I read the Crippes King's blog about toilet paper today and he made a valid point I would like to elaborate on. He said, "I know we're all afraid of germs, but let's build that immune system back up."He's absolutely right, germs are an essential part of living. Adapting to your surroundings and survival of the fittest. Do you really think you're going to be "fit" if you keep washing your hands after you touch anything that isn't yours? Of course not. Ever wonder why those people who are constantly using hand sanitizer are frequently sick? They're killing good germs as well as the bad ones. Now believe me there are such a thing as good germs. You cannot be alive and well if you don't have germs that work against your sicknesses, they're called antibodies. You acquire antibodies from everyday life, like walking, breathing, touching doorknobs, going to work, or going to school. If you kill all these germs before you can acquire them your body will be defenseless. Ever notice how you've been around someone who is sick and you always seem to catch it? Try not washing your hands after every little thing you do. Now unfortunately nowadays you must include a disclaimer for those people who take advice to the extreme. I'm not saying don't wash your hands, but rather pick and choose the times you do. Here I'll make a list for you showing you proper and improper times to wash those filthy mitts.
DO Wash:
1. If you take a shit.
2. If you take out the garbage.
3. If you touch raw meat of any kind.
4. If coughed on by a hobo.
5. Before eating anything, that's just smart.
DON'T Wash:
1. If you took a piss at your own home.
2. If you shook someone's hand you didn't know.
3. If you touched dirty laundry (depends on how dirty i guess).
4. If you touched a doorknob in an unfamiliar building.
5. If you rode in a car that wasn't yours.
Really people this isn't fucking rocket science. There's a time and a place for washing your hands and you should use better judgment. If your hands are soiled, literally covered in something, then sure you can wash those hands. But there's no reason to get all wash crazy just because you touched something unfamiliar. Germs are a good thing. The best defense is a good offense. Having antibodies is like handing the good germs in your body guns and ammo. The more they have the stronger they'll be and the more bad germs they can kill off. Your body is a growing and evolving thing. Our bodies are capable of amazing things and that fucking hand sanitizer is ruining that. I'm telling you to get out there and get dirty and don't worry about it.
I'll leave you with some words from the late amazing George Carlin, " If we're supposed to wash our hands after touching our dick, shouldn't we be washing our dicks?"
