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[–] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 15 points 2 hours ago

Ha bacteria! It's not the water you should be worried about.

It's the quart gallon of vodka I wash it down with each night, as I try to blot out my existence.

Fuck you bacteria (and my liver), I WIN!

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Who rinses things to remove bacteria? I just want to remove dirt.

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 1 points 29 minutes ago* (last edited 29 minutes ago) (1 children)

Only because you don't like the color, or maybe the texture of dirt? We wash off dirt because it's dirty, and dirty things aren't good for us (because of bacteria...).

[–] radioactivefunguy@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

Also because gritty lettuce makes a salad I don't eat. Spinach is the worst . . . plus it seems to have Listeria from time to time . . . 3.2 second wash minimum

[–] M137@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

The level of idiocy needed to think that the reason you rinse it is to kill bacteria is disturbing to imagine.

[–] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Err, your immune system can cope with a bit of bacteria. But if you don't wash your salad and get a massive load into yourself, your body will deal with it by extorting everything in your stomach. E.g. you'll puke the entire night. You're welcome.

[–] BluesF@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

When you rinse salad with water you are not cleaning a significant amount of bacteria off it. You're getting soil and bugs.

Unless your salad is contaminated with something, not washing it will at worst be gritty and unpleasant. It won't make you ill. If it does, washing it will make no difference.

[–] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

u a science man/woman?

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

if you don't wash your salad and get a massive load into yourself

Who spunks on a salad?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 58 minutes ago

Horus for one

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 11 points 3 hours ago

Men of culture (bacterial)

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 2 points 2 hours ago

a massive load

How about a pile?

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

🎶 "All these, microscopically small things, worms shaped, like rings, inside, my gut, shoot-ing, from my butt" 🎶

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

🎶 "Norovirus sucks" 🎶

🎶 "I know" 🎶

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know if this is effective, my wife soak the veggies in baking powder/baking soda, I forgot which. She said it kills bugs. Who am I to argue.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 1 points 58 minutes ago

Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate. Dissolving it in water will increase its pH. I'm not sure if that works for killing bacteria.

[–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 27 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I just don't like the feel of dirt grit and bugs in my teeth.

[–] exasperation@lemm.ee 10 points 7 hours ago

Yeah I wash my vegetables for grit. I don't even care that much about bugs, but even the slightest amount of grit is terrible.

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 223 points 12 hours ago (23 children)

Why would you expect tap water to kill bacteria?

You’re washing bugs and dirt off.

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

the belief that a quick 3 second rinse will kill off bacteria seems to be consistent with the ways that most people try to wash their hands

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 16 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Its also wash out bacteria.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 0 points 38 minutes ago

The mechanical action of water running and wiping is what takes out 90% of germs and bacteria already. Soap is only responsible for that next 9%.

There's still 1% unless you autoclave it.

Tldr: You probably don't need soap for dishes if you wash them during initial rinse immediately after use and they aren't super gross.

You still want to wash and soap your hands cause 10% of cold germs is plenty.

Also quit licking your fingers to open the plastic bags for produce at the store you filthy fucks.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

No I'm not!

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[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 40 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Bodies are pretty OK with dietary bacteria. Same goes for dirt, bugs, and Will Arnett.

[–] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Is ... Is that Will Arnett?? Or am I missing the joke?? It doesn't look like him to me.

[–] Gingernate@programming.dev 7 points 6 hours ago

It's mark hoppus from blink-182

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 7 points 7 hours ago

Oh damn, you’re right! I skimmed past thinking it was one of these lol

Yeah no idea who that is in OP

[–] blargbluuk@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

This is Mark Hoppus from Blink-182

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[–] Sop@lemmy.blahaj.zone 53 points 12 hours ago (13 children)

You wash because of the pesticides.

[–] huginn@feddit.it 15 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

You wash it because of the ratlungworm that raw snail and slug can give you.

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 33 points 11 hours ago (6 children)

Also the bugs, fecal matter, and dirt that can be in the folds and pockets.

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