Gentlemen, it is with great displeasure that I must inform you that we’re doing it wrong.
Drinvictus ( @Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de ) 67•10 months agoSitting is 10 times better. Easier to pee, no need to aim, no splash so you don’t fuck up the bathroom. But I’d use a urinal over any toilet when I’m outside because 1) it’s faster 2) I don’t want to sit down on a common toilet).
WarmSoda ( @WarmSoda@lemm.ee ) 20•10 months agoWhat do you mean no need to aim? I hope you’re not just letting your dick rub against the toilet bowl while you pee.
ares35 ( @ares35@kbin.social ) 16•10 months agohanging down all the way into the water, probably.
Thisfox ( @Thisfox@sopuli.xyz ) 19•10 months agoAmerican toilets are just weird. Why do they need to evacuate into an overful lake like that? Always seems so wasteful, putting 50 litres of water into each flush too.
DerisionConsulting ( @DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca ) English7•10 months agoThe oval shape is so a penis doesn’t touch the seat/bowl when you sit.
On round toilets, someone with a penis might need to touch the seat with their hands the whole time they are seated. Thisfox ( @Thisfox@sopuli.xyz ) 3•10 months agoThey’re oval here too, but don’t require all that extra water, a lake in every flush. I think you mistead overfull? And I had never seen a real plunger in Australia, we don’t ever need them. Our toilets just work.
clutchmattic ( @clutchmattic@beehaw.org ) 6•10 months agoEh. New toilets sold in places like California, Arizona (ie dry places) use such very little water that sometimes I need to flush twice to ensure the toilet doesn’t stink
heckypecky ( @heckypecky@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 2•10 months agoAmerican toilets use a different mechanism, a siphon sucks the water out while in Europe we just dump water into it and hope it flushes. Water usage is the same as far as I know.
Numpty ( @Numpty@lemmy.ca ) 3•10 months agoThe Dutch shelf toilet… is an experience…
Baŝto ( @basxto@discuss.tchncs.de ) English2•10 months agoIt’s there to avoid splashing toilet water.
idiomaddict ( @idiomaddict@feddit.de ) 2•9 months agoIt’s there to examine your stool for parasites, unfortunately. The lack of splashing is simply a bonus
Thisfox ( @Thisfox@sopuli.xyz ) 1•10 months agoWater usage per flush here in Australia is significantly lower. And yet the system is cleaner and more reliable. I had never even seen a plunger until my first US visit; We don’t need them here because our toilets work, unlike the huge American toilets which clog and require too much water.
Followupquestion ( @Followupquestion@lemm.ee ) 1•10 months agoAustralia, IIRC, standardized on larger drain pipe sizes, so of course your toilets don’t clog. For some reason only some commercial buildings use the larger standard here. As for water usage, my toilet uses 1.3 gallons per flush, and they sell more expensive toilets that use much less but have a stronger pressure system. If/when this toilet breaks I’ll be getting one of those most likely.
timetravelingnoodles ( @timetravelingnoodles@kbin.social ) 1•10 months ago“When I shit my dick touch da water”
TigrisMorte ( @TigrisMorte@kbin.social ) 1•10 months ago“no splash” yup
e_t_ ( @e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net ) 3•10 months agoC-Captain, no splash!
Not a sound!
Not a bloomin’ ripple!
DanteFlame ( @DanteFlame@lemmy.sdf.org ) 2•10 months agoMan never thought I’d be reading Peter Pan quotes in a thread like this
Drinvictus ( @Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de ) 4•10 months agoJust push it down bro. Have you ever peed while sitting down?
RaivoKulli ( @RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ) 1•10 months agoI don’t want to pull down my pants and don’t want to have to do a sitdown and stand up for a pee. Those would be my cons.
TotallyHuman ( @TotallyHuman@lemmy.ca ) 53•10 months agoWe conclude that the sitting posture is the best position for men with urination problems, e.g. due to an enlarged prostate to urinate in, whereas no difference was found in healthy men
Buried near the bottom. Clickbait headline.
BCsven ( @BCsven@lemmy.ca ) 10•10 months agoI’m waiting for the StandUp to Poo study
yetAnotherUser ( @yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca ) 2•10 months agoYeah, a study that compares the benefits of using a toilet vs the benefits of pooping the way East Asians traditionally do (a “hole” on the ground).
TaldenNZ ( @taldennz@lemmy.nz ) English2•10 months agoAnd if I recall, the results were that squatting is actually better at lining up all of the anatomy for least effort in evacuation. As a result there was a suggestion of a lower incidence of haemorrhoids.
