Never Eat Dropped Food. This Is Why.

[@Brew]

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[@PurPurDot]

Ok 🗿

[@Lukewarm_Sushi]

The Greeks wrote the name of the Egyptian god of wisdom Tut as Θώθ, therefore it is valid to go up to someone and say "Θώθ, what's this?"

[@thekiddshow]

it has been 20 seconds we just started

[@jood6790]

hi brew 😊

[@michaeld2622]

Still won't guarantee you'll be hired

[@RoninCatholic]

My excuse was never "five seconds are too short for microbes to get in" but rather "I personally have a quite robust immune system, there's definitely germs here but I think I can handle it". Any sort of visible or textural dirt is grounds for discarding not because I'm more afraid of getting sick, but because the taste and texture will be ruined.

[@m3ducraft]

same. i have never cared, and on the last 15 years of my life i have fell sick only once

[@RoninCatholic]

@@m3ducraft I'm actually currently recovering from Covid, but I hadn't eaten anything off a floor for like two weeks before I caught it (as chance happens) so that's definitely not how I got sick. And wouldn't you know it? I almost exclusively do this with dry, hard foods and never with things that are wet or saucy.

[@m3ducraft]

@@RoninCatholic Oh, i hope everything is fine and noting really bad happens. Good recovery. Yeah, only cookies, dry bread, chips, etc. Dry stuff. Never wet or malleable, mainly because dirt and hairs will get stuck and that looks and feels disgusting.

[@Joefabricator]

@@m3ducraft same here. Nothing wrong with exposure. Without it your immune system forgets how to deal with problems.

[@BLOODKINGbro]

Just think of it as a penicillin booster

[@pewpewdragon4483]

I just want to point out that it might be a little misleading about the carpet because although it has least contact points of transfer, we have to take note that in context of the floor, carpet is the hardest to be kept clean

[@Hypercube9]

Maybe, but all the dirt is below/inside the carpet, not balanced on top of the fibers!

[@NobodyCares56]

Best for keeping germs off your food, worst for getting hair and dust all over it.

[@revenevan11]

@@NobodyCares56 exactly

[@Hypercube9]

@Prey R You're probably still fine since the butter or whatever would most likely come off of the toast and stick to the carpet so your toast wouldn't have gotten dirty.

[@kellybraille]

*shudder* carpet is so gross...

[@Lutrian]

I use a context based rule for dropped food. It's not just the surface it lands on, or the wetness of the food, but how it drops. If it plops straight down, it's a lot more salvageable, then if it got flung and thus came to a messier ending. Food that bounces or rolls, due to a shallower approach trajectory means the food is covered on all sides, and if it slides or skips across a floor, its going to get more bacteria, animal fur, dirt, etc. And yeah, though carpet may transfer less microbes, it's far more likely to transfer hair and fur to the food, which creates a gagging hazard.

[@bensoncheung2801]

111👍

[@harbingerofwarx995]

Carpet in general is harder to clean. If you have the knowledge that someone just smeared raw chicken juice all over your surfaces, it makes perfect sense that carpet is gonna be the safest, it's obvious in that context. But in the real world, carpet isn't cleaned that well, but smooth kitchen floors are easily mopped and probably cleaned far more often. At least I'd hope so. Some people might love in a house where they still think you should "wash" raw chicken and don't mop afterwards...

[@sahar1213]

@@harbingerofwarx995 yea, its way harder to clean a carpet then the floor since the dirt and whatever you spilled on it sticks to it

[@imm8k]

Oh

[@YayaBunWa]

