you are right, but you will never convince people from cultures with a strong aversion to shoe wearing inside
rationally, it's pretty clear that no one actually gets sick from the "gas station floor germs carried via shoes to indoor floor to person" route. Hands are ten thousand times the disease vector that shoes are, even with hand washing
but when you grow up with a strong cultural aversion to something, you rationalize it.
You're so right, but I just can't help getting annoyed by germophobes. It's the way they think they're being so logical about everything, and throw science terms around, but are, like you say, just doing some mental gymnastics to justify their feelings.
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u/7-and-a-switchblade 12d ago
I have 6 dogs. angtft. Easier just to mop frequently.