Dunno what made me think of this just now. When I worked for IT in a school district way back in the 90s, a librarian told me she kept a supply of mouse balls in her desk because kids would steal them out of the school computers. What I remember about those balls was they picked up dust and crud off surfaces. Pretty soon optical mice came along and they were history.
I forgot all about scraping those little rollers with my fingernail! It was strangely satisfying.
and super gross when you think about it…
The gunk is just compacted dust from the desk surfaces.
Perhaps a bit gross, but it’s mostly stuff you’re breathing in daily, just now visible due to being compacted.
Super gross to me would imply something like bodily fluids or other biohazard.
Am I missing something?
i think you’re missing the part where a lot of that gunk is exactly bodily fluids and other biohazards lol
How so? I’m not coughing or spitting on the desk.
Dead skin cells, sure, but that’s not a biohazard.
you’re gonna be REALLY grossed out when you find out what’s on your toothbrush…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTojTHjUckA
That’s why I don’t keep my brushes in the same room as my toilet.
i miss your old poop hair, sweetie
The majority of dust particles on the surface of your desk is dead human skin cells. That’s the part you’re missing.
So touching dead skin cells with my skin is supposed to be a biohazard?
First time I hear that.
I guess I also shouldn’t shake hands anymore.