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Definitely check your stool often and for things like mucus and blood. It could be a warning sign of something more sinister, and if you do find anything questi

Definitely check your stool often and for things like mucus and blood. It could be a warning sign of something more sinister, and if you do find anything questionable contact your GP and get it checked out. On a lighter note, this paper is _really_ studying the gut flora which we do know has at least some impact on immunological function.

Something1234 4y ago
What would mucus even look like in a turd?
- rubyron 4y ago
  Same as it looks coming out of your nose or throat - clear to whitish/yellowish.
DonHopkins 4y ago
Žižek on toilets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzXPyCY7jbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzXPyCY7jbs >The German toilets, the old type -- now they are disappearing but you still find them -- it's the opposite. The hole is in front. So that when you produce excrement, they are displayed in the back, they don't disappear in water. This is the German ritual, you know, use it every morning, sniff, inspect your shits for traces of illness. It's High Hermeneutic. I think the original meaning of Hermeneutic for Germans may be this. Žižek: Ideology and Toilets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpSiMbkhkuE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpSiMbkhkuE >"It is easy for an academic at a round table to claim that we live in a post-ideological universe, but the moment he visits the lavatory after the heated discussion, he is again knee-deep in ideology." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeneutics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeneutics >Hermeneutics (/ˌhɜːrməˈnjuːtɪks/)[1] is the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts. Hermeneutics is more than interpretive principles or methods we resort to when immediate comprehension fails. Rather, hermeneutics is the art of understanding and of making oneself understood.
- tyingq 4y ago
  >So that when you produce excrement, they are displayed in the back, they don't disappear in water. We called this the "shit shelf". And it had the unfortunate side effect of exposing the smell, so you got used to flushing during and not just after.
  - lo_zamoyski 4y ago
    Most people probably need to flush during to keep the toilet from clogging. Not everyone has the luxury of an aircraft lavatory.
- cactusplant7374 4y ago
  Was the original goal to prevent backsplash?
  - DonHopkins 4y ago
    I think the original goal of having a shit shelf was so that you had something to talk about for the rest of the day.
  - 77pt77 4y ago
    No. It was to facilitate detecting parasites.
  - globalise83 4y ago
    "In some aristocratic households, the Herzog or Fürst would appoint a physician whose sole duty was to inspect the stools of the family members daily, making detailed notes on consistency, form and appearance. He would recommend adjustments to the nobile diet accordingly. The specially shaped receptacles for the material to be inspected thus became intricately associated with nobility and wealth, and during the rapid industrialisation of the late 19th Century, middle class urban households adopted them in vast numbers" From the History of European Stool Inspections, Henry O.R. Scrap (Oxford 2003)
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Ylpertnodi 4y ago
> Definitely check your stool often and for things like mucus and blood. Here in Italy we are checked every two years at +50yo: huge lines of people dropping off their small amounts of (safely stored in an appropriate container) poo. A few weeks later...good news, or bad, in the post. Both my wife and I were a bit embarrassed at first, being relative youngsters, but the over 70s - a great day out for them.

Something1234 4y ago

What would mucus even look like in a turd?

rubyron 4y ago
Same as it looks coming out of your nose or throat - clear to whitish/yellowish.

DonHopkins 4y ago

Žižek on toilets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzXPyCY7jbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzXPyCY7jbs >The German toilets, the old type -- now they are disappearing but you still find them -- it's the opposite. The hole is in front. So that when you produce excrement, they are displayed in the back, they don't disappear in water. This is the German ritual, you know, use it every morning, sniff, inspect your shits for traces of illness. It's High Hermeneutic. I think the original meaning of Hermeneutic for Germans may be this. Žižek: Ideology and Toilets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpSiMbkhkuE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpSiMbkhkuE >"It is easy for an academic at a round table to claim that we live in a post-ideological universe, but the moment he visits the lavatory after the heated discussion, he is again knee-deep in ideology." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeneutics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeneutics >Hermeneutics (/ˌhɜːrməˈnjuːtɪks/)[1] is the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts. Hermeneutics is more than interpretive principles or methods we resort to when immediate comprehension fails. Rather, hermeneutics is the art of understanding and of making oneself understood.

tyingq 4y ago
>So that when you produce excrement, they are displayed in the back, they don't disappear in water. We called this the "shit shelf". And it had the unfortunate side effect of exposing the smell, so you got used to flushing during and not just after.
- lo_zamoyski 4y ago
  Most people probably need to flush during to keep the toilet from clogging. Not everyone has the luxury of an aircraft lavatory.
cactusplant7374 4y ago
Was the original goal to prevent backsplash?
- DonHopkins 4y ago
  I think the original goal of having a shit shelf was so that you had something to talk about for the rest of the day.
- 77pt77 4y ago
  No. It was to facilitate detecting parasites.
- globalise83 4y ago
  "In some aristocratic households, the Herzog or Fürst would appoint a physician whose sole duty was to inspect the stools of the family members daily, making detailed notes on consistency, form and appearance. He would recommend adjustments to the nobile diet accordingly. The specially shaped receptacles for the material to be inspected thus became intricately associated with nobility and wealth, and during the rapid industrialisation of the late 19th Century, middle class urban households adopted them in vast numbers" From the History of European Stool Inspections, Henry O.R. Scrap (Oxford 2003)
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Ylpertnodi 4y ago

> Definitely check your stool often and for things like mucus and blood. Here in Italy we are checked every two years at +50yo: huge lines of people dropping off their small amounts of (safely stored in an appropriate container) poo. A few weeks later...good news, or bad, in the post. Both my wife and I were a bit embarrassed at first, being relative youngsters, but the over 70s - a great day out for them.