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   clacke@libranet.de is my main (notclacke@fedia.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 18:26:26 JST clacke@libranet.de is my main

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   @mrundkvist Yes. Eww.

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     Martin Rundkvist (mrundkvist@archaeo.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 18:26:28 JST Martin Rundkvist

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     For this reason I was kind of shocked when an acquaintance of mine offhandedly wiped a cutting board with the dish rag. This, in my view, made the cutting board and any food that touched it Unclean until the board would be washed with soap and warm water.

     What's everybody's opinion?

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     Martin Rundkvist (mrundkvist@archaeo.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Dec-2024 18:26:29 JST Martin Rundkvist

     The study of how people conceptualise Clean vs Unclean is a classic field in anthropology and comparative religion. If you touch an apple or a spoon with your bare hand, this does not make it Unclean in my local culture. But the dish rag that hangs on the water faucet in most Swedish kitchens is Unclean. I don't want to use a spoon or eat an apple that has been wiped with the dish rag. 1/2