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Most of them. I use a toilet every day and have no idea how it works except for I push the button and my shit goes away.

noman-land 7y ago
To be fair, the toilet hasn't changed much in the last 30 years but computing has drastically changed.
- PudgePacket 7y ago
  Has it though? The development of smart phones is probably the biggest thing. Computer use is still mostly the same outside of hardware changes and the software industry. Consumer computer use is pretty stagnant I'd say. Click the icon of the program you want on the desktop. Read/watch some things, click some things, scroll a bit.
  - Cougher 7y ago
    Yes, it has. I've had many experiences that have required me to perform online sleuthing over the years just to keep my computer working properly. New programs ("apps") that seem to be change for change's sake, or worse, to try to make computers work like cell phones. My latest peeve: a Windows 10 update has caused my laptop to stop recognizing DVDs (though it plays CDs fine) and MS seems entirely disinterested in correcting the problem.
- Wistar 7y ago
  I think toilets have changed a lot. I have a Toto toilet that uses something like .7 gallons a flush and I am fairly sure is easily capable of flushing a cat or, at least, a large russet potato. 30 years ago a toilet needed 5 gallons and would clog if you used more than 12 inches of toilet paper.
  - speedplane 7y ago
    > I have a Toto toilet that uses something like .7 gallons a flush and I am fairly sure is easily capable of flushing a cat I think you owe it to this forum to provide a citation.
    - Wistar 7y ago
      Fair call and I was wrong. I have two, one is the Toto Drake II and uses 1.28 gallons per flush. The other is an Aquia IV dual flush which uses either 0.8 gals or 1.0 gals per flush. https://www.totousa.com/aquia-iv-1g-toilet-10-08-gpf https://www.totousa.com/aquia-iv-1g-toilet-10-08-gpf
      - speedplane 7y ago
        I was more interested in the cat claim.
        Wistar 7y ago
        That's just a guess. I don't have a cat to test it with and I like my russet potatoes too much to try and flush one.
  - stevenicr 7y ago
    While they may have changed in many ways - as far as the UX for the average user, it's been a lever to press to make it flush. Now I still see new low flow ones that have levers, and some new ones have 2 buttons. Of course there are those that auto-sense arrive/leave in some commercial establishments... But to the average user they have no changed that much I think - most still have a lever, if you can't find it and you are looking in that general area you will see the two buttons and likely press one to see if it flushes.. and press it again if it doesn't flush enough.. just like the old ones :)

noman-land 7y ago

To be fair, the toilet hasn't changed much in the last 30 years but computing has drastically changed.

PudgePacket 7y ago
Has it though? The development of smart phones is probably the biggest thing. Computer use is still mostly the same outside of hardware changes and the software industry. Consumer computer use is pretty stagnant I'd say. Click the icon of the program you want on the desktop. Read/watch some things, click some things, scroll a bit.
- Cougher 7y ago
  Yes, it has. I've had many experiences that have required me to perform online sleuthing over the years just to keep my computer working properly. New programs ("apps") that seem to be change for change's sake, or worse, to try to make computers work like cell phones. My latest peeve: a Windows 10 update has caused my laptop to stop recognizing DVDs (though it plays CDs fine) and MS seems entirely disinterested in correcting the problem.
Wistar 7y ago
I think toilets have changed a lot. I have a Toto toilet that uses something like .7 gallons a flush and I am fairly sure is easily capable of flushing a cat or, at least, a large russet potato. 30 years ago a toilet needed 5 gallons and would clog if you used more than 12 inches of toilet paper.
- speedplane 7y ago
  > I have a Toto toilet that uses something like .7 gallons a flush and I am fairly sure is easily capable of flushing a cat I think you owe it to this forum to provide a citation.
  - Wistar 7y ago
    Fair call and I was wrong. I have two, one is the Toto Drake II and uses 1.28 gallons per flush. The other is an Aquia IV dual flush which uses either 0.8 gals or 1.0 gals per flush. https://www.totousa.com/aquia-iv-1g-toilet-10-08-gpf https://www.totousa.com/aquia-iv-1g-toilet-10-08-gpf
    - speedplane 7y ago
      I was more interested in the cat claim.
      - Wistar 7y ago
        That's just a guess. I don't have a cat to test it with and I like my russet potatoes too much to try and flush one.
- stevenicr 7y ago
  While they may have changed in many ways - as far as the UX for the average user, it's been a lever to press to make it flush. Now I still see new low flow ones that have levers, and some new ones have 2 buttons. Of course there are those that auto-sense arrive/leave in some commercial establishments... But to the average user they have no changed that much I think - most still have a lever, if you can't find it and you are looking in that general area you will see the two buttons and likely press one to see if it flushes.. and press it again if it doesn't flush enough.. just like the old ones :)