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[Evidence Inconclusive] Germ Blaster (mander.xyz)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

I particularly hate those airblade things even more than regular air dryers. I like that they're faster and typically not as gross and warm but they are designed in a way where you feed your hand in to a narrow gap with powerful air jets in front of and behind your hands in this gap. Your hands are not a completely uniform symmetrical shape, so the jets buffet your hand around and they inevitably touch the parts of the device where the jets are located, right where everyone else has had the same thing happen. It grosses me out.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

And also incredibly loud too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

And they don't dry as well, and the air moves faster so whatever is living in the water drops on your hands (depending really on how thoroughly you wash your hands) gets flung further, spread better in the space

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah after the first two times trying to use them and my hands got blown into one of the sides i said fuck it, I'll use my shirt if no paper towels are available.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Japan doesn't have paper towels or air dryers in their bathrooms.

Why?

Because everyone carries a handkerchief to dry their hands. They even sell them at airports when you land.

I've been trying to bring back the handkerchief in the States, but not as many places sell them