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When I walk in to a public men’s bathroom I hear a lot of noises I don’t hear in my own house, I often wonder what’s going on with other peoples bodies given I

When I walk in to a public men’s bathroom I hear a lot of noises I don’t hear in my own house, I often wonder what’s going on with other peoples bodies given I only know my own experience, clearly we’re all very different ;-)

MisterTea 4y ago
"Public restroom shyness"? Some people are so uncomfortable going bout their business in public that they have trouble getting things moving. I used to work with a guy who would leave work for the day if he had to take a dump as he would only shit at home which was an hour commute one way.
- civilized 4y ago
  Back when I was commuting to an office, my favorite thing to learn about a building was where the least-used bathroom was. I would make my daily paid-to-poop pilgrimage to this sanctuary. It was a slow and spiritual journey, like walking on knees to the Basilica of Guadalupe.
- gattr 4y ago
  I was quite uncomfortable (but managed to get the business done) for the first week or so after arriving in the US (business trip) due to the inch-wide gaps around stall doors. When flying back, going to the toilet in the first European airport was very... moving.
  - wlll 4y ago
    I contracted for a company in the US (I'm in the UK usually) and the stalls were terrible. Big gaps between the doors and frames, and really big gaps underneath the dividing walls too, so you could identify your co-worker by their shoes. The ability to put a noise to a face was really quite off-putting.
    - stjohnswarts 4y ago
      Be assured, no one is spying on you or cares that you are pooping.
      - wlll 4y ago
        That wasn't what I said.
- Jolter 4y ago
  Come to Scandinavia. We are blessed with almost no “stall” type restrooms. Wherever there’s multiple toilets, they’re each in a separate proper tiny room. The exceptions seem to mostly be older fast food places and roadside taverns.
- jcims 4y ago
  Just a quick thing I discovered for people experiencing this when they are in a stall. Plug your ears. I don’t know exactly why it works but for me it’s magical in its ability to get things moving. If you have stage fright while at the urinal, start going tricky math problems in your head.
- 988747 4y ago
  Are you from the US? US public bathrooms are especially bad for privacy, because they only have thin wooden walls that start about 15 inches above the floor (so that anyone passing by can see if someone is laying on the floor, passed out). In my country, where drug use is not such a big problem, bathrooms have actual brick walls, giving a person inside much more privacy.
cm2187 4y ago
I also wonder in what state some leave their own toilets at home after they have done their business. I was also puzzled by those diagrams showing how you are supposed to sit on a western toilet seat. But then I watched some bits of one of those crual japanese tv show where their collapsed all the walls of some public toilets when a poor guy was at it (I hope it was an act). To my own surprise the japanese are sitting facing the flusher/wall, not facing the door. Plus you have countries where squat toilets are the norm. Sex is another area where there are few social norms since you never learn by imitating peers (other than porn which is a terrible model).
- googlryas 4y ago
  Of course you're supposed to sit how the Japanese guy sits. The top of the bowl is there so you can rest your book in it. Butters knows.
  - scombridae 4y ago
    Butters knows You won the internet today, sir.
- Arnavion 4y ago
  >To my own surprise the japanese are sitting facing the flusher/wall, not facing the door. Yeah no, that is not a "Japanese" thing. I have no idea what show you were watching but it was probably just a gag, or a way to avoid having to show his genitals, or something that one person did for whatever reason. There are some people who sit that way. For example, British comedian Bob Mortimer said on an episode of Taskmaster that he does it because his anus is unusually high.
  - metadat 4y ago
    How would an unusually high anus benefit from facing away from the flusher / wall? I can only envision it being more likely to end up with the "mud" landing outside of the bowl. Is it to avoid "mud" ejecting into / against the toilet seat?
mertd 4y ago
Sampling bias. People that have something going on would be spending more time in the bathroom.
fullstop 4y ago
For the record I am not one of these people. I did, however, discover after 40-some years on this planet that I am intolerant of soy. I removed it from my diet and I feel so much better, although I am constantly disappointed that it has infiltrated so much food.
SoftTalker 4y ago
I think it's evidence that many people have very bad diets.

