• squaresinger@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    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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    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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      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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      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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        The seat is not what closes a toilet. That’s the lid and it’s not even mentioned on the sign.

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    3 months ago

    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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      3 months ago

      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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    3 months 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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    3 months ago

    I’m a woman and will leave the seat up at work (not at home)

    We have unisex toilets and truck drivers use them - they regularly wee all over the toilet seats if left down :(

    • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      we just leave it down at home. we talked about it one day and everyone with male excretory parts just wants to get off their feet. only time the seat lifts is for cleaning.

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      I’ve thought of this so many times. I’m fact, I’ve thought about a spring-loaded seat hinge that raises the seat unless there’s a person upon it. If the seat is always up, it is much less likely to be urinated upon. It takes the work completely out of the hands of the user.

    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      if there is a lid - always down

      if there is no lid - always up

      it is the safest, cleanest, fairest option

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    As someone with common sense and a little bit of decency: complaining about being asked to leave the toilet seat down when it benefits everybody is ridiculous

    Unless you like sitting on the ceramic with no seat, I guess.

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        Considering how it’s after use, there would be no urine

        You lift it up to use it and set it back down afterwards

        Edit: to clarify, I am male and stand to pee. I lift the toilet seat and lower it when I’m done.

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        do you like, have severe knee pain or something? that’s the only way i can see it being more difficult to sit down.

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          Even when sitting down we have to aim the nozzle manually, so it’s just sitting down for a moment then getting up, which normally is more work than standing there for a moment.

          And (at least for me), it is more comfortable peeing standing up (albeit that might be because of a lifetime of doing it like that).

          Another compromise is to pee in the shower. or better yet, on there indoor plants, this way we don’t need to water them.

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          I don’t like it when my thing touchs the inside of the toilet its disgusting and other xommentters took the time to explain the simple reasons for you

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          Just the need of undoing your pants/belt already makes it easier to stand up.

          And some seats have that front opening, which helps, otherwise there’s often not much room to pee sitting down.

          Then there’s also some people who prefer to cover the seat with toilet paper before sitting down.

          It’s easier to stand up.

          • Ziglin (it/they)@lemmy.world
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            Magic trick: With a skirt/kilt you don’t need to undo the belt!

            Also isn’t the intersection of needing to undo ones belt and needing the front opening rather small?

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        • Cleaner for your penis: sitting down eliminates the last drops remaining that are common when standing up
        • Cleaner for the bathroom: zero risk foreskin messing up your aim and having pee hit areas that don’t get washed by the flush
        • Better urine elimination for men that have prostate issues or lower urinary tract symptoms. I don’t, but it’s a factor
        • More chill to sit down and check your phone while in the bathroom
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            No, I’m talking about where the urine hits the toilet. If it hits a part that doesn’t get washed by the flush, the urine dries out there and smells.

        • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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          Cleaner for your penis: sitting down eliminates the last drops remaining that are common when standing up

          only if you do the gooch scooch

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          Analyze the form factor of toilet. Is it one of those round ones that’s sized for potty-training a child? Emergencies only. The bowl deep enough and water low enough? Push dick down with one hand, hope Poseidon doesn’t kiss your willy. Stand up far to wipe, don’t sit down too fast. Try not to piss under the seat.

          Prefer to avoid public restrooms for shits, stand up to pee.

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            i’m a bit confused on the geometry here. how can one risk both dipping ones dick in the drink, and peeing under the seat?

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              The seat is the problem not the water. You have to make a choice with some variety of toilets, touch the seat or get splashed. Obviously try to stay far enough away from both, but the point is, standing up is far easier than playing this game.

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        I’m not well endowed, at best I’m average… at best. But while I don’t touch the water, I hit the front of the bowl. It’s disgusting to feel the cold porcelain.

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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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    Biased how. Do the math. Half of us sit down to pee, all of us sit down to shit.

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      Biased meaning only men have to do any work, women never have to (if it’s left down always)

      True neutral would be last used position.

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        It’s also easier to slam it down, than bend and lift it up.
        And peeing is more frequent when there aren’t urinals.
        So everytime a pissstander arrives to a raised seat, it’s a saving of efforts
        But of course, this avoid the worst problem of all.
        Having to remember to do one extra thing after you’re done and ready to leave
        That last one is probably THE biggest asshle of the entire discussion.

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      Also, as someone with male plumbing, we can also sit down to pee. So everyone can sit to pee, and half of us can’t.

      • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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        not to well actually, but once you figure out a female urinal they are kinda nice. according to my mother who spent all last week texting me every time she used one on her hiking trip

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                My mom was So. Excited. I stopped peeing standing up when I was 25 because legs tired but like I get it when it’s your first week doin it. We told her to aim for leaves and pay attention to which way the wind was blowing because upwind is a mistake you only make once.

                She’s back home from her backpacking trip, I don’t think she’s still using the urinal.

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          The little sleeve thingy? My wife tried to use one but didn’t try it at home first. There was no bathroom/pit toilet out there either. They tried but couldn’t do it. It took me a bit to realize but once you make the connection that literally their entire life they have never had to pee standing up it makes sense that their body is just like nope can’t do it. They ended up holding onto a tree and squatting while I kept watching for critters/moral support. It was dark out and spooky.

          That night I think a raccoon sniffed around our tent which was cool.

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    Leave the seat down so when you flush you won’t inhale your poop and pee.

    Cmon it’s not hard.

    Edit: and lid.

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      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

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        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.

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    I always put it down.
    Because women love to pick fights over the smallest things.

    /s