| Number 1 | Number 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| men | up | down |
| women | down | down |
3/4 of these are down, so it seems to me like the etiquette should be to leave it down.
Hmm this "unisex" bathroom seems biased...
Submitted 6 months ago by sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works to [deleted]
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jsomae@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 6 months 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.
tomenzgg@midwest.social 6 months ago
I dunno if you’d want to know (or maybe you know, already) but it only helps some with bacteria, not viruses: everydayhealth.com/…/should-you-flush-with-the-to….
jcs@lemmy.world 6 months 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.
Canconda@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Not farting in your underwear makes them smell fresher for longer, anyway.
Bro wtf? I know that was a casual one liner… but it leaves sooo many unanswered questions!
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 6 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.
MintyFresh@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I only piss in sinks and showers. It’s the gentlemanly thing to do.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The gentlemanly thing would be to keep it in your pants, like I do.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
you piss in your pants?
that’s gotta get gross quickly
DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
and drawers
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 6 months 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.
tomi000@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Manchild take
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
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.
bigchunga@feddit.online 6 months ago
The seat is not what closes a toilet. That's the lid and it's not even mentioned on the sign.
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
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.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 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
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 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?
wetsoggybread@lemmy.world 6 months ago
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
Michal@programming.dev 6 months ago
You’re not using the equipment to its full potential!
angband@lemmy.world 6 months 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.
OozingPositron@feddit.cl 6 months ago
What kind of psi are you working with?
angband@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No idea. I suppose you could estimate with a water hose outlet of similar diameter, put a psi gauge on it, and adjust pressure until the stream travels an appropriate distance, but who cares.
Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 6 months 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.
Yupa@ani.social 6 months ago
You like sitting on someone’s urine?
Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Considering how it’s after use, there would be no urine
You lift it up to use it and set it back down afterwards
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 6 months 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.
beejboytyson@lemmy.world 6 months 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 6 months ago
Yes because men can only shit while standing. Are you reading your own bullshit?
beejboytyson@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Nah but you are if we shit the seat is down. Think before you speak.
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Can people do what they need to do without anybody policing them? Seat up or down who cares?
camelbeard@lemmy.world 6 months ago
As a guy please leave it up, when I need to poop I really don’t want to sit on a seat with pee splatter all over. If it’s really unisex I think most women rather put it down than sit on a wet toiletseat.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Why does it matter how it’s left when you’re done? All that matters is lifting it when you pee.
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Not according to everybody aggressively commenting here!
squaresinger@lemmy.world 6 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.
zqps@sh.itjust.works 6 months 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.
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
ok boss
moseschrute@lemmy.world 6 months 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.
zqps@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
You’re making it gross.
Schmuppes@lemmy.today 6 months ago
You have never had to clean a toilet yourself, have you?
Soulg@ani.social 6 months ago
Or it was just a lighthearted joke…
tomi000@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Just as lighthearted as the hundreds of ‘I hate my wife’ boomer jokes. Its simply bad taste.
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 6 months 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.
Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 6 months 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 6 months ago
This is the correct answer
Gladaed@feddit.org 6 months 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 6 months ago
Laziness
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 6 months ago
My OnlyFans subscribers. I’m StandingStreamer.
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 6 months 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.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
autistic women are the best
Obi@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
I tend to sit down to pee most times (at home), so that ratio is even higher for us…
fodor@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
This is all personal preference. There is no issue to discuss here.
davidagain@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Be careful what you wish for.
Bruhh@lemmy.world 6 months 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?
SirHery@lemmy.world 6 months ago
When flushing you should absolutely close the lid. Otherwise water droplets from the toilet get flung all over the place.
J92@lemmy.world 6 months ago
But then the next person lifts it and discovers your Toblerone of a shit is still proudly sitting there.
orenj@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
its gross, bruh.
Bruhh@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I agree which is why I put the lid down but I’m asking about the toilet seat.
manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
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
Joeffect@lemmy.world 6 months 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…
Bgugi@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Umm, the word is “pooticles”
beejboytyson@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That not how that works look at the myth busters episode
krunklom@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Lastly, toilet water is delicious and it fortifies the bones.
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
yobasari@feddit.org 6 months ago
Closing the lid doesn’t reduce the number of particles that get into the air.
TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 6 months ago
A lot of public toilets don’t have a cover.
leftthegroup@lemmings.world 6 months ago
Invent a new urinal and demand everyone use a shewee-like thing (for aim purposes). Now everyone can enjoy the satisfaction of peeing standing up and we can get rid of all gendered restrooms.
Now what, maga?
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
leftthegroup@lemmings.world 6 months ago
Exactly.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Soft close toilet seats should be mandatory.
Then putting the lid down is a matter of a single light push.
lorty@lemmy.ml 6 months 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.
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
This is in Canada, so close enough.
Soulcreator@programming.dev 6 months ago
It’s not a discussion I’ve ever seen Americans have IRL, only in sitcoms.
m3t00@piefed.world 6 months ago
up. down makes me uncomfortable. Schrodinger's toilet seat.
Caillte@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Sit to pee for all. Solves all problems.
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 6 months 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 6 months 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
lemmyknow@lemmy.today 6 months 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 6 months 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.
pH3ra@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
I always put it down.
Because women love to pick fights over the smallest things./s
SuDmit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months 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?
ms_lane@lemmy.world 6 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 :(
y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months 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”.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
I put the lid down, don’t want toilet water splashing all over the place when you flush.
djehuti@programming.dev 6 months ago
Lid up -> cats drink toilet water Lid down -> no toilet-face cats (Seat down because lid is down)