# How germaphobic are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 29, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-germaphobic-are-you/657042 "2013-04-29T20:06:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-germaphobic-are-you/657042/61 "2013-04-30T20:07:50Z")
43%, that’s me, even Steven. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-germaphobic-are-you/657042/62 "2013-04-30T20:19:34Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > 10%. I think the best way to have a strong immune system is to force it to work hard everyday to deal with all of the nasties in the environment. I suspect the logic here is flawed. However, that’s how I look at it as well, and I also got a 10%. It’s a dirty world and we’re dirty creatures. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-germaphobic-are-you/657042/63 "2013-05-03T20:00:16Z")
> [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](#): > > 39%. I thought the last question was really weird. Anyone who washes their hands after they go to the bathroom would wash their hands 5 times or more per day, unless they went to the bathroom less than five times a day. 13% (which surprised me). I agree on that question - it should have included an option like “whenever you use the toilet, and maybe once or twice beyond that”. The “how many of these things do you have on you” included tissues so I said “1-2” which I think was not right. I mean, I keep tissues because I sneeze and it’s sort of rude to have snot dripping down my face, but it’s not a germophobe issue at all. ---
**Author:** ![esmeralda2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ccd318/32.png) [@esmeralda2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/esmeralda2)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-germaphobic-are-you/657042/64 "2013-05-03T20:11:25Z")
I’m 69%. My main objective is not to get sick. I’m kind of freaked out by all these people with such low scores. It’s going to make me more careful, I think, if so many people are being careless, they are spreading their germs around, which makes it more difficult not to pick something up. I don’t like getting sick. I hate it when a co-worker comes to work and is very sick, and is touching everything you also have to touch. I am constantly either washing my hands or using the hand cleaner. What I am concerned about is that I do not want to pick up a cold or flu thing. I loath being sick. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-germaphobic-are-you/657042/65 "2013-05-03T20:13:37Z")
+1 to all of what **esmeralda2** said, except…a bit more extreme (I got 77%!) 😃 I remember a while ago I even scored 81% too! ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-germaphobic-are-you/657042/66 "2013-05-04T03:25:45Z")
0% ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-germaphobic-are-you/657042/67 "2013-05-04T04:30:19Z")
> [@esmeralda2](#): > > I’m 69%. My main objective is not to get sick. I’m kind of freaked out by all these people with such low scores. It’s going to make me more careful, I think, if so many people are being careless, they are spreading their germs around, which makes it more difficult not to pick something up. I don’t like getting sick. I hate it when a co-worker comes to work and is very sick, and is touching everything you also have to touch. I am constantly either washing my hands or using the hand cleaner. What I am concerned about is that I do not want to pick up a cold or flu thing. I loath being sick. I’m 2% and am very rarely sick. The hand sanitizer probably isn’t doing you any favors, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![monkeytail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@monkeytail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeytail)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-germaphobic-are-you/657042/68 "2013-05-04T06:32:27Z")
69% !!! I think I’d give Nikola Tesla a run for his money! (Right after I finish sterilizing my keyboard and wash my hands and clean the curtains and…) ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-germaphobic-are-you/657042/69 "2013-05-04T10:46:21Z")
16%, and satisfied with it. I believe in not sheltering oneself too much from germs. However, I read the OP as “How Germa **NO** phobic are you?” Responding to the first questions, I found them weird, but I assumed there was a connection with German lifestyle or self-discipline, and expected other questions to be about crossing streets, drinking beer, whatever…Not until the end of the test did I realize what the actual topic was. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-germaphobic-are-you/657042.md?page=3)