If you properly close a toilet seat/lid, everyone has to open it before using it, I don’t see what the big deal is
Hmm this "unisex" bathroom seems biased...
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manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Joeffect@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Also, if it’s not a weird toilet seat that doesn’t have a lid, you should be putting it down to reduce the number of particles that get into the air…
yobasari@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
Closing the lid doesn’t reduce the number of particles that get into the air.
Bgugi@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Umm, the word is “pooticles”
beejboytyson@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That not how that works look at the myth busters episode
krunklom@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Lastly, toilet water is delicious and it fortifies the bones.
TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
A lot of public toilets don’t have a cover.
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
ms_lane@lemmy.world 5 weeks 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 :(
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
if there is a lid - always down
if there is no lid - always up
it is the safest, cleanest, fairest option
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 weeks 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.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
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.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Pooping is what unites us
lol_idk@piefed.social 5 weeks ago
Peeing while seated unites us
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It seems like at least half of men can’t aim anyway, so it’s better to just sit down.
halvar@lemy.lol 5 weeks ago
But like, if men pee with the seat up, but both men and women poop with the seat down, then statistically the seat is already down more than half of the time. Now if we enforce a policy like this, that would mean more than half of the times someone walks in and needs the seat to be down is in luck, but the rest has to do double the “work”. And if someone goes in after someone who would have otherwise left the seat up, they too do double the work, so the seat changes position 4 times instead of once. I think it’s much more “just” to simply change the seat whenever you need it and sometimes you will even find it in the position you need it.
JohnnyMac@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
[deleted]HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
yeah some people like to fall in
icelimit@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
I poo standing up. You can’t force me.
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Yeah it’s a silly sign and they should relax.
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
I once jokingly mentioned to my wife that leaving the seat up is just as convenient for me as leaving it down is for her. To which she pointed out that, of the four different permutations of toilet use between us, 3/4 require the seat to be down, so all in all, it makes sense to leave the seat down.
And dammit, I had to marry a logical autistic, didn’t I?
So now I always (try to remember to) leave the seat down.
Obi@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
I tend to sit down to pee most times (at home), so that ratio is even higher for us…
daggermoon@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
autistic women are the best
Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
At home both of those are invalid. You close the lid before you flush so you don’t spread particles everywhere (among many other benefits)
Everyone opens the lid/seat to the desired level. Everyone does their business. Everyone closes the lid. Everyone flushes and washes their hands.
True gender equality!
Si_sierra@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
This is the correct answer
Gladaed@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
That’s just basic math. +Sit the fuck down when pissing at home. Who is paying you to stand while taking a piss when you could sit down?
tomi000@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Laziness
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
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Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I mean, it’ll be less than 3/4 if you always stand to pee, because people pee more often than they poop (of they hydrate sufficiently and there’s no health issue). But it’ll still definitely be over half, so the result is the same.
Caillte@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Sit to pee for all. Solves all problems.
lemmyknow@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
I’ve been to men’s restroom before. I wouldn’t sit on that unless extremely necessary. Even then, I’d wipe that ship clean and cover it in toilet paper first
I do wonder if they all sat whether that’d solve it, though. That is, if it’d be cleaner. Or maybe they don’t need to sit to keep it clean. Idk
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’ve worked maintenance for many years and I can assure there is no difference between men’s and women’s rest rooms other than there being urinals, they’re all disgusting, we’re all disgusting, all bathrooms are just wild animal shit houses.
bob_lemon@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
Men that pee standing up (except urinals, or bushes) just like to make their life a tiny bit worse for no reason at all.
lemmyknow@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
At home, yes. Out in the wild? Hell nah. That shi nasty (usually)
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
I had a cat that trained me to sit down to pee.
The only time I could ever get her to purr was when when I was sat on the toilet. So, of course, I began sitting down to pee in order to maximise her purring and fusses. And it kinda stuck.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
nooooope not putting my cheeks on that unless necessary
seat up, squat a bit, and aim to reduce splash. wipe when done no matter what it looks like
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Leave the seat down so when you flush you won’t inhale your poop and pee.
Cmon it’s not hard.
AppleTea@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
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
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
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.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You mean the lid infested of the seat?
y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
If you raise it, put it back down when you’re done. If you put it down, put it back up when you’re done. That seems fair.
