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[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 days ago (6 children)

It’d be nice if there were a lever to help remove the brush. I’d rather not physically manipulate the used brush with my hand.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Woah there! You’re clearly supposed to use your butthole.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I think that's a you specific issue

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago

Cleaning or even latex gloves exist for a reason, haha

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't think I have ever seen a toilet brush with a lever to eject the brush. I also don't think it solves much. You'd have to wash your hands anyway.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

...say hello to my little friend!..

(basically a compact dish scrubbie + bleach detergent embedded into each disposable head: never have to touch the business end to load refills from the caddy nor to eject used scrubbies into the trash)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Wow, that is really terrible!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

So imagine you use that, would you lick your fingers right afterwards?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

...straight back to the prep line at chipotle...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s the difference between a large and a small pathogenic load. It seems as though everyone here believes themselves to be perfect hand washers when they likely are not. You can reduce the chance of an occurrence, but rarely can you completely negate it.

No, you’d scrub your hands clean after washing the toilet using a toilet brush and gloves because you expect to perform the act many times across your utterly fallible life. Why introduce additional risk and hassle for no benefit? Frankly, obstinately arguing for extra chores, particularly ones involving poop water, doesn’t make sense to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just think that the head of the brush is a rather arbitrary threshold for when a toilet brush is considered icky or not. The whole thing, including your hands, go into the toilet when you use it. Being able to detach the brush head hand free is a very small but costly improvement. I'd go as far as calling it a false sense of security.

Also, I wash my butthole when I shower. With my hand.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I think one of us might be doing this wrong, as my hands never go into the toilet.

But you wipe beforehand, right? So there has to be a certain amount of poo you’re willing to accept and a threshold beyond that. I wouldn’t choose to adhere to your poo threshold, is all.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Paper towel will also help. You’re gunna be ok.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Don't you clean your toilet brush after you use it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I mean, how else am I gonna get toothpaste

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I use sponges that I’ve already sent through the wringer attached to something else. So no

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

That's why the gods gave us chewing gum