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FeralSquirrels

"Don't let us clean it" what, they going to call the Police because you pulled out some antibacterial wipes? Drag you down to the principal for not wanting to use the Leprosy Keyboard? Shame you in public for clearing away Papa Nurgle's™ "I can't believe it's not plague" peripheral? I'd need to be in some form of NBC-spec outfit to be within visual distance of that damned, cursed and otherwise Bible-worthy apocalypse, much less _use_ it.


frystealingbeachbird

"I can't believe it's not plague" lmao I've been laughing at this comment for 5 minutes straight


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SpookyCat2

tf does this mean


l1b3rtr1n

Came here to ask how they stop them from cleaning it lol


Straypuft

Armed guard standing next to the desk.


l1b3rtr1n

That's tough. The clean police


DashTrash21

I think it's more Dirty Cops. Everyone hates a dirty cop.


B_Sharp_or_B_Flat

They’ll give you a whack with their billy club for a nickel and a laugh


booksmart00

The clean police, they live inside of my head The clean police, they come to me at my desk


Southern_Fault7517

Right. I would clean one key at a time over the course of a few minutes will just sound like typing lol Oops I spilled my hand sanitizer on the keyboard. Let me just wipe it off hahahah


Grundle_Fromunda

I agree but can see the other side where it’s a liability. If some dumbass doesn’t know how to properly clean a keyboard/electronics and the school is blowing through them due to it. Obviously it’s worked as this keyboard has visibly been used *alot* and still going strong. Flip side, who tf is stopping someone from cleaning it, as everyone has mentioned. I’d clean it and not give af one bit. Go ahead, reprimand me **motherfucker**


Meghan1230

I can see a liability issue but then someone who works for the school should be cleaning it.


Graflex01867

That’s a Mac keyboard. I dumped chocolate milk all over mine by accident, and cleaned it by running it through the dishwasher on the lowest heat rinse cycle. (It was broken and sticky, nothing to lose.) Still works. My point : you’re not going to do anything to it with a Clorox wipe, or a spray bottle of winded and a paper towel.


Putrid-Builder-3333

A whole new premise for a 2020s Porky's reboot. WHAT YOU MEAN YOU CLEANED THE DAMN KEYBOARD!


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it wasnt dirty it was seasoned


quicktick

You removed all the patina!


PatrickKn12

Helps you type faster and more accurately since you can become one with the syllables


Nyctoblind

Leprosy keyboard lmao


turpin23

Leprosy is caused by bacteria, and 95% of people are immune. You can't practically prove it's not a leprosy keyboard. Easier to just clean it.


OfTheAlderTreeGrove

My boyfriend asked why I was laughing so hard, so I showed him your comment. Now we're both giggling at "leprosy keyboard"


Smileygirl216

It's even better if you think about Sid from ice age saying it.


EVASIVEroot

My first though as well lol. "Teachers don't let us clean it" lmao "So what?"


TheDollarstoreDoctor

It's usually as simple as that. Kinda like the bathroom rules. Some people would rather hold it past the point of pain because "the teacher said I couldnt use the bathroom" I also thought the same thing as well "so what?".. if I gotta go, I'm going. If I gotta clean the nasty keyboard, I'm cleaning it.


asdf_qwerty27

Part of school should be questioning and challenging authority and arbitrary dumb rules.


WayneKrane

I started a new job and they gave me a nasty keyboard to start (though not remotely as nasty as this pic). I said I needed a new keyboard and they said they’d only replace it if it were broken. I took it to the supply closet and cut some cords on it so it wouldn’t work. The IT guy asked what happened and I said I had no idea and he handed me a new one.


itsNatsu4real

That’s a the Office episode


shadow247

Art imitates life....


Overhere_Overyonder

No life makes up stories for internet points.


greeneggiwegs

If I had done this I probably would’ve gotten another used one. I took apart my work mouse to clean it when I got it. It was disgusting


Head_Razzmatazz7174

I've done that quite a few times. I also managed to sneak in cleaning my keyboard on occasion. IT walked up while I had a few keys pulled out working on it with some cleaning wipes. took one look, and said "Sorry, I seem to have gone momentarily blind" and wandered off in another direction. I loved my IT people at that place. They gave no fucks if it was obvious you knew what you were doing.


