• Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
    342·
    3 days ago

    Putting those in doctor’s offices never made sense to me. Yes, let’s have sick kids put their fingers all over something that’s made of porous wood and impossible to fully sanitize.

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
      33·
      3 days ago

      Both the wood and metal are thoroughly painted and easy to spray/wipe down, with simple shapes you can move to get the crevices. And it’s quiet. Better than 🧸 ⚽🦖 🦄 🚜🚗🧩🪆🚛 🔫 📚

        • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.worldEnglish
          27·
          3 days ago

          Yes, wood absolutely is. The idea that plastic cutting boards are safer is far outdated science and was marketing pushed by the plastic industry. Wood cutting boards are easier to sanitize because the wood is naturally antimicrobial, while plastic gets deep cuts in it from knives that are harder to clean.

          https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666765723000741

          https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/public-health/even-treated-wood-prevents-bacterial-transmission-hand

          Hell, back in the early 90s, studies were showing plastic holds onto bacteria more than wood, even after sanitization, and that wooden cutting boards were more hygienic than plastic.

          https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31113021/

          Plastic cutting boards also introduce a shit ton of microplastics directly into food.

          https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37220346/

          • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            3 days ago

            I stand corrected on wood’s antiseptic properties, though I’ve never seen a butcher or fish monger use anything other than HDPE boards.

            But I still think having a toy that’s designed for kids to touch in a doctors office is a bad idea. It’s almost as bad as a ball pit.

            • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.worldEnglish
              9·
              3 days ago

              Commercial places use plastic because it’s cheap, portable, and disposable. You can have a thinner cutting board that’s easier to move around, you can toss it in the high temp dishwasher, and when it gets too cut up you can just throw it away and get another one for dirt cheap. And you can have 100 of them so that when you cut beef on one, you can just toss that into the sink and grab a new one to cut vegetables on without worrying about sanitizing in between.

              Wood requires maintenance, is heavier, and expensive. You can’t just throw it in the dishwasher and have to hand wash it, otherwise it will warp. And a thick butcher block cutting board that can stand up to constant commercial use is really heavy. Plus they’re FAR more expensive than plastic. You can’t have that many of them, and have to worry about sanitizing in between uses. And they’re 10-100x more expensive than plastic boards.

              Being big and bulky introduces the human element too. If it’s a pain in the ass to move around and clean properly, people will cut corners or just not do it. They’ll cut chicken on it then give it a half ass wipe and use the same board to cut veggies on because they’re under a time crunch and taking the time to properly clean it is “wasting time”.

              It’s like wearing gloves. Gloves are more hygienic in a vacuum, but that depends on proper usage. People need to still wash their hands and need to change gloves each time there’s a risk of cross-contamination. Which they don’t do. You’ll see people touching their faces or money with gloves, then turn around and touch food with the same gloves. Which is why in nicer restaurants, you will never see anyone wearing gloves. They just wash their hands more frequently because that’s safer than the risk of cross-contamination from improper glove usage.

              But I still think having a toy that’s designed for kids to touch in a doctors office is a bad idea. It’s almost as bad as a ball pit.

              Probably, but unfortunately the age that kids are most frequently at the doctor, are the ages where kids are almost entirely tactile learners and don’t do well just sitting quietly or watching a screen.

      • neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        14·
        3 days ago

        You can still buy the original one relatively inexpensively, but the first link is to a collector’s website that has the older model.

        I only know about this stuff because I once wrote a well-reasoned and sincere tiered ranking of each of the bead tracks.

        spoiler

        Green track: S-tier

      • ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
        8·
        3 days ago

        Me: So are you sure you think I might be autistic?

        Friend: you sent me a link to the Rollercoaster table asking me if it was normal to want to buy one of these so you can spend a couple of hours unwinding moving the beads around; you’re wanting to spend silly money on a visual and tactile stim to relax, you’re probably autistic, get tested.

        • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          3 days ago

          no… i just, um, wanted to fundraise one for my wife’s classroom. yeah. that’s it. i can play with it after school and on weekends. totally.

          NINE HUNDRED DOLLARYDOOS

  • BananaTrifleViolin@piefed.worldEnglish
    9·
    3 days ago

    Genuine question - isn’t she a little old for that? I thought it was aimed at toddlers learning how to grasp and move things? Not like 7-8 year olds.