Alternatively, if there’s a lid, close the lid when you’re done. Then everyone is equally “inconvenienced”.
lost_faith@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
I always close the lid so things don’t fall in
Jerb322@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Most The public bathrooms around me, don’t have lids for the toilet.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
In my house, the toilet seat and lid are down when not in use. Because I have a cat and she’s the kind of idiot that will jump into the toilet and then track toilet water into my bed.
y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
I try to do the same. My cat can get a little carried away with his toys and sometimes they’ll get swatted into the toilet
zqps@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Extremely silly post. Reactionary gender war nonsense. Everyone can and does and should sit down, that’s why it’s unisex. Stop hitching your identity and ego to the way your dad told you to piss.
moseschrute@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
This is a shit take literally. Why would I sit down to pee if I don’t have to? That’s more contact with the gross toilet.
Schmuppes@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
You have never had to clean a toilet yourself, have you?
zqps@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
You’re making it gross.
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
ok boss
Soulg@ani.social 5 weeks ago
Or it was just a lighthearted joke…
tomi000@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Just as lighthearted as the hundreds of ‘I hate my wife’ boomer jokes. Its simply bad taste.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 weeks ago
beejboytyson@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
If men have to put down women have to lift up. Morality is when the same logic is applied to the other side. Otherwise your being sexist and prejudice.
tomi000@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yes because men can only shit while standing. Are you reading your own bullshit?
Bruhh@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I never understood the whole “you left the toilet seat up” complaint. Never been an issue in my family but have heard “he never puts the seat down” all the time. Is it that much effort to put the toilet seat down when you need to go?
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
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.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Soft close toilet seats should be mandatory.
Then putting the lid down is a matter of a single light push.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
I put the lid down, don’t want toilet water splashing all over the place when you flush.
lorty@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Did you know this isn’t a discussion at all in most of the world? People do whatever and no one is bothered by it. I only ever see this in American media.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 5 weeks 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.
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
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.
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Can people do what they need to do without anybody policing them? Seat up or down who cares?
MintyFresh@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I only piss in sinks and showers. It’s the gentlemanly thing to do.
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 5 weeks ago
No no no. Better to leave the seat up so that when people pee standing up the toilet water droplets don’t get on the seat.
I pee standing up in public and know the mess it can cause.
jcs@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
This issue always baffles me.
The amazing thing about owning a penis is that I can still pee sitting down and there’s never any drama. Have to poop? Don’t even have to move! Have to fart? Go for it! Not farting in your underwear makes them smell fresher for longer, anyway.
fodor@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
This is all personal preference. There is no issue to discuss here.
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 5 weeks 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.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 weeks 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
SuDmit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
I don’t really understand what is the end goal here. It isn’t minimising of total work done, because for this optimal strategy would be just leaving the seat in whatever position it was used. Funnily enough, amount of times it needs to be put up is exactly the same it needs to be put down in absolute terms, but considering the “up” group is smaller than “down group”, their perceived amount of times position should be changed is higher than the same for the opposite group. I. e. in group of one “up” and 9 “downs”, “ups” need to change position of lid with 90% probability, and for every “down” it’s only 10%. Huh. Ofcl course overall it equalizes: 1×0.9=9×0.1.
Or is it some kind of “welcomeness”? Like, leaving the lid in the most probable expected position (which for equal gender usage would be “sitting” because people sometimes poop, usually not while standing; and because penis people sometimes pee while sitting (me often, but usually at home, not in public)).
Or is it something else?
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
If you have to sit and you have to go immediately you appreciate those that were considerate enough to engage in this simple act of decency.
angband@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
So, like, peeing into a toilet with the seat down, 100% keeps those tiny little splashes hitting the tops my bare feet at home. So, when I pee in public toilets, I keep the seat down, to keep the urine off my shoes. I do wipe the seat if I miss, and I also spray if there is disinfectant. But I hear the smart girls squat atop the seat anyway.
Really, places where you don’t have a urinal are sub optimal.
Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
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.
kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
People of the penile persuasion can sit while peeing. It is very easy to do.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
not with morning wood
trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Why do you have morning wood at work
Senseless@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
Yes, even with morning wood. Just lean a bit forward. It’s not that hard.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
how the fuck do you piss with wood anyways? just wait 5 minutes
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
brother if you got wood how tf are you peeing sitting down. That shit pointing up
spikespaz@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
It comes with the risk of contamination or infection if you’re well endowed.
juliebean@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
do such people also have to poop while standing?
BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
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.
wondrous_strange@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Just cause it’s easy doesn’t mean you should.
Also, it’s not easier than standing.
flyingSock@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
I find sitting easier than standing. It requires less attention (atleast if you have standards of the waste actually being in the pot).
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
do you like, have severe knee pain or something? that’s the only way i can see it being more difficult to sit down.
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Why though.
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
Because splashback.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
My dignity refuses to piss sitting down !