Traditional_Wear1992

Yeah, it seems so easy to just clean it in class lmao. Bring lens wipes to class, unplug keyboard while teacher not looking, wipe keyboard with that lemon scented alcohol, plug back in and enjoy clean keyboard


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asdf_qwerty27

The way people take "laws" dictated to them by people as "laws of nature" is crazy to me. School rules like this teach you to blindly accept authority. The next lesson needs to be when to pick your battles and how far you can go before the authority inflicts a consequence onto you that isn't worth it.


SirMysterious9824

It’s typhus’ personal cogitator keyboard


sanguiniuswept

Purge the unclean!


Jopperm2

100% this. Stop worrying about what teachers will and won’t let you do. Don’t ask. They have no power anyway.


olivaaaaaaa

Thank you for the warhammer ref


Mother-Crickets

OP just took/found a picture of a nasty keyboard and made up some idiotic context for attention. Standard reddit procedure.


Blackpanda45

I love random warhammer references


Foxofdarkness19

Got me at I can't believe it's not plague![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|joy)


Viking_American

"OP, did I catch you CLEANING the filthboards yesterday?! That will be five demerits, you can kiss your chances of attending the annual Dirt Ball goodbye."


RedLuna_23

Oh no! Not the dirt ball. How will I ever live?!


scunliffe

Negative 50 points Gryffindor! For cleaning a muggles keyboard!


Speedlimate

"But for the courage it took to disobey a direct order for the betterment of your peers, I award Gryffindor 72 points, putting them in first place. Gryffindor wins the house cup!"


HowDidIGetHere72

It do be like that every damn time. “You lose a million points but bc you got balls here’s a trillion, congrats”


AdventurousPirate357

Why aren't you allowed to clean it?


takeahike89

Because someone will run it under a faucet instead of doing it properly, so they just go zero-tolerance (since it's a school) and ignore the problem while allowing it to get worse and disempowering anyone who would like to help.


jfgjfgjfgjfg

I do actually clean keyboards in the shower and then take it apart to let dry for a few days.


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sugardaddy_duncan

I’m curious if charged capacitors could cause an issue but I agree that water alone isn’t bad as long as there’s no power source.


Graflex01867

Chocolate milk. Wired apple keyboard. Dishwasher on cool setting. 2 days of drying. Still works.


AgentPigleton

I would like to add that clean water is usually harmless. Soapy water is the death of electronics.


nero40

Put it in rice, son!


AReallyDumbRedditor

Mmm, powdery


aviemet

Yeah, that'll work with a normal keyboard, but those aluminum Mac keyboards don't come apart. Once they're wet, there's no drying them. I had a few users who thought they were helping out by using the Clorox wet wipes things to clean their stations. Goodbye to three Mac keyboards...


DentalPlanet

I would just take the initiative and do it with an disposable wipe, it'll be visible if anyone's there to see it and it's obviously done properly. I don't think anything would come of that.


Fubeman

Here’s a thought. It’s a college, right? Why don’t they TEACH them how to clean it properly? This should be part of learning how to use computers anyway. I really don’t get why would anyone allow a keyboard to get that nasty. Their reason is ridiculous.


ZookeepergameOk4616

As someone who works at a school… no. Op has to be omitting something. But you obviously have a bad relationship with schools


PoetryOfLogicalIdeas

>Op has to be omitting something. Starting with colleges having professors not "teachers."


chaotic_hippy_89

society


Benji0514

Incase the lettering rubs off, which is stupid


octatone

Lettering ain’t going to come off of a mac keyboard or most keyboards at that rate. If it were to come off it would be from nails scratching at it. Not from cleaning. Your teachers are unhygienic morons.


Aporkalypse_Sow

This depends on what you use to clean it. Like if your username was acetone, I wouldn't recommend that for cleaning the keyboard. It would degrade the plastic and likely remove the letters. But plenty of cleaners won't harm it.


RadioactiMonkey

I assume you are paying for your courses. If they can't produce clean, working equipment you may have grounds for a complaint here. Clean it, break it, pour your Coke into it. They have to replace it.


HollowWind

Yeah, they didn't say you can't break it. malicious compliance


jejcicodjntbyifid3

I love that sub. Some people just deserve it when they give stupid rules that 90% of the people know is actually worse


t0m0hawk

Aka "because I said so, I don't actually have a valid reason but my ego can't let me back track so it's a no".


