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Title: Does anyone else only remember to wash hands so you don't get the keyboard dirty
Post by: funkmon on Fri, 08 May 2020, 23:37:28
Okay, maybe I'm a weirdo here, but I wash my hands after the bathroom, and uh...that's it.

But, for the past 6 months or so, since I've bought new keyboards I care about, and I've gone through and cleaned some of my old crappy ones, I've been mad enough at the board chow and general grossness that I now wash my hands before I use the computer, every day. I get home from work, wash my hands, and go to the computer.

Is it just me? Am I weird?
Title: Re: Does anyone else only remember to your hands so you don't get the keyboard dirty
Post by: noisyturtle on Sat, 09 May 2020, 00:00:48
Nah I know my keyboard is gross, but it's mine. Not gonna give myself anything I don't already have.
Title: Re: Does anyone else only remember to your hands so you don't get the keyboard dirty
Post by: funkmon on Sat, 09 May 2020, 00:19:46
Quote from: noisyturtle on Sat, 09 May 2020, 00:00:48
Nah I know my keyboard is gross, but it's mine. Not gonna give myself anything I don't already have.

I dare you to lick it. I feel like if I can't lick my keyboard without feeling weird, I've done something wrong.
Title: Re: Does anyone else only remember to your hands so you don't get the keyboard dirty
Post by: naasfu on Sat, 09 May 2020, 01:19:12
my hands are usually clean. i don't eat at my keyboard either.

never forget pho's hhkb. *barf*

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40658.msg2784797#msg2784797
Title: Re: Does anyone else only remember to your hands so you don't get the keyboard dirty
Post by: fohat.digs on Sat, 09 May 2020, 08:37:05
I don't like for my hands to be dirty, so I wash them often.

I especially don't like for my hands to feel greasy, but I do use lotion sometimes as long as I know that it will be absorbed soon.
Title: Re: Does anyone else only remember to your hands so you don't get the keyboard dirty
Post by: funkmon on Sat, 09 May 2020, 08:52:22
Quote from: naasfu on Sat, 09 May 2020, 01:19:12
my hands are usually clean. i don't eat at my keyboard either.

never forget pho's hhkb. *barf*

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40658.msg2784797#msg2784797

I have one that looked not quite as bad but close.
Title: Re: Does anyone else only remember to wash hands so you don't get the keyboard dirty
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 09 May 2020, 09:00:36
It's like you meet people @ college, and you realize, they're barely human beings.

Not everyone takes advantage of running water / hot showers or / Laundry
Title: Re: Does anyone else only remember to wash hands so you don't get the keyboard dirty
Post by: Sintpinty on Sun, 10 May 2020, 07:42:10
Cheetle and keyboard do not mix . I wash hands so my hands smell better and feel more
Smooth
Title: Re: Does anyone else only remember to wash hands so you don't get the keyboard dirty
Post by: Kavik on Sun, 10 May 2020, 16:54:43
No, I wash my hands any time I touch anything could carry pathogens. I've been a germophobe since I was a kid, and I have a sensation on my hands (it's like an automatic mental note) after I've touched something that doesn't go away until I've washed them. It always surprised me how other kids at school could pee, poop, touch the bottom of their shoes, open doors, etc. without washing their hands and feeling weird about it.

As far as computer peripherals, it actually bothers me more to have greasy hands when using my mouse than my keyboards. I have an EC1-B, and the plastic is already glossy and slick as it is.

This whole pandemic mandate of frequent hand washing has just made it clear how poor the average person's hygiene is.
Title: Re: Does anyone else only remember to wash hands so you don't get the keyboard dirty
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 10 May 2020, 16:58:59
A major problem is, studies show that 80% of meat at the supermarket is contaminated with Fecal matter.

This is why they detect higher fecal contamination in people's kitchen sink than on the toilet bowl, because people wash meat into the sink.
Title: Re: Does anyone else only remember to wash hands so you don't get the keyboard dirty
Post by: noisyturtle on Sun, 10 May 2020, 18:43:12
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 09 May 2020, 09:00:36
It's like you meet people @ college, and you realize, they're barely human beings.

Not everyone takes advantage of running water / hot showers or / Laundry

out in public is a totally different story, especially running QA labs I've become somewhat anal about keeping public workspaces wiped down. But at home it's all my own filth.