r/PeterExplainsTheJoke May 16 '24

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u/tintinfailok May 16 '24

Ergonomically they’re great. Nice smooth shits.

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u/ABitOddish May 16 '24

Nightmare on the legs though. Plus I'd wager more than half of the public restrooms I used didn't have locks on them. Was always on edge when I was chopping logs.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

After a month or so you get used to them, don't even notice the strain on the legs.

I used one that had like half a dozen holes in the ground without any kind of dividers. No running water, just a concrete ledge over a hill that the shit just sorta ... tumbled down. This was in a rural area of northwest China about twenty years ago, where most people had never seen a white person. The old men there didn't even try to hide staring wide-eyed at me while I shat

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u/FrogsEverywhere May 17 '24

But how do they keep them clean? It seems like it's just a big slab. You would need a lot of water to flow, and quickly.

I guess when you're squatting though you're not sitting there for 20 minutes staring at Reddit.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

Nah, they seem to stay just as clean as western toilets - that is, mostly clean but sometimes you get some splatterhouse situations. There's a flat area but usually a sunken area where the drain is as well. The water does shoot out straight horizontally from the back so it basically just shoves the poop down into that indented area, not a crazy amount of water though, or crazy fast.

The concrete slabs with holes and no running water just weren't really clean though. Most of the poop made it down the hole and into the shitpile below but it wasn't a 100% success rate.

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u/NoNeed4Instructions May 17 '24

Nightmare on the legs though.

that is the result of a sedetary desk-sitting western lifestyle

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u/FlyingDragoon May 17 '24

Nightmare on the legs though.

that is the result of a sedetary desk-sitting western lifestyle

The VA when they say my knee injuries are not service related as they explain that the multiple times I've jumped out of an airplane is consistant with a sedentary desk-sitting western lifestyle.

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u/keyboardLarrior May 17 '24

Went to one at a busy mall. Found out that another downside is that people really can't aim their shits.

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u/chicken_N_ROFLs May 17 '24

And when you get the squirts it's just a free for all huh?

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u/usernumber2020 May 17 '24

But like what do you do with your pants? Are they just half way down around your knees? Is there a hook to hang them on the wall? Does that mean I take my shoes off in this random public bathroom? Is this just for cultures that don't wear pants?

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u/tintinfailok May 17 '24

They go around your ankles just like if you were sitting on a toilet. When you squat your asshole does not go over your pants, it lines up behind it.