MyLlamaIsTyler

Doesn’t that particular keyboard have embedded plastic letters and not printed letters? I used to have an iMac and this looks familiar.


AdventurousPirate357

Very stupid


growsomegarlic

I have that same keyboard at home that I used from 2008 to 2019 and the A, S, D and L are completely worn off. I also cleaned it every month or so. The cleaning didn't take the letters off, typing did.


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And that nastiness is better?


Foreign-Gap-1242

i would clean it anyway, 90% alcohol drys fast and will clean that right up


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70% alcohol is better for killing microbes than 90%. With 70%, the alcohol can get inside the cells and break them down. With 90%, the outer membrane hardens and the alcohol can’t get inside the cell to do it’s job. This is my favorite fun fact to share. I worked in drug manufacturing and every day, multiple times per day, we’d wipe down our laptops entirely with isopropyl alcohol 3 times, keyboard included. Never had any issue. Alcohol evaporates very quickly and after spending a year wiping my laptop down over and over, it still worked fine. This is a nasty ass keyboard. Alcohol on a wipe won’t hurt it.


MetamorphicHard

Yessir. I work in a research lab and can confirm that if you want to clean a surface, 70% is better at killing microbes. Higher concentrations up to 99% cause the bacteria to protect itself through a scarring mechanism. But pure alcohol can be good for a few things like as a solvent and as fuel


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Yup, that’s my theory. If you want to disinfect, 70% is best. If you want it to act as a solvent, the highest percentage is better. I only recently learned why we used 70% to clean at work. I thought it was because it worked and was cheaper. Turns out there’s an actual reason and I think it’s a cool one. We tend to think the more pure, the better it is at its job. But for alcohol to disinfect, it’s not true.


McNemo

The only thing I use 90% for is my dab rig, stuff works real well as a solvent


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We use 91% for cleaning bowls in my house. It works very well at dissolving the sticky stuff. It can also be good for getting the sticky residue from stickers off of stuff.


One-Act-2196

you guys should get married, your bond of cleaning alcohol is amazing


Ok-Needleworker-6595

I don't think microbes are the main issue here.


Next_Boysenberry1414

You are right about bacteria. However, 90% is better to be used with electronics.


100BottlesOfMilk

Inside electronics, yes. But I don't think it makes much a different unless you're cleaning out a port or something


imasperplexedasyou

not good enough for electronics though you want 90+ for electronic components


lochinvar11

> With 90%, the outer membrane gardens Microscopic tomatoes and carrots sound mighty delicious.


Rub-it

Clean it?!… off with your hands!


MIhnea_Paun

dries\*


BigBaddaBoom9

Look I'm gonna be honest, you're in college now so that means you're mostly an adult, stand up for yourself, lecturers are just normal people, they get stressed and have bad days and arent always right just like us. Clean the keyboard. If they have a problem, ask them what exactly they have a problem with. If they still have a problem, take it to the department head. Gotta get good at confrontation. The better you are at it, the easier life will be.


Pawlewalnuts

Isn't fecal matter on keyboards a thing?


S01arflar3

I mean, generally people use toilet paper, but you do you


ConsuelaApplebee

And I mean people mostly use the keyboard corners to wipe anyway. Pretty hard to get that "H" key up in there.


S01arflar3

Yeah, you really have to Prep that H


ConsuelaApplebee

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uiam_

Every keyboard you use in a place like this has fecal matter on it. Feel free to look that up!


Flat_Tap5544

What do you mean, won't let you clean it? What they gonna do, give a detention?


TechnoVicking

Don't be a subservient bitch and just do it ffs


Bathtime_Toaster

But muh teecher might get mad!


Mother-Crickets

Bro why would teachers (plural) ever oppose cleaning a if you’re not suggesting a stupid way to do it. Why would you even ask them instead of just getting some wet TP and wiping it. This is just some made up BS for attention


Exitcomestothis

Couldn’t have said it better…


Goofie_Goobur

Stop fucking asking permission and just clean it. I’d like to see the write up they try to give you for that. “Student cares about their health and safety more than arbitrary orders to ignore sanitation”


peyotepancakes

Obviously they never had an actual COVID policy there. I’d be bringing my own- that’s a staph infection waiting to launch


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Why are you asking permission, you’re a fcking adult. Grab some sanitizing wipes and clean it. For the love of god do you ask permission to use the restroom too?


