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  You keep you toothbrush in the closed cabinet, not on the back of the toilet.
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  The Mythbusters did a test to see how much contamination might get onto a toothbrush in various places in a bathroom. They basically just left them in different spot for a few days and then had them tested for Fecal coliform bacteria, usually associated with the intestines of warm blooded animals. They also had a couple control brushes under a glass on a table in the middle of the shop.
  When they got the results back every single brush tested positive. Including the controls. >
  
  Wait, so what were the controls then? >
  
  Even packaged toothbrushes straight from the factory were tested and found to have fecal matter on them. >
  
  Part of the manufacturing process requires each brush to be carefully swabbed around a butthole before packaging. >
  
  The more you learn. >
  
  Close your toilet lid before you flush and stop dunking your toothbrush in your toilet >
  
  Legit that’s all you have to do. I saw a pic of some research teams findings and… yep that was enough. >
  
  Mythbusters did a segment on this. Got my ex to start putting the lid down to flush after seeing it. >
  
  Wait but they found that no matter what it still sprays poo particles everywhere. Doesn't matter lid up or down. >
  
  so does a fart, its not killed you yet. 
  Honestly this way madness lies. >
  
  My farts are a thing of madness, the subtle whistling of two buttholes in tandem softly into a cotton damper.
  It's like the song of some alien bird, it feels so familiar and strange at the same time. >
  
  Why do you have 2 buttholes? >
  
  Because Crohn's is a bitch and surgery is not fun. >
  
  Sorry to hear that, but your previous post was an enlightened display of perversely beautiful poetry. Thanks for that! :) >
  
  Well hopefully this is a short lived bizarre nightmare, doc says he can plaster over at least one in a couple months. >
  
  What are you talking about? I brush my shit in a separate room >
  
  And I clean my teeth in the bathroom! >
  
  r/yourjokebutworse >
  
  In France it's highly common to have separate rooms for toilets and baths+sinks >
  
  Same here in Australia >
  
  And England >
  
  And Japan >
  
  And Belgium >
  
  I believe MythBusters concluded you’re screwed no matter which room you keep your toothbrush. Poop particles find a way. >
  
  "Poop particles find a way." - facsimile_ >
  
  Thanks Goldblum >
  
  When I was growing up in Australia it was very common for the toilet to be a tiny little separate room from the bathroom but with an adjoining door. >
  
  Yeah it still is like that here >
  
  I think this is more common in the US than it is in many other places in the world. >
  
  It's common in Norway too >
  
  The UK too. >
  
  Ooooh! They did a Myth Busters about this and it turns out that there's fecal matter everywhere! Even thr "control" toothbrush they put in an air tight case had fecal matter.
  Turns out a little bit won't kill you. >
  
  Sometimes I even eat while pooping so I can imagine it’s turning to poop in real time. >
  
  This is poetry. This is art. Someone could learn something from such words. >
  
  This is poetry. This is art. Someone could learn something from a fart. >
  
  you’re hilarious bro >
  
  Why didn't you upvote than? Sadistic bastard! >
  
  Guys put your toothbrush in a cabinet or drawer when you are done using it. >
  
  So mold instead of poop. Honestly not the worst trade off >
  
  I find that mine dries off so no mold, plus I get new tooth brushes probably more often than the average bear. >
  
  My sink and toothbrush are in a separate room. I can close of my shower and toilet if I want >
  
  No, what's gross is people who have cats and put the litter tray in the kitchen. >
  
  I once helped a guy remove virus from his PC and in the entrance he had 2 very large full to the brim of poops litter trays. I asked him how many cats he had, he said just the one. >
  
  I toured a house a few years ago, and saw that they had a huge bathroom, with the toilet inside a smaller room, with its own door, completely enclosed by the bathroom.  I thought it was funny that the bathroom had its own bathroom, but I guess this is a reason why it might be a good feature. >
  
  Maybe a privacy thing, like if someone is taking a crap, but you need to wash your hands or brush your teeth. So in that sense it's smart to have the toilet in a seperate room. >
  
  Do people not have rooms thats just the toilet and then a room thats the real bathroom >
  
  Grew up lower middle class. NO. Lol. One bathroom for four people and no separate room for toilet. >
  
  I always close the toilet when I flush, and I keep my toothbrush in a drawer, rather than on the counter. I feel that it’s cleaner that way. >
  
  Nobody forces you to shit and brush your teeth in the same room . >
  
  Just talk a walk around your house like us normal people do >
  
  It's also gross you lay in one specific spot for over 6 hours every night, building up dead skin cells, probably farting, possibly drooling, losing hair, natural oils and such rubbing off from your skin from the day, and you steam it all like a steambun under a blanket, probably only cleaning the bedding once or twice a month at best.
  That's acceptable but apparently the bathing/washing room isn't appropriate for all types of bodily maintenance? Yall don't like, clean your toothbrush a little bit before you use it? >
  
  Well, washing it with water won't do anything, and cleaning it with any cleaning product will make it worse than what small amount of bacteria goes from the toilet to the toothbrush. >
  
  The word "we" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
  Plenty of people have toilets in different rooms from where they brush their teeth. >
  
  If you think that's gross, wait til you find out that your source of drinking water is the same place your shit gets dumped. >
  
  You mean the tap water?