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Are going to the toilet wrong? [BBC/Objekt films] - stryder - Sep 13, 2019
https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/are-you-going-to-the-toilet-wrong/p07myj7v
RE: Are going to the toilet wrong? [BBC/Objekt films] - C C - Sep 13, 2019
(Sep 13, 2019 04:59 PM)stryder Wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10gGJhNPhv0
https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/are-you-going-to-the-toilet-wrong/p07myj7v
Yep. Most of us have probably had an elderly or out of shape relative that either died while sitting on the throne or got shipped off in an ambulance from a sudden event. But weaning people from that design might be equivalent to convincing Russians to give up vodka or relaxing the American passion for firearms.
In some rural areas of the early 20th century, the outhouse was still going strong and similarly contributed to the 90-degree angle. Apparently minus that culprit plumbing innovation even entering the picture as the cause. Before the dominance of pages from Sears&Roebuck catalogs replacing it, the corncob hanging from a string (or several in a bucket) was a mainstay feature of the "earth-closet". Probably contributed to a certain urban dictionary expression which need not be mentioned here.
RE: Are going to the toilet wrong? [BBC/Objekt films] - Yazata - Sep 13, 2019
I used to squat all the time when I took a crap. I preferred it.
But it's harder for older people to do that when their knees and hips get less cooperative.
RE: Are going to the toilet wrong? [BBC/Objekt films] - Secular Sanity - Sep 14, 2019
I found these at a garage sale. It took me a while to figure out what they were for.
Poop Stools