I dropped a kebab on the road recently. I was pretty mad cos it happened due to a shoulder-bag unfastening, leading to me quickly making a grab for it & flinging the contents in my hand a bit. … When I picked up the kebab from the ground & inspected it, all the sauce had acted as a thick buffer to the floor & the contaminated bits had stayed on the road whilst the parts picked up had no single signs of dirt or grime on them. Out of pure obstinance, I bit into what I’d picked up, half expecting to regret doing so-and yet, I was amazed that the contamination had detached itself well-and-truly to the road whilst what I’d picked up tasted pretty normal. Idk if I was wrong, but my taste buds & instincts told me I hadn’t made a mistake. Lol, I did kinda say “5 second rule!” subconsciously, but I also noted exactly what had happened on a particle level for the dirty sauce & the gloopy, unaffected half of the sauce to have been separated. I spent a good two minutes inspecting the remnants of my kebab before daring to bite into it, and it totally ‘floored’ (haha) me that I couldn’t see ANY bits of dirty, sand, or colouration in it! Kinda like applying icing to a cake, not all the icing will detach upon contact-only the contacted surface & anything close enough to the surface to be atomically gripped by that surface layer, will stick to that surface. The rest that detaches? Kinda like jelly placed on the ground, cut off the bottom layer & the rest has no reason to be contaminated. (Or do I like to tell myself, but I could definitely be wrong about this in my bias! xD).

[@everfluctuating]

can i say that the portaits of real people with no noses are terrifying

[@lextalionis-u2v]

There’s just one problem… I’m already in your house

[@daphenomenalz4100]

All of their drawing have that 😂 and it's funny

[@acexxxoasis]

Been saying this. It's horrid on my mind

[@toadymallow]

@@lextalionis-u2v are penguins awesome?

[@fdmugen4724]

Definitely more so this video. Why are all of them smiling into my soul 😃

[@MB-qx9vn]

I did my microbiology end of the semester project on the 5 second rule. We dropped a piece of bread on tables across campus for five seconds. You wouldnt believe what grew on them! Microbes from fecal species to ones found mostly in other places the sun don’t shine. We’re lucky as a species to have a great immune system!

[@michaelfinlay1412]

Lucky? Many people with weaker immune systems died so we can live

[@AlejandroW90]

@@michaelfinlay1412 Silence Beta. Survival of the Fittest.

[@guiii0696]

@@AlejandroW90 sigma energy

[@michaelfinlay1412]

@@AlejandroW90 just wait until I do a full release build

[@turtrenold8532]

@@michaelfinlay1412 yeah they are unlucky i mean what more is there to say

[@Iris_and_or_George]

I have a problem with that experiment. (That they might acknowledge in the full research) They researched the transfer rate between different surfaces but without taking into account the average cleanliness of the surfaces, my carpet is way dirtier than my stainless steel countertop.

[@mindstate2283]

We generally associate bacteria with dirt, the truth is that a surface that appears clean and shiny can contain more bacteria, for example the screen of your phone has more bacteria than a toilet

[@binkao2938]

Highly doubt since ppl usually keep easily cleaned surfaces clean.

[@Kellethorn]

Good call

[@rohanking12able]

​@@mindstate2283 what type of bacteria.

[@Kamidake83]

I remember seeing this on mythbusters. I think it largely depends on if the item is wet or the floor is wet. The moister makes it easier for the germs to transfer.

[@frost_d_jageryt4333]

That's what was pointed out in the video.

[@frost_d_jageryt4333]

*moisture

[@vloev]

@@frost_d_jageryt4333 *moister

[@ilovechika1]

Living by the 5 second rule also gives you small doses of bacteria letting your body develop defenses from them.

[@XiELEd4377]

Humans have a peculiar way of growing stronger.

[@yesstephen1854]

If I eat an alligator gradually, does my body develop defenses for alligators too?

[@ilovechika1]

@@yesstephen1854 1 gators are delicious if prepped right 2 germs is an unseen and internal threat which your body deals with inside your body. Gators is an external visible threat and your defense for that is to walk/run away.

[@SoIstice]

@@XiELEd4377 You say that like you're something other than human. You an alien?

[@XiELEd4377]

@@SoIstice no, I was making a statement.

[@whatgamesweplay]

I seem to recall reading there was a flaw in the dropped food test in that they coated the surfaces uniformly with bacteria whereas real surfaces would not be uniformly covered

[@averagechadlegionary5824]

I don’t drink coffee so I just live vicariously through you Brew.

[@ElYoinked]

Coffee helps with the routine profligate hunts.

[@iamhungey12345]

Only times I had ever come close to drinking as my as Brew would in a day was when I worked on college term papers. For a while I wonder why after few days working on the project I would feel fatigue weighing down my shoulders. I had a habit of double brewing.

