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I'm surprised public washrooms don't play music or it seems very few do. I bet so many people in stalls wait for someone to start the air dryer or turn on a tap

I'm surprised public washrooms don't play music or it seems very few do. I bet so many people in stalls wait for someone to start the air dryer or turn on a tap i.e. strategic pooping. It can be a embarrassing disaster with those modern auto shutoff air hand dryers.

hack_a_laugh 10y ago
Alternatively, they could just have speakers that made random fart noises.
- DyslexicAtheist 10y ago
  and at the Google campus they play "Watt is love. Baby don't Herz me no Morse"
Riseed 10y ago
This Freakonomics podcast episode discussed (the lack of) bathroom music: http://freakonomics.com/podcast/time-to-take-back-the-toilet-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/ http://freakonomics.com/podcast/time-to-take-back-the-toilet...
- dfc 10y ago
  I will save everyone else the trouble of slogging through that podcast. They never actually discuss the lack of bathroom music. The lack of music in public bathrooms is mentioned a number of times but its always a jumping off point for another mini-discussion about something else tangentially related to bathrooms or music in public spaces. You can listen to the entire podcast and you will have no better understanding of the lack of music in public bathrooms.
  - copperx 10y ago
    Thank you. You have saved at least one human work-hour. I'll promise I'll do something productive with that hour.
    - function_seven 10y ago
      It's been a couple hours. So what'd you do?
      - Godel_unicode 10y ago
        I for one used my hour to poop.
wting 10y ago
Japan has portable, artificial white noise makers for bathroom privacy. They're called otohime, or "sound princess." - video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0eqo6jU9gc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0eqo6jU9gc - example gadget: http://www.japantrendshop.com/keitai-otohime-toilet-sound-blocker-p-851.html http://www.japantrendshop.com/keitai-otohime-toilet-sound-bl... - background and wall mounted examples: http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/shop/sound-princess-loo-001106/ http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/shop/sound-princess-loo-001106/
- microcolonel 10y ago
  Oh my god, that name is an amazing pun. Younger princess -> sound princess
  - deleted 10y ago
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  - arthurcolle 10y ago
    Can you explain this pun? Not getting it!
    - angrow 10y ago
      "otohime" is how to pronounce one of the terms of address for the second daughter of the first Kamakura shogun. The Second daughter, hence, the "younger princess". The Japanese word for sound is also pronounced "oto". So, a device which makes noise to help you be discreet...
      - labster 10y ago
        Plus oto- is a Latin prefix meaning ear. Multilingual puns are the best!
        lsaferite 10y ago
        Interesting. I wonder how Japanese and Latin both ended up using 'oto' for an auditory related word.
kaffeemitsahne 10y ago
Nothing embarrassing about pooping in a toilet.

hack_a_laugh 10y ago

Alternatively, they could just have speakers that made random fart noises.

DyslexicAtheist 10y ago
and at the Google campus they play "Watt is love. Baby don't Herz me no Morse"

Riseed 10y ago

This Freakonomics podcast episode discussed (the lack of) bathroom music: http://freakonomics.com/podcast/time-to-take-back-the-toilet-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/ http://freakonomics.com/podcast/time-to-take-back-the-toilet...

dfc 10y ago
I will save everyone else the trouble of slogging through that podcast. They never actually discuss the lack of bathroom music. The lack of music in public bathrooms is mentioned a number of times but its always a jumping off point for another mini-discussion about something else tangentially related to bathrooms or music in public spaces. You can listen to the entire podcast and you will have no better understanding of the lack of music in public bathrooms.
- copperx 10y ago
  Thank you. You have saved at least one human work-hour. I'll promise I'll do something productive with that hour.
  - function_seven 10y ago
    It's been a couple hours. So what'd you do?
    - Godel_unicode 10y ago
      I for one used my hour to poop.

wting 10y ago

Japan has portable, artificial white noise makers for bathroom privacy. They're called otohime, or "sound princess." - video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0eqo6jU9gc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0eqo6jU9gc - example gadget: http://www.japantrendshop.com/keitai-otohime-toilet-sound-blocker-p-851.html http://www.japantrendshop.com/keitai-otohime-toilet-sound-bl... - background and wall mounted examples: http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/shop/sound-princess-loo-001106/ http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/shop/sound-princess-loo-001106/

microcolonel 10y ago
Oh my god, that name is an amazing pun. Younger princess -> sound princess
- deleted 10y ago
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- arthurcolle 10y ago
  Can you explain this pun? Not getting it!
  - angrow 10y ago
    "otohime" is how to pronounce one of the terms of address for the second daughter of the first Kamakura shogun. The Second daughter, hence, the "younger princess". The Japanese word for sound is also pronounced "oto". So, a device which makes noise to help you be discreet...
    - labster 10y ago
      Plus oto- is a Latin prefix meaning ear. Multilingual puns are the best!
      - lsaferite 10y ago
        Interesting. I wonder how Japanese and Latin both ended up using 'oto' for an auditory related word.

kaffeemitsahne 10y ago

Nothing embarrassing about pooping in a toilet.