Does boiling = Sanitary

Nike7 said:
No, bacteria leave behind toxic compounds even after they are killed, some have heat resistant outer layers that require a longer time to kill, and also as the others have mentioned, what about the outer rim?
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Outer rim will be the most loaded with microbes but still probably far less than your average toothbrush. Again assuming black coffee, no milk.

Vast majority of bacteria we live with do not leave behind toxic compounds.
 
Tomtomtom said:
Outer rim will be the most loaded with microbes but still probably far less than your average toothbrush. Again assuming black coffee, no milk.

Vast majority of bacteria we live with do not leave behind toxic compounds.
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Bacteria multiply and are not dose dependent, which is why we have evolved a contamination instinct. Swallowing your own germs is a bit better than somebody else’s, sure.

And he is certainly leaving dead skin cells from his lips on the rim. Bacteria will feed on that.
 
Nike7 said:
And he is certainly leaving dead skin cells from his lips on the rim. Bacteria will feed on that.
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Yes and this would make it one of the cleaner things around the house.

Contamination/disgust instinct evolved mostly out in the bush, so it's a heuristic that's bound to fails sometimes in the modern world. Case in point!

It fails the other way too. Processed take-away food seems cleaner than, say, the butchery counter, but it's the ham sandwich that sat at room temperature that gives you the worst food poisoning of your life.
 
How disgusting are you if you don't even wash your coffee cup? I use a cup once and wash it. Do you also leave your plates dirty from the day before and then just put your dinner on again and again?
 
Akasha said:
How disgusting are you if you don't even wash your coffee cup? I use a cup once and wash it. Do you also leave your plates dirty from the day before and then just put your dinner on again and again?
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But, no-one else uses it, so what does it matter?
 
Akasha said:
How disgusting are you if you don't even wash your coffee cup? I use a cup once and wash it. Do you also leave your plates dirty from the day before and then just put your dinner on again and again?
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There's nothing wrong with some extra flavor
 
I would say it depends where he is leaving this mug, if he keeps it on his desk then I guess it's ok as long as no milk or sugar because that goes off very quickly
 
Tomtomtom said:
Yes and this would make it one of the cleaner things around the house.
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How so? I’m not following.

Tomtomtom said:
Contamination/disgust instinct evolved mostly out in the bush, so it's a heuristic that's bound to fails sometimes in the modern world. Case in point!

It fails the other way too. Processed take-away food seems cleaner than, say, the butchery counter, but it's the ham sandwich that sat at room temperature that gives you the worst food poisoning of your life.
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True.
 
This oke sounds like he needs Jordan Peterson as a start to getting his sh-it show in order.
 
Nike7 said:
How so? I’m not following.
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If it's just skin cells available for bacteria to feed on, they'll be the same species already on your skin, clothes, pillows, toothbrush, glasses etc. These are basically commensal and harmless.

Your kitchen counter will have way more interesting bacteria on it. The shelves in the fridge even better, especially the slippery one with the tray of chicken on it.
 
If he is rinsing the entire cup with boiling water once a day or so the I don’t really see a problem.

If he is just refilling with things that contain boiling water like tea or coffee probably not.

I use the same cup all day, but I rinse it in between with hot water.

No chance I’d use it multiple days without properly washing.
 
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