[@tuyiren781]

Well although carpet is less likely to transfer, it is harder to clean and is likely more contaminated anyways. So ya know, just throw them food on the ground away.

[@pewpewdragon4483]

I go with the 5cm rule: "If it comes within 5cm of any questionable surface, it might as well be dirty"

[@a6shot199]

Same XD

[@chaiyaphat2375]

Mine is if its 5 inches above the ground I can still grab it and devour what ever in my hand

[@lazyhomebody1356]

I can't even imagine living that way

[@metalizedLV]

Nobody: People in Brew animations: V O L D E M O R T

[@HVDynamo]

Yes! It's very distracting!

[@chrisgaming9567]

Didn't expect to see Vsauce portrayed in that style

[@Alyenbird]

After watching an episode of Mythbusters I replaced my five second rule with the wet/dry rule. If the food is something that is very dry, salty or sugary, and inhospitable to bacteria, (like a salty pretzel) I will eat it. If the food is something moist or wet, or without preserving agents like salt/sugar, the food goes in the trash. I would count buttered toast as a wet.

[@planktonfun1]

one must consider their own immune system before eating something off the ground

[@ghostratsarah]

Big brain take.

[@litete2512]

My immune system is fine i ate a pizza that fell on small rock and gravel just brush it off and nyam it

[@revenevan11]

Yeah, if you're immunodeficient you should be careful to not introduce any pathogens or really any microorganisms at all if avoidable, besides of course probiotics in yogurt and stuff like that. Also, I'm not a doctor lol so everyone, please don't take this as medical advice.

[@just_a_goblin3394]

lol I ate half a cookie and 2 grapes off the floor

[@fluffyhead6377]

I ate some bugs from the floor, do you think they had bugs?

[@TheScaredLittleScholar]

it only works on 1 floor: The floor of the house without pets

[@beethecacti]

@Julia Winfield is ur friend making u food on the floor? I dont see how indoor shoes would affect normal food preparation

[@joltjolt5060]

Hamsters?

[@wintersprite]

I usually just toss out most food that falls on the floor, just in case-with the exception of food that is sealed. My cats don’t care about the five second rule though, lol.

[@meema844]

Imagine being the first person to truly discover cellular life lol. Just a bunch of tiny little creatures swimming around everywhere. Had to have been an ABSOLUTE trip.

[@DASPRiD]

I usually throw things away which landed on the floor - except when they are about to be put into the oven or the pan. Since it's only "surface imperfections", it's gonna get roasted away anyway.

[@wintersprite]

Or wrapped/packaged/sealed foods where only the outside of the package gets dirty. y cats don’t care about the five second rule though, lol.

[@frost_d_jageryt4333]

@@wintersprite House cats are natural scavengers.

[@livbuczek9944]

Brew, your KZbin channel has become my favorite go to whenever I open this app. I can appreciate the effort put into the creation of these videos, as well as your artistic expression in how they are presented. I hope you see this, and I hope you are well. I can’t wait for the next upload

[@-Raylight]

**Drops the food* Bacteria : *"We can't go for the food, gotta obey the 5 secs rule!"* The chad bacteria : *"No"*

[@proproductions15]

Bro the fact that you draw realistic people but don't draw noses is terrifying

[@TheOccupants]

Enjoying the original no nose art. Makes the artwork stand out and I love it :3

[@Gidister]

Sanji! xD The fact that you put in that one scene of Sanji eating food off the floor is just great.

[@idonthaveaname3613]

IKR LOL

[@Virtrial]

I actually prefer to let my food sit in mud for at least 24 hours after cooking before I eat it; gotta expand my gut flora as much as possible

[@-nightraider-1169]

Smart man!

[@lazyhomebody1356]

I was an art major and alot of people ate mud from the slop bucket

[@MelB868]

Seriously 🤮

[@Virtrial]

@@MelB868 if you read that and genuinely thought it wasn't a joke I don't know how to help you

[@iamhungey12345]

5 seconds rule is something we make up just so we can have an excuse to pick up the food we dropped and eat it.

[@MelB868]

Yeah but I always throw dropped food in the garbage

[@depravedpuppet]

Brew saying "Let's get this bread." Gave me an awkward smile

[@sinjin8576]

The 5 second rule can apply to any surface if you're brave enough.

