a fryer and one falls, I toss it. If it's a candy bar, I might still eat it if the floor isn't dirty.

The floors where I live are filthy, so I would never do it here. I scrub these floors every day but they are that concreate tiling, so it's not much different than the cocreate on the sidewalk outside.

[MementoMori777]

Damn, you should get some tiles bro

[AviatorTom]

Depends on the floor. If the floor is basically clean, I often pick up the food that dropped and eat it. Otherwise, I don't.
It also depends on the food. This rule only applies to dry foods like cookies, candy or toast, not wet foods like soup or mashed potatoes.

[MementoMori777]

Of course, wet foods would be mutted lmao

[RingOfFire]

It is a funny rule which is more about the humorous way the mind works than the science. This in no way assures the food will be safe to eat. It IS possible that the longer the contact with the contaminated surface the less contamination the food can absorb. Part of that depends on the properties of the contaminant and the food itself. So in that sense it isn't totally absurd. But the instant the food hits the contaminated surface it may become contaminated itself. There is nothing magic about 5 seconds nor does that rule ensure you won't be eating contaminated food.

[Fromdusktilldawn]

thats a stupid rule and even got debunked numerous times. You can't avoid it getting contaminated with some dirt particles or bacteria. Depending on where it fell and what food it is, its completely safe to just pick it up brush the dirt off. For example if its pizza that fell into the sand on a beach, forget it, if your takaway pasta falls on the ground in a public restroom, forget it, if its a sandwhich that fell on on an asphalt walkway its pretty safe and you can just brush off some dirt.

[yallxisxtrippin]

The 5 second rule is false. Bacteria will transfer instantly. Whatever bacteria that lands on it will multiply exponentially in minutes. It's probably not harmful in many if not most cases, but still every bit as gross as it would be if you waited 5 seconds.

[MementoMori777]

I'll take that as a no then

[BrookeAZ90]

Yep. The impact of it falling from a height is the problem. Nothing else is going to get on it because it sits there for a few more seconds. And there's no such thing as a clean floor.

[jennifer_bloom]

I do not unless I drop it at my home and it's a dry thing like roasted dried peas. If there is oil on it I will throw it out. Same if I drop it in a public place or at somebody's house.

[MementoMori777]

Home is what I was referring too, I can't think of a single soul that would do it anywhere else 😂

[purplepoppy]

I would but the dog gets there in 3 seconds.

[MementoMori777]

Finessed 😂

[exitseven]

[MementoMori777]

Lmao

[RingOfFire]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[JustinTheGreat]

Yeah lol

i don’t give a fuck. if something falls on the ground then I will rinse or blow it off. I’m not worried about it, I’m not wasting food

[MementoMori777]

Even if there's hair on it? 😂

[JustinTheGreat]

Then I’ll just pick the hair off 😭 luckily I don’t live with pets or anything so I don’t have to worry about things being coated in hair

[MementoMori777]

Bruh hair finds its way into your home I'm sure 😂

[JustinTheGreat]

I mean yeah like long hairs sure, but I don’t have to worry about things getting coated in little hairs, yanno? 😭
If I did pick something up and there was a lot of hairs that I couldn’t get off then yeah I wouldn’t eat it

[MementoMori777]

I'm sure you'd find a way to get all the hairs off and still eat it lol

[Yannishka]

No these fails are unacceptable. I would smack it out of your hand of you tried! I will make a new one for you.

[MementoMori777]

Lol I'll take that as a no 😂

[Spongebobssocks]

No once it hits the floor i'll throw it out.. Evan tho I keep it spotless where I live

[MementoMori777]

Then you must not keep it so spotless and you know it 😂

[Spongebobssocks]

naaaaah am a clean freak! but the floor is not a plate😂😅

[MementoMori777]

If it was spotless like a plate, it could work as a plate 😂

[Spongebobssocks]

well well it could but it would? That's the real question😂

[MementoMori777]

Ask the cats and dogs, they seem to make it work 😂

[Spongebobssocks]

hahaha yeah but i'm human😂

As soon as you drop something on the floor and a cat/dog is in the house they will run towards it like they in the wild😄

[MementoMori777]

Like when we see something we like we don't run to go and buy it, I don't see your point 😂😂

Nah foreal tho I was joking lol

[Spongebobssocks]

lol i know i got that😂 clearly u follow the rule tho😆

[MementoMori777]

Kids in Africa are starving 🥺

[Spongebobssocks]

😂 sure..

