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I'm curious as to everyone's opinions on this. Many will tell you it's pointless, and many are firm believers that it is 100% necessary.

Few notes.
-Referring to men only here. Women have to wipe their snatch of pee and touch it, which leaks "wetness" and blood, they need to wash.
-Assuming the bathrooms in question have motion sensory sinks/toilets/urinals
-Not talking about pooping.

Discuss! I'll weigh in, after I see a few opinions. But I was thinking about this today and want to see what people believe.

My opinion is that I don't want to touch or shake hands with someone else that potentially did not wash their hands. This in mind I also would like the same relief knowing the other person also did. I've had many instances where I've seen employees at restaurants and places where food is handled without gloves and they do not wash their hands. Even knowing that I've washed my hands it still doesn't change the fact the door handle and other items in the bathroom are pretty dirty for this reason.. I probably wash my hands around 8 times a day just because of touching something that I feel is germy or has some sort of bacteria. I never would want to handle something or not wash my hands after going to the bathroom because I sometimes bite my nails which in turn could have some sort of bacteria on them.

I shoulder bathroom doors open, typically. I always wash my hands when I have just peed, unless I didn't touch my penis. On the rare occasion of just after a shower, I do not wash my hands. I do not like shaking hands with people who do not wash their hands. Unless your wife is having a baby, you surely have the time to wash your hands on the way out...
~Aqua

I've been exposed to filth and dirt beyond what most would care to expose themselves to, not necessarily because I wanted to.  Everything from diesel cooked crap to burnt hair, human flesh, and everything in between.  At a certain point, I sort of gave up hope of perfect cleanliness.  I wash my hands every time I leave the bathroom, but I am not one to insist that a trash can be right next to the door so that you can wipe your hands, then use the paper towel to grab hold of the door handle with and drop into the trash afterwards.  I always just go straight for the handle.  Sure, cooks may "shake and bake", how am I to know, and even more so, what the Hell can I do to prevent shit skivvies Steve from cooking the food I'm about to eat.  I'd rather just not think about it, and go on about my day, oblivious, trusting in my body's immune system to fight off the bacteria and has evolved to be exposed to.  I refuse to live my life in a make-believe bubble, taking that extra, and quite frankly ignorant in the fact that it is not fool-proof step to minimize exposure to germs.  We have an immunity system for a reason, and I have yet to contract any sort of sickness from touching a potentially fecal covered shopping cart handle.  Sure, I'll practice good sanitation out of respect for others, but I honestly believe that the more that I apply anti-bacterial to my hands, and throw back cold medicine, the more I am hurting myself in the long run, as all that is doing is preventing my body from building up its natural immunities.

Am I the only one who thinks the common cold blows grunt stains, but honestly appreciates the fact that I am having one knowing that I am good for another six months (at least) because my immune system is going to become temporarily stronger because of it?  Seriously, every time I have a cold, I think to myself (quite often, while I'm wiping my ass crack on the porcelain "tickle my g-spot") "Damn, well it's about time I guess, I'm due for one by now!"  Come to think of it now, I'm about due for another cold here in the coming weeks, it's easily been several months since my last cold...

Oh, and just some food for thought, every time I blow out my ass, or every time you walk into a bathroom while I'm avoiding staining my pants, if you smell it, you're inhaling particles of my ass.  How's that for a sick reality! Bwahahaha!!

Frankly, I don't.

First off, I shower every morning, I wash my cock, I wear clean underwear. My dick is no more dirty than most of my body parts, and by touching it when I take a piss, I'm getting no more germs on myself than I would any other way. It's not like I piss on my hands when I go, so it's a non-issue. On top of this, urine is sterile.

If I'm going to get any bacteria on me, it's going to be from entering and exiting a bathroom, and that's just from opening doors and what have you. And it's NOT just bathroom doors that are like that, it's everywhere. So what's the bloody point? I'm not going to become any less "germy" by washing my hands in the long run. All it takes is for me to leave the bathroom, go down a hall, maybe another door, sit down at a table at say, a restaurant, all the while touching the chair as I pull it out, and then the table. Ta-!@#$ing-da, I've all the germs I would have gotten had I opened the door in the bathroom as opposed to using some damn paper towel on the door. Though I will, whenever I have the chance, use a toilet bowl over a urinal, If splashback is going to occur, I'd rather it hit my shoes as opposed to my hands.

Did you know your keyboard has much much more bacteria than your cock or even a bathroom? Do you wash your hands every time you go to a computer? No! So what's the beef? I'll wash my hands when they are dirty, for feel icky from running my hands through my product filled hair to much.

I'm with Scotty on the immune system by the way. I rarely, if ever get sick. You know who I see get sick a lot? Women and prissy people who are clean as can be. Your just shooting yourself in the foot in the long run. Our bodies are meant to fight this.