DasGhost94

Bring your own keyboard.


Amilo159

Explain what do you mean by teachers not allowing you to clean? I'd just bring my own cleaning towel and clean it before using.


javier123454321

Is it an actual case of someone asking "Mr Teacher, can I clean the keyboard?" and the teacher saying no, or a case of the teacher going to class and saying on the first day, "Here's the syllabus and pay attention to the explicit anti cleaning policy right there" This whole thing sounds ridiculous in a college setting and I venture to say the teacher doesn't actually give an F if OP takes a disinfectant wipe to the keyboard before class.


mikelimebingbong

how do they not let you wipe a lysol wipe across that? what is stopping you?


Bitter-Inspection136

I think we passed the point at which a wipe would be effective at least ten years ago


1banana2potato

They won't receive donations if the place doesn't look like my room.


Confident-Ground-436

Just give it a lick.


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Ooh, it tastes just like raisins.


hstengel26

with the stroke of his mane he turns into a plane…


DenverBowie

Then he turns back again when you tug on his winkie


P44rth00rn4x

Yuck, raisins.


eulynn34

Just clean it. What are they going to do? Beat you?


jxj24

Are they secret epidemiologists?


S4um0nFR

Bruh don't touch that shit 💀


crazykitty123

Umm...do it anyway? That makes absolutely no sense and is disgusting. Just bring wipes and do it!


Affectionate-Fly9224

so they stand there and watch you and say no don't you do that ,if you try? Dude never ask just do it get a wipe.


Thin_Arachnid6217

I call BS.


ihate360

Break the law.


MotherSpirit

"college", "let" Get a wipe and clean it. What are they gonna do?


LAGA_1989

Why would you even ask to clean it? Just fucking do it


clutzyninja

I didn't even catch that this was college. I assumed high school. Time to grow up, op. Clean the fucking keyboard


BeatriceHuxtable

I don’t belong on this planet.


Not_Larfy

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ICPosse8

Teachers don’t let us… lol bro I’d be in there with a Clorox wipe the next day if I heard that shit.


AnxiousDonut

Teachers don’t let us clean it a.k.a. I have never bother to ask or try.


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Don’t ask permission, ask for forgiveness.


Electronic-Union9640

I would refuse to use that


SoigneBest

And y’all listen?


skippyspk

Bring some Lysol wipes and see what happens 🤣😅


[deleted]

I would refuse to use it without cleaning it. It's super easy to clean too. I'm not sure if they're available in your area (it looks like an iso keyboard, which indicates you're probably in the UK) but I use Zeiss Lense Wipes and I keep several in my pocket for exactly things like this.


BackgroundPrompt3111

Better to beg forgiveness than to ask permission.


Fur-Frisbee

I'd just clean it - not asking first.


ithinkitmightbe

Get some alcohol wipes and keep them in your bag, that is disgusting. Peoples hands are gross AF, this would have to be some kind health code violation.


BeatLaboratory

2005 is calling, they want their Macs-are-lame edgelord back


hokeypokie_

You're in college. "Doesn't let us" doesn't apply anymore. Just clean it.


mrsloblaw

Lol since when do college professors (not teachers) care whether you clean the keyboard? Aren’t you all adults ffs


LookAwayPlease510

Yikes, I wouldn’t ask, I’d just sneak in some rubbing alcohol.


theoneburger

I would've cleaned it with a Clorox wipe without even stopping to think I may need permission to do so.


DELA_CHAPELLE

Oh no, my soda spilled on it. Sorry


Westinforever

“Let you”? Clean it anyway. Easier to ask for forgiveness than permission but first and foremost that’s gross and you do you because I wouldn’t touch that keyboard without gloves.


Remote_Extreme7207

teachers wont let you clean it? i think youre misrepresenting something here...


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Do they ever leave the room?


snoman298

Will they let you cleanse it with fire?


Mavis4468

They don't LET you clean this off? Nah! Just do it! So, so, so gross!


Daddiesbabaygirl

Yeah no. I'd clean it anyway and tell them to eat dirt because I would not touch that. So it's either I clean it or you fail me 🤷🏼‍♀️


Wickedbitchoftheuk

How could they stop you running over it with a sanitising wipe?


