Mom banned from McDonalds for complaining

[Aksannyi]

Ba-zing!

[Pikarya]

men?

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[Tonko]

lol, I'd be a very bad business man if I tried that, can't sell what you give away for free.

[Chun Liroy]

lol Kurono.... you have no clue what I do for a living do you?

Do you know what Kurono does?

[Tonko]

Probably something in the same field as I am considering his tone.

[Brill Weave]

Brill has the right idea (oh god did I just say that)

Tonko agrees with me. I can die a happy man...

[RKenshin]

You can't say the first paragraph and then try and cut off what would be the main argument with the 2nd paragraph when the average lifespan for the majority of history was 30~ years. This is further exemplified by the fact that this is still the average lifespan of many 3rd world nations where they lack proper sanitation/waste disposal. The fact that the average lifespan in the US is 72~ years is MUCH more than a decent increase. The line for practicality/insanity is very subjective. Most of the world would consider us insane American's bathing once a day, and Americans make fun of the French for their lack of bathing.

Do some people have an unhealthy obsession with cleanliness? Yes, but this is no different than any other kind of obsession (such as being so afraid of spiders that you would ban pictures of them from being posted outside of spoilers).

There's far more important things that speak to the differences in life expectancy for Americans vs third world countries. It isn't simply a matter of 'we have purell, and they don't.'

I'm going to just assume we're not quite talking about the same thing here. My issue is with people insisting every surface and object they encounter in their daily lives be sanitized into oblivion, on the fear that a single germ contacting their skin would cause instant death.

That fear and the act of taking sanitation too far certainly are not solely responsible for doubling life expectancies, if it even has a helpful affect at all to take it to that much of an extreme.

[Kohan]

A fair number of people in this thread have had level-headed responses, while others are hardcore railing against any form of sanitizing as if it would inevitably turn all children into disease-susceptible pussies.

The most ridiculous forms of the latter have led to a lot of children growing up with a weak immune system, I agree. However, those of you who condone not cleaning the ball pits (or any other kinds of playground equipment): would you have your kids roll around in shit, piss, spit, and similarly offensive substances, which had been left to fester for weeks, if not years?

If you said "yes," you're going to be one of those worthless trailer trash rednecks getting their children hauled away by child services. If you said "no," congratulations! You understand what the fucking problem is here.

A kid playing in a playground and picking up a cold from some other kid's sneeze is one thing. Playing in mud and getting some of it in a scrape? Yeah, that's all right too. A child rolling around in a pit of plastic balls that have had piss and shit smeared on them is another. And no, before someone says it, I don't fucking mean that these ball pits are literally festering mounds of feces, flies, and so on—I don't deal in retarded fantastical extremes. What I do know, though, is that regular maintenance keeps the worst things away, and there's nothing wrong with cleaning any place on a relatively good schedule (e.g., once a week).

When places don't do that, there's a problem.

[Sup3rB4d]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZeqiX4kMEc

[NynJa]

The OP just states "dangerous bacteria"...what defines dangerous bacteria in this case? Someone looking to grasp at straws could say the following: "The bacteria found in these playgrounds is of a critical level"...completely omitting the following portion "to a newborn baby", or "when exposed in high doses". Its not unheard of, you omit extra "useless" details to get your point across.

[Churchill]

There's far more important things that speak to the differences in life expectancy for Americans vs third world countries. It isn't simply a matter of 'we have purell, and they don't.'

I'm going to just assume we're not quite talking about the same thing here. My issue is with people insisting every surface and object they encounter in their daily lives be sanitized into oblivion, on the fear that a single germ contacting their skin would cause instant death.

That fear and the act of taking sanitation too far certainly are not solely responsible for doubling life expectancies, if it even has a helpful affect at all to take it to that much of an extreme.

Had a girl not want to date me anymore because I wouldn't use hand sanitizer before we ate at a restaurant. She kept trying to wash my hands and I grabbed as much food as I could and ate it. She nearly vomited lol.

Anyway - If you are a parent who is concerned about germs, or it's flu season and you don't want your kids sick why the hell would you let them play in a playground like that anyway? This article is stupid and is for stupid mothers/fathers. Props for Beverlyy Kidd though, she's awesome to watch.

[MaachaQ]

Had a girl not want to date me anymore because I wouldn't use hand sanitizer before we ate at a restaurant. She kept trying to wash my hands and I grabbed as much food as I could and ate it. She nearly vomited lol.

Anyway - If you are a parent who is concerned about germs, or it's flu season and you don't want your kids sick why the hell would you let them play in a playground like that anyway? This article is stupid and is for stupid mothers/fathers. Props for Beverlyy Kidd though, she's awesome to watch.

I really only pull out my sanitizer before meals if I know my kids have been touching some nasty stuff and there's no nearby bathroom to wash their hands before we eat. It's a tiny bottle, and I haven't yet had to refill/replace it in about 6 months. Like the other day, we were in a semi-outdoor restaurant and before eating my daughter found a kitten (in a tiny cage where the restaurant owners kept it, sleeping in its own filth T.T). You bet I pulled out the sanitizer that day...

Picture related:

[notorious bum]

Defending McDonalds is SO 1995. Unless you live in a bubble or in the suburbs, everyone knows those ball pits are fucking nasty and usually smell like a rat's nest mixed with diarrhea. The only reason why Mickey D's is still getting away with keeping those disease farms is due to the holy grail of the justice system and tort reform on their side lol

Hot Coffee was mentioned recently in the recommended movie thread. Go watch that mess if you don't follow.

[archibaldcrane]

I don't wash my hands to keep bacteria away, I wash them because I don't want to get dirty shit in my mouth when I eat with them.

This is why I find hand sanitizer worthless. You pour some purell on dogshit, yeah - it's still dogshit, and dogshit is disgusting whether it is sanitized of bacteria or not.

Fuck hand sanitizer, wash your hands you dirty motherfuckers.

[Churchill]

I've ate plenty of MREs or pop tarts during a mission with god knows what on my hands. Anything from shit of various animals to blood from holy americans or muj to just plan dirt (which in Afghanistan at least is actually fairly toxic itself). To be honest I didn't always wash my hands but when I did it was with Purell lol.

[Cesaria]

Anyway - If you are a parent who is concerned about germs, or it's flu season and you don't want your kids sick why the hell would you let them play in a playground like that anyway? This article is stupid and is for stupid mothers/fathers. Props for Beverlyy Kidd though, she's awesome to watch.

See I love parents that are hysterical about germs. Have they SEEN the amount of snotty noses and kids who forget to wash their hands unless they're collared by an adult on the way out of the toilets when their kid's going to get to school?! No amount of hand sanitizer's going to protect you from the cookpot of germs that a few hundred small children in close proximity can concoct - a good immune system might. Heck ask anyone who works with small kids - the first year you do it - you get every single bug going, after that - it takes a blooming steamroller to fell you and you come down with nothing once your immune system takes the hint.

If she wants something disgusting to swab - try a computer keyboard in a classroom used by small children, who forget to wash their hands, forget to put their hands over their mouth when they sneeze, have two green icicles of snot hanging from their nostrils most of the winter, and manage to get sand and play-dough into everything... bet it would beat a Macdonald's ballpool (and it's one of the few things that drive me to hand sanitiser as opposed to soap and water).