In which we discuss, compare and contrast fecal matter disposal systems in households around the world.

badp

Aug 26, 2011 14:43

Out of curiosity - warning, unpleasant imagery ahead

Mana

uh

badp

actually I'll make a drawing

Mana

uhhhhhhhhhh

badp

is your toilet like a) or b)?

Brant

a)

6

b)

2

^ star appropriately

badp

Aug 26, 2011 14:46

I'll star your choice for you Brant

Brant

I'm a).

badp

okay...

pokes @Ivo @Fallen @Arda and the other dutchies, pointing above

Mana

wherever this is going it can't go well

badp

well, the short story is, I left a) at home, and here I have b)

Arda Xi

That's a weird question.

badp

Aug 26, 2011 14:48

You can imagine my disgust every time I clean the WC unit.

so the question is if it's just my WC being monted weirdly, if it's just this block where things are done this way, or if it's a more common thing in Netherlands.

I wanted to ask here first before I ask other people I don't really know around here, because "hey where is the hole in your WC" doesn't sound like a great conversation starter.

thedaian

Yeah, my understanding is that it's a local thing.

Grace Note

Doesn't WC refer to the room as a whole, not the unit?

badp

uh... I was takling about the unit, yeah

sjohnston

@badp I would advise against tackling your unit

badp

in a less visceral and more on topic discussion

Grace Note

Aug 26, 2011 14:53

I figured you were based on the images (A, by the way, though I guess that's kinda clear from the lack of B)

badp

►

The car I keep bitching about

thedaian

are the blue and white decals on the back something that came with the car, or did you have to add them yourself?

badp

I added them myself. They explain how to take me over

Take me over by passing by me, not right into me :P

(Yes, I know I rammed right into a car at the first turn. It was as effective as unintentional.)

Arda Xi

@badp I've seen it differ a lot, really.

thedaian

haha, they really look like someone grabbed the car's ass with white paint on their hands

badp

Aug 26, 2011 14:58

@thedaian lol, I hadn't thought of that

I can see it now though.

thedaian

my mind is a terribly dirty thing :(

badp

The whole body is decal'ed anyway

the red thing actually is a 42 decal stretched to cover the whole car

Cheaper and gets more interesting results than just buying paint

Ivo Flipse

@badp b :P

badp

@Ivo ...the next question is, do you sit at the toilet knees towards the wall? :/

or is it just the healthy thing to stare and analyze your fecal matter before washing it off :P

Ivo Flipse

@badp the wall? you mean the toilet is at an angle of the door?

I honestly don't care what the toilet looks like :P

Mana

Aug 26, 2011 15:05

> In addition to what everyone else suggested is if you have a smartphone get the battle.net authenticator for it. If you don't have a smartphone order one.

I laughed out loud at that last bit. So blunt.

Ivo Flipse

@Mana an authenticator I presume?

badp

@IvoFlipse The thing is mounted against the wall. Rephrasing that, do you give shoulders to the wall leaning back onto the... erm, water source?

Mana

@Ivo Yeah.

badp

or am I supposed to use it the other way round

There has to be something wrong here

Ivo Flipse

@Mana you could interpret it as order a smartphone

Mana

Aug 26, 2011 15:07

@Ivo Yeah, that's what he's saying.

Grace Note

Why are you staring into the toilet bowl in the first place?

Mana

Sorry, I was confused as to what you were asking.

Arda Xi

The Suspension Bridge, or: Teaching @badp how to use a toilet.

Ivo Flipse

@badp give shoulders to the wall? I think @ArdaXi has to come by and show you how to use the toilet

badp

@GraceNote Because if I don't I don't notice the water flush is insufficient to clean the unit

thedaian

Aug 26, 2011 15:07

@badp I believe the consensus the last time I had this discussion was to make a "sled" with toilet paper...

Grace Note

Aren't you off the toilet once you flush?

thedaian

if you are truely concerned about the flush not working well enough

badp

@GraceNote I would be if I was confident about the thing, but empirical evidence shows I'm confident about the opposite

Grace Note

Oh, wait, I think I understand what you're saying now

sjohnston

@badp Obviously you just need to adjust your diet until you achieve the desired effect...