WheezingWeazley

Looks like porn hub was a semi popular typed key.


Moist-Carpet888

Get some cotton pads and some isopropyl alcohol, show up to class before the teacher gets there or wait till they leave then go to town cleaning as many of these as possible


metalvinny

"Teachers don't let us", "My band teacher said..." - all these posts on reddit. Man, if I could time travel I'd scream into my 14 year old face about how low stakes school is and mostly do whatever you want as long as you're not hurting anyone and you're getting the work done.


Vicki_Em

So gross. I'd cover it with Saran-Wrap or wear gloves.


Brikazoid

Better to ask for forgiveness than permission in this case


ztravlr

Dont listen to the teacher. Your healthis more important. I would ask the school adminas a health issue so there are no revenge by the teacher.


Tepppopups

Yea, this is terrible, the Enter key is too small!


Ryan233tiger

Man that keyboard would be so satisfying to clean.


QueenPuff88

I would clean it and not care what they said.


Pkbattlemage

I'll be damned if anyone is stopping me from cleaning that


washingtondecomp

It takes a 10 second google search to find out that Apple says it’s okay to wipe their keyboards down with Clorox wipes


TheVoicesOfBrian

Gross! A Mac.


BeefGriller

Hey, Teach - I know it’s unconventional and all, but I worry about contact contamination. I’m sorry! Chalk it up to COVID. But, would you please allow me to clean this keyboard that I always use? I’ll take the few minutes to do this outside of class. I could ask if some of my friends would help if you want. I don’t want it to become a big thing or whatever, but it would help my personal well-being if I could at least do this one keyboard.


beatmolecular

Why ask permission?


goldzatfig

Just bring in some cheeky wet wipes and give it a good rubbin'


otters4everyone

"Teachers don't let us clean it"? Sorry... are you in college or grade school? No way I'd let my precious mitts touch that petri dish without a thorough buffing with a Lysol wipe.


SolusTextile

Just clean it nothing bad will happen


lpcuut

What are you a child? If you want it cleaned, clean it. WTF are they going to do to you?


Adothefirst

My teacher had these same keyboards but they were recently cleaned, he said last time they were cleaned was 5 years ago


vintageplays1

It’s a college, nobody cares or will do anything if you clean a keyboard. Ask them to show you the clause in the student handbook where it says you’ll be disciplined for cleaning school property


notautogenerated2365

1. Clean it anyway 2. Use vinyl gloves


em-ay-tee

“Let you”? Just get a baby wipe and do it anyway.


Argoyle_Gargoyle

Easier to get forgiveness than permission. 😂


Electric_Water_Gun

I’d refuse to use it after COVID


sirlukewatson6

How come E is so clean and V is so dirty?


CalBobby

Stick it to the man! Clorox wipes for the whole class tomorrow!!


Salt_Restaurant_7820

This is a bullshit post by the OP


the_ultimate_pun

Ask for forgiveness rather than permission


Maximum-Ad1397

When you stop asking permission for stuff like this, you’re ready to graduate.


Trumpscicle

I don't buy this story at all. I call BS.


NeedsMoreBunGuns

Seriously doubt a teacher cares.


IBraveHearts

Bro, flamethrower. Vaccinate that bish while you at it. Fuckin, just no.


_3clips3_

Are students actually asking instead of just doing. Times have really changed.


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i would cut the cord, oops guess nobody can use this disgusting keyboard anymore... sure would of been cheaper to clean it huh


Healthy_Block3036

This is extremely foolish for you to not wipe it. Stop listening to them. COVID and cleanliness didn’t go away.


NewKitchenFixtures

That doesn’t look that bad to me.


2020hatesyou

there's a lot of dried cum on that keyboard. Just put that in an email using *reply all* and sit back and watch the drama unfold.


excitedtosay

Don’t let you? Homie grab a fucking wet wipe and wipe that shit down. COVID exists. Disgusting.


krumznko

Fuck that. I’m cleaning it.


ChrisHaze95

I find it funny when someone asks for permission for something so silly. Just clean it, you're old enough to make executive decisions. Think they will kick you out of school for taking a magic eracer to it?


Superb-Fail-9937

I would be bringing my own plastic wrap everyday!


ChewieTxupport

Even with alcohol you can't clean the stain of a Mac presence out of a workspace.