• OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
    401·
    8 days ago

    I think, ultimately, it depends on how often the thing gets used.

    If it goes long enough between licks, the salt will dehydrate and kill any microbes on the surface. But that takes time. If two people lick it in very quick succession, germs could be passed from one to the other.

  • clif@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    7 days ago

    Apparently this has already been kind of tested (underground too!)

    I took a tour of the Wieliczka salt mine when I was in Poland 10 or 15 years ago. As we started to enter the actual mine, the tour guide said something like :

    The roof is salt, the floor is salt, the walls are salt, everything is salt. Lick the wall if you want, it’s salt."

    pauses for a few seconds while somebody licks the wall

    Now I should inform you that I tell that to every single group I take through here and every single time at least one person licks the walls.

  • 5wim@infosec.pubEnglish
    9·
    8 days ago

    I appreciate the pushback on this, as a “salt lick” on the subway is unhygienic and spreads germs easily.

        • decolo@piefed.socialEnglish
          4·
          8 days ago

          That salt lick is packed with a healthy regime of nutrients and bioflora vital to human health – sit with that awhile.

          📢Is there anything else you wanted to know about the health benefits of shared public salt licks?

          • 5wim@infosec.pubEnglish
            4·
            8 days ago

            You appear to be pretending to be a large language model—that’s a funny joke! But remember: shared salt licks are almost as dangerous as relying on large language models. It’s not just a personal health issue—it’s a public crisis.

  • Rahelno@piefed.socialEnglish
    1·
    8 days ago

    I wonder If the subway climate would add flavor. Or the person who was licking it before…