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    How weirded out by germs are you? I have to confess that I don't get weirded out by germs at all, ever. I don't get weirded out by seedy restaurants or touching handrails in public places or movie seats or airplanes.

    I despise hand sanitizer and washing my hands more than I have to because I don't like water touching me. I think it's important to wash your hands in the restroom and when handling babies and meat and stuff, but other than that, unless my hands actually look dirty (or I have makeup on them) I don't care enough to wash them.

    How nuts about fending off germs are you?

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    I used to be really, really freaked off by everything. Just the thought that something could make me sick would make me go into full panic mode. I'd sit on the bus and send mean looks towards people who were sneezing and coughing, cursing mentally at all of them.

    I've gotten over it pretty well though. My family just got sick with acute bronchitis and I caught it well and good. Realized it's stupid to be hung up over something like that.
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    Not at all. I have the immune system of a god and rarely get contagious diseases (never had the flu, had the stomach flu maybe twice, and strep throat about 3 times...and minor colds. That's it). Like I'm almost never out of school for illnesses besides migraines. So I don't care much about germs at all. I'll drink other people's drinks if they aren't sick and don't care about touching doorknobs or other people's hands or handrails or much of anything.
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    I don't care much about germs. I have a pretty good immune system, although perhaps not as good as RE's. I generally go 5 years between every contageous disease that is bad enough to be worth mentioning. Minor sore throats don't count . I did have my first ever sinus infection last week though, at the age of 28. Before that, the last time I was sick was in 2007.

    I'll wash my hands after using the toilet, but if it's only because I have to take a leak, I don't always bother with soap, just hot water . I'll also wash my hands properly before eating lunch at work, because my job involves lifting things that are often full of oily dust from machinery and stuff. I don't really wash my hands before eating when I haven't been outdoors recently. I also don't really care if i drink from the same bottle as other people have drunk from, or if I use a fork or knife that someone else has recently used, as long as they haven't drooled excessively on it or something like that. Not even if they are sick.
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    Germs don't bother me. I'll wash my hands after the bathroom, touching meats, or if they're dirty with something. (Oddly, I hate having lotion on my hands, so I always wash them after applying lotion.)

    I'm convinced exposure is good for you. It grosses my mom out when I touch stair rails and stuff out in public. And I'm just like, "I'm building up my immune system!"
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    Not too grossed out. I wash my hands when I have to, but I mean if you really think about we are surrounded by them so there's no point in over doing it. I knew this one girl who said she would put a plate into the microwave before using it and was the kind who doesn't like touching doorknobs but again it's impossible to keep them all away.

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    Well, not too grossed out considering I work with a lot of kids... So, I guess my immune system kind of grew stronger because of that.
    I do, however, wash my hands before meals, before cooking and after using the bathroom, but I guess a lot of people do that as well.

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    I tend to use hand sanitizer a lot when at work, I hate handling money from the customers at our station. It's always a bunch of greasemonkeys who never wash their hands.

    Because I'm one hell of a butler.

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    Not at all. I grew up around my incredibly Italian grandparents and let's just that their kitchen was very... rustic >.>

    I will wash my hands when I cook, and I shower very often because my work leaves me dirty and smelly, but germs in general have never bothered me.

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    I'm always a bit grossed out by coins, so whenever I receive them for some reason, I put them in my mouth and suck on them until I think they're clean. It's just kind of gross to be carrying around dirty coins.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pantz View Post
    I'm always a bit grossed out by coins, so whenever I receive them for some reason, I put them in my mouth and suck on them until I think they're clean. It's just kind of gross to be carrying around dirty coins.

    Because I'm one hell of a butler.

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    I don't let it bother me because no matter where you go, there germs are.

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