[@ThePerfectKiosk]

No no no, you're thinking the less-than-five-seconds rule

[@kapiderechte]

I am, if i don't see anything on it there isn't anything stopping me

[@stinky817]

Yup. Toilet bowls too

[@gummy5862]

I like how Brew just decided noses are too much effort to draw and just draws everyone without noses.

[@tlingitsoldier]

4:06 That drawing of Julia Child without a nose is terrifying. And watching further, all the drawings in that style are missing noses, and it's just as horrendous.

[@nicholashodges201]

I grew up in a house with animals. There is no "5 second rule" in those homes. There is the game of "can you eat before the dog" if you really that into the 5 second rule & want to play...

[@drmadjdsadjadi]

Varo was believed and his concept of “bad air” was the general thought of how people got sick according to medical science until the germ theory was conceived some 1700 years later. Germ theory isn’t about stuff floating in the air but rather residing on surfaces.

[@Critical3rror]

*and floating in the air. Sneezes are an issue too bro. Bad air be real ish.

[@drmadjdsadjadi]

@@Critical3rror true that germs can linger in the air but the bad air theory was that it was only in the air and it was could be detected by foul smells.

[@bare_bear_hands]

"You can just pick it up if you're alone, who's going to see?" - Julia, on a TV show

[@captineyeball3740]

Thinking back on it the 5 second rule probaly was the most universal rule amongst everyone in elementary.

[@AmyraCarter]

The Five Second Rule is really "Don't be wasteful; you have an immune system for a reason."

[@MelB868]

No it’s nasty never eat food off the floor

[@headman82]

I’m not scared. My immune system is pretty good and I don’t care.

[@AbsoluteDark]

Brew is so cool, I love learning stuff with him.

[@AbsoluteDark]

10:18 Me IRL omg

[@Nikki0417]

Instead of the 5 second rule, I use a sliding scale based on the food and what surface it lands on. Chip on kitchen tile? 5 secs. Favorite cookie on carpet? 30 secs.

[@marcopohl4875]

everyone keeps saying that the rule doesn't work because the germs don't wait 5 seconds, but I always figured that it was about there being more and more of them as time goes on, and it's still tolerable within 5 seconds

[@nz-gz5jn]

The issue is that people test the bacteria after growing them. Having food lay on the ground for 10 hours is the same as having it on the ground for 5sec and then 10 hours in a sterile environment. As long as we dont let the bacteria grow, and just eat it insantly they probably wont breed in the gut due to the hostile environment. The fact that we cant test for bacteria without growing them, is the flaw in all of the testing.

[@amanloki6449]

Somehow miraculously, everyone's nose are gone again 😂😂

[@Hyperion-5744]

I always throw food away when it touches the floor.

[@seanculligan9938]

You guys missed pointing out that MythBusters did a whole episode on the 5 second rule

[@what6893]

I read a Newsela article when I was in 3rd grade, saying that the 5 second rule wasn't real. But I never saw the MythBusters episode.

[@kirkmorrison6131]

My favorite episode of Mythbusters

[@Brisco_County_Jr]

@@what6893 it's real and used everywhere. Anyone fearful of a piece of bread or toastblanding on the floor has a lot more to worry about than a few germs.

[@mhdickson]

A factor that wasn’t accounted for in that experiment is how well bacteria survive on a surface and how clean the surface is. A clean stainless steel top is likely to have less bacterial load than an non vacuumed carpet. Also bear in mind that we are living in a constant shower of bacteria , fungal spores and viruses … so your food is already being slowly covered in bugs as soon as it’s being prepared. Bon appetite ! 😁

[@williamb7275]

And then off on holiday to meet those in your mouth.

[@Weld24_CosmicKat]

...thank you so much for that delightful imagery, haha, as i hesitate to devour my lunch. The Big Mac i just ordered through the drive thru now appears even less appealing. It also conjures up thoughts that whoever may have prepared it might have neglected to wash their hands after that trip to the loo....

