Comment on If you have used this you are immune to all disease.

diemartin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Soapbox@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yes. It’s a reusable towel system for drying hands in a public bathroom. It’s basically a really long roll of cloth that is supposed to get pulled down as its used and goes down into another rolld and washed and put back. I haven’t seen one in a really long time.

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  • diemartin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Ah, gotcha.

    Sounds totally hygienic /s

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    • Soapbox@lemmy.zip ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      In theory, if it worked correctly, it should be hygenic and better for the environment. But as other commenters have mentioned, in reality they get jammed alot and so the same wet section gets used over and over. Or the owners don’t actually wash the roll and it just gets respooled and put back when dry.

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      • Natanael@infosec.pub ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You could do something clever with UV light possibly, but still. There’s going to be plenty of traces of crap on them even if all bacteria is dead

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