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Public Toilet Strategies

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Hover over it in a squat without touching
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Just sit on it bare and hope for the best
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Public Toilet Strategies
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#51
RE: Public Toilet Strategies
July 4, 2015 at 10:16 pm
Roman public toilets, Ephesus, Asia Minor.

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RE: Public Toilet Strategies
July 4, 2015 at 10:27 pm (This post was last modified: July 4, 2015 at 10:39 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(July 4, 2015 at 9:58 pm)Exian Wrote: I think places like India have the right idea.


You don't have to touch anything, and you won't get splash back. The many port-a-potties at all my job sites are frequently clean, which is almost worse. There's nothing stopping the splash back.

if you ever tried to use a public squat pit latrine, you would know they don't have the right idea.  Leaving aside the ergonomic issues and psychological appeal of placing your eye level that much closer to piss stained grout on the filthy tiled floor, you still have the problem of the absence of water cover for the contents of pit means the public toilets in east Asia always smell worse than open sewer on a very hot day.

There is a reason why as Asian economies develop, they often regard it as a milestone the passing of which is to be proud of when most of the squat toilets in their public latrines have been replaced with western throne style toilets.

In China, people pay to use public restrooms with western throne style toilets when those with squat types are free.
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#53
RE: Public Toilet Strategies
July 4, 2015 at 10:32 pm
In Iran our flats each had Western toilets, but the majority of public toilets were squats. I didn't think they were any worse that toilets.

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RE: Public Toilet Strategies
July 4, 2015 at 10:55 pm
It seems like the squat toilets would be more in line with our evolutionary development.
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RE: Public Toilet Strategies
July 4, 2015 at 11:05 pm
I have used many a squat toilet in my travels through Asia and the Middle East.

The range of terrible to good is just like western toilets. There are well maintained ones, and there are gas station toilets.
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RE: Public Toilet Strategies
July 4, 2015 at 11:08 pm
I'm thinking that squat toilets wouldn't be as accommodating for all...consistencies. Maybe thrones are the way to go.
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:

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RE: Public Toilet Strategies
July 4, 2015 at 11:13 pm
There is definitely a bigger need for manual cheek separation with the squat toilets. Afterwards, the cleanup is just the same. Although you regularly need to carry your own TP/wipes.
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RE: Public Toilet Strategies
July 6, 2015 at 4:19 am (This post was last modified: July 6, 2015 at 4:21 am by Fidel_Castronaut.)
(July 4, 2015 at 12:53 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Pooping at home is the best strategy, IMO.

It's true, it is.

Luckily I work in an old and massive building, with random toilets hidden all over the place over multiple levels. there are some secret toilets that nobody uses except a select few who know about them.

I also have a master key for the building working in estates, so I sometimes lock them so only I can get access. Then I can poop in peace, and keep it nice and clean.
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RE: Public Toilet Strategies
July 6, 2015 at 4:30 am
That reminds me, is it possible that aliens came to earth for a picnic, maybe one had a nice steamy dump and left and now "Whallah"!
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RE: Public Toilet Strategies
July 6, 2015 at 7:20 am
I don't reflect on what kind of ass was parked there before mine.

That said, there are some toilets I wouldn't use under any circumstances. It's the visual and olfactory impression that counts.
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