Grace Note

Aug 26, 2011 15:11

Because the deposit is ending up exceptionally distant from the exit point, it isn't being properly disposed.

Skooch farther up, I guess?

badp

Yeah. It doesn't help it... deposits on a more or less flat surface. It's like it's really designed for making me look at it

Grace Note

Funky.

sjohnston

I think it's safe to say that this is the strangest and most technical dialogue about pooping I have ever experienced.

badp

If it wasn't interesting I wouldn't have started it

sjohnston

Gaming chat never ceases to amaze.

thedaian

Aug 26, 2011 15:13

New area 51 proposal: Pooping.SE

FallenAngelEyes

@badp Did you get an answer to your toilet question?

sjohnston

@thedaian Hey, and we already have an example question

FallenAngelEyes

Because yeah, that's how all toilets here are

badp

okay, so there goes my chance of reporting this as a problem with the room

Grace Note

@thedaian It's called Skeptics.

badp

Aug 26, 2011 15:14

"The door is scratched. The bathroom light is burned. The toilet is mounted backwards."

thedaian

I can only imagine how that conversation would have gone "Sir, I believe your toilet holes are installed backwards"

Arda Xi

@FallenAngelEyes Hmm? Ours is a).

FallenAngelEyes

@badp And actually, yes, that's the reason they're built that way

Grace Note

@ArdaXi Isn't that what she said?

badp

okay. I'm glad you have such a healthy relationship with your waste.

Arda Xi

Aug 26, 2011 15:15

@GraceNote I wasn't sure.

FallenAngelEyes

@ArdaXi I was reading it as he had B here

badp

That about wraps it up for me, thank you for the insight.

Arda Xi

Yeah, my mistake.

Grace Note

Pffft, what?

FallenAngelEyes

@badp Yeeeah, I dunno, it was really weird for me the first time I came here too

Grace Note

Aug 26, 2011 15:16

(Or, I'm guessing, you have both, I guess?)

FallenAngelEyes

@ArdaXi I have never seen A :o Huh

Arda Xi

I've had both.

Simon Sheehan

Morning everyone

thedaian

It's just another thing that is weird in (parts of) europe.

Grace Note

Gaftoon, @Simon

Arda Xi

Aug 26, 2011 15:17

But it's not a Dutch thing to have b) at any rate.

FallenAngelEyes

Heya @Simon

Simon Sheehan

Hows it going? :D

FallenAngelEyes

Germans have B as well

badp

Well, Italy is almost universally a)

FallenAngelEyes

And Belgium iirc

badp

Aug 26, 2011 15:18

as in, if there's somebody using b) I haven't met him

FallenAngelEyes

Also, one thing I find really weirdly fascinating is that in all the years I've been/visited here and all the WCs I've seen, I think I've seen a different flushing mechanism almost every time

I have never seen A anywhere

Arda Xi

And yet I've seen it everywhere.

thedaian

come to the US, A is pretty much all we have :P

Grace Note

@FallenAngelEyes Anywhere in Europe or anywhere, period?

FallenAngelEyes

@thedaian Actually we have water in the bowls

Brant

Aug 26, 2011 15:19

There was a fascinating MetaFilter thread a few months ago on this exact topic.

badp

@FallenAngelEyes Well then, come to Italy and visit our beautiful bathrooms!

FallenAngelEyes

A and B mean there is a platform out of water

so your uh, waste sits there dry on a platform thingie before flushing

badp

@FallenAngelEyes The blue thing also marks the water level, which is the same in both designs

Grace Note

And that the deposit is closer to the exit point in A, the only style I'd ever seen prior to badp's revelation.

thedaian

(there's water in our bowls, too)

badp

Aug 26, 2011 15:20

with the A design the fecal matter goes straight in the water "bowl"

FallenAngelEyes

@GraceNote Pretty sure anywhere period

badp

so you don't have to watch the water stream attempting and eventually succeeding in dislocating most of it.

