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We never wash our belts, although they are the first thing we touch when leaving the toilet, even before we wash our hands (feddit.de)

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[–] juansero29@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Here's me running ass naked after pooping to wash my hands before pulling up my pants

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I do that too. That is the most annoying point for using public restrooms

[–] ttk@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

That's the spirit

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[–] TeaHands@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (27 children)

Came into this thread wondering "who the hell wears belts?". Then saw everyone in here was taking belt wearage as a given. Then looked over at my husband and saw he's wearing a belt.

TIL, all men apparently wear belts and I just never noticed before.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Men's pants can be a lot more loose around the waist and we typically have no butt to hold things up.

[–] Gorbachof@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's to leave space for full pockets

[–] theoldgreymare@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You know, in my jealousy about the capacious pockets in men's pants, I never thought about how they must weigh the pants down when they're full of keys and wallet and phone and tampons and condoms and stuff. No wonder y'all need belts!

[–] Taliesin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Yarp. I have a pair of shorts I wear around the house, no belt no problem. The moment I put anything in a pocket, though? They'll be 'round my knees if I don't watch out!

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[–] sparky678348@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Do some squats my brother, everyone loves a good ass.

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[–] BrainisfineIthink@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You have probably noticed but never appreciated that men don't usually have big hips to keep our pants up (or more specifically our waists and hips tend to be very close to the same size). Some men do, but even well fitting pants slide down on me without a belt. My wife is always amazed when we take our measurements and the hip to waist ratio is so wildly different. She's like "I knew women's hips were bigger but Jesus Christ".

[–] RaspberryRobot@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I mean I'm trans and even though I have massive hips to keep my pants on, wearing a belt still helps me pass better since they're so ubiquitous

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[–] paciencia@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

massive phone, wallet, keys, car keys, airpods, tape measure; all kinds of stuff on the pockets, need a belt to hold the pants up

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not just men, I’m a woman and I wear a belt regularly. It keeps my pants from drooping because I’m thin with wide hips.

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm a weirdo, but my belts are leather and I wipe them down with sanitizing wipes when I get home and take them off, for this exact reason.

[–] fing3r@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That poor leather!

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[–] afraid_of_zombies2@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You guys aren't washing your belts?

Alright.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I’ve never even thought about it. I use leather belts and I throw them out after they wear out.

You can’t exactly toss them in the machine.

Now, the belts I’ve had over the years that were made from cloth went in the laundry with everything else.

I don’t know why I never thought about this.

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[–] Faust223@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If you wash your belt you lose all your jiu-jitsu knowledge and have to start from white again. Everyone knows this.

[–] Eidolon_Alpha@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that why no one at the gym will spar with me as a brown belt!?

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[–] ezmack@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wash my belts

[–] barbecue_sprinkler@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (7 children)

how do you wash your belts?

[–] ezmack@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When i forget to take them off my pants mostly. I don't wear like nice leather belts though I just throw them in and let them clank around

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[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

In the washing machine. Then, I throw them out because they are ruined and buy some more.

I don't actually do this, but I imagine that's what the response will be.

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[–] s_s@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Leather cleaner/conditioner and a brush.

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[–] toaster@reddthat.com 20 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Well, as far as I know it hasn't gotten me sick yet.

Thanks for the new fear, though 🙃

[–] Mrduckrocks@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Lick it and report back in few days.

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[–] mfanx2@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago (12 children)

You guys wear belts?

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

You guys use toilets?

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[–] mykl@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (9 children)

You never wash your belt? I bet you never wash the poop-knife either.

Sheesh.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 11 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Some things probably should stay on Reddit. Like poop-knives.

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[–] FluffyPotato@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Last time I wore a belt was for a costume party like 10 years ago. Dresses and sweatpants don't thankfully need belts.

[–] throne_deserter@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would like to travel about a minute back in time so I could undo reading this!

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[–] majestictechie@lemmy.fosshost.com 11 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I hate that I know this now.

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[–] Heldenhirn@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago

Every time I forgot to wash my hands my dad would hit me with his sticky belt. I miss them old days ...

[–] fing3r@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago

Joke's on you, i never leave the toilet.

[–] Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And we wash our hands after touching our belts. Still, point taken.

[–] JeffCraig@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yeah I'm having a hard time understanding this entire thread. Like... Is everyone here completely baked?

We touch our belts and then we wash our hands. Just like we touch our dicks AND THEN WE WASH OUR HANDS.

y'all are acting like I should be washing my dick too.

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[–] SuperSoftAbby@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The people that don’t wash their belts are probably also the people that never wash their winter coat regularly.

[–] thesanewriter@vlemmy.net 7 points 1 year ago

I wash my coat from time to time because I consider and have considered it to be part of my wardrobe. For my belt, I suppose I kinda just considered it as an accessory and it never occurred to me to clean it.

[–] staindundies@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're supposed to wash winter coats?! Next you are going to tell me that you have to wash blue jeans!

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[–] Kuma@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Here is another shower thought. You touch things other ppl who don't wash their hands touch all the time... That is worse in my opinion. Because you can wash your hands before touching anything else (belt included) it isn't as easy to wash your hands everytime on the go. Corona made me very aware of this

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I solved this problem by not wearing a belt!

(I dress like a slob.)

[–] RCKLSSBNDN@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Wash your hands in the bathroom, nobody bats an eye.

Scrub down your belt buckle in the sink and people lose their minds!

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[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jokes on you, I wash my belt all the time!

...which is definitely not because I leave it on my pants and forget to take it off before I throw them in the laundry.

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