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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Same. That lamp has absolutely been licked before. You don't know by whom and you don't know how recently. If you're at least a tiny bit of a germaphobe, those statements should frighten you.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago

The high salinity should take care of any bacteria in short order. It may not be clean, but there ain't no bacteria on it!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

tiny bit of a germaphobe

iirc salt is a has antimicrobial properties. So if anything, then licking that salt, will reduce the germs in your mouth. So a true germaphobe would be all over that lamp

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If you're a germaphobe then surely you should know that 100% salt is enough to yeet literally any microorganism to the back of beyond; in fact anything over 30% is

That lamp is more hygienic than your dinner plate, more than the inside of any food package and infinitely more than your hands even after you've just washed them

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

well have you considered the fact that im stupid

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think this is like when people say they have OCD when really they just like things tidy. I'm reality it's more about the ick than any germs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah agreed that while you're more than likely not gonna get sick from it unless you have an allergic reaction of some sort, it's still probably dusty as those things are a nightmare to clean and so not a pleasant lick

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If it's rooted in rational thought, it's not a phobia.

I'm afraid of hungry bears in the woods. That's not a phobia. But constantly checking your 17th floor balcony for hungry bears is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

The way I heard it is if your fear keeps you from doing "normal" activities, then it might be a phobia. Like if you won't go for a walk on a trail because you might see a snake

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

If everyone thought that way though the lamp would never get licked

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It's pure salt, there's nothing alive on it