I remember reading somewhere that German toilets have a little shelf specifically to inspect your shit for health reasons, so maybe don't visit Germany
Some old ones do. And yes the smell before you flush is as horrible as you'd expect. The combination of diarrhea and one of those toilets made me almost throw up once.
Second not so fun fact: mythbusters tested this as well and found that there's microscopic poop bits everywhere anyway, and they will get on everything.
Fun article, except I think there's a lot of other factors like the type of seat, hi vs low flow, and which surfaces you're talking about.
If it mitigates getting shit on the sink counter / toothbrushes, but not the floor, that sounds like a win. And yes, always use proper cleaners... what madman cleans a toilet with just water?
Wow thanks for sharing, I never would've thought! Glad my toilet is in a seperate room from the bathroom (and that that's pretty normal in my country).
Quick ETA: I just realised this is 'just' about aerosols. So not necessarily true of micro-solids, still important
There was a mythbusters episode specifically about this if I remember right. They ended up being really disgusted about the results is all I specifically remember.
The final results were that it's inescapable. Not only did the samples show fecal mater and bacteria in every location in the bathroom regardless of lid position, but it found comparable levels in every place they tested. The world is just shit in different forms.
standing to piss at home is too messy. and i hate when i get up to use the toilet at night and i try to sit but the seat is up. always put the seat back down it's not hard.
also these weird adversarial gender memes are cringe.
Everyone should put the lid down because the top lid is to keep poop mist from covering everything.
This why I've lived with many a woman and never experienced this, and we respect each other enough not to clutter up the sink and also not have the shitter be out and open for everyone.
Standing to pee is exponentially worse than this. Standing to pee is disgusting, and I have a penis. When you stand to pee, a fine mist of urine drifts away from the stream and covers every surface, where it rots. Ever stand to pee near a window where the a sun beam was coming in from outside? You can see the piss mist drifting around in the sunlight.
Ever since I saw that I've been sitting to pee. I suppose if you consistently clean every surface near your toilet then standing is fine, but isn't saving time the entire point of standing?
Easy to forget, especially when going from low flow to high flow use cases. Most people just keep upping the pressure wondering why they aren't getting consistent flow without realizing it's actually a tip issue.
Is there a particular direction you have to twist it in? It appears to only actuate in a back and forth motion and that hasn't made a lick of difference, unfortunately.
I'm used to just sitting to pee, exactly for this reason, but there's a rare case where I give up and pee standing, i.e when I'm already dressed and it's way easier, where I used to risk it and pee standing.
I stopped doing that even in those rare cases when we've gotten the blood/horror bathroom mat, something like this, but not branded and from what I presume is the original source (Aliexpress).
It's horrifying when you see the mess you're making, even if you really try not to.
With the time you save by leaving the seat up, build her a vanity in the bedroom. A couple of Ikea drawers, a standalone desk top, a large freestanding mirror, and some LED strip lights. It's a fun project and you will both love it. Also put the seat and lid down, that's nasty
I close the lid. I don’t want to see, hear, or smell that.
Edit: My heart goes out to everyone who concluded closing the entire lid after flushing meant not flushing.
The people commenting that we made me sad, lol.
Also. Lid down when flushing is mandatory flushing imo. Poop aerosol isn't exactly something I like all over my bathroom.
I remember reading somewhere that German toilets have a little shelf specifically to inspect your shit for health reasons, so maybe don't visit Germany
Some old ones do. And yes the smell before you flush is as horrible as you'd expect. The combination of diarrhea and one of those toilets made me almost throw up once.
Luckily, you could inspect your vomit in case you forgot what you ate
flushing is also an option
There's a lever, usually located on the upper left, that will flush it away
That leaver causes microscopic bits of poop to be sprayed everywhere unless you close the damn lid
Not so fun fact: the microscopic bits of poop just spray to different places if you close the lid, but there's just as many.
Second not so fun fact: mythbusters tested this as well and found that there's microscopic poop bits everywhere anyway, and they will get on everything.
Fun article, except I think there's a lot of other factors like the type of seat, hi vs low flow, and which surfaces you're talking about.
