If you have to sit and you have to go immediately you appreciate those that were considerate enough to engage in this simple act of decency.
But like, if men pee with the seat up, but both men and women poop with the seat down, then statistically the seat is already down more than half of the time. Now if we enforce a policy like this, that would mean more than half of the times someone walks in and needs the seat to be down is in luck, but the rest has to do double the “work”. And if someone goes in after someone who would have otherwise left the seat up, they too do double the work, so the seat changes position 4 times instead of once. I think it’s much more “just” to simply change the seat whenever you need it and sometimes you will even find it in the position you need it in.
Why do you presume everyone poops with the seat down?
I poo standing up. You can’t force me.
Yeah it’s a silly sign and they should relax.
People of the penile persuasion can sit while peeing. It is very easy to do.
Why though.
Because splashback.
not with morning wood
brother if you got wood how tf are you peeing sitting down. That shit pointing up
Yes, even with morning wood. Just lean a bit forward. It’s not that hard.
Just cause it’s easy doesn’t mean you should.
Also, it’s not easier than standing.
I find sitting easier than standing. It requires less attention (atleast if you have standards of the waste actually being in the pot).
Put the seat and the lid down before flushing.
There’s a University of Cork study showing that putting the lid down aerosolises more material so spreads bacteria etc. over the whole room, whereas having the lid open produces a smaller number of larger droplets that nearly all just fall straight back into the toilet. The lid is not sealing the toilet and preventing the need to clean the bathroom.
I think I did not understand your comment. Isn’t it the other way around?
My comment was explicitly pointing out that closing the lid can have the opposite of the intuitive effect and make things worse even though you’d expect it to make them better. It seems that I misrepresented the study’s findings, though, as while closing the lid does make particles remain airborne for much longer, so my overall point is sound, closing the lid does reduce the number of particles that initially become airborne.
Can you link that study please?
I can’t get the full text, but https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/acmi/10.1099/acmi.fis2019.po0192 has the abstract. It looks like I misremembered its findings (or remembered an article that oversimplified them), though - having the lid down does something to the released particles to make more of them stay airborne for much longer, but it does reduce the number that escape, like you’d expect.
I just put the lid down but I still leave the seat up when flushing.
That’s a weird loo. :)
I wonder if signs like these are effective. Unless you are monitoring and handing out fines as guests leave, they are just gonna do whatever is their habit.
I listened to it, even though I found it funny.
Leave the seat down so when you flush you won’t inhale your poop and pee.
Cmon it’s not hard.
Edit: and lid.
I think just being an organism with an anus leads to higher levels of poop exposure than whatever minuscule amount of particulate matter that manages to aerosolize from an unlided flush
Yes, but I already have all the diseases that I have. I don’t need to add all the diseases everyone else has too, or vice versa.
You mean the lid infested of the seat?
Pooping is what unites us
Peeing while seated unites us
It seems like at least half of men can’t aim anyway, so it’s better to just sit down.
Even when aim is there, splashing occurs. It really shows that some men never had to clean their own bathrooms.
Also fuck you if you piss standing up in a stall when there’s pissoirs outside.
You want privacy for your little weenie, sit your ass down and scroll on your phone like normal people do.
Especially the ones who don’t have to clean the bathroom
Pooping with the seat up unites us
Ever tried pooping while standing? All I’m saying is don’t knock it if you haven’t tried it.
While standing?
Not from a janitor
The life aquatic leads to many powers trousered society would deem unnatural
Pooping in the shower unites us
Peak boomer humor. Congrats!
