On a scale of 1 to 10, how germaphobic are you?

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I am a mild one.. one of my biggest pet peeve is definitely checkout touchscreens. Knowing thousands of people press those exact same screens every single day…

Chazmatazz269 · Accepted Answer

You have to define the scale, by the by. Assuming ‘1’ is minimum and ‘10’ is maximum, maybe a 4. I observe otherwise spready cultural norms like shaking hands and such. However, when i wash my hands outside of my home, i use paper towels to open the door and leave the restroom because i have seen WAY too many dudes just piss all over their hands and leave without even rinsing them.
I don’t sh*t outside of my home unless it’s an emergency. That’s actually involuntary to an extent. I don’t even have the impulse outside my house, but i would avoid it if possible anyway. I don’t wanna put my ass where your ass has been. Let alone let that herpes water splash my undercarriage on launch. 🤣🤣🤣
I refuse to eat at buffets. I wouldn’t eat at a buffet if it was completely free. You could pay me to eat at a buffet, but we’re talking $500 minimum AND you have to cover any subsequent doctor bills.

I am aware of how gross the world and most of the people in it are. It offended me that we needed a global pandemic for people to start talking about effective hand washing and sanitizing. More so that so many people refused despite the facts.
However it doesn’t make me want to avoid living life and interacting with people. I actually refused mask protocols wherever possible and still do.

HawkPerception · Accepted Answer

Not as much as many people nowadays. If solid food (not greasy, liquid, or saucy food) falls on the floor, I'll pick it up, blow on it a couple times and still eat it.

I don't care to use hand sanitizer as much as most people do after every little public touch. I have a belief that if you can't eat it, you shouldn't be putting it on your skin.

I'll sometimes cut bread right on the kitchen counter before throwing it in the toaster oven, rather than putting it on a plate or cutting board. I'll sometimes rest any kind of solid food on the kitchen counter and eat it, like a muffin or a cookie.

I do get bothered when people double-dip in dip sauces like when we have nachos and salsa or guac, if someone double dips I give em a glare and I'll stop eating from it.

I'm okay sharing drinks with people, but if in my opinion they're obese, unattractive, or look unhygienic, I tend to not want to (obviously I don't say anything about it though). I also don't share drinks with people who I know are very open sexually. Don't want any herpes or anything, ya know? Same concept goes for sharing food. And I especially don't share food or drinks with others when they're sick.

Sunshinelips · Accepted Answer

I never really thought about those checkout screens when I’m using them. I touch them, then I touch my phone. Eek. 😬 But what I always do when I get home is wash my hands. Always. And I try and not touch my lips.
I guess I’m cautious about germs but not much where I’m constantly freaking out about it. So many a 6 or 7.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

secretly, 10, i am very clean all the time, but i keep quiet about it, i'm not one of those people who annoys everyone with my cleanliness habits. i also understand you have to be exposed to a lot of different germs to have a strong immune system, so i don't obsess over it

AMS700CX4u2 · Answer

Not really germaphobic at all. Who do you want defending you a platoon of soldiers that have never met the challenges of combat. Or those who treat it as just another Day. We seem to have the idea that when we are healthy, our immune systems are at rest. Not so, they are constantly keeping aggressor at bay. Think of how a baby develops it immunity. It starts in a relatively sterile environment. Next it take a trip down it's mothers vagina with it's mouth wide open loading up with lactobacillis. Next it is stuck on a breast to receive that crucially important meal of milk and colostrum. The lactobacillis has organisms to help the child digest milk. The colostrum is a dose of antibodies that the mother has developed to give the child a jumpstart. (Hey junior, you might need this). The next three years are crucial. The child consumes anything it picks up off the floor. (To the Mother's horror ).

Polio is rarely a problem for the breast fed child. who eats his or her share of dirt. It is the child who is bottle fed that is in greatest danger. King Tut, All the cases of Polio in this country appeared to surface among the children of those who did not breast feed or were fed by wet nurses who had exhausted their supply of colostrum. I think the idea of bottle feeding came from Queen Victoria and American women adopted it during the late 40's and Fifties. The virus has been with us always waiting for a group of people who refused to accept their animal nature. Figure versus Function.