[@josephoberlander]

@@Weld24_CosmicKat Do you seriously expect some underpaid 17 year old to actually do more than rinse their hands for 1 second under the water and wipe their hands on their jeans?: Lol. It's why you really need to say no to fast food and eat at places with real chefs who know about food safety. Doubly so for any place that has the cashiers involved in the food process at all - such as drinks, fries, and so on. All they should be touching is the bag the food comes in as they hand it over to you. The number of times I've gotten ill from fast food has gone up since most places stopped having a dedicated person to take your order/money and one to serve it. McDonalds started this trend back in the early 90st to speed up time and food safety. But due to cost-cutting, now your food is being handled by the same person who is also touching every piece money in the city. Yum!

[@Sacred_Fox]

Brew just quoted Vsauce. My life is complete

[@Directionless.Sponge]

I had a weak immune system as a child, so getting sick was always in the back of my mind. Additionally, I grew up in a household absolutely full of animals so the floor was always dirty. So there are very few things I actually have the courage to test my immune system on

[@Helga-fe5xl]

Defo not worth catching an animal parasite

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

When there's doubt, there is no doubt, just use the No-No rule and throw it out.

[@FunSizeSpamberguesa]

I ate so much dropped food as a kid that it's probably a miracle I made it to adulthood. My mom always told me not to, but my grandma was a firm believer in the 5-second rule. (She grew up in the Depression, when you ate what you could get your hands on, period.)

[@caimanaraujo479]

Never got sick eating food from the ground, been doing that for 19 and a half years. Never used the 5 seconds rule, I just dont want to eat food that gets changed after falling, looking dirty/having diferent taste. Besides that, I do it all the time lol

[@socalbarbie1040]

That buttered bread is a no go! I’m eating those gummy bears though. You also have to consider the food that’s being dropped. Like things that can be rinsed off easily.

[@flopflip8972]

You: "5 second rule!" The germs: "heh heh boi..."

[@argentandroid5732]

Alright I'll put in a guess before watching, and come back afterwards. I would guess maybe the carpet since it would have minimal contact and is an absorbent material. As a second guess maybe the wood, since wood has some surprising antibacterial properties.

[@argentandroid5732]

Hey. Go me, lol. I made a pretty decent guess.

[@Rodzynus]

In video it's said that they used laminated wood (I guess because floorboards tend to be laminated) so they didn't really check wood as material. Otherwise I'd also put wood higher up for the reason you mentioned.

[@giboi03]

I mean, makes sense since we usuallu eat on wood tables and not carpet tables

[@iamnohere]

@@giboi03 I: A carpet table makes for _such_ a cursed mental image

[@topaz9655]

my grandpa always told me "little dirt never hurt". i would never eat food dropped outside or in a store. but in my own home? yeah i pick it right up, rinse it off, and eat it unless it's something u can't just rinse off. in that case i take out the vacuum cleaner lol

[@meganlouise9007]

Used to work at a Pre-K and the five second rule just doesn't work for me anymore.

[@MartinDerTolle]

Carpet is also harder to clean than other types of flooring

[@LikaLaruku]

Especially if a cat has ever peed on it.

[@mendyc158]

Tbh I’m surprised you didn’t talk about spontaneous generation when saying that it took a lot of time for people to figure out the microorganisms In school I would always hear both, microorganism discovery and the hypothesis that I got used to

[@Nadesican]

Was there a 5 second rule on noses? I think Brew dropped them again!

[@steverestless9202]

this is the future voldemort envisioned

[@revenevan11]

Yeah I'm sad to see the art style revert to this 😑

[@taylorwright7428]

I had NO IDEA what people mean when people used GOAT like that. Thank you so much for mentioning that.

[@PortiaFimbriata]

In Germany the 5-second-rule went completely out of the window. I heard people refer to it by the 3-, 5-, 7-, 9-, 10- or 13-second-rule. Obviously everybody uses it just in the most convenient way xD

[@2Ten1Ryu]

I am German. Team 3 seconds here! At least that's what I grew up with :D

[@stinky817]

I've seen people say it's the 10 second rule and wait 11 seconds before picking it up and eating it.

[@TheNightRichard]

It may pick up less germs on carpet, but it definitely picks up more hair.

[@Kazz1187]

5:20 never wasting food is a way of life 🙃🙃🙃

[@Rob-lv3rj]

I go by the "don't drop your food in the first place" rule.

