Oh, my . . .

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I like the idea, get all sciency with it.

I think you need to have an impartial observer, ya know, to eliminate bias. (eliminate haha) What will be the parameters that you are going to measure? Time? Amount of force applied (like gritting your teeth, bearing down)? Pleasantness rating? Rhoid shrinkage (not saying that you currently have any)? Any fecal measurements?

This probably need to takes several weeks and incorporate a variety of diets.

Anxiously awaiting results. Not on toilet with knees to chest.

Do you live anywhere remotely close to a forest or ocean?

If so, go out and try pooping... the natural way (squatting). You'll find it's easy enough, relaxed enough... but you won't really care much at the time.

Then go back to the porcelain throne when next the urge to poop overtakes you.

You'll be purchasing your own squatty potty within a week of the hell that pooping in an absurdly elevated chamber pot with a built-in waste removal system qualifies as.

It's so bad that I typically balance myself with my thighs while going into some form of the fetal position (pretty close to a built in squat). The squatty potty was built so that someone like me (and every other fucking person on the planet who shits out of their asshole) can poop with utter comfort, and fantastic efficiency~

BWAHAHAHAHA!

Yeah, I got to conduct the experiment at last. I had no control baseline, but anecdotal evidence suggests that placing my feet on the bathtub and sitting sideways on the seat worked like a charm. All jokes aside, I can't tell how much more relaxed the position made me, or if that was just a really good one, but it was most definitely worth continuing to try.

Get it. Iz worth it. I promise.