If it mitigates getting shit on the sink counter / toothbrushes, but not the floor, that sounds like a win. And yes, always use proper cleaners... what madman cleans a toilet with just water?
Wow thanks for sharing, I never would've thought! Glad my toilet is in a seperate room from the bathroom (and that that's pretty normal in my country).
Quick ETA: I just realised this is 'just' about aerosols. So not necessarily true of micro-solids, still important
Still happens with the lid closed. Unless you lid leaves no gaps
Alternatively, make both genders put the lid down. That way everyone has to do the same work to pee.
I just close the lid before flushing like a civilized human being
same, I don't need farticles spewing everywhere
They’re everywhere regardless of what you do. Toilet lids aren’t airtight.
Also, they are entirely harmless
the amount goes down a bit when the lid is closed though, no?
There was a mythbusters episode specifically about this if I remember right. They ended up being really disgusted about the results is all I specifically remember.
The final results were that it's inescapable. Not only did the samples show fecal mater and bacteria in every location in the bathroom regardless of lid position, but it found comparable levels in every place they tested. The world is just shit in different forms.
Alternatively just sit.
Females, am I right fellas?
Smells kinda like reddit in here
standing to piss at home is too messy. and i hate when i get up to use the toilet at night and i try to sit but the seat is up. always put the seat back down it's not hard.
also these weird adversarial gender memes are cringe.
I always put the lid down. It's got a lid for a reason, it looks much nicer with it down.
Everyone should put the lid down because the top lid is to keep poop mist from covering everything.
This why I've lived with many a woman and never experienced this, and we respect each other enough not to clutter up the sink and also not have the shitter be out and open for everyone.
Standing to pee is exponentially worse than this. Standing to pee is disgusting, and I have a penis. When you stand to pee, a fine mist of urine drifts away from the stream and covers every surface, where it rots. Ever stand to pee near a window where the a sun beam was coming in from outside? You can see the piss mist drifting around in the sunlight.
Ever since I saw that I've been sitting to pee. I suppose if you consistently clean every surface near your toilet then standing is fine, but isn't saving time the entire point of standing?
You might consider adjusting your emitter from mist to stream. Easy to forget this adjustment.
Oh damn, I forgot about that.
*click click*
That aughta do it, thanks m8!
Easy to forget, especially when going from low flow to high flow use cases. Most people just keep upping the pressure wondering why they aren't getting consistent flow without realizing it's actually a tip issue.
Happy to help.
Is there a particular direction you have to twist it in? It appears to only actuate in a back and forth motion and that hasn't made a lick of difference, unfortunately.
Perhaps I should try harde
Merry pissmist
I'm used to just sitting to pee, exactly for this reason, but there's a rare case where I give up and pee standing, i.e when I'm already dressed and it's way easier, where I used to risk it and pee standing.
I stopped doing that even in those rare cases when we've gotten the blood/horror bathroom mat, something like this, but not branded and from what I presume is the original source (Aliexpress).
It's horrifying when you see the mess you're making, even if you really try not to.
Um, is everything okay at home, OP?
mickeys got problems
I didn't see the name. Yeah, they've got way bigger fish to fry.
l know the picture, but I also sit while peeing.
Trying not to be an asshole to my SO...
With the time you save by leaving the seat up, build her a vanity in the bedroom. A couple of Ikea drawers, a standalone desk top, a large freestanding mirror, and some LED strip lights. It's a fun project and you will both love it. Also put the seat and lid down, that's nasty
My wife and I just have separate bathrooms, but it's largely because we're both nesters so we each need a sink that looks like this.
I feel seen.
We have separate bathrooms, but I still have PTSD from the time I changed the skirting boards in hers.
Brothers, I am AFAB, and this picture still reminds me of one of my most infuriating roommates.
Trust me, in this hypothetical, she'd annoy me a little too.
I usually say to my wife "You left the toilet seat down!". Turnabout is fair play.
I put it up cause I want it up.
You put it down cause you want it down.
Why should I have to put it up **and ** down?
just return the terlet to the default state and don't be an ass lol
Who decides what the default state is, though?
there is no decision to be made, the default state is lid closed, and anything otherwise is incorrecct