Ladies... You Know What I've Never, Not Once, Done In My Entire Life?

[2HF]

Sit on a toilet without looking at it.

I put the toilet seat down because fuck it, why not. It's a habit. But seriously, who sits on something like a toilet without inspecting it? Without even so much as glancing at the thing?

I can hardly sit on a chair without looking it over for moisture or structural integrity (I'm a large man). I find it absolutely impossible to sit on a toilet without grabbing a few sheets or TP and wiping it down real quick.

How on earth is it possible for you, or any man (gotta be PC right?), to sit on something of that nature without looking?

If you splash down I firmly believe it is your fault and yours alone.

Discuss!

 

[tippy2k2]

Uh oh...someone got yelled at by his girlfriend but he can't yell back so he's on the internet!

Anyway, I put the toilet seat & lid down and I'm a single dude. I don't put the seat down for anyone; I just always thought it was weird to have the toilet sitting open...

 

[Remus]

After years of taking care of my grandmother - now residing in a retirement home - and the knowledge that old people tend to drip uncontrollably, I can't help but inspect any seat, especially the toilet, before I plant myself on it. Spend a few years using the same bathroom as an ~85 yr old and you'll never look at a toilet seat the same way again.

 

[DoPo]

I recall this being discussed several times already. It was a lot tamer than what you're hoping for, OP.

I don't put the seat down for anyone; I just always thought it was weird to have the toilet sitting open...

Yeah, me too - I mean, I find it weird - I actually just put both the seat and the lid down. When I live alone - it's fine. If I live with somebody else, it's fine. It's equal to both genders, too.

 

[Queen Michael]

I clean it every few days and have some 'rituals' to keep it clean

Me too. Say what you like about Baal, but he's good at keeping my toilet clean.

 

[Chemical Alia]

My problem isn't that I don't notice if the lid is open or not. It's that I don't feel I should be the one responsible for touching that nasty toilet seat that dudes routinely splash their pee all over (and subsequently fail to clean off). It's just a matter of common courtesy.

 

[2HF]

My problem isn't that I don't notice if the lid is open or not. It's that I don't feel I should be the one responsible for touching that nasty toilet seat that dudes routinely splash their pee all over (and subsequently fail to clean off). It's just a matter of common courtesy.

1) Don't touch it with your hands, kick it down or use his toothbrush as a tool or damn near anything else.

2) If you have a problem touching that nasty toilet seat that dudes routinely splash pee all over (and subsequently fail to clean off) why are you putting your bare bottom on it in the first place?

I should mention that I agree, common courtesy and all that jazz. But in the instances where it just slips someones mind or whatever, there are simple solutions.

 

[Folji]

Couldn't imagine sitting down on a toilet without at least glimpsing at it first, to check there's nothing on the seat or in the bowl. Hurriedly sitting down on a toilet seat and then notice it's all wet? It's just unpleasant!

 

[Ryotknife]

Uh oh...someone got yelled at by his girlfriend but he can't yell back so he's on the internet!

This.

Listen, it happens to nearly every guy. It doesnt make one lick of sense in any fashion, but it is just something you have to live with. Once you do, your life becomes easier. No amount of arguing is worth the HELL you will go through pushing this.

Pick your battles. Fight the battles you can win, not the ones in which you are right.

 

[Coffeejack]

I thought everyone checked. I mean, you're about to sit on it. Whatever's on it will come into contact with your skin. There could be anything there. There could even be a big spider under the seat. Named Barry.

I suppose living within several miles of Glasgow has a tendency to make a man paranoid.

 

[Dags90]

My problem isn't that I don't notice if the lid is open or not. It's that I don't feel I should be the one responsible for touching that nasty toilet seat that dudes routinely splash their pee all over (and subsequently fail to clean off). It's just a matter of common courtesy.

If the seat were up as a rule instead of down, it'd be impossible to pee on it unless someone was being deliberately spiteful. I could see not looking at it if you were drunk though, and I tend to pop a squat when I drink at someone's house because I don't trust my aim. Honestly, houses should just be built with urinals, would solve all these problems.

