# Alton Brown Explains Why Soap Is Better Than Hand Sanitizer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alton-brown-explains-why-soap-is-better-than-hand-sanitizer/849758>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 18, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alton-brown-explains-why-soap-is-better-than-hand-sanitizer/849758 "2020-03-18T21:43:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alton-brown-explains-why-soap-is-better-than-hand-sanitizer/849758/21 "2020-03-19T15:26:55Z")

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“This video is private.”

WTF?

Are they afraid there are so many inside jokes I won’t find it amusing?

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alton-brown-explains-why-soap-is-better-than-hand-sanitizer/849758/22 "2020-03-19T15:28:24Z")

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double post

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alton-brown-explains-why-soap-is-better-than-hand-sanitizer/849758/23 "2020-03-19T15:41:54Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> “This video is private.”
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> WTF?
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> Are they afraid there are so many inside jokes I won’t find it amusing?

From what I gather, the original video had some sort of meat cleaver and chopped-off-hands content, and people complained. I’m guessing that it wasn’t totally suitable for kids or the squeamish. So the original video was nixed, and now there’s a [blood-free version.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=80&v=tIwdf3WKe3Y&feature=emb_logo)

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alton-brown-explains-why-soap-is-better-than-hand-sanitizer/849758/24 "2020-03-19T15:54:42Z")

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> [@Slash1972](#):
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> Seems strange that you would need sanitizer after petting your own dogs, but okay 🙂

Have you seen the stuff dogs roll around in? Have you smelled it?

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alton-brown-explains-why-soap-is-better-than-hand-sanitizer/849758/25 "2020-03-19T16:30:20Z")

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I didn’t realize they’d actually removed the old video. I assumed it was just made private. I wish I would have saved it.

The difference is that, at the end, he says that the only way to be more sure is to chop off your hands and run them through the dishwasher. Or, at least, he shows us that, with some obviously fake hands and fake blood, and his comedicly sarcastic tone of voice. It was a bit of Good Eats style cheesiness and humor to cap off the video.

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