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_Quasar_
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 Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 2:39 am
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| KutovoiAnton wrote: | | I'm more surprised that Americans usually don't carry handkerchiefs with them, rather than that Japanese always having one. |
Yeah.
I carry em a lot. Mostly during cold seasons. Did not realise that hankerchiefs ere uncommon in the US.
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Polycell
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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 6:19 pm
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| Paiprince wrote: | | This question just asserts my belief that the US has a really weird view when it comes to hygiene. Why waste tons and tons of paper just to keep your hands dry when you can recycle a linen or silk clothe to do the same function much more? |
Beyond being useful for opening bathroom doors since some savages won't wash their hands on the way out, it's more sanitary to throw germs away rather than shove them in a pocket to fester.
| Quote: | | And using tons of rough wipes which you just dump down the porcelain and hoping it'll flush down is of the same equivalent? Please. |
If you have to hope, you're doing it wrong. If circumstances require large quantities, just flush midway through. It's not rocket science.
| _Quasar_ wrote: | | I carry em a lot. Mostly during cold seasons. Did not realise that hankerchiefs ere uncommon in the US. |
Most people don't need them: there's always something to dry your hands with(and if there isn't, pants are perfectly acceptable) and coughing is directed to the hand or elbow.
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relyat08
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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 7:23 pm
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Never imagined this would be such a controversial topic. And literally lead to arguments over bathroom hygiene. 
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Paiprince
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 10:35 pm
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| Polycell wrote: |
| Paiprince wrote: | | This question just asserts my belief that the US has a really weird view when it comes to hygiene. Why waste tons and tons of paper just to keep your hands dry when you can recycle a linen or silk clothe to do the same function much more? |
Beyond being useful for opening bathroom doors since some savages won't wash their hands on the way out, it's more sanitary to throw germs away rather than shove them in a pocket to fester.
| Quote: | | And using tons of rough wipes which you just dump down the porcelain and hoping it'll flush down is of the same equivalent? Please. |
If you have to hope, you're doing it wrong. If circumstances require large quantities, just flush midway through. It's not rocket science. |
You make it sound like snot is going to mutate into a bioweapon. It's not. Just simply wash the handkerchief down if it turns out to be a mess.
Tell that to the majority of geniuses at public bathrooms. Apparently, common bathroom etiquette is lost in this setting. Also, I'm not to keen about shoving my hand down the bowl with the odor wafting while I clean myself.
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Snomaster1
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2016 10:12 am
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I'll be honest. It just seems a little weird for kids to be going around with handkerchiefs. I've often seen them on adult men in suits,but I've often thought,that's just for work or trying to be formal or something. It might be a tradition in Japan to do that. You don't often see kids in America doing that. It would be considered a little odd for American kids to carry handkerchiefs around.
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