[@errorsansthedestroyerofaus188]

The “catch your food before it hits the floor” rule

[@kimmy4994]

I like your videos about food because I realize how I am not great with it even with the knowledge... I got a strong stomac, so I ate things off the floor, date pass due, sometimes unsure source, ect... And some natural water too (I am cautious with the water tho! Clean environment and no cities earlier) I still don't stop, but now I will know what to say if I end up in the ER!

[@justcurious1146]

this was truly interesting, I did NOT guess carpet picked up less, for some reason I was thinking stainless steel. Learning something new is great!

[@artaizen1613]

well, unless your carpet is that hard, fluffy carpet won't hold the food like the image shown, it would push down the fluff down, even more so if the food is heavier, also those mini threads or stuff and even more so if it's older carpet, oh lord you don't know what lives in those crevices in lab this might be, but IRL I won't take any chance with carpet lol heck, I though bathroom floor is cleaner IRL literally soap and suds pass by it after someone shower

[@blakeperdue3706]

This guy carpets

[@Wetbluecat]

Did you mean heck, I thought?

[@heatsdawn7862]

why do you refer the lab as its not real life "in the lab this might be, but IRL I won't take any chance"

[@danielemicucci4788]

@@heatsdawn7862 The video states that "everything" was disinfected before the experiment so all surfaces had the same amount of bacteria on them but irl the carpet will surely be much dirtier (read: have more bacteria) than the other surfaces simply due to how much harder it is to clean. That said I wouldn't take my chances with any food dropped on a surface other than where it's already supposed to be.

[@sunshine4ndrainbows397]

Soap is literally designed to attract dirt, so though some microbes can't live on soapy surfaces (P. Aeriginosa is a bacteria that creates that little clog on your lotion and soap bottles) but spill some soap on your carpet and I promise you it will be the dirtiest spot on your carpet for years even if you clean it up once a week. Soap on the floor does not make it cleaner unless you rinse it off

[@eisflamme2438]

Food: Drops in the floor. Bakterias: lest go! Bakteria King: no, we have to wait 5 secounds. Thats the rule.

[@wwestrongmans]

Me: * drops a peice of bread * Bacteria: * waiting patiently until its 5 sec and ready to eat *

[@gamercatcan2006]

Thank you Brew I'm a subscriber I like learning from your videos and they're such a soothing and comedic way to learn.😉😀👍

[@michellegambel6683]

This was a 3 second rule when I was in the army 1994-2000. Very common saying

[@pompooki]

6:48 I only remember him cause he call the cells little animals 🤣

[@renji0]

I remember when my classmates in 6th Grade screamed DON'T EAT THAT

[@thekommunistkrusader3921]

I do not like how every character that looks realistic is just Voldemort cosplaying historical figures

[@jamesgallagher3317]

3:08 is when the video actually starts.

[@rofyle]

Judging by these images, I am guessing that dropping food on the ground and then eating it is pretty much guaranteed to turn me into Voldemort.

[@theMetallico666]

A friend of mine picked up a cheeto he found on the street and ate it. I am extremely surprised he didnt even got sick of that.

[@hpswagcraft]

You literally can't stop me from eating food off the floor

[@MonkeyDKelsey]

The carpet thing absolutely blows my mind! I’ve always thought it was game over for my noms if it fell on there. But also my carpets are like 90% more likely to have hair all over them so I still absolutely will not eat that sour skittle that I accidentally dropped on it 😂.

[@sapphireseptember]

You could just rinse it off under the tap. If I drop food on the floor, if I can rinse it off it's okay, if not it's going in the bin.

[@christianedwards9025]

Hairittles taste the fur lol

[@frost_d_jageryt4333]

@@christianedwards9025 That almost looks like "hairitittles.

[@earthn1447]

Is it inside a house? Houses with indoor/outdoor pets, how clean it is, are shoes taken off at the door? What is the difference between floors and countertops? This is much for complicated than 5 seconds.

[@thawhiteazn]

I would have guessed carpet for bacteria transfer, but my problem with carpet is mine always has bits of dirt, hair, old food crumbs etc in there.

