@XSGeek @altamaha

Because my views on hygiene were irreparably harmed (...?) based on labwork (pure cell culture experience, anyone? Anyone...?), where you follow strict guidelines regarding contamination.

Both an old textbook of mine as well as a sign posted in a lab said, in all-caps: YOU ARE ONE BIG WALKING CONTAMINANT (or roughly that; it's been a long time).

We carry germs in our mouths you do NOT want to contaminate food with which you are going to store away & eat later, for example.

@XSGeek @altamaha

I'm not a germaphobe or anything; I'm aware spores & various bacteria (pathogenic & non), viral particles, and even prions are quite literally omnipresent in all but the most tightly controlled environments (e.g., BSL-4 facilities) - and even then, if can't keep *everything* out, so the point is to minimize load.

Still don't want to introduce anything which can reproduce astonishingly fast into even refrigerated samples.

So...yeah, maybe I'm a wee tiny huge bit neurotic...

@XSGeek @altamaha

...though I would argue it's not a *pathological* neurosis, so I'm not super-inclined to treat it.

If I ever start going around wearing kleenex boxes on my feet or storing my urine in Mason jars sorted by date & hue, that'd be another thing entirely 🤣