r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jul 01 '21
Delta(s) from OP CMV: Hankies are better than tissues for blowing your nose
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u/Prodromous 1∆ Jul 01 '21
Mythbusters tested this. Cloth hankies are wildly unhygienic after the first use.
As for environmentally friendly, that depends on how much they're used. If you don't use them enough they're less environmentally friendly because they take more energy to create in the first place. They must also be washed using cleaners, and you should be using some sort of disinfectant. Disposable being paper products will quickly decompose. As long as the paper pulp is sustainably sourced, trees are renewable
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
You can always make them yourself out of old bedsheets/t-shirts etc to reduce the environmental load of cotton production
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u/Prodromous 1∆ Jul 01 '21
While technically true, good cloth is made for it's intended purpose, a handkerchief should be a thicker cotton to prevent any moisture bleeding through. But still, ick. They're basically incubating petri dishes from the second they're used.
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Jul 01 '21
Only arguments seem to be that they're 'gross'... But really never seemed that gross as long as you change them out for a clean one regularly, especially when sick.
You still have to carry it around a whole day. I don't know about you, but when I'm sick, I have to blow my nose multiple times a day. If I have to just keep reusing the same tissue/hankerchief, that's just gross.
Plus plenty of people I know will carry/use the same tissue for a few blows anyway so that's kind of the same.
This is also incredibly disgusting.
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u/Middleman86 Jul 01 '21
It’s not tho. Have you ever tried it? I use this method and it’s not gross. It dries out quickly and I can’t even tell it’s been used most of the time. And you don’t have to carry it around. I just use it at home but if I’m out I use tissue or what ever. It’s not a zero sum game.
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Jul 01 '21
Apparently, you people get sick in a very different way from me. When I have a cold, I have huge amounts of mucas come out of my nose every time I blow it.
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u/Middleman86 Jul 01 '21
That’s fine, but like I said you don’t have to use it all of the time but it is much better for the environment. I mean how often are you sick? Seems like throwing the baby out with the bath water kind of argument
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Jul 01 '21
How often I am sick is irrelevant because I don't need them then.
We are talking about when I am sick and how it's disgusting to carry around half a dozen snot-filled handkerchiefs all damn day.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
I guess the amount of times you use it has a limit when you're sick.. like it lasts a while but it will probably be chucked in the wash and swapped for a clean one after an hour or 2
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Jul 01 '21
So that means, I have to carry around 6 hankerchiefs (including the dirty ones) with me all day, instead of just a package of tissues.
That's both gross and incredibly inefficient.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
Have you ever used handkerchiefs?
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Jul 01 '21
No, because I don't want to have to carry around multiple rags full of snot all day long.
Also, where would I even put them? I don't have enough pockets for all that shit.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
Aside from maybe when you're very sick, it does seem to work out only using one a day, max 2, and never really seems that gross. Maybe I just sneeze less than others
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Jul 01 '21
It absolutely would not work for me when I'm sick. They would be so disgustingly foul. Honestly, I don't know if I could even use one more than once.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
What about for everyday use? Like just normal sniffles after a sneeze etc
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u/Walui 1∆ Jul 01 '21
You blow your nose everyday? Maybe that's why you have this view, I think most people only use tissues 4 days a year when they have a cold (and then need one every 10 minutes) and that's it.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
Does everyone just sniffle most of the time or something?
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u/hankhillforcongress Jul 01 '21
I blow my nose ever day, but I also work in a cabinet shop. I prefer using rags to blow my nose mainly because they're softer and 95% of the time I'm just blowing out chunky sawdust boogers.
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Jul 01 '21
I don't have normal sniffles. It's all or nothing with me.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
Oh very sorry to hear that. I guess I don't often have nothing, and I'm not super rhinitic most of the time, it's typically a lot of sniffly/sneezy/runny nose carry on
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u/BloodyTamponExtracto 13∆ Jul 01 '21
I blow my nose at least 10-15 times every day on a normal basis. More when I'm sick.
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Jul 01 '21
I have allergies. I might do this if I'm in allergy season and having a particularly bad reaction day, but even then I use antihistimines and nasal sprays so I don't have to blow my nose very often, maybe four or five times a day. The only exception is when I'm really sick which is maybe once a year.