[@MelB868]

Gross

[@thawhiteazn]

@@MelB868 that’s just what happens when you live with children

[@StikAnimationsYT]

Osmosis Jones is the GOAT… Just like our beloved Canadian Brew. 😄

[@LowLevelWarrior]

This makes you wonder: how much vegetables that are grown in dirt have bacteria. Is dirt dirtier than the floor that you are standing on? (of course you wash your vegetables before you cook them or eat them raw, i'm just wondering if this has been ever tested.)

[@alwaleedalnafia4558]

I was sure of 2 things before I clicked the video. 1. 5 sec rule is BS 2. Carpet would transfer more... HOW WAS IT THE SAFEST? Feels a lot more dirty XD

[@qrzone8167]

I've never been to strict on my dropped food, really my only rule is that if it's wet/sticky enough for something of the floor to literally stick on it, there's no way you can eat that. However I could set a cookie on the floor for minutes, brush it off, and then eat it no problem

[@9852323]

I just want to say the animations of people without noses are horribly terrifying. 4:07

[@puttiplush]

My guess going in was that a copper-plated floor would be the safest because copper and brass are natural anti-biotics for many bacterial families. Worst floor type: guessing wet carpet. Now watching. ... okay 1. copper not tested. 2. I was wrong about carpet, but the lesser contact does make sense!

[@HyperWolf]

The noiseless people don’t look as creepy when they’re not smiling. The teeth and smile lines make them extra unnerving.

[@ratchschleuczynski9821]

We have 3 cats and 3 dogs and when I vacuum (every day) the 20x20 living room carpet I get 2 full canisters of fur/dirt. Every. Single. Day. Huge nope.

[@ahill4642]

I was surprised this didn't include what happens if you quickly rinse off the dropped thing.

[@nae_on]

Honestly, one of the main reasons me and my family have great immune system and get sick rarely, is because we all accidentally ate dirt as kids.

[@sirrenn1936]

That's why when you got up on Sunday morning and your newspaper carrier threw your paper in the grass during a rainstorm and now you have to walk over and get it, it didn't get wet even though you thought it would. The grass held it up (as long as it was bagged) whereas if you had thrown on concrete or driveways it would get wet, every time.

[@IoEstasCedonta]

I'm *positive* the five-second rule is older than Osmosis Jones.

[@youngbounty1394]

I think, as far as the five second rule is concerned, it really depends on risk and factors. For instance, I live by myself and the food dropped on the floor is going to be cooked or baked anyways. In that case, so long as there’s no hair or anything physical stuck, the germs are going to disappear just like sour milk is going to destroy the germs that make you sick or burn the alcohol. If you’re going to eat it right away, then it will depend on the surface it’s dropped on (such as floor vs counter), if it’s dry or liquid or if the surface has been cleaned. You’re likely going to see if the tiled floor is clean compared to carpet. Carpet also leaves hair follicles while tile or wood does not. I say that if you have children, don’t use the five second rule, especially if you live with multiple people. However, if you live by yourself or with a spouse, you may have more control. That being said, in any scenario, common sense is the best solution. If you drop a French fry, it’s unlikely you’re going to catch anything. If you drop a mashed potato, then it’s uneatable. If you just cleaned the stove and a piece of spaghetti falls on the stove while cooking, it’s still good and will burn any germs on it anyways. If it falls on the ground, toss it in the trash.

[@23william90]

I feel like 5 second rule exists so people can't judge you if u pick up food off the floor.

[@sunnyquinn3888]

6:00 You know this sounded crazy to people at the time.

[@stantonboatman346]

Am I missing a joke why none of these people have noses? Lol

[@Sylvie-Bl1tz]

Nobody nose

[@badgamer123thereckoning2]

I dropped rice on the ground and picked it up and blew off the dust yesterday and now im watching this

[@doctorphynx2947]

This was a pretty informative video. But I must ask: Which pokèmon game did you nuzlocke?

[@chincevideos923]

literally scrolled for a minute to see someone mention this

[@elduderinoii1434]

The drawings of people without noses make me think of the Draks from Enemy Mine.

[@iamaperson1089]

You don't know what can latch onto you or a pet or a friend when they're out of the house and what can drop off in your house on the floor. Even if it's least likely to transfer germs, don't risk it.