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hbarkatoday at 6:58 PM1 replyview on HN

I had no idea this was the man who was responsible for the cleanroom where I spent thousands of hours working in right after college. To get in a Class 10 cleanroom, there was the laborious routine of gowning from head to toe and then taking the air shower and passing through the airlock before entering the place that looked like it belonged in science fiction. It was a strange environment trying to recognize anyone because all you can see are people’s eyes through goggles. After awhile you remember their gait as the first tell. There was even a belief that exposure to the air inside made people, say for lack of a better word, amorous. Myth or true maybe some can chime in.

Thanks for sharing the article.


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anonymouskimmertoday at 7:11 PM

My first thought: "Wow. They let you breathe into the room unfiltered?".

Second thought is that any amorousness would be linked more to the donning, and importantly doffing, of the extra clothes in view of your coworkers. Our culture has a nudity taboo, and thus hints of taking off clothes, or being relatively unclothed, in the presence of others of the opposite sex (or same sex for those so inclined) is viscerally linked to sex.