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I didn't say "every last molecule", I said "visible particulates".

Nice attempt to straw-man though.

Not a straw man if you look at the spirit of the argument.

Yes, that's exactly what strawmanning is:

"Ignore the stated argument, discuss my weaker mischaracterization of it instead."

Have you cooked anything? Have you never ever had a hair fall into a pot your mixing? (Even if you always wear a hat, and always clean it before hand, there is non zero chance)

Spirit of that previous parent message was that “never ever contaminated” is not a realistic option.

Yes op stretched that to molecules, but exactly same argument applies to seeds.

I guess you forbid any kind of hyperbole in 50m radius.

I have worked in food service and we were required to wear hats or hairnets specifically for that reason. If it had happened that some foreign material had fallen in the food, we would have considered it a big problem.

In restaurants, little pieces from the metal pot scrubbing pads tend to be a constant problem. But this represents a cost choice: more expensive scrubbing solutions are available.

What happened to the idea we should take the most charitable interpretation of a post? I thought that was in the community guidelines here.

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