Comment on The whole "toilet seat up, toilet seat down" gender debate could be solved by everybody putting the seat and lid down.

• gustofwind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It doesn’t make your bathroom shit free or something but it does do this 🤷‍♀️

  Not sure if it’s better or worse in any meaningful way tho

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  • athatet@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I really doesn’t matter tho because poop particles are everywhere regardless of your toilet seat orientation.

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    • towerful@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      While true, quantity of poop particles also matters.
      Your body can fight off loads of bacteria. But once it gets to an infection point, it can’t keep up and you become ill.

      So yeh, poop is everywhere. As long as it’s small amounts, it’s fine.

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      • tburkhol@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The study where gustofwind got the illustration says it’s around 10x reduction of deposited bacteria with the lid down.

        www.ajicjournal.org/article/…/fulltext#tbl0010

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    • Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      House dust is up to 50% human skin particles. You're breathing in all sorts of crap, and outside I'm sure there's loads more including animal crap.

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    • gustofwind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s a lot easier to clean the walls than the ceiling

      ☝️🤓

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      • athatet@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Clean both. Don’t clean both.

        Still. The poop particles remain.

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      • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        But I don’t lick the ceiling…

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  • myrmidex@belgae.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I was too quick, missed mention of the lid, that makes more sense 😄

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  • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    yeah i get the picture but the real question is whether this whole topic is even worth discussing or whether the effect size is so small that it practically doesn’t matter.

    i mean, handbags and door knobs are some of the worst offenders to hygiene but you never see people getting all worked up about those topics, even though i suspect they’re much more significant than whether the toilet lid is up or down. that’s why i’m suspecting people are inflating a small issue into a big trouble here.

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    • Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I don’t give a flying f about the toilet seat (it’s IMO a child level discussion, do what you like people), but I and my whole family do wash our hands when we come back from the outside. Always.

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      • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        yeah i do that too.

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  • theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It does make a difference, it means measurably less poo bacteria on places like your tooth brush

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    • rainwall@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Mythbusters tested this and I beleive found no difference at all.

      If you want a sanitized toothbrush, you’ll need to use one of the UV cases.

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• kamenlady@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It keeps the fecal mist a little bit more contained.

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