People Have No Idea How Dirty They Are…Or Do They?

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As everyone in the fitness/bodybuilding world knows, illness can, and will, totally sideline your workout routine.

One obvious absurdity we have all seen is the guy in the gym bathroom who takes a shit, then goes back to using the equipment without washing his hands.

But we are surrounded all the time by dirty people who get deeply offended when their disgusting cleanliness standards are pointed out to them. There are hundreds of examples, from e-coli swarms deposited by dirty people onto fast food stores’ touch screens, to women’s preposterous natural fingernail length and artificial extensions and manicure “art.” If you know a female with ridiculous fingernails, or worse you’re intimately involved with one, ask her this question: “How on earth do you wipe your ass?” Picture it.

Obesity isn’t the only stupid way that people have of willingly adopting a volunteer physical disability. The long fingernail obsession is another, sacrificing the full use of one’s hands to accomplish everyday tasks. And here we thought ancient China’s foot-binding ritual was absurd. Who would  intentionally compromise their own physical ability on purpose? LOTS of people, actually.

For the sake of your health, become more aware of all the socially acceptable ways that we allow illness and disease to spread, especially via “fashion.”