I have been able to conquer Hepatitis B.( My infection was febrile and icteric.) Not sero-convert after a stab wound which was HIV loaded. I do not think it was luck.

Lliam · Answer

2 at the most.
I avoid people who have contagious infections like colds and flu. But contact with a certain amount of germs actually helps the immune system stay on its toes. And certain bacteria are actually essential.
I have a very healthy immune system because I don't use antibacterial sanitizers or avoid touching every day things like door knobs, my cats, or shaking hands with people.

People weren't nearly as germaphobic before the covid hysteria. They weren't nearly as afraid of common infections before pharma started pushing more and more vaccines while promoting panic over barely dangerous infections, ignoring vaccine injuries, and scoffing at natural immunity.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

I used to be, a bit, maybe that's because I was living with others that just didn't see things the way I did. For instance, they'd think nothing of taking the garbage out and not bothering to wash their hands afterwards. I'd even seen dad just wipe his hands in his pants and then go inside and sit on the couch for a while so, I spent most of my t. v. watching time lying on the floor.
WHO handles those garbage cans? GARBAGE MEN!! They handle your cans after hanging off a garbage truck that it TEEMING with germs of who knows what kind from the garbage of other people whose garbage they've also handled so, those germs get onto YOUR garbage cans and you go and handle them and get those germ on YOUR hands and bring them back into the house without washing them!! Disgusting!!
The weird thing is, it was my parents that TAUGHT ME to wash my hands after handling garbage or the toilet and then I eventually noticed that they DIDN'T!!

WhiteSteve · Answer

Probably at least an 8, lmao. I wash or sanitize my hands after touching ANYTHING used by more than just myself. I HATE being anywhere near sick people. I IMMEDIATELY go to the bathroom to wash my hands after our post-game handshake line when I play hockey. And I have three different UV light sterilizer boxes that I always run my phone, wallet, keys, etc through, near daily.

Zack-Bann · Answer

I don’t like touching a lot if public places just because I know how many hands touch them a day and how few are actually clean.
But I don’t have excessive issues with it.
Some dust or the occasional dirty dish that waits till morning are fine.
And anything out in nature is fine as well

Maybe_Maybe_not · Answer

I guess I think of dirt in terms of stains and smell, almost never in terms of microscopic fauna, that's the extent of my phobia

I do know there are germs, good ones, bad ones etc but the thought of them just doesn't come to my mind easily. I might only think of that in very specific contexts, like at the hospital

ohsheeT · Answer

Yes I too am one lol

Like a shopping cart at the store you grab a hold of it your nose itches or something it's like you have to think about all that stuff

Then I also have to say that let's say that you're with somebody and you're doing things together and see that doesn't bother me and I'm kind of enjoy that myself but

So kind of depends on the scenario I'm going to say I'm a two to a 10 LOL it all just depends on who The Germ person is

See like with you it wouldn't bother me

My brother I don't want to touch anything that he touched lol

Still-alive · Answer

ehh like a 4. i only care when i hear about some big outbreak going on like with that

Cyclospora causing diarhea. i just avoid lettuce now until i hear its dealt with.

And during the pandemic i wore my mask dutifully with no complaints even though i didn't like it. otherwise its just one of those 'why sweat the small stuff' things to me.

AgentG111 · Answer

Mostly maybe a two. Once you have children and grandchildren germs are probably the last thing in the world you worry about cuz you pretty much going to get puked on shit on pissed on and God knows what else with children and what the hell they bring home

DishLady · Answer

I guess average -- if i see something looks filthy I'll avoid it. If I know I touched something dirty I'll wash my hands before touching my face or shaking anyone's hands. I'll always wash my hands and ams and put on a fresh shirt before cooking. Shoes are at the door unless you're a very old person with orthotics.

Ill_made_Knight · Answer

I'm a 2. That mostly is about food handling. Dealing with lots of different animals will teach you that shit sometimes happens, so don't get too twisty about it. Besides it's not good for you to live in a bubble, your personal immunity will suffer.