FallenAngelEyes

@GraceNote Regarding the same type of design with the platform at least.

badp

38 mins ago, by badp

Out of curiosity - warning, unpleasant imagery ahead

I wasn't kidding with my warning :P

Grace Note

@FallenAngelEyes Now I'm a bit confused as to what you mean.

FallenAngelEyes

Aug 26, 2011 15:21

@badp I hope you don't end up with loose bowels while you're here. It splashes.

badp

@FallenAngelEyes er... splashing is what I left at home! I didn't mind it that much.

FallenAngelEyes

@GraceNote In the US, I've seen A style but only with a full bowl of water. I've never seen A style here in Europe with the platform out of water.

@badp I don't mean water

badp

oh. ewww.

FallenAngelEyes

...and now, time for breakfast!

badp

\o/

Arda Xi

Aug 26, 2011 15:23

@FallenAngelEyes So you're thinking /-|?

Grace Note

@FallenAngelEyes I think this platform part is confusing me.

Arda Xi

We have \|

I think the problem is that badp's picture is two-dimensional.

badp

I'm kind of glad I don't have a photocamera here to provide you with photographical evidence

tzenes

does anyone know what the size limit is for a question/answer on stackexchange

Arda Xi

As am I.

@tzenes There's a size limit?

badp

Aug 26, 2011 15:24

@tzenes Whereabouts of 3k/30k characters IIRC

FallenAngelEyes

badp

Yes, that's what I have here.

thedaian

I believe this discussion is equal to the Soda/Pop discussion, except it's about toilets and it's usually more international

Grace Note

@FallenAngelEyes That's the B style, aye. Never seen that anywhere in the US

tzenes

is it 3k or 30k?

Arda Xi

Aug 26, 2011 15:25

@FallenAngelEyes Yeah, exactly. That's |-_

Grace Note

Or in Taiwan, either.

FallenAngelEyes

@GraceNote Me neither

Grace Note

Which leaves US as the A style, then, aye?

Arda Xi

I've seen those, but that's definitely not what we have.

FallenAngelEyes

I'm saying I've never seen A style in the US either, not without water

badp

Aug 26, 2011 15:26

> Oops! Your question couldn't be submitted because: body is limited to 30000 characters; you entered 375456

@tzenes

Grace Note

Ah

badp

I went a bit crazy with the copy pasting there.

Arda Xi

FallenAngelEyes

@ArdaXi image not found

badp

@ArdaXi ...and that's what I left at home

Arda Xi

Aug 26, 2011 15:27

Well, that's what we have.

Grace Note

@badp Well, think of it this way - squat toilets.

Arda Xi

I've seen those in Italy.

FallenAngelEyes

@ArdaXi Ah okay, I thought you meant with a more pronounced shelf

Which is what I've not seen here

Arda Xi

@FallenAngelEyes Err? "Pronounced shelf"?

badp

@GraceNote ...I've had to use that once, and it's still at the end of the day an A model. Kinda

FallenAngelEyes

Aug 26, 2011 15:29

@ArdaXi Like the pic of the B model

Arda Xi

@FallenAngelEyes Ah, like the platform.

Grace Note

@badp Heh

FallenAngelEyes

Right

Grace Note

@FallenAngelEyes I don't think anyone makes a toilet like that.

Well, there might be, but it's probably much uncommon.

FallenAngelEyes

I thought you guys were describing a platform style one

@GraceNote Haha hence my confusion!

Arda Xi

Aug 26, 2011 15:31

I think what we're discussing is not so much the placement of the water bowl as the presence of that platform.

Grace Note

Yeah. I figured the platform was the issue here.

Arda Xi

As such, badp just sucks at drawing a representative picture.

Grace Note

I figured badp was all about the position of the hole, though.

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Arda Xi

Blame @badp.

Loktar

lol I have been watching this for the past 45 mins or so

cracking me up

so much about toilets!

thedaian

Aug 26, 2011 15:32

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In which we discuss, compare and contrast fecal matter disposal systems in households around the world.

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