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Spawn, serious question! about the upside down glassware. I was taught that rule my first day in Chem class freshman year. Right side up is filthy. -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Oct 27 '21, 18:30

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Yes, you protect where the stuff that you will be drinking goes. But with Amy and Logan they are on constant rotation so I accepted her way. -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 20:46
Otoh, turning a glass upside down while on a shelf can trap moisture and allow bacteria to grow -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 27, 19:20 1
- That is good thinking! in real life it does not work that way at all. - loosilu Oct 27, 19:33
Regarding actual cleanliness: In real life, you need to think of yourself as being in an eternal rain shower. - loosilu Oct 27, 18:36 27
- that's why I keep the cabinet door closed -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 27, 19:33 3
  - Tons of shit in your cabinet air. Even under a lab hood, it is STRINGENTLY required to never uncover any container for more than a split second. -- nm - loosilu Oct 27, 19:35 2
    - I bet it costs a fortune to have a maid service that does lab level cleaning -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 27, 19:37 1
      - What was my point? Once you were trained to turn glassware upside down, you can never stop. Ever. -- nm - loosilu Oct 27, 19:40
- Yep, all that bacteria raining down... onto the surface you're putting in contact with the part of the glass that touches your lips... -- nm - Ender Oct 27, 19:23
- CLEAN ROOM technique goes a lot further. I will sum up - loosilu Oct 27, 18:45
- Can we nominate a post for worst post ever? -- nm - ty97 Oct 27, 18:38 20
  - admitting right here I'm a freak and clueless. What is bad about it? -- nm - loosilu Oct 27, 18:46 17
    - Ignorance sometimes is bliss on certain topics for certain people (this topic: me) -- nm - ty97 Oct 27, 18:52 9
      - hi ty!!! I'm reality! you quarantined your packages but you drink out of FILTHY containers. -- nm - loosilu Oct 27, 18:54 8
        
        lalalalalalalalalalalalalala -- nm - ty97 Oct 27, 18:55 7
        
        did you never notice how the glassware was arranged in hotel rooms? If not upside down, covered with paper. -- (edited) - loosilu Oct 27, 18:56 6
        
        I assumed that was to keep dust and fluids and viscera out, not microbes! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 19:16 5
        
        how the eff would fluids and viscera get into glassware on a counter? - loosilu Oct 27, 19:26 4
        
        I've heard stories. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 20:34
        
        You've obviously never shared a hotel room with Bery. -- nm - Danoween-ween Oct 27, 19:35 2
        
        "I call this move 'Death Blossom'" -- nm - Max Oct 27, 21:10
        
        LMAO - loosilu Oct 27, 19:46
    - I think it's because you're speaking the truth to an unpleasant aspect of reality that few have consciously grappled with. They probably have - Beryllium Oct 27, 18:48 6
      - omg. you mean a ... cup. -- nm - loosilu Oct 27, 18:49 5
        
        a right-side-up cup. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 18:50 4
        
        "we're all the same family so germs are ok" - loosilu Oct 27, 18:52
        
        "we're all the same family so germs are ok" -- nm - loosilu Oct 27, 18:51 2
        
        "Thanks for adopting me!" - C. diff -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 18:52 1
        
        We had a cup at home. Yes. Shared. *heave* -- nm - loosilu Oct 27, 18:53
  - Oh, there have been worse. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 18:46 1
    - Many probably by me. -- nm - loosilu Oct 27, 18:48

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