Answering the age old question…

  • @[email protected]
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    844 months ago

    The stream isn’t always consistent and I ain’t got the patience to clean that shit up. Sittings easier.

  • RHOPKINS13
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    634 months ago

    At home I always sit. I don’t care how well endowed you are or how well you can aim, there’s always a bit of splash that I don’t want to deal with. In most people’s homes I’ll have the same decency to sit. Nobody wants to sit where someone’s pee has been, or clean that off the floor, etc. At work I’ll usually sit too, let’s be honest I’m probably going to scroll on my phone for a minute or two while I’m at it.

    I rarely go to the bathroom in public, I’ll usually wait until I get home. For the few exceptions, I’ll almost always stand. Because some of those toilet seats, especially in men’s bathrooms, can be nasty.

      • @[email protected]
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        14 months ago

        It’s honestly baffling.

        Even at work, this appeared to be the case based on what coworkers say.

        Now I work at a place with a unisex bathroom, and it seems like we’ve eliminated all problems… except for that one person who uses the bathroom for 15 minutes while running the water.

  • @[email protected]
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    534 months ago

    In public always use a urinal when peeing. At home always sit. Simple. I don’t like cleaning pee off the toilet, it’s disgusting.

  • T (they/she)
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    I think if you clean your own toilet you’ll never pee standing at home. It splashes everywhere, it’s so nasty.

    As someone born without a penis it was always annoying to share bathrooms with people that pee standing/leave the lid up.

    I recommend watching this video.

    • @[email protected]
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      34 months ago

      I sit exactly for this. I hate cleaning the splash, or the dirt the drying drops attract.

      Public bathroom, is another history.

  • Mario_Dies.wav
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    324 months ago

    My fellow Americans, please try it. It’s much more peaceful in there, and you avoid the chatty kathies at the urinals. They don’t try to speak to you(1) when you’re in a stall.

    (1) usually

    • The Pantser
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      144 months ago

      Well Kathy needs to get out of the men’s room then, she can wait until I’m done peeing to have a chat.

    • RBG
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      104 months ago

      You forgot that in the US all stalls seem to have these awkward 2 cm gaps. There is not much privacy to be had there.

    • @[email protected]
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      74 months ago

      Chatting at the urinal is verboten in the US. It’s an unwritten rule. You’ll be the village pariah if you try.

      • @[email protected]
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        24 months ago

        My boss chatted me about a project at the urinal during our quarterly onsite a few months back. Wtf dude. Can you really not wait til we get back to the conference room‽

      • @[email protected]
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        4 months ago

        It’s only maybe acceptable in the rare instance that you walk into the restroom together with a friend mid-conversation

        • @[email protected]
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          24 months ago

          Tell them you’re trying something new for the new year: that your body faces those you talk to. If they start up a conversation while at the urinal, just rotate your body to face them. Because it’s important to focus your full attention when conversing. They’ll stop after the first time.

  • @[email protected]
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    244 months ago

    I’m really surprised by this, as someone in the “never” category I honestly didn’t realise there were men who sat down (obviously aside from physical disabilities), or that it would be a cultural thing. I’ve never thought about it.

    In fact sometimes if I go for a “number two”, I will take it in two parts, pee standing up then sit down for the second part, or vice-versa. It’s just more comfortable like that.

    • @[email protected]
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      164 months ago

      How do you deal with all the pee splatter? Or do you piss on the sink? Or are you a dwarf?

      Pissing while standing is only ok when a proper urinal is available. Pissing in toilet while standing imparts too much kinetic energy on the pee, causing violent splashing. Yes, even if you aim at an angle. And aim will always falter at the end anyway with decreasing water pressure…

      • @[email protected]
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        134 months ago

        Normal cleaning of toilet/bathroom areas deal with that kind of thing. It’s not like I’m pissing in the kitchen.

        • @[email protected]
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          84 months ago

          So in other words you regularly have to clean up piss.

          People who sit to pee never have this issue. They never need to clean up piss because it never collects on surfaces.

      • @[email protected]
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        4 months ago

        Power of the stream is a factor… As well as aim and your bowl geometry, some just splash more. I have the bladder of a squirrel, and generally splatter no more than a few drops on the toilet seat if I fail to raise it. My bestie will absolutely cover my bathroom in splatter.

    • Buck
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      74 months ago

      I used to always stand. Once I realized that even with perfect aim, urine droplets will find their way to the floor and walls, I stopped. My toilet never smells like urine now, even if I haven’t cleaned it for a while (which is rare).

    • Subverb
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      44 months ago

      I do about half and half. Especially in the morning or in the middle of the night I sit. Don’t have to try to aim in the dark or when I’m half asleep.

      I suspect also the men who are married with families tend to sit more than single guys.

    • @[email protected]
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      -34 months ago

      I can’t imagine someone who doesn’t learn how to aim their pee stream well enough to not spray piss all over their floor.

      I also can’t imagine pulling my pants and underwear down to my knees every time I need to piss. Sorry ladies.

      • @[email protected]
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        24 months ago

        No matter how well you aim your gonna splash. Put a bucket with water next to the toilet and youll see all the spray that normally coats your floor

  • @[email protected]
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    184 months ago

    I have also come to realize that at home not only is more comfortable it is also no splashes whereas outside it is the other way around is much more sanitary and convenient. So best of both worlds.

  • @[email protected]
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    184 months ago

    I am not putting on my glasses and turning on the light at 4am. I’ll have a seat, it’s fine.

  • @[email protected]
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    164 months ago

    That’s pretty surprising seeing as German is the only language which has Sitzpinkler as an insult

    • @[email protected]
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      14 months ago

      I was surprised when I found out it was an insult. Assumed it was a fun German expression but did not consider it to be adjacent to soyboy or whatever.

      Made me wonder if schadenfreude might be less fun in context than how English speakers use it. Like we tend to use it in the context of relatively minor misfortunes happening to others.