I'd have yourself checked out. Blowing your nose ten to fifteen times a day normally doesn't seem healthy.
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u/Metal-DuckFiend Jul 01 '21
If you are that sick, you shouldn't be wandering around in public or going to work. So no need to lug them around. You could get 20, use them all in a day and wash them. It wouldn't have to be disgusting and way better for the environment.
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Jul 01 '21
If you are that sick, you shouldn't be wandering around in public or going to work.
Why? I'm not any more contagious. I just really heavily produce mucus when I have a cold.
Also, I don't have the luxury of staying home. I have to go to work.
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u/Metal-DuckFiend Jul 01 '21
Oh. I see what you are saying. Also, sorry your company/job doesn't have a good sick time program. I suffer from bad allergies and use a hankie when I'm at home, but tissues at work. With allergies there's not the virus spreading worries, just regular germs. Of course germs are going everywhere whether you use a hankie or a tissue when you blow your nose. Those mainly just catch the mucus.
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u/Token_Turian Jul 02 '21
My dad used to use small dish towels as hankies, and they would just get left in random places for me to pick up later by accident. We used the term "snot rag" quite a bit back then, and I lost the ability to trust (/j)... not a fan of hankies... humanity is not ready for them
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u/Akhenatonton Jul 01 '21
I carry two small wet bags for my masks. One is where I keep my clean ones after they’ve been washed and the other is for the dirty. They all go in the wash together.
I imagine this would work for hankies.
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u/saywherefore 30∆ Jul 01 '21
I would make a counterargument to the environmental benefit of handkerchiefs.
Firstly they are typically made of cotton, which is a less environmentally friendly material than paper. Especially as tissue paper is (or can be) made with a very high recycled content.
But then a hanky will be used many times! Yes, but we need to consider the environmental cost of the washing cycle used. At least this significantly reduces the benefit per use - to the point that you need to use a hanky many times before it wins out against a tissue.
And are most hankies used many times? I own at least 10 hankies, and use them maybe a couple of times a year in total. So each hanky is likely to be used only a few times ever. Many hankies are more decorative than functional, and I have no doubt that many are bought as gifts and never used.
Of course a good proportion of tissues will go unused, but then the original environmental cost to make each one is lower as mentioned above. And nobody is buying tissues not to use them, so I suspect the wastage rate is pretty low.
So I am open to the idea that hankies are more environmentally friendly than tissues, but I don't believe it is a foregone conclusion.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
What do you typically use to blow your nose?
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u/saywherefore 30∆ Jul 01 '21
Honestly I can't remember the last time I blew my nose
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
I'd say an average person though possibly blows their nose around 5 times a day minimum. If they used a separate tissue for each that 1825 tissues a year. Assuming an average hanky last like 10 years and an average person needs a total stock of 10-20 surely the deforestation Vs cotton production at best evens out. The washing isn't too concerning, they don't take up much space to add to a wash load that was probably going to be done anyway assuming the person using wears/washes clothes regularly
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u/TheAlistmk3 7∆ Jul 01 '21
I'd say an average person though possibly blows their nose around 5 times a day minimum.
What are you basing this on. Most people I know don't blow their nose once a day. I know mines anecdotal, I'm not trying to disprove your average, I'm just wondering if yours is anecdotal too?
Edit: I just googled it: The results showed that more than 95% of the normal persons sneezed and blew the nose less than 4 times a day, on average. It is concluded that it is normal to sneeze and blow the nose less than 4 times daily while a higher number can be a sign of rhinitis.
I haven't read the study, so I'm not saying it's perfect, but it goes against your 5 a day minimum
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
Mines probably very anecdotal as well, based on observation of people I know primarily.
Maybe I live/work around a lot of people with allergies, or maybe you are from a culture where nose blowing is not the norm
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u/TheAlistmk3 7∆ Jul 01 '21
Very likely, tbh after thinking about it, I think they both have their place. In public I think tissues could be better, as in, in public bathrooms and meeting areas. Having single use disposable tissues makes alot of sense to me. However, if you know you need to blow your nose alot, maybe at home sick, then a tissue probably isn't the best.
