• Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
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    My brother used to say, if i have to lift it up why shouldn’t my wife have to put it down?

    I see his point but, i close the lid to flush so i don’t have to brush my teeth with a pissy shit particle covered toothbrush.

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    15 hours ago

    This assumes that men ever lift the seat. I’d prefer it be left up so that there is at least a chance I can sit on a dry, piss-free seat. Lowering a seat is preferable to the alternative.

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    This issue always baffles me.

    The amazing thing about owning a penis is that I can still pee sitting down and there’s never any drama. Have to poop? Don’t even have to move! Have to fart? Go for it! Not farting in your underwear makes them smell fresher for longer, anyway.

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      Not farting in your underwear makes them smell fresher for longer, anyway.

      Bro wtf? I know that was a casual one liner… but it leaves sooo many unanswered questions!

      /s

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    11 hours ago
    Number 1 Number 2
    up down
    down down

    3/4 of these are down, so it seems to me like the etiquette should be to leave it down.

    (Conflict of interest disclaimer: am a woman.)

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    Toilet seats are fully operational by anyone, (it’s true I checked). How about instead of trying to police everyone you just put it up or down yourself and stfu?

    Seeing this sign would ensure I go out of my way to leave it up.

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      Thats a spicy take. You know the seat being down is more than convenience, right? It’s extremely unhygienic to flush an open toilet let alone the dangers of small children falling in. I recognize a public space is less likely to have a child small enough and unattended to worry significantly about.

      We live in a society and all that. Personal responsibility only works if you err on the side of caution. If there is a default setting to a toilet seat and cover it would be down and closed. Otherwise, why put one on at all.

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      I’m a gentleman and so I lowered the seat as my hosts requested. But I also took a picture because it’s funny and weirdly presumptuous.

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    So, like, peeing into a toilet with the seat down, 100% keeps those tiny little splashes from hitting the tops my bare feet at home. So, when I pee in public toilets, I keep the seat down, to keep the urine off my shoes. I do wipe the seat if I miss, and I also spray if there is disinfectant. But I hear the smart girls squat atop the seat anyway.

    Really, places where you don’t have a urinal are sub optimal.

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    Is peeing standing up something I’m just too intersex to understand? Like even before bottom surgery it was just more easy and convenient to sit down for it

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      How is having to pull your pants and underwear down and sit down easier and more convenient than just unzipping your fly and peeing standing up?

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        I mean if you’re at a urinal that’s one thing but if you’re going into a stall you’re already wasting time might as well sit down and take a break, maybe take a smoke while you’re at it

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    If men have to put down women have to lift up. Morality is when the same logic is applied to the other side. Otherwise your being sexist and prejudice.

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      Yes because men can only shit while standing. Are you reading your own bullshit?

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          So why should women put the seat up if they cant know if youre gonna shit or piss. Why dont you try that thinking before speaking thing yourself for once?

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    Can people do what they need to do without anybody policing them? Seat up or down who cares?

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      As a guy please leave it up, when I need to poop I really don’t want to sit on a seat with pee splatter all over. If it’s really unisex I think most women rather put it down than sit on a wet toiletseat.

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    No no no. In public restrooms better to leave the seat up so that when people pee standing up the toilet water droplets don’t get on the seat.

    I pee standing up in public and know the mess it can cause.

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    I once jokingly mentioned to my wife that leaving the seat up is just as convenient for me as leaving it down is for her. To which she pointed out that, of the four different permutations of toilet use between us, 3/4 require the seat to be down, so all in all, it makes sense to leave the seat down.

    And dammit, I had to marry a logical autistic, didn’t I?

    So now I always (try to remember to) leave the seat down.

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      At home both of those are invalid. You close the lid before you flush so you don’t spread particles everywhere (among many other benefits)

      Everyone opens the lid/seat to the desired level. Everyone does their business. Everyone closes the lid. Everyone flushes and washes their hands.

      True gender equality!

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      That’s just basic math. +Sit the fuck down when pissing at home. Who is paying you to stand while taking a piss when you could sit down?

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      I tend to sit down to pee most times (at home), so that ratio is even higher for us…

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      I mean, it’ll be less than 3/4 if you always stand to pee, because people pee more often than they poop (of they hydrate sufficiently and there’s no health issue). But it’ll still definitely be over half, so the result is the same.

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    If this was a male-only bathroom I’d still totally agree with the content of the sign.

    If you want to pee standing, use the urinal. I, as a man, don’t enjoy sitting in some other person’s pee either.

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    If you properly close a toilet seat/lid, everyone has to open it before using it, I don’t see what the big deal is

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    Very silly post. Reactionary gender war nonsense. Everyone can and does and should sit down, that’s why it’s unisex. It’s not that complicated.

    There’s better things to hitch your identity and ego to than the way your dad told you to piss.

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      This is a shit take literally. Why would I sit down to pee if I don’t have to? That’s more contact with the gross toilet.

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          I have. Men with bad aim. Skill issue.

          One possible fix is adding a urinal target. I’m sure you could implement a similar concept in a regular toilet.

          A urinal target, sometimes known by the specific types urinal fly or urinal bee, is an image or mark placed inside a urinal to encourage users to aim in a particular place so as to avoid messes and reduce cleaning costs.

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            Perfect aim still splatters small droplets all around. Try placing a newspaper next to your toilet.

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              Ok this is actually a great point, and I’d like to pose another question. If you’re gonna pee standing up with the lid open, what’s the optimal angle to minimize splatter? I would love to see an experiment or simulation to find the optimal angle.

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                Oh great, catching half the splatter with the underside / inner rim of the seat. So much better.

                The way to avoid splatter is to reduce velocity. By sitting down.

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                  Sure, because shit lining the underside doesn’t come from people sitting down, and noone ever gets the seat sitting down. It is a toilet, there’s a reason someone is supposed to clean them several times a day in a public setting.

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        Just as lighthearted as the hundreds of ‘I hate my wife’ boomer jokes. Its simply bad taste.