A closer look
Washing your hands with regular soap and water does not actually kill most bacteria, but instead relies on the friction and molecular structure of soap to physically detach pathogens from your skin so they can be rinsed down the drain; this incredibly simple mechanical process has saved billions of human lives throughout history, yet an alarming percentage of fully grown adults still walk out of public restrooms having merely grazed their fingertips under a tepid faucet for approximately two seconds, relying on sheer luck and denial to protect them from the microscopic nightmare realm they just interacted with, proving that humanity's greatest existential threat is not asteroid impacts or rogue artificial intelligence, but rather a profound unwillingness to just use soap