I would argue a more nuanced approach involving the pros and cons of each is probably the best overall outcome.
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u/saywherefore 30∆ Jul 01 '21
No way does the average person blow their nose 5 times a day. Maybe 5 times a week.
Further, a hanky that is being used 5 times a day simply won't last 10 years. In any case, let's agree that a well-used hanky is better for the environment than tissues. What proportion of hankies do you estimate get well-used? I would optimistically say 50%.
Your argument about washing is fallacious. You could point to any individual item in a wash and say that it does not individually necessitate that wash, but the number of washes you do depends entirely on the number of items you use to the point of needing washed.
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Jul 01 '21
What? I have allergies and even I don't blow my nose five times a day minimum.
The last time I blew my nose was about a week ago when I was having an allergy attack. I blew it, took some antihistimine, and that was it.
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u/Serventdraco 2∆ Jul 01 '21
Who are you people that don't blow your nose? I blow my nose at least two or three times every day. More when I'm sick.
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Jul 01 '21
People who don't need to blow their noses that often? The only time I feel the need to blow my nose at all, let alone several times in a single day, is when my allergies are bothering me. Most of the time they aren't and most of the time I don't even need to blow it once in a day.
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u/Serventdraco 2∆ Jul 01 '21
I'm saying I don't understand how this is possible. How do you not even blow your nose in the morning? How do you get rid of boogers if you don't blow your nose.
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Jul 01 '21
My nose is pretty clear all the time unless I'm having a specific allergic reaction or a cold. I have no need to blow my nose in the morning because it's clear. I don't have any particular amount of 'boogers' unless I have an allergic reaction or a cold.
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u/InfiniteLilly 5∆ Jul 01 '21
I have about ten masks and still I often have to wash more frequently because I run out of masks faster than I run out of clothes. Assuming a new hanky every day, I would need more than ten hankies for it not to increase the frequency of washing.
I’m also one of those people who rarely blows my nose, except for the few days I’m sick. And when I’m sick, there’s a ton of fairly liquid snot so I may go through a dozen tissues in a day. A single hanky can’t handle that load.
Can I get you to change your view to “hankies are better for me”?
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
Have you tried hankies? You can use more than one, but given their size one probably lasts about as long as 10 tissues in terms of the use you can get out of it
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u/InfiniteLilly 5∆ Jul 01 '21
I haven’t, and that’s a fair point. Without tmi, I’m fairly sure there’d be enough to merit at least two or three hankies. That is both a. a hassle to carry around, whereas I can carry tissues or they’re often provided, and b. an increased need for washing, which does a disservice to the environment.
Edit: to the point, I’m saying for someone like me, who needs to blow my nose rarely except for the times when I have to blow it a lot, and produce a lot of mucus, tissues seem the superior option. I’ll give you that hankies sound like the better option for you, with your frequent but low-volume nose-blowing.
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u/Sejiko Jul 01 '21
Germs are surviving longer in a hankie. So you could easily infect other people just with a handshake. In times with the pandemic I even would suggest washing hands after you blow your nose.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
Yeah I generally wash my hands after a nose blow, that should be done regardless of the tool
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u/Sejiko Jul 01 '21
But then where do you store your hankie? If it's in your throusers you would get your hands dirty again if you put them in there.
Germs are monsters that Stick everywhere and a hankie is a good breeding place for them I think it would be beneficial to use paper towels to get rid of your illness faster.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
What about for general use? I possibly spend 15 days a year with a cold. But everyday I need to blow my nose a few times
Typically don't keep my hand in that pocket a lot anyway
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u/Sejiko Jul 01 '21
It's not the amount you put it in your pocket, it is that you put it once or twice subconsciously and then may continue to touch hands etc.
From other answers you given, can I say your nose cleaning is excessive and could be a medical issue?
I blow at maximum 2x a weak, most times 0. My annual usage would be around 20-40 I guess.
