Keyboard could be 5 times dirtier than your toilet seat - Page 2

toma_alimosh · May 3rd, 2008, 04:10 PM

Well, I would clean my keyboard. I'd be most happy to. The problem is, it's a laptop and it's still under warranty. So you can't open it and clean it. Bet those idiots from the health department haven't thought of this, have they?

chaos386 · May 3rd, 2008, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by BlaRo

Buuuuuttt...then again, my roommate's penis isn't positioned awfully close to my keyboard on a regular basis...

BlaRo, I'm afraid I have some bad news for you...

Viper007Bond · May 3rd, 2008, 04:43 PM

Toliet seats are actually fairly clean, so this doesn't mean shit. After all, you don't shit ON the seat (hopefully) and your ass cheeks shouldn't be any dirtier than any other part of your body. Plus, the seat only gets used a couple times a day which means stuff can't keep living on it usually.

Your keyboard is probably no dirtier than a door handle, cleaner probably (as only you touch your keyboard).

That said, I need to disassemble my keyboard again entirely and stick it in my bathtub (minus the board). So many crumbs and dust.

No Boss · May 3rd, 2008, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by BlaRo

Buuuuuttt...then again, my roommate's penis isn't positioned awfully close to my keyboard on a regular basis...

.....Yet.

katwalk · May 3rd, 2008, 05:02 PM

I have a laptop so I can't clean it, but I've got a plastic cover for it (due to the fact i'm a klutz and have had all of 3 accidents of spilling drinks on laptop keyboards, one was the cause of killing the motherboard of my last laptop) So i can just take it off when it looks dirty and shove it in the sink

efoolution · May 3rd, 2008, 05:16 PM

and guess what and with who I´ve recently stumbled upon on YT ... (2004 originally)

+ YouTube Video

Part 3/3 and yes ... it´s about your "desk" in general not just the keyboard ...

The show doesn´t blow me away ... but if you´re interested ...

Parts 1 and 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T13q8b70SEY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE-T_aCwXpY

bartboy9891 · May 3rd, 2008, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Toliet seats are actually fairly clean, so this doesn't mean shit. After all, you don't shit ON the seat (hopefully) and your ass cheeks shouldn't be any dirtier than any other part of your body. Plus, the seat only gets used a couple times a day which means stuff can't keep living on it usually.

Your keyboard is probably no dirtier than a door handle, cleaner probably (as only you touch your keyboard).

That said, I need to disassemble my keyboard again entirely and stick it in my bathtub (minus the board). So many crumbs and dust.

Bacteria that can survive in your intestine can end up on toilet seats. So though there might be less bacteria on the toilet seat, it probably has a better chance of making you sick than other less harmful bacteria.

katwalk · May 3rd, 2008, 05:45 PM

lol, hammond makes everything more interesting
I am greatly bothered by person in corner
wouldn't subtitles be less distracting and easier?

Donington · May 3rd, 2008, 05:53 PM

Keyboards hide lots of dangerous things, last time I checked there was a nest of Mexican Killer Bees and some Chechen Rebels hiding under the keys

bafranksbro · May 3rd, 2008, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by katwalk

I am greatly bothered by person in corner
wouldn't subtitles be less distracting and easier?

My god I could barely watch it with her there, I had to hold a floppy disk up in front of my screen to cover her up so I could watch. Yes I have a floppy disk just laying around, in fact I have many including the complete upgrade install of Windows 95 on floppy(pictured below on my dirty ass desk thats going to kill me) images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

argatoga · May 3rd, 2008, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Toliet seats are actually fairly clean, so this doesn't mean shit. After all, you don't shit ON the seat (hopefully) and your ass cheeks shouldn't be any dirtier than any other part of your body. Plus, the seat only gets used a couple times a day which means stuff can't keep living on it usually.

Yep, Mythbuster did an episode on this and proved that toilet seats are in general very clean. Most people don't use their ass to do things instead of their hands.

CrazyRussian540 · May 3rd, 2008, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by emil_t

yes yes noob question, how do you extract a key ?

I just hook onto the bottom of mine with a bent paper clip, and pull up.

Crazyjeeper · May 3rd, 2008, 08:03 PM

I just popped them up with a pocket knife.

jeffy777 · May 3rd, 2008, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Your keyboard is probably no dirtier than a door handle, cleaner probably (as only you touch your keyboard).

That said, I need to disassemble my keyboard again entirely and stick it in my bathtub (minus the board). So many crumbs and dust.

The thing is, a door handle doesn't collect crumbs. As the article pointed out, the crumbs are one of the main problems that lead to a keyboard potentially having bacteria that can cause food poisoning:

"Two had "warning levels" of staphylococcus aureus and two others had "worryingly elevated" levels of coliforms and enterobacteria, "putting users at high risk of becoming ill from contact".

The expert said the findings were typical of offices all over Britain.

Which? computing editor Sarah Kidner said: "The shocking results revealed that some of these keyboards were harbouring harmful bacteria that could potentially give their users a stomach upset.

"The germs found could cause food poisoning symptoms such as diarrhoea.

"The main cause of a bug-infested keyboard is eating lunch at desks, as the food deposits encourage the growth of millions of bacteria."

toma_alimosh · May 4th, 2008, 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by BlaRo

Yeah, I can see that. People are pretty gross, especially with work computers that are shared with other gross people.

Buuuuuttt...then again, my roommate's penis isn't positioned awfully close to my keyboard on a regular basis...

I find that disturbing. What is your roommate's penis doing close to your keyboard in the first place? Doesn't matter if it's not on a regular basis. images/smilies/blink.gif

geeman · May 4th, 2008, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by jayhawk

Like nuclear power?

Exactly

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Originally Posted by mgkdk

I've actually heard it before, a danish tv program did a test of various places: public benches, restrooms, door handles, computers in a university ect., the computers were the most dirty.

Well, the part about keyboard being dirtier than the toilet seat might be true. But there being an actual danger of getting diseases from keyboards is the bullshit part.

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May 3rd, 2008, 04:10 PM	#21
toma_alimosh Joined: Mar 14th, 2005 Last Online: 12:22 AM Location: Ontario Canada Age: 21 Posts: 2,583 Car: none as of yet Rep Power: 45	Well, I would clean my keyboard. I'd be most happy to. The problem is, it's a laptop and it's still under warranty. So you can't open it and clean it. Bet those idiots from the health department haven't thought of this, have they?

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katwalk Not A Dude Joined: Apr 1st, 2008 Last Online: Yesterday Location: USA Posts: 732 Car: 2003 volkswagen beetle Cabriolet Rep Power: 30	I have a laptop so I can't clean it, but I've got a plastic cover for it (due to the fact i'm a klutz and have had all of 3 accidents of spilling drinks on laptop keyboards, one was the cause of killing the motherboard of my last laptop) So i can just take it off when it looks dirty and shove it in the sink

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katwalk Not A Dude Joined: Apr 1st, 2008 Last Online: Yesterday Location: USA Posts: 732 Car: 2003 volkswagen beetle Cabriolet Rep Power: 30	lol, hammond makes everything more interesting I am greatly bothered by person in corner wouldn't subtitles be less distracting and easier?

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Donington Joined: Jan 26th, 2007 Last Online: 02:38 AM Location: London, Englandshire Posts: 2,773 Car: Peugeot 106 Rep Power: 44	Keyboards hide lots of dangerous things, last time I checked there was a nest of Mexican Killer Bees and some Chechen Rebels hiding under the keys

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