MisterTea 4y ago

"Public restroom shyness"? Some people are so uncomfortable going bout their business in public that they have trouble getting things moving. I used to work with a guy who would leave work for the day if he had to take a dump as he would only shit at home which was an hour commute one way.

civilized 4y ago
Back when I was commuting to an office, my favorite thing to learn about a building was where the least-used bathroom was. I would make my daily paid-to-poop pilgrimage to this sanctuary. It was a slow and spiritual journey, like walking on knees to the Basilica of Guadalupe.
gattr 4y ago
I was quite uncomfortable (but managed to get the business done) for the first week or so after arriving in the US (business trip) due to the inch-wide gaps around stall doors. When flying back, going to the toilet in the first European airport was very... moving.
- wlll 4y ago
  I contracted for a company in the US (I'm in the UK usually) and the stalls were terrible. Big gaps between the doors and frames, and really big gaps underneath the dividing walls too, so you could identify your co-worker by their shoes. The ability to put a noise to a face was really quite off-putting.
  - stjohnswarts 4y ago
    Be assured, no one is spying on you or cares that you are pooping.
    - wlll 4y ago
      That wasn't what I said.
Jolter 4y ago
Come to Scandinavia. We are blessed with almost no “stall” type restrooms. Wherever there’s multiple toilets, they’re each in a separate proper tiny room. The exceptions seem to mostly be older fast food places and roadside taverns.
jcims 4y ago
Just a quick thing I discovered for people experiencing this when they are in a stall. Plug your ears. I don’t know exactly why it works but for me it’s magical in its ability to get things moving. If you have stage fright while at the urinal, start going tricky math problems in your head.
988747 4y ago
Are you from the US? US public bathrooms are especially bad for privacy, because they only have thin wooden walls that start about 15 inches above the floor (so that anyone passing by can see if someone is laying on the floor, passed out). In my country, where drug use is not such a big problem, bathrooms have actual brick walls, giving a person inside much more privacy.

cm2187 4y ago

I also wonder in what state some leave their own toilets at home after they have done their business. I was also puzzled by those diagrams showing how you are supposed to sit on a western toilet seat. But then I watched some bits of one of those crual japanese tv show where their collapsed all the walls of some public toilets when a poor guy was at it (I hope it was an act). To my own surprise the japanese are sitting facing the flusher/wall, not facing the door. Plus you have countries where squat toilets are the norm. Sex is another area where there are few social norms since you never learn by imitating peers (other than porn which is a terrible model).

googlryas 4y ago
Of course you're supposed to sit how the Japanese guy sits. The top of the bowl is there so you can rest your book in it. Butters knows.
- scombridae 4y ago
  Butters knows You won the internet today, sir.
Arnavion 4y ago
>To my own surprise the japanese are sitting facing the flusher/wall, not facing the door. Yeah no, that is not a "Japanese" thing. I have no idea what show you were watching but it was probably just a gag, or a way to avoid having to show his genitals, or something that one person did for whatever reason. There are some people who sit that way. For example, British comedian Bob Mortimer said on an episode of Taskmaster that he does it because his anus is unusually high.
- metadat 4y ago
  How would an unusually high anus benefit from facing away from the flusher / wall? I can only envision it being more likely to end up with the "mud" landing outside of the bowl. Is it to avoid "mud" ejecting into / against the toilet seat?

mertd 4y ago

Sampling bias. People that have something going on would be spending more time in the bathroom.

fullstop 4y ago

For the record I am not one of these people. I did, however, discover after 40-some years on this planet that I am intolerant of soy. I removed it from my diet and I feel so much better, although I am constantly disappointed that it has infiltrated so much food.

SoftTalker 4y ago

I think it's evidence that many people have very bad diets.