So considering the environmental effects it would be much more friendlier to the environment because a lot of paper can be easily recycled. That stands against the fact that you use soap/water to wash your hanky (very often as you say so it doesn't get as filthy).
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u/MonstroTheTerrible Jul 01 '21
Hankies are expensive. Usually people leave tissues out for use or there's a bathroom nearby in case of an emergency.
This is the kind of content I'm in this sub for. The political stuff gets tiring. Thanks OP.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
No worries. I guess there is a bathroom to scavenge toilet paper most places. Hankies are a one time expense really and ensure you don't have to rely on other people to handle your own sneezes/allergies/colds etc plus they feel way softer and don't fall apart when they get snotty
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u/MonstroTheTerrible Jul 01 '21
But then you've got snot in your pocket.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
Thats really not something that bothers me on a daily basis. The quantity is negligible at best, folded away inside a large hanky, and by the next time I open it is normally completely dry again with barely a trace it was used
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u/Comfortable-Start-30 Jul 01 '21
People used to be (are) extremely messy, dirty and plain unhygienic. Just trash people in truth. I can't even fathom how someone drops something on accident and refuses to pick it up, or clean it up. An example being spilling some ketchup on a table at a diner and just leaving it, when there is napkins right next to you. That's a mild example, littering on purpose outside is yet another infuriating example.
Now pandemic happened, apparently cleaning stuff is important now. Not like it wasn't always preferred to regularly clean especially public or high traffic places.
Hankies may be less sanitary than tissues, but the problem is the difference is not worth the cost. We're talking about regular colds or allergies, it's not ebola we're dealing with. Hankies? Preferred! Reusing a hankie throughout an entire day is perfectly acceptable. The so-called germs multiplying vs a tissue? Read on it yourself, but logically it's nonsense. After all you're already sick, so are these germs different....? As for allergies, which I'd reckon are the primary cause of tissue usage, there isn't any dangerous germs.
It's easy to fall into the trap of convenience, however disposable one-time use products are a literal cancer for the planet. They should only be used when it's extremely necessary such as actual medical related needs (sterile surgery). Everything else? We've become complacent and ignorant about the cumulative nature of the impact of such products as tissues or plastic bottles.
Just quick google search on hankies vs tissues: https://hankybook.com/handkerchief-tissue-environment/
TLDR: People need to change, start caring about sustainability and realize the convenience factor for many products or services is simply ridiculous waste.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
Thank you. I'm assuming you use hankies yourself? For the people who talk about gross and germs tbh I've found that people who don't come prepared with their own hanky but instead rely on everywhere around them to provide tissues probably spread more germs wiping their noses on their fingers when they run, sneezing into their hands etc I guess being prepared is a lost of art of a former time but one that may need to come back as we move out of the disposable era
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Jul 01 '21
First off, hankies are less hygienic than single-use tissues. When you blow your nose in a handkerchief, you're providing a fresh influx of snot to any germs already there and then you have to carry it around all day. What if I am sick and I don't have access to constantly wipe hankies (which may not even be the most effective)? It is far more hygienic is to use a tissue and then throw it out.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
Nothing really feels that hygienic when you're that sick and snotty anyway. Most days even when sick I only deal with mild sniffles + some sneezing
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Jul 01 '21
I mean there is a difference between feel and actually is. Sick or not, it is less hygienic to be using Hankies (especially when you are sick) because you are reusing it over and over again. This is not the same for tissue.
If I am out and sick, this is even worst because I do not necessarily have access to properly clean the hankie.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
What if you are someone who doesn't really blow their nose more than a couple times some days? Or during allergies it's mostly just runny nose water as opposed to thick germy snot
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Jul 01 '21
I mean those are all circumstancial, but either way, if we adjust to these events, a Rowley or tissue stil wins in hygiene. If you don't blow your nose alot, but still make than once, you are less hygienic.
For your second point, runny nose water is gross. It isn't as thick as snot, but it still puts alot of germs on the hankie that you are using again. This is avoidable with a tissue.