BCsven ( @BCsven@lemmy.ca ) 2•10 months agoSquatty Potty enters the chat
snoons ( @snoons@lemmy.ca ) English1•10 months agoBend over, load torpedo, FIRE.
Mongostein ( @Mongostein@lemmy.ca ) 1•10 months agoBe like Butters
RaivoKulli ( @RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ) 3•10 months agoBoo OP
Dagwood222 ( @Dagwood222@lemm.ee ) 3•10 months agoThanks.
Franzia ( @Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 27•10 months agoI’m a woman now and technically, they didn’t say it’s wrong for a woman to stand while she pees.
Oops this is Men’s Liberation. Sorry. Back to lurking. Good luck, men.
antlion ( @antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 23•10 months agoThe title should be prepended with the word: Older. Sitting to pee is better for men with prostate issues.
SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE ( @SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.ee ) 9•10 months agoI regularly sit down to pee because the toilet in my van has a divider which diverts all the solids to the back and the liquids to a storage tank in the front. Good to know it’s also healthy for my prostate.
guyrocket ( @guyrocket@kbin.social ) 18•10 months agoI think an elongated seat/toilet makes sitting down much easier and more comfortable. Round seats/toilets really suck for a man.
Cjwii ( @Cjwii@lemm.ee ) 4•10 months agoRound seats are best because you can tuck your willy under the seat and there’s no chance of it popping up. Also the cool ceramic underside of the toilet seat helps stimulate urine flow
apotheotic(she/they) ( @apotheotic@beehaw.org ) English6•10 months agoWhat a terrible day to be literate.
Preach
BCsven ( @BCsven@lemmy.ca ) 2•10 months agoOur new place has a round bowl, rather than swap to an oval toilet I bought a split seat and replaced the full round seat. It helps a lot.
Rentlar ( @Rentlar@lemmy.ca ) 11•10 months agoIn public I use the urinal or sit down. At home I sit down. Sometimes peeing makes me want to shit anyway even if I wasn’t planning to originally.
gapbetweenus ( @gapbetweenus@feddit.de ) 10•10 months agoWhen I’m in a hurry I stand, when I’m chill I sit down - obviously not in public restrooms.
Also German insider: you will find passive aggressive signs for people to sit down to pee in quite some homes.
Greg Clarke ( @Greg@lemmy.ca ) English7•10 months agoI don’t even sit when I shit
criitz ( @criitz@reddthat.com ) 6•10 months agoIn America if you sit to pee, your dick touches the water
I_am_10_squirrels ( @I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ) 7•10 months agoLong dick daddy from Cincinnati
Numberone ( @Numberone@startrek.website ) 3•10 months agoYeah…totally…hate it when that happens😒
Player2 ( @Player2@sopuli.xyz ) 5•10 months agoWhen in your own home, just do it the way god intended: kneeling. (it’s really quite nice)
Packopus ( @Packopus@kbin.social ) 2•10 months ago ares35 ( @ares35@kbin.social ) 3•10 months agoif you do it right you can get your beverage coming out from 3 or 4 places at once.
Letstakealook ( @Letstakealook@lemm.ee ) 5•10 months agoI hate when I need to shit in public and can’t find a toilet without actual excrement on the seat. No way in hell am I enduring that just to piss.
jarfil ( @jarfil@beehaw.org ) 4•10 months agoSitting prevents the smartphone from falling into the toilet.
snoons ( @snoons@lemmy.ca ) English2•10 months agoI would love to sit down, but my roommate’s a nasty mfer and I’d have to wash the seat every time.
dumples ( @dumples@kbin.social ) 1•10 months agoIronic that the surveys said that older men say down less to pee while it’s more beneficial to them.
Hillock ( @Hillock@kbin.social ) 7•10 months agoSitting down just becomes harder as you get older. Especially with toilets as they are relatively low.
Installing an elevated toilet seat and some handrails next to it can be a significant life improvement for older people.
jadero ( @jadero@lemmy.ca ) 3•10 months agoAdd an elevated platform for the feet to get the knees up a bit and you have the best of both worlds.
mrbubblesort ( @mrbubblesort@kbin.social ) 3•10 months agoAh that’s a good point. I was thinking it’d be the other way around and they’d sit down because it’s too much effort to stand
RaivoKulli ( @RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ) 1•10 months agoA proper throne
gandarf ( @GandarfDeGrape@midwest.social ) English1•10 months agoI really like the photo’s description.