[Nikki1989]

No, once it hits the floor, it becomes dog food.

[MementoMori777]

Fair enough lol

[SaoirseS]

The "five second rule" is utter nonsense.

[MementoMori777]

😟😟😟

[BoopBoopBeep]

All you need is 5 seconds! Wait what are we talking about?

[MementoMori777]

Lol.

[Simslover92]

I keep my floors pretty clean so I will on occasion depending on what it is.

[MementoMori777]

Sounds legit 😂

[DryGermanGuy]

One really has to wonder how bad an education system is that produces such idiots… 🙄

[MementoMori777]

No need to get salty about it, take a chill pill 😂

[BrookeAZ90]

Nope. Once it hits the floor it's dead to me.

[MementoMori777]

Shouldn't it depend on the food? Lol

[AltGirl20]

I sometimes honor this rule.. but not always

[MementoMori777]

Well if it got hair and crumbs, I wouldn't expect you too lol

[AltGirl20]

you caught me

[MementoMori777]

Lol.

[Mimi_758]

Nah i do not if it falls on the ground i give it to my dog or cat to eat it so i dont waste it Lol

[MementoMori777]

Depending on how clumsy you are those animals must be feastin ha

[Mimi_758]

I am very clumsy😆

[MementoMori777]

Fair enough lol

[Kkoalalita]

5 seconds or not I’m gonna eat it…I’m sorry 🤷🏻‍♀️

[MementoMori777]

Savage koalita 😂

[Sparkie460]

3 seconds, not 5 seconds. That's if my dog doesn't beat me to it

[MementoMori777]

Your dog a savage, apparently from what you are saying is that your dog can do it in 2 seconds lol

[Sparkie460]

He sits there by me waiting for me to drop something

[MementoMori777]

That little finesser 😂

[Sparkie460]

He's not so little. Sometimes he catches it before it hits the floor

[MementoMori777]

Big finesser lol

[LiamJHayden]

Nope. It hits the floor it goes in the dumpster.

[MementoMori777]

Fair enough lol

[Unit1]

5 seconds rule. I'm pretty sure the stupid like to believe everything twisted, that doesn't make sense but sounds like science. And its a popular one too.

[Aiko_E_Lara]

Depends on the floor and depends on how sticky/moist the food I am eating is

[MementoMori777]

Lmao fair enough

[CuriousMufuxka]

Absofuckinlutely! Extended to 10 when I drink.

[MementoMori777]

Lmao it ain't nothing for the monstrous immune system 💪💪💪😂

[CuriousMufuxka]

Some don't know how to build any up in the first place! Actin all healthy, but looking pale and out of energy.

[MementoMori777]

Lmao yea then their dry food might hit the ground and they start sweating lol

[CuriousMufuxka]

Nah they didn't care after the first second of noticing it wasn't plant based..

[MementoMori777]

Lol.

[tfan1]

Mythbusters confirmed - The 5 second rule is bs lol

[Mangospacho]

At this point, I’m ready to fight any bacteria not man enough to get up off the floor. If the bacteria can’t even stand up, then what do I have to be so afraid for?

[Astarlessnightsky]

No, we got cats, they are much faste than 5sec.

[MementoMori777]

You ain't lying about that one 😂

[ManOnFire]

Lol. I sure do. Even on the carpet😂

[MementoMori777]

That's kinda mut lol

[midnightmoon05]

Depends where food is dropped.

[MementoMori777]

Fair enough

[runnerboy]

I depends on how hungry I am

[MementoMori777]

That's a good point lol

[OddBeMe]

Depends “where” I’m sure. You’re domicile…you’re inoculated. A hospital room? Fck no. Just fyi- nurses say never go barefoot in a hospital.

[TrillXHippy]

As a kid sure but now I don’t. It just disgusts me when I see kids eat something off the ground. A lot can happen in 5 seconds

[Anonymous]

For myself yes. For my husband or child no.

[MementoMori777]

That makes sense lol

[PointTaken]

Yes. But I thought it was 20 seconds. 🤣🤣

[MementoMori777]

That's the hardcore mode lol

[DizzyDesii]

Nahhh

[astrophelle]

Ew nopee!😹

[MementoMori777]

Lol.

[HM1189]

It's now a 3 Second Rule

[hiyamotherfers]

no...

[belle_kai]

I can't do it