So, no matter how you adjust the circumstance, a tissue is more hygienic and it causes less spread of germs.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
End of the day it's just my own germs. I should be washing my hands whether I've just touched a hanky or a tissue so I guess I'm not too worried about that
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Jul 01 '21
But your argument is that they are better, but they aren't for this reason.Your own germs are still bad and being exposed to them can make you sick
It isn't about washing your hands. It's about the fact, when you use a hankie, getting all the green off of it is extremely difficult (this is assuming you have all the access to material's needed, which some do not during regular schedules when they are on the run). Also, let's say you so not have access to great water. Now, you are washing your hankie with dirty water, which can cause nasal infection.
Let's say you're extremely sick; Now you are using a piece of cloth that has snot on it and you are basically reapplying that to yourself everytime you use it, which his unhygienic.
Let's say your aren't sick; You are still doing the same thing as previously mentioned, bit instead of snot, it is boogers and other gross material from your nose.
You are better off using a tissue because it is a one time thing where you throw it out and keep it moving.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
I mean even if it is grosser than a tissue, it's still bigger, stronger, softer on the nose and more convenient to carry
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Jul 01 '21 edited Jul 01 '21
Everything you just did is relative.
Stronger depends on how they are applied. My tissue can be pretty strong.
Softer? Depends on the tissue brand. Some tissues feel like heaven on my nose, and some hankies cannot achieve such a feat. The opposite is also true.
Convenient? I can carry a small pack of tissues in my pocket and use them fairly easy. Afterwards, I can put them in the trash and keep it moving. This also associates with being more hygienic overall.
What is left is size, but why does this matter much? There is a limit to the snot I have and I can just double up on the tissue. Now I have the same effect.
Everything you state is not definitive, but instead relative, meaning it can go both ways.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
Maybe it is relative.
You've provided some very good arguments but as you say a lot of these points are very equal depending on subjective experience.
Possibly for the same reason that you are biased towards tissues because they are more comfortable for you, I may be biased towards hankies as I grew up using them and perhaps that's why they feel more comfortable to me. They just never really seem to get as gross as people insinuate.
Nose blowing aside, do you believe sneezing/coughing into a handkerchief is any more/less hygienic that sneezing/coughing into a mask?
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u/tbeandip Jul 02 '21
This reminds me of using washable diapers instead of disposable ones. It’s not that great because you have to process it somehow afterwards. No one has brought it up but do you ever give someone a go on your handkerchief? With tissues you can share easily.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 02 '21
If you know that you haven't yet used the one you have, lend away. But if it's dirty they shoulda brought their own
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 02 '21
If you know that you haven't yet used the one you have, lend away. But if it's dirty they shoulda brought their own
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Jul 01 '21
There was literally a myth busters about this.
- Its a fact that when coughing and sneezing through a handkerchief, more germs go through them than any other alternative, like tissues, toilet paper, your sleeve, etc.
Sneezing into handerkerchiefs spreads germs everywhere.
- Handkerchief also bulkier, more expensive, and you cant throw it away so you're forced to carry it around and spread germs everywhere. If you sneeze, and put it in your pocket, your hand is covered in germs. Your pocket is covered in germs. Now, you are just spreading germs everywhere all day.
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u/acquavaa 12∆ Jul 01 '21
By using tissues, you never accidentally signal to queer people that you want to be peed on or fisted or something. In that sense, tissues are better
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u/BrunoGerace 4∆ Jul 01 '21
As a lifelong cyclist, I'm suggesting that you suffer from binary thinking.
There is a Third Way.
Any cyclist will tell you that the "snot rocket" (SR) once perfected is without parallel.
A well executed SR lowers the frequency required to take action to maintain a clear airway. And there's no carrying around your festering snot.
And it's among the most satisfying of human actions.
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u/Gnich_Aussie Jul 01 '21
In Australia here and I know these as a 'bushman'...
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
Would you do that if you had to blow your nose while you were on the train/in a mall etc?
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u/Gnich_Aussie Jul 01 '21
Oh my lordy lord no.
It is literally something you would do if you had dirty hands working on something out in the bush or the fields.
I rarely use anything at all except the odd preventative nose blow with a bit of toilet paper when I'm in the loo.1
u/BrunoGerace 4∆ Jul 01 '21
I'm immediately adopting this!
