▲ 118 ▼ No judgement here. Have fun with life yall (lemmy.ml) submitted 9 months ago by UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MyMotherIsAHamster@lemmy.ca 25 points 9 months ago (5 children) Mmmm, phone germs. permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 22 points 9 months ago* (3 children) True, but that's straight Johnnie Walker's red label whisky, 40% alcohol ought to kill any germs getting flushed down her gullet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (2 children) Don't you need ≥60% for ethanol to even be effective? Like to actually denature the pathogen. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago For food safety standards probably. For an otherwise healthy person it's probably good enough. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 3 points 9 months ago It's a good point. And a quick search gave 60% or higher if one wanted to really sterilize. Apparently below that it depends on the strain of bacteria and how sensitive they are to alcohol. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tynansdtm@lemmy.ml 13 points 9 months ago Oh it's a phone. I thought it was celery. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 22 points 9 months ago* (3 children) True, but that's straight Johnnie Walker's red label whisky, 40% alcohol ought to kill any germs getting flushed down her gullet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (2 children) Don't you need ≥60% for ethanol to even be effective? Like to actually denature the pathogen. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago For food safety standards probably. For an otherwise healthy person it's probably good enough. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 3 points 9 months ago It's a good point. And a quick search gave 60% or higher if one wanted to really sterilize. Apparently below that it depends on the strain of bacteria and how sensitive they are to alcohol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (2 children) Don't you need ≥60% for ethanol to even be effective? Like to actually denature the pathogen. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago For food safety standards probably. For an otherwise healthy person it's probably good enough. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 3 points 9 months ago It's a good point. And a quick search gave 60% or higher if one wanted to really sterilize. Apparently below that it depends on the strain of bacteria and how sensitive they are to alcohol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago For food safety standards probably. For an otherwise healthy person it's probably good enough. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 3 points 9 months ago It's a good point. And a quick search gave 60% or higher if one wanted to really sterilize. Apparently below that it depends on the strain of bacteria and how sensitive they are to alcohol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tynansdtm@lemmy.ml 13 points 9 months ago Oh it's a phone. I thought it was celery. permalink fedilink source parent