Oh, also, while were on a bacteria topic, Using Anti-Bacterial whatever is not good for you, ever. You remove all the bacteria on your hands, the good and the bad. You've just removed the stuff that fights the bad stuff. Now you go and touch something, bam, all the bad germs on you, way to go!

On the same page as Seifer and Scotty involving the whole germs thing. However due to illusory correlation I can't give a proper answer. If I was to wash my hands after taking a piss, it wouldn't be because I touching myself, it would be because I don't like the feeling of dirty, rough, nasty hands. (What society refers to as "man hands") I prefer my hands soft, clean and as smooth as a baby's bottom, just like the rest of my skin. (What society refers to as "feminine hands") So thats where illusory correlation comes in. As I might have had dirty hands before I entered to take a piss but due to that, that memory becomes intertwined with washing my hands. Anyways, I wouldn't relate me washing my hands to going to the bathroom. But who knows, I could be wrong.

However as I'm just about to finish typing and having seconds thoughts.. The one time I make sure to wash my hands is when I'm at another persons house.

I almost never wash my hands after I take a piss. I never touch my wang, I use my underwear to maneuver it if necessary. Even if I do touch my wang it's the tiniest little touch, nothing is going to happen..

Quote from: God-I-Suck on October 07, 2010, 09:07:29 AM
I almost never wash my hands after I take a piss. I never touch my wang, I use my underwear to maneuver it if necessary. Even if I do touch my wang it's the tiniest little touch, nothing is going to happen..

Five second rule right?!  Heck, if I'm touching mine for more than five seconds, I'm not going to the bathr.... I'm just going to stop there...

Quote from: God-I-Suck on October 07, 2010, 09:07:29 AM
I almost never wash my hands after I take a piss. I never touch my wang, I use my underwear to maneuver it if necessary. Even if I do touch my wang it's the tiniest little touch, nothing is going to happen..

The tiniest little touch for the tiniest little wang.

I don't wash my hands after I piss, people who shit touch the sink and soap dispenser. I kick and shoulder bathroom doors open if need be, and often do not touch handles. Also, I used to wash my hands every time I did anything in the bathroom...I also had strep throat 13 times as a kid. Also, strangely enough, I never got my tonsils removed, I still have them. Around middle school I'd say I stopped being so adamant about washing my hands and only did so when I felt truly necessary (like shitting). Many flu seasons have passed over the past 5 years since than....I believe I've gotten sick once over the past 5 years, and it was an ear infection from the ocean...which evolved into a massive sinus infection. Point being, as long as your active, eat right, give your immune system what it needs to function, you'll rarely get sick assuming you have no outstanding condition that would deem otherwise.

Quote from: Mr Pwnage on October 07, 2010, 03:30:12 PM

Quote from: God-I-Suck on October 07, 2010, 09:07:29 AM
I almost never wash my hands after I take a piss. I never touch my wang, I use my underwear to maneuver it if necessary. Even if I do touch my wang it's the tiniest little touch, nothing is going to happen..

The tiniest little touch for the tiniest little wang.

I don't wash my hands after I piss, people who shit touch the sink and soap dispenser. I kick and shoulder bathroom doors open if need be, and often do not touch handles. Also, I used to wash my hands every time I did anything in the bathroom...I also had strep throat 13 times as a kid. Also, strangely enough, I never got my tonsils removed, I still have them. Around middle school I'd say I stopped being so adamant about washing my hands and only did so when I felt truly necessary (like shitting). Many flu seasons have passed over the past 5 years since than....I believe I've gotten sick once over the past 5 years, and it was an ear infection from the ocean...which evolved into a massive sinus infection. Point being, as long as your active, eat right, give your immune system what it needs to function, you'll rarely get sick assuming you have no outstanding condition that would deem otherwise.

A Tonsillectomy has long since been removed from "practical" procedures. After years of performing said operation, it turned out that it actually didn't fix anything. How do I know this? I read Uncle John's Bathroom Reader like you read the SO forums. xD But anyways, that is most likely why you never had them removed. Just thought I'd let you know. :P

Quote from: T-Rok on October 07, 2010, 04:45:11 PM

Quote from: Mr Pwnage on October 07, 2010, 03:30:12 PM

Quote from: God-I-Suck on October 07, 2010, 09:07:29 AM
I almost never wash my hands after I take a piss. I never touch my wang, I use my underwear to maneuver it if necessary. Even if I do touch my wang it's the tiniest little touch, nothing is going to happen..

The tiniest little touch for the tiniest little wang.

I don't wash my hands after I piss, people who shit touch the sink and soap dispenser. I kick and shoulder bathroom doors open if need be, and often do not touch handles. Also, I used to wash my hands every time I did anything in the bathroom...I also had strep throat 13 times as a kid. Also, strangely enough, I never got my tonsils removed, I still have them. Around middle school I'd say I stopped being so adamant about washing my hands and only did so when I felt truly necessary (like shitting). Many flu seasons have passed over the past 5 years since than....I believe I've gotten sick once over the past 5 years, and it was an ear infection from the ocean...which evolved into a massive sinus infection. Point being, as long as your active, eat right, give your immune system what it needs to function, you'll rarely get sick assuming you have no outstanding condition that would deem otherwise.

