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When did we become afraid of eating off the floor? (lemm.ee)
submitted 6 days ago by shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee
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Maybe this is a cultural thing, but the idea of a solid food hitting the floor and it suddenly being off-limits is alien to me. I was taking a pill for pain this morning. I dropped it on the floor and picked it up and swallowed it with water anyways, and a classmate I was with had this reaction like I had just eaten a worm. Does it supposedly cause illness or bad luck, because I've never gotten any in all my years...

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[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee 13 points 6 days ago (3 children)

This depends vastly on what the food is. Namely how wet/sticky it is. A pill is one thing, but a big saucy meatball? No thanks.

[–] DearMoogle 9 points 6 days ago

Also if it’s a floor you know (like home) vs. random public floor. Yeah I’ve eaten a dropped eggroll or two off my floors before

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Yay, more meatballs for me, then.

grabs fork from inner pocket and wipes it against pants before kneeling down

[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee 9 points 6 days ago

I have three cats, enjoy your reverse hairball.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You can handle floor grime, but gotta wipe off the pocket germs?

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

No, I just don't want the floor meatball flavor tainted by the floor fish I had before. Do you think I'm some sort of barbarian who would mix the two?

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

Yeah, that's a factor too. If it's not all solid, it's as good as smudge (and in the case of meatballs, the domain of my dog anyways), as opposed to something like a baby carrot, which is the food it happened with last time. Oddly the food pyramid has a second function here.