PSA: For maximum hygiene, close the lid BEFORE you flush.
But then how am I supposed to look at my poop swirling down the drain?
And how can I stand in front of the toilet and pee into the flushing toilet then?
Mythbusters found it makes no difference in the spread of fecal matter. Toilet lids aren’t perfect seals.
Do you have a source? I googled it and this site said that Mythbusters found the opposite - https://www.theplumbingauthority.com/blog/2019/february/mythbusters-plumbing-edition/#:~:text=%234 You should close your toilet lid before flushing&text=Mythbusters did an episode about,your bathroom%2C including your toothbrush.
Going off memory of the episode.
And from what I recall your source is leaving out the part where they found poop particles everywhere when they flushed with the lid down as well.
Flushing after closing the lid is actually hygienic.
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May I interest you in a (not toilet) paper I skimmed back when Covid was still a bigger issue? https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0013318
In another, newer, paper (again, not the toilet kind of paper) I just found, researchers basically used lasers to see and analyze the spread of aerosol plumes after flushing: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24686-5
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Plus, it’s more mysterious and potentially surprising.
Yeah that coworker who never removes his stains loves to make people focus on it.
Well now I’m going to expect something surprising
Then it’s just gross any way you’d flip the lid.
I close the lid because otherwise my cat will drink out of the toilet
Seat AND lid go down, always, no exceptions. Other than having a fundamental redesign of the entire structure, this is the only correct solution.
I’ve always thought that toilets should be more like shower stalls.
care to elaborate?
Nah
'aight then.
Just automate it and get a Japanese Bidet that opens and closes automatically. Problem solved.
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I truly don’t understand how this is a thing at all… Takes less than a second to open the lid, why would you not close it by default?
Only at 25 I have learned I am supposed to close the lid, no one ever said anything about that before in my life. Now I am always doing it.
That probably means your parents didn’t put it down in the house you grew up in. You would have worked out it was always closed every time you walk in.
So you were never going to learn at home, you did well to work that out at 25
Get one of those non-slamming lids and it’s too easy to knock if down while flushing. It’s half closed as you leave the room.
Only downside is when you’re at a friend’s place and realize too late that they don’t have such an awesome amenity. You end up being the toilet slamming asshole, yet again.
I’m feeling déjà vu reading this comment
I immediately imagined it being a heavy seat that gets slammed too XD
Yes I always leave it closed if it has a tank
Not humour, just facts.
This is how I needed this dilemma explained to me.
You also are allowed to flush when you put the toilet seat down, as is evidenced in the diagram.
Real pros streamline and take off the seat and lid altogether.
- unhygienic
Look at this plebian making contact with the toilet when shitting. What’s wrong, not enough thigh strength?
/s
What if you need to sit? I’m gonna guess this is a joke
Free kegels!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_toilet
Especially common for public bathrooms in Asia and parts of Europe, specifically because there is no direct skin contact which reduces risk of infection. There are also claims that you poop easier squatting than sitting.
on your personal toilet that(is) the only way
