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Toilet is the object, not the room it's in
by kurtis_reed 1y ago
Toilet is the object, not the room it's in
- KayEss 1y agoOnly in some parts of the world. In many it's the room and the object
- xattt 1y agoSoviet apartments had a separate rooms for the toilet and the area with a bath/shower/sink. The area behind the toilet was usually a hinged wall that could be opened to reveal the entry point for utilities. I assume toilet hands were an unspoken issue, because there was no possible way to traverse from the toilet room to the washroom without touching anything. For a complete tangent, I’ll mention that Soviet toilets had a “poop shelf” so that people could eyeball their stool to gauge their health. One flaw of this design is that there was no odour suppression offered by toilets that immediately immerse stool in water.
- shawn_w 1y agoI believe German toilets have the same shelf.
- TonyTrapp 1y agoMostly in older buildings. I don't think you see it as often in more modern bathrooms anymore.
- justsomehnguy 1y ago> One flaw of this design is that there was no odour suppression offered by toilets that immediately immerse stool in water. Still better than a Poseidon kiss. I think their style is an import from Germany in the first place, but it stuck.
- amomchilov 1y agoAh yes, [a Dutch toilet](https://noplacelikeanywhere.com/destinations/dutch-toilets-and-the-poop-shelf/ https://noplacelikeanywhere.com/destinations/dutch-toilets-a...)! A most regrettable invention.
- BehindBlueEyes 1y agoI guess by design since odor can inform health too. Also, a poopshelf may lack odor control, but it offers splash control.
- SECProto 1y ago> Toilet is the object, not the room it's in Meaning 1a is the object, 1b is the room. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toilet https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toilet
- pcthrowaway 1y agoAnd the last 2-bed apartment I rented was a scam, the rooms didn't even come with beds.