 

[Harley Q]

I thought everyone checked. I mean, you're about to sit on it. Whatever's on it will come into contact with your skin. There could be anything there. There could even be a big spider under the seat. Named Barry.

I suppose living within several miles of Glasgow has a tendency to make a man paranoid.

The big spiders are called Barry? Or is this your nemesis, this Barry spider?

When I lived in Amsterdam the toilets had this flat bit, instead of just a hole, I'm pretty sure there's a proper name for it, but I am far too lazy to look it up. The reason it's there is so that you can inspect your poo. This I found severely disturbing because either a) There's a viable reason for toilets like that, like a constant fear of worms or something, or b) Dutch people really like to look at poo. All the time I was there I lived in toilet fear. At least it wasn't like a group of guys I knew back in Scotland, who actually felt the need to take out their phones and share pictures of their own crap, while we were at a bar. Eugh.

I try to avoid looking into the toilet. I'm going to have nightmares about poo now.

 

[Andy Shandy]

My problem isn't that I don't notice if the lid is open or not. It's that I don't feel I should be the one responsible for touching that nasty toilet seat that dudes routinely splash their pee all over (and subsequently fail to clean off). It's just a matter of common courtesy.

If it makes you feel any better, I'm a guy and hate when any of my male friends or family do it as well and don't clean it.

It's the reason I always lift the seat up to piss and then put it down afterwards. It takes all of 2 seconds to do! A lot quicker than it would be to clean the urine they seemingly sprayed everywhere, although that would involve them having the common courtesy to clean it.

 

[gazumped]

How on earth is it possible for you, or any man (gotta be PC right?), to sit on something of that nature without looking?

What ifffff.... they were blind?

I dunno, man. I'm a girl and I don't really get the leave-the-seat-down rule. Heck, sometimes people leave the seat up in the girls' toilets (cleaners, I guess?) so, whatever.

To be honest, I think it's mostly just a case of: Toilets look nicer when the seat is down. When it's up, you see that gross, white rim. When it's down it looks cosy. No?

In my house (four guys and three gals here) we're expected to put the toilet lid (not just the seat) down anyway to stop the spread of germs when the flush goes off (especially when you poop, the flush can disperse it and it gets in your toothbrushes... apparently), so we've all got to do it anyway.

 

[DaKiller]

I always check the seat personally. Whenever I sit down on a regular chair I will also try to grab the chair through my legs as I sit just so that I guarantee touchdown and that nobody has pulled the chair out from under me.

 

[Hero in a half shell]

I just pee in the sink, that solves all problems... as long as no one finds out, girls can get really fussy about that if you tell them, trust me.

I generally always sit down to pee, because have you ever noticed if you're peeing in bare legs the amount of splashback you get from the stream?

Seriously go right now to your toilet, take your trousers off and pee in it standing up, your thighs get soaked! And to think that that just gets soaked into your jeans and carried around until you next wash them (which could be a while)... Ewww.

 

[Ryotknife]

I just pee in the sink, that solves all problems... as long as no one finds out, girls can get really fussy about that if you tell them, trust me.

I generally always sit down to pee, because have you ever noticed if you're peeing in bare legs the amount of splashback you get from the stream?

Seriously go right now to your toilet, take your trousers off and pee in it standing up, your thighs get soaked! And to think that that just gets soaked into your jeans and carried around until you next wash them (which could be a while)... Ewww.

?

no...that doesnt happen to me.

jesus does your pee scrap off paint too? It should be labeled as a deadly weapon >_> _>

 

[Easton Dark]

I generally always sit down to pee, because have you ever noticed if you're peeing in bare legs the amount of splashback you get from the stream?

Seriously go right now to your toilet, take your trousers off and pee in it standing up, your thighs get soaked! And to think that that just gets soaked into your jeans and carried around until you next wash them