I'm pretending this is sarcasm #1, just to make myself feel better

It was sarcasm but I guess I didn't really make it clear. It's hard to tell when your typing

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sometimes natural selection kicks in.

Ever see the movie "Idiocracy?"

It's possible that op and her roommate aren't in school together but are just simply splitting rent to make living more affordable

She probably filled out the application. You know, the one that doesn't ask whether there is bacteria in food.

While that works in theory, how is OP to know which dishes are the ones she washed? It's like at my mom's, I have to wash the dishes BEFORE and AFTER because my mother doesn't know how to anymore, and there is no way to tell if she hasn't used my dishes or not. The only solution might be to take the clean ones she plans to use and hide them in her room. It's what I started doing.

Good point, though she can also try to give each piece she plans to use before a meal a wash.

She sounds like an anti-vaxxer

…Are you the roommate? This was your plan all along! :o

Soap in the shower is to remove dirt, sweat, and the various undesirable (eg BO producing) fungi/molds that have built up on your skin. It has nothing to do with "killing germs"

That doesn't mean that the roommate is optimistic. Sounds more ignorant and oblivious than anything really.