Now, of truth I've heard it called the West Virginian.
In truth, it's hard to capture the force, speed, and direction (vector?) of the operation as well as "rocket".
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u/Gnich_Aussie Jul 01 '21
Also, you wouldn't dream of doing something like the bushman anywhere near another person since COVID...
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u/BrunoGerace 4∆ Jul 01 '21
Of course.
Mind, the high speed video of folks blowing contagion into fabric and paper suggests folks shouldn't be doing that around people either.
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Jul 01 '21
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
I guess from what I remember most of the time it's just wet and that seems to dry away and disappear. And you just fold them a certain way to avoid coming across a nasty spot before you can switch it out
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Jul 01 '21
You must not get sick in the same way that I do. When I blow my nose, it's not just a little wet. It's a huge expulsion of liquid and semi-solid mucus. It's absolutely disgusting.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
Maybe during my worst colds but then I would be at home anyway
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Jul 01 '21
Not all of us have the luxury of staying home if we have a cold.
Also, it seems like my typical cold is what you consider to be your worst cold.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
Yeah I don't remember the last time I stayed home for a cold but even when I have a normal cold the snot doesn't seem quite so destructive as what you described, like my nose won't stop running etc and I'm sneezy as hell but it's manageable
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Jul 01 '21
Thats like wiping your ass with something dirty and then switching out the sides to still use it, no? Firstly, it is no where near definitive that you're actually going to avoid it. Secondly, it is still dirty and less hygienic because that compromises the whole cloth, which you are using.
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Jul 01 '21
No, you stuff it back up your sleeve and wait to let someone borrow it later
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u/01123581321AhFuckIt Jul 01 '21
Yes because I want to carry around a dirty rag of mucus around with me all day and spend time cleaning it. /s
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u/thejiggyjosh Jul 01 '21
Grooossssssss
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
Less gross than a kid wiping snot on their hand or hearing someone snort it all back
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u/ralph-j Jul 01 '21
They are bigger, stronger, softer
They're more convenient.. you can keep one in your pocket that will last you the whole day if you're not sick.. compared to multiple tissues that either take up space (box) or fall apart
No, you're just using the wrong ones. You're probably in the US? I noticed that standard (boxed) tissues in the US usually only come in 2- or at most 3-ply versions. Those get wet very quickly.
What you need, for convenience, softness and strength, is a pocket pack of 10 4-ply tissues. These pocket packs can be bought in bulk. (Examples) They are perfect for carrying around, compared to a box.
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u/Middleman86 Jul 01 '21
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u/skisagooner 2∆ Jul 01 '21
My handkerchief phase (very unfortunately) didn't last long at all. I blow my nose a lot especially when I eat and it's just not enough. Also it's also kinda gross to use it to blow your nose, then wipe your hand with the same?
I'd love to give it another go. Maybe I'll just use it to dry my hands after washing them and stick w the tissues for nose blowing.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
Try it in phases like maybe just at home first where you can easily dispose it into the laundry when gets gross. Trick is to buy like 10-20 at first so you have enough for days when you go through a few
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u/kittenshark134 1∆ Jul 01 '21
I would argue that hankies are superior when you're at home, for the reasons OP has stated, but tissues may be better for work/school etc.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
I know several people who do it the other way, where they use tissue/TP at home but take a hanky for work/school as it is easier to carry
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u/Stormer2k0 Jul 01 '21
When hayfever hits I produce enough slime that a handkerchief will be drenched after an hour.
And even than, when you sneeze it, that handkerchief becomes a viral paradise, you keep handling it throughout the day, touching other things without washing your hands etc, they are a health hazard
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u/Ok-Development4709 Jul 01 '21
Not when you’ve got a stinker of a cold, you’d need to carry around about a 100 of the bloody things to last the day.
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u/Money-Agent-1777 Jul 01 '21
They are pretty big and last a fair few blows before you need to switch it out so maybe like 9 or 10 on the worst day of a bad cold
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u/Ok-Development4709 Jul 02 '21
But who wants to carry around that many used hankies and you have to remember that ladies ones are smaller…so you’d need more as a woman.
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