Comment on Watch first, then wipe: Some China’s restrooms put toilet paper behind paywall
hddsx@lemmy.ca 11 hours agoWhat do you mean by a tank below? For flushing or…?
All the squatty potties I encountered in Asia were plumbed the way a toilet in the US would be plumbed so the poop gets flushed elsewhere.
I hope the ones in China weren’t basically permanent porta potties….
perishthethought@piefed.social 8 hours ago
It really varies. I just did a big tour of China in June and we saw many fancy, futuristic toilets in malls and hotels. We saw somewhat stinky but otherwise clean public toilets at parks and such. And we came across a couple of holes in the floor with a septic tank below ground, exposed to the air - and no TP provided. Those are rare now, from what I saw. (Septic tank was the word I couldn’t think of before) I’m no plumber though so I may be getting that word wrong still.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Septic tanks are a bit more specific, you appear to be referring to a pit latrine which most commonly will have a cesspit.