When does the 5-10 second rule NOT count?

SO I was eating some sliced potatoes and one of them just happen to fall off my plate onto the dirty floor next to me. I've been sitting there debating whether I should pick it up or not. Well, I decided to pick it up. Now, I've seen people do worse. Picking it up off of grass or an oil filled street. Isn't there a time when the 5-10 second rule won't count?

When you drop it in dog shit. 
 
The 5-10 second rule is the time for "minimal" microbe contamination. When you drop it on a dirty floor (a.k.a. lint and cat hair and stuff), the 0-second rule kicks in.

When it's moist food.or a moist drop zone. Mythbusters busted the 5/10 second 'rule'.

When its your sperm inside a lady...... trust me on that

" When it's moist food.or a moist drop zone. Mythbusters busted the 5/10 second 'rule'. "

When floor is equal to or greater than dirt, time limit becomes zero.

Moist food or an especially hairy or dirty floor. 

Never. Bunch of savages.

" @MrKlorox said:

" When it's moist food.or a moist drop zone. Mythbusters busted the 5/10 second 'rule'. "

Well, if it was sliced potatoes cooked in a pan of oil, is that considered moist? "

The 5-10 second rule is a lie.  http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/09/health/la-he-capsule-20100809

Any time it doesn't fall on a conveniently placed clean plate.

" @ch13696 said:

" @MrKlorox said:

" When it's moist food.or a moist drop zone. Mythbusters busted the 5/10 second 'rule'. "

Well, if it was sliced potatoes cooked in a pan of oil, is that considered moist? "

Look, it's no potato chip. Of course it's moist. I think they mean bone dry food like chips, toast, etc  "

" @XII_Sniper said:

" @ch13696 said:

" @MrKlorox said:

" When it's moist food.or a moist drop zone. Mythbusters busted the 5/10 second 'rule'. "

Well, if it was sliced potatoes cooked in a pan of oil, is that considered moist? "

Look, it's no potato chip. Of course it's moist. I think they mean bone dry food like chips, toast, etc  "

But what if you have a lot of butter on your toast or the potato chip is oil filled? "

" @ch13696 said:

" @XII_Sniper said:

" @ch13696 said:

" @MrKlorox said:

" When it's moist food.or a moist drop zone. Mythbusters busted the 5/10 second 'rule'. "

Well, if it was sliced potatoes cooked in a pan of oil, is that considered moist? "

Look, it's no potato chip. Of course it's moist. I think they mean bone dry food like chips, toast, etc  "

But what if you have a lot of butter on your toast or the potato chip is oil filled? "

That's why I eat carefully. "

When the customer sees it.

It's the Three Second Rule you fucking savage.  The only time it doesn't count is if you can actually see something stuck to your food, though if it's possible to remove the offending item before the three seconds are up you should be ok.

The 5 second rule is nonsense. It's a myth invented so people feel better about eating food they have dropped. Bacteria transfer onto the food almost instantaneously. Not that you should automatically throw stuff away if you drop it. If it drops onto a relatively clean surface, the bacteria on it will be comparable to the bacteria that your food has already picked up from the surface it was prepared on. Bacteria are everywhere. It's impossible to stop them from getting on your food.

Anywhere outside of your own house.

Ever. The rule is bologne, so to speak.

I have a pretty high success rate when using a plate so I never really thought about it. I am keen not to eat something if it hits the floor in any capacity, but if it were to drop straight into fecal matter there'd be no debate.

It never counts it's all about how much you want that last wotsit!

Never. Any floor is dirtier than the food that has been dropped on it, thus, unless you're eating some form of fecal matter for some reason, the 5-second rule never applies.

when you drop it in your rectum

"Anywhere outside of your own house. "

If its, DRY food than sure, I can wipe it off pretty easy but anything thats wet, cheese, oils, condiments of any kind, no....

5 seconds is too long, we've always used 3.

Yes it always counts, because bacteria wait 5 seconds before getting into your food. Now the issue is whether or not said bacteria will harm you, most of the time they'll be harmless. But say you drop your meatball on a public bathroom floor, then you'll probably get sick.  
 

If it's dry, give it a try. If it's wet, not a safe bet.

" The 5 second rule is nonsense. It's a myth invented so people feel better about eating food they have dropped. Bacteria transfer onto the food almost instantaneously. Not that you should automatically throw stuff away if you drop it. If it drops onto a relatively clean surface, the bacteria on it will be comparable to the bacteria that your food has already picked up from the surface it was prepared on. Bacteria are everywhere. It's impossible to stop them from getting on your food. "

At home: Pick it up and eat it.
 
Anywhere else: Don't.

The rule is whether or not it's safe to eat. I've never gotten sick from using the 5-second rule (although I've only done that a few times--usually I use the 3-second rule). 
 
Also, it just generally doesn't apply in public places, because people walk around with dogshit and nasty shit like that on their shoes, so if you pick something off the sidewalk, you're eating a little bit of dogshit each time. Sometimes even human shit. 
 
If you can cut out the part that hit the ground, though, I go for a 15 second rule. So like a block of cheese or an apple is fine, because I just cut off what's dirty, unless I drop it in a puddle. 
 
Woods are alright, too, as long as it's dry and you can get off all the leaves. Grass in your backyard is okay, but not in a public park. 
 
Those are my rules. A little overly complicated, but I've never had food poisoning before in my life, so I guess it works.

When you have AIDS.

I always thought the 5 second rule was a joke. Like literally a joke, a way to say "I know it's gross that Im eating this or whatever, but I don't give a shit". 
 
Some of you actually thought it was clean before 5 seconds..?

I know I'm late to the party here, but scientifically speaking, it never counts. Most germs transfer on contact.
 
At the same time, your floor is probably relatively clean. It's the 21st century. Pick that shit up and eat it. Unless your at like a mall or something.

When its soup. Then you need a few more seconds to put it all back in the bowl.

"But say you drop your meatball on a public bathroom floor, then you'll probably get sick."

when the floor is visibly dirty. when it's a place that you never been to. i really only do it when i'm at home. i know what happens all the time.

" I always thought the 5 second rule was a joke. Like literally a joke, a way to say "I know it's gross that Im eating this or whatever, but I don't give a shit".  Some of you actually thought it was clean before 5 seconds..? "

" @MattyFTM said:

" The 5 second rule is nonsense. It's a myth invented so people feel better about eating food they have dropped. Bacteria transfer onto the food almost instantaneously. Not that you should automatically throw stuff away if you drop it. If it drops onto a relatively clean surface, the bacteria on it will be comparable to the bacteria that your food has already picked up from the surface it was prepared on. Bacteria are everywhere. It's impossible to stop them from getting on your food. "

Yeah, in fact that was a Mythbusters ep that concluded just that.   "

Real mean eat raw meat

If it falls on the ground, I throw it away. I'm not that poor and/or hungry that I need to eat shit off the floor.