Could there be a blade on a hand dryer? TikTok video spreads fear
Some TikTok users stated that seeing a well-known video of a blade coming out of a hand dryer triggered their darkest nightmares.
Manusicus phobia, or the fear of hand dryers, is a real thing for some people, but since a humorous video went viral, people have found new justifications for their fear.
A video of a blade hand dryer is popular on TikTok. The hand dryer accompanying the video is standing in a dirty, graffiti-smeared bathroom and is smeared with blood. The drying method abruptly releases a large blade that extends and then gradually retracts.
Could there be a blade on a hand dryer?
Hands are lowered into the dryer room to operate dryers with hand held blades. Hands are slowly moved up and down while being blown out of the dryer with a powerful jet of air. All traces of moisture are eliminated in 12 seconds or less.
Dryers with hands-under knives are operated in the same way as standard dryers. Instead of having to wait endlessly for hands to dry, they get a turbo blast of air.
The water on their hands will evaporate quickly as a result. One of the easiest ways to reduce the amount of bacteria on users’ hands is to purchase a bladed hand dryer with a built-in High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filter.
The HEPA filter filters over 99 percent of harmful particles from the air before it is used to dry hands. This is a very effective way to improve hand hygiene in public spaces or in the office.
Blade dryers have fundamentally changed the way hand dryers are sold. Despite its unpleasant noise, a hand dryer with blade technology is extremely easy to use.
Bloody hand dryer Tiktok video spreads panic
People hesitate to use hand dryers after seeing this creepy TikTok. Before the video starts playing, a warning appears on the screen saying “Do not put your hands in a hand dryer, you may cut them off”.
Since its release, the video has received more than 12.9 million views, 1.8 million likes and 41,000 comments. Many TikTok viewers claimed that the video gave them a new phobia of using hand dryers.
Despite being an animation, it has garnered more than 40,000 comments, some of which suggest people are reluctant to use hand dryers these days.
Every day, individuals use bladeless hand dryers with the intention of causing harm. Manussiccusphobia, the fear of hand dryers, is reportedly a recognized phobia.
Even films of people approaching hand dryers in public restrooms have been released by some people who are still too afraid to use them.
However, other people have “debunked” the animation by proving there’s nothing to worry about.