GNOLLS.ORG - Topic: GERMOPHOBIA! http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/ Simple:Press Version 5.7.5.3 gobigbrain シーメ on GERMOPHOBIA! http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/page-2/#p8639 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/page-2/#p8639 シーメールポルノ .Gj4pJwhwNMC

]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2024 10:22:37 -0700 J. Stanton on GERMOPHOBIA! http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/page-2/#p7581 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/page-2/#p7581 Skgr:

If everyone in the world agreed on everything, it would be a boring place!

JS

]]> Thu, 03 Jul 2014 00:02:16 -0700 Skgr on GERMOPHOBIA! http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/page-2/#p7457 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/page-2/#p7457 This is the first article I actually agree with :P

]]> Wed, 11 Jun 2014 09:04:38 -0700 J. Stanton on GERMOPHOBIA! http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/page-2/#p7424 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/page-2/#p7424 Richard:

My impression: under great duress and only when they really, really want children.  But I've avoided having any of them in my life long enough to find that out!

JS

]]> Mon, 02 Jun 2014 23:52:53 -0700 Richard on GERMOPHOBIA! http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/page-2/#p7399 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/page-2/#p7399 I wonder, how do those kinds of people have sex? Hilarious 🙂

]]> Tue, 27 May 2014 12:29:46 -0700 J. Stanton on GERMOPHOBIA! http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/page-2/#p6558 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/page-2/#p6558 Gina:

If American trash and hygiene makes you sick, I recommend not traveling to other countries! 

And America is far cleaner than it was 50 years ago, when beer and soda still had pull tabs, no one recycled anything, the Clean Air Act didn't exist, and littering didn't carry a meaningful fine.

Jen W:

While I believe the current fashionability of the influence of gut flora is somewhat overstated (especially since we know almost nothing about what constitutes "good" flora vs. "bad" flora, or whether the relationships are causal or just associative), I agree that overuse of antibiotics, C-sections, baby formula vs. breastfeeding, and lack of exposure to natural soil bacteria are not good for our health.

JS

]]> Sat, 21 Dec 2013 16:04:44 -0800 Jen W on GERMOPHOBIA! http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/#p6551 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/#p6551 I think it has more to do with antibiotic use and the poor gut health of most Americans than anything, gina.  Read Michael Pollen's New York Times article called "Some of My Best Friends are Gems", it's all about how having healthy good microbes in our digestive track are vital to one's health. 

]]> Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:55:43 -0800 gina on GERMOPHOBIA! http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/#p6547 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/#p6547 I would rather live on a farm or virgin islands than nasty America. We spit out our gum or vomit when we are drunk. That's why Americans are germophobic since we are disgusting. 50 Years ago; we would not have treated the outside like a garabage can. Or a toilet! Germs of today are not the ones of yesterday!

]]> Thu, 19 Dec 2013 20:10:37 -0800 Jen W on GERMOPHOBIA! http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/#p5703 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/#p5703 I only "wash" my hands with water most of the time, hardly ever use soap.  This is also true of washing any dishes, I rarely use dish soap.

]]> Sun, 21 Apr 2013 06:29:32 -0700 J. Stanton on GERMOPHOBIA! http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/#p5700 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/#p5700 Randal:

I suspect you're correct in large part.

JS

]]> Sun, 21 Apr 2013 02:48:35 -0700 Randal on GERMOPHOBIA! http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/#p5696 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/#p5696 I started working ambulances in 1975 and continued on through as a paramedic until the mid-1990s working both the "streets" and offshore. My work in the oil and gas industry has taken me to 14 different countries with a lot of my work being in Africa.

While a paramedic I have been exposed to everything from active TB to HIV to Hep (all of them).

I have, for the most part, shunned any vacinations, I don't take any medication (over the counter or otherwise) and I can, and will, eat damn near anything.

And, I don't get sick!

Like George Carlin said, how does my body develop an immunity to germs when it is never exposed to them? And (are you sitting down?) I don't wash my hands everytime I go to the bathroom. As George said, "only time I wash my hands after using the bathroom is when I shit on my hands and that happens tops, tops! Once, maybe twice a week".

I very much subscribe to the hygiene hypothesis concept.

And regarding the overuse of antibiotics, my theory is that the overuse of antibiotics has done two things. Damaged the "good" bacteria in the bodies of most Americans and, put their own immunity system in neutral. Being bombarded with antibiotics has given a signal to the immunity systems of most Americans that it does not have to work, the calvary is here.

I think this has all lead to the increase of not only autoimmune diseases but also cancers.

]]> Sun, 21 Apr 2013 02:41:02 -0700 Jen W on GERMOPHOBIA! http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/#p5419 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/#p5419 Hence why allergies to things like dust, pollen, and other outdoor "pathogens" exist.  Plus, I save money by not worrying about it (no hand soap, etc.).

]]> Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:06:39 -0800 J. Stanton on GERMOPHOBIA! http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/#p5414 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/#p5414 Randal:

In addition to not developing a robust immune response to genuine challenges, it seems that by trying to maintain an antiseptic environment, we become sensitized to perfectly natural antigens as well.

JS

]]> Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:16:23 -0800 Randal on GERMOPHOBIA! http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/#p5397 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/#p5397 I think the article is dead on for most Americans. Through the overuse of antibiotics (including what they get through factory raised meat and milk), lousy diet, avoidence of sunlight and other factors, most Americans likely have no immunity system left. They likely have to become OCD in order to survive.

As for me, I avoid doctors and medications like the plague (pun intended), eat right and get plenty of sunshine.

I have an immunity system that could kill small animals by itself.

Avoiding medications and eating healthy as opposed to being OCD about germs, works for me.

]]> Fri, 01 Mar 2013 05:46:11 -0800 J. Stanton on GERMOPHOBIA! http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/#p5341 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/germophobia/#p5341 Martin:

That is also a concern.

JS

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