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If anyone wants a visual example of what happens, do a search for "toilet green laser": * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDIIhzc-FWg https://www.youtube.com/w

• pawelduda 3y ago
  Ignorance is bliss
• dylan604 3y ago
  What kind of toilet is that? If you ever wrapped the toilet seat with cling wrap (no judging of why you would do this), you can see how many droplets are on the wrap after the flush. The toilet in the YT videos looks like it's been modified to prove a point.
  • throw0101a 3y ago
    Commercial, not residential. "Commercial toilets emit energetic and rapidly spreading aerosol plumes": * https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-24686-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-24686-5 E.g. * https://www.americanstandard-us.com/Toilets-Commercial/Madera-11---16-gpf-42---60-Lpf-Chair-Height-Top-Spud-Elongated-EverClean-Bowl/WHITE-3461001020 https://www.americanstandard-us.com/Toilets-Commercial/Mader... * https://www.kohler.com/en/products/commercial/shop-commercial-toilets/wellcomme-ultra-floor-mounted-rear-spud-flushometer-bowl-96054?skuId=96054-0 https://www.kohler.com/en/products/commercial/shop-commercia...
    • MrYellowP 3y ago
      Please ignore my ignorance in ... the science of toilets, for lack of a proper term ... but these look like regular US-toilets to me. I believe them to be US-toilets, because the seats are missing the front section. Can you please explain?
      • brianpan 3y ago
        Residential toilets only use gravity to flush. Water flows down from the tank into the bowl. Commercial toilets use water pressure which helps clean the bowl with a jet of water but will also create much more of a spray outside the bowl.
        • stephen_g 3y ago
          In many (perhaps most?) countries there is not a distinction between commercial and residential toilets, I rarely see any here that aren't gravity flushed. I remember the first time going into public toilets in the US (at LAX) and I went into a cubicle and thought I'd picked one with a broken toilet - the bowl was full of water!
          • thunfischbrot 3y ago
            Wikipedia provides a good introduction into the many kinds of toilet designs found around the world. The U.S.-american residential style with lots of water floating high ip in the bowl, as well as the high-pressure flushing system straight from the pipe are uncommon in most continents. There DIN-norms about „Flachspüler“ and „Tiefspüler“-style toilets e.g. in Germany. My favourite: Japanese „tornado flush“ style toilets. Optional with built-in bidet or „washlet“. There seems to be zero aerosols and it flushes clean more consistently than others. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flush_toilet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flush_toilet [1] https://eu.toto.com/de/produkte/randlose-wcs https://eu.toto.com/de/produkte/randlose-wcs
      • stevep98 3y ago
        Home toilets have the front section
• Aeolun 3y ago
  Kind of looks like you’d need to stick your head on top of the toilet while flushing to be affected.
  • throw0101a 3y ago
    If you feel that confident about it, move your toothbrush closer to your toilet.