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[-] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 33 points 2 years ago

I mean logically the kind of shit that grows on your dishes isn't much better for you than the literal shit that a toilet brush would scrub out of your toilet bowl. They both contain a lot of the same bacteria, you wouldn't be much better off licking an old used plate that has been sitting in a moist environment for a few days before you put the dishwasher on than you would be from licking a toilet brush. Well made dishwashers are designed to vigorously wash and, with the right settings and detergent, sanitize everything inside them so that they are safe to eat off of. Heck the machines they use to sanitize surgical equipment are essentially fancy dishwashers. But emotionally I couldn't do it. Even if I used the best dishwasher known to man and rewashed everything multiple times, I just wouldn't be able to get over that mental hurdle.

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago

But emotionally I couldn't do it. Even if I used the best dishwasher known to man and rewashed everything multiple times, I just wouldn't be able to get over that mental hurdle.

I know, right? If nothing else it just feels wrong...

[-] Rootiest@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Like those wastewater treatment systems that turn sewage water into cleaner drinking water than we normally use, it still feels icky.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

That's literally how they convinced people to vote against doing it when I lived in L.A. They called it "toilet to tap." Now L.A. is running out of water and suddenly they're desperate to do it.

Guess what? Animals piss and shit in municipal water supplies that aren't recycled. Constantly.

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

They could always opt for refined ocean water. The Arabs and Israelis do it for the past 2 decades or so.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Sure, or they could just recycle water, which takes a lot less energy and is far less polluting.

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

So first we need to stop fish from shitting in the ocean

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's not the same. One, the volume of water in which fish shit/piss is emmensly larger. Two, there are other life forms that recycle that shit and use it to grow.

[-] tomi000@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Still people drink tap water. How come?

[-] TheThunderWolf 6 points 2 years ago

where else would you get drinking water? a water shop? a spring?

[-] tomi000@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

What Im trying to get at is that its obviously not that big a hurdle, at least I dont know anyone that regularly complains about feeling nasty drinking tap water. Its just about what people are used to, not reall, about something being unclean or not.

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

In some places, tap water is drinkable. For example, where I live. Sure, it doesn't taste as good as bottled water, but it's safe to drink.

[-] tomi000@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I was being sarcastic. Obviously people drink tap water even though it is recycled piss, so the 'mental hurdle' cant be that big

[-] Rootiest@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

To be clear personally if given the choice I'd rather the recycled piss water than tap water considering it has stricter standards.

I was just pointing out the ick factor exists whether or not it's logical.

[-] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Depending on where you live tap water has the same or not noticibly lower quality of bottled water. Just for a fraction of the price.

[-] tomi000@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

That was my point. The water quality isnt affected by the fact that there were tons of shit swimming in the same water a few days before.

[-] kajko@feddit.nu 10 points 2 years ago

I don't know about the dishes but according to my memory of something I read a while ago (can't look things up right now), the kitchen sink and kitchen brushes aren't much cleaner than anything in the toilet; and actually, kitchen washcloths/sponges tend to be worse than toilet surfaces.

So, maybe don't put toilet brushes in the dishwasher but definitely don't put in kitchen washcloths either. Not sure what this means about us washing dishes by hand with a sponge either. And maybe don't put in used washcloths along your clothes in the washing machine.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

i would assume the big problem with toilet items is that some quite nasty bugs come out of our bungholes, whereas in the kitchen you'll at worst find salmonella if you don't practice good hygeiene around raw unvaccinated bird products

[-] Aux@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It's not about killing microbes, it's about getting rid of pathogens and spores they create. You can't steam that away. For example, botulinum toxin can withstand up to +85C and botulinum spores can withstand boiling water. No dishwasher will make your stuff safe from botulinum.

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Your toilet brushes probably don't have anaerobic bacteria spores on them. To be clear, I think this is properly gross, but I also acknowledge that to some degree this is a marginally irrational preference for keeping food and poop separate. In all likelihood, there is no actual risk of disease from this practice.

[-] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Hot water isn't the only thing cleaning your dishes you know.

[-] Aux@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, but none of the things inside the dishwasher are rated against fece transmited pathogens.

[-] Laticauda@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 years ago

Considering you can find traces of human feces on literally every surface inside a human home, I imagine you mainly need stuff like that for surgery, and surgical items are washed in what is, essentially, a dishwasher.

[-] Aux@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

and surgical items are washed in what is, essentially, a dishwasher.

Blast furnace is essentially a domestic oven by that logic.

[-] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

They are a lot more similar to each other than a blast furnace is to an oven but whatever man.

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