When I was a kid, we had a carpeted bathroom toilet area. What lunacy. Mold grows easily (carpet was always damp in high humidity summers, due to condensation

When I was a kid, we had a carpeted bathroom toilet area. What lunacy. Mold grows easily (carpet was always damp in high humidity summers, due to condensation, near the toilet), and worse, one bad flush and your carpet is now literally encrusted with human shit. How do you feel comfortable keeping it clean?!