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Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

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  • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

    Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

    KimK This user is from outside of this forum
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    #17

    @catsalad@infosec.exchange In my nightmare they weren't a continuous loop, it was two synchronised spools, and it would inevitably have reached the end some time ago, leaving everyone drying their hands on the last two manky feet of towel.

    This was still better than the Dyson Airblade.

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    • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

      Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

      แอท-ทริดA This user is from outside of this forum
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      แอท-ทริด
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      #18

      @catsalad i used them on the washington state ferries as a child

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      • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

        Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

        Rob FahrniF This user is from outside of this forum
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        @catsalad Really existed. 🤮

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        • jbaggsJ jbaggs

          @catsalad It's a treadmill for bacteria! (They don't actually loop.)

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PMjjlaiZIg

          Jes - Hedgehog Edition J This user is from outside of this forum
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          @jbaggs @catsalad Seeing this video, I like the idea, but it has to be a bathroom where I at least somewhat trust them. public bathroom seems like it's asking for trouble
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          • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

            Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

            TheZorseT This user is from outside of this forum
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            #21

            @catsalad

            They were real! I discovered one in a bar maybe 20 years ago. At the time I wondered whether it was better or worse to wash my hands.

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            • Jes - Hedgehog Edition J Jes - Hedgehog Edition
              @jbaggs @catsalad Seeing this video, I like the idea, but it has to be a bathroom where I at least somewhat trust them. public bathroom seems like it's asking for trouble
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              @Jes I can see there being issues with it not being sanitized correctly.

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              • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

                Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

                Paul_IPv6P This user is from outside of this forum
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                @catsalad

                oh no. they existed in all their unsanitary dirt/stains.

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                • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

                  Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

                  Parade du Grotesque 💀P This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @catsalad

                  You can still find some of those out there.

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                  • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

                    Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

                    George BG This user is from outside of this forum
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                    @catsalad

                    I remember having those in my elementary school. Never saw them anywhere else

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                    • jbaggsJ jbaggs

                      @Jes I can see there being issues with it not being sanitized correctly.

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                      @jbaggs I don't see a problem with it in a home setting. it would definitely be more sanitary than a towel over a loop IMO
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                      • jbaggsJ jbaggs

                        @Jes I can see there being issues with it not being sanitized correctly.

                        Jes - Hedgehog Edition J This user is from outside of this forum
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                        @jbaggs and I have to be real, if it wasn't sanitized correctly, then most hotels would also be unsanitary tbf
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                        • แอท-ทริดA แอท-ทริด

                          @catsalad i used them on the washington state ferries as a child

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                          @catsalad when you yank on the cloth it dispenses like 50cm of fresh towel, nbd

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                          • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

                            Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

                            Tekniquelly correctT This user is from outside of this forum
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                            @catsalad Oh, the ones that were always already damp when you went to use them?

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                              Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

                              Piers BeckleyP This user is from outside of this forum
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                              @catsalad I always quite liked them?

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                              • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

                                Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

                                DatalineS This user is from outside of this forum
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                                @catsalad Unfortunately they are real.

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                                • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

                                  Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

                                  DHeadshot's AltD This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  @catsalad
                                  Some went from a spool to a roller and then got washed, so were OK, but I was at a campsite once with two ordinary towels stitched together around a couple of towel racks...

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                                  • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

                                    Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

                                    The Mighty GitT This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    @catsalad og doomscrolling

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                                    • jbaggsJ jbaggs

                                      @catsalad It's a treadmill for bacteria! (They don't actually loop.)

                                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PMjjlaiZIg

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                                      @jbaggs
                                      Not usually, but the DIY ones are a different story...
                                      @catsalad

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                                      • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

                                        Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

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                                        @catsalad I HAVE SEEN ONE sorry for caps. I was at the banquet for my neighbor's firstborn in Chinatown and the restroom, which was of course in the basement, had the cloth loop hand towel thing. It looked exactly like the one with the paper towel roll inside, but it had this cursed loop of white terrycloth with a blue stripe in the center.

                                        *edit: I forget if it had a lever to advance or if you were supposed to pull the towel

                                        I declined to use this thing

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                                        • Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:C Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

                                          Did those nasty public bathroom drying towel loop things really exist, or was it just some personal nightmare of mine?

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                                          @catsalad folx got really worked up when I'd blow my nose on them 🙄

                                          Like, they go through the magic box, it's fiiine...

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