Billlewis · Answer

I'm not a germophobe at all. In fact, when I was in Chicago I'd often make fun of customers who wore masks long after the scamdemic hysteria had mostly subsided. The average person has no idea how bacteria, viruses or pathogens in general actually work, or that the body is already well protected from them naturally, so in a similar fashion as our politics, they go way overboard, often needlessly.

OneViewpoint · Answer

I've slept on the ground and eaten on the ground with no way to wash my hands. I've lived in the same clothes for 2 weeks. I've used water out of mudholes in equatorial environments with high tech filtration equipment and simple iodine drops as a decontaminant. I've worked in areas with cholera, dengue fever, malaria, Ebola, hemorrhagic fever, measles, polio, and I don't know what else. I've had so many vaccinations I literally lost track. I pretty sure I'm not a germaphobe.

EmmaMary · Answer

Because of my work (forensic scientist) it borders right at the very top of the scale. However, I tend not to be so attentive outside of my working environment.

AngryCarl3 · Answer

I'm pretty tolerant of germs. The immune system actually needs some exposure to them. I'm not saying you shouldn't practice basic food hygiene.

But yeah, if you have a good immune system you're probably fine. If your immune system is compromised you're pretty much toast whatever you do.

AviatorTom · Answer

Maybe a 2. I like to give my immune system practice, cuz practice makes perfect.

NathanDavis · Answer

zero out of 10... I do like many things German

drummerdude25 · Answer

I was once at least an 8, maybe even a 9… but have since loosened up to a 5. 😆

browsingthroughthe · Answer

I'm gonna say I'm pretty up there ⚖️🤣
But please no one compare me to DJT. Lol.

Look I just want clean hands and a nice smelling hygiene, nice smelling surroundings/home etc. I just like to be clean and healthy 😅🙃

EzraIsShy76028 · Answer

As I'm bipolar and my mind can be fickle probably between like 5 to 8 depending on the day. Large range I know. Though where I live and the hot and humid climate dirt can attract roaches and ants and other bugs.

Nikki1989 · Answer

I would rank pretty high... at least 8/10.

BCRanger10 · Answer

Eh... kinda, but not really. I clean my phone, keys, other effects, and workspace often. But I don't have crippling anxiety whenever I or someone else gets sick.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

As a German by passport... I am immune to it :D

Shiprex · Answer

! or 2 i would eat stuff off the floor I dropped

ChicoFromThe305 · Answer

I honestly never cared about germs until COVID, COVID broke me

DryGermanGuy · Answer

Not too much, I have the habit of washing my hands, before I touch any food, though.

queenofcardio · Answer

Mostly at work. I sanitize everything when I'm there.

exitseven · Answer

not very. Sometimes in the winter I get sick because I don;tvwash my hands enough.

Anonymous · Answer

Probably not enough. But for example i don't like drinking after people. And most the people i know have no problem with that. So i know i'm not that bad.

Anonymous · Answer

I’d say a 1. I can’t be paranoid about it, I work in the medical field. Deal w it just about everyday. Flu, covid, MRSA, etc, etc, etc.

LiamJHayden · Answer

I am obsessive about washing my hands before eating.

Kingofkings1992 · Answer

I mean, I wash my hands every time I use the bathroom, but I'd hardly call that being a "germaphobe." Lol. I guess I'll give myself a 4-5.

Anonymous · Answer

I wasn't until covid but now I kind of wipe things down a lot more now with some kind of cleaner for no real reason...

Anonymous · Answer

Probably a 2. I never have any problems, which tells me germaphobia is essentially a mental health problem.

Erica8 · Answer

A 5 i’ll wash my hands but not over board. I’m fine with hugging and kissing.

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

I'd say about a 5 but as things get crazier im becoming more aware of germs

Alex-Snow · Answer

Maybe a 2 or 3. I like my hands to be clean, I wipe down my phone and tablet often.

_Jenny_ · Answer

Maybe a five (5)

Massageman · Answer

About a 4.8

TonyMetal___1986 · Answer

8/10 sometimes 9

Extraterrestrial1999 · Answer

9...

Paige2006 · Answer

five

Staximus · Answer

Not very

Iron_Man · Answer

4 or 5

FrodoSkywalker007 · Answer

I'm normal 🤷‍♂️

shortster · Answer

Eight.

kinks1951 · Answer

Not very

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