A Tonsillectomy has long since been removed from "practical" procedures. After years of performing said operation, it turned out that it actually didn't fix anything. How do I know this? I read Uncle John's Bathroom Reader like you read the SO forums. xD But anyways, that is most likely why you never had them removed. Just thought I'd let you know. :P

...  How can that be?  A Tonsillectomy removes bacteria vacuums.  Tonsils serve no purpose what-so-ever for the human, and I could actually understand how it would cause more harm than good, being that they are magnets for everything we breathe in, potentially good and bad.  It's another thing bad stuff can stick to, and provides no benefit for the good...  I guess I don't understand how the operation could be considered useless...

EDIT:  I'd be interested to see your source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillectomy

Btw, it is not your penis that you need to avoid touching, it's the stuff in the bathroom that has bacteria on it. As well, if you get piss on your hands, you need to wash that off. Seifer mentioned that urine is sterile. Sure, but it draws bacteria to it. If it sits for a minute, it's going to be dirty. Flushing the toilet (not an issue with auto-flush) or touching anything in a bathroom anywhere within like 5-10 feet (that's about how far it goes when you flush the toilet or due to splashback) warrants washing that off your hand.

I think it's one thing to consider whether or not to wash your hands of bacteria, but it's another to say that bathrooms are not dirty. They are. Of course, I also don't disagree with the fact that other places can be just as dirty. Which is why it's really just a preference whether or not you wash your hands. But if you wash your hands and then grab the door handle, that's pointless.

Where I come from, they teach us not to piss all over our hands.

But in all seriousness, yes I do. But not the bs 30 second hot water and soap wash, I usally just run my hands under the sink for a second.

Quote from: Scotty on October 07, 2010, 05:06:25 PM

Quote from: T-Rok on October 07, 2010, 04:45:11 PM

Quote from: Mr Pwnage on October 07, 2010, 03:30:12 PM

Quote from: God-I-Suck on October 07, 2010, 09:07:29 AM
I almost never wash my hands after I take a piss. I never touch my wang, I use my underwear to maneuver it if necessary. Even if I do touch my wang it's the tiniest little touch, nothing is going to happen..

The tiniest little touch for the tiniest little wang.

I don't wash my hands after I piss, people who shit touch the sink and soap dispenser. I kick and shoulder bathroom doors open if need be, and often do not touch handles. Also, I used to wash my hands every time I did anything in the bathroom...I also had strep throat 13 times as a kid. Also, strangely enough, I never got my tonsils removed, I still have them. Around middle school I'd say I stopped being so adamant about washing my hands and only did so when I felt truly necessary (like shitting). Many flu seasons have passed over the past 5 years since than....I believe I've gotten sick once over the past 5 years, and it was an ear infection from the ocean...which evolved into a massive sinus infection. Point being, as long as your active, eat right, give your immune system what it needs to function, you'll rarely get sick assuming you have no outstanding condition that would deem otherwise.

A Tonsillectomy has long since been removed from "practical" procedures. After years of performing said operation, it turned out that it actually didn't fix anything. How do I know this? I read Uncle John's Bathroom Reader like you read the SO forums. xD But anyways, that is most likely why you never had them removed. Just thought I'd let you know. :P

...  How can that be?  A Tonsillectomy removes bacteria vacuums.  Tonsils serve no purpose what-so-ever for the human, and I could actually understand how it would cause more harm than good, being that they are magnets for everything we breathe in, potentially good and bad.  It's another thing bad stuff can stick to, and provides no benefit for the good...  I guess I don't understand how the operation could be considered useless...

EDIT:  I'd be interested to see your source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillectomy

Alright Scotty, I'll see if I can find it in my Uncle Johns later tonight. I wish I knew which of the books it was in though, cause I'm gonna have to do a lot of searching through them >.>

Quote from: Titan on October 07, 2010, 06:31:06 PM
Where I come from, they teach us not to piss all over our hands.

But in all seriousness, yes I do. But not the bs 30 second hot water and soap wash, I usally just run my hands under the sink for a second.

I lol'd. But yeah, I do the same thing. And it's not all the time, whenever I take a piss, I usually after I'm done, just go run my hands under the water for 2 seconds, just to get that cleanish feeling again. And everyone who says you can get more germs from touching handles and such is right, and frankly I'm not to worried from getting germs from touching my penis when I take a piss. Who knows how many people's hands we touch that have gone pee and not washed after, and, who really cares? It's not like you will get sick instantly, yeah touching someones hands that are dirty is gross, but you can't really prevent anything. Nobody is saying to not wash you'r hands after you go the bathroom or touch doorknobs or other peoples hands, it's good to wash your hands, it's just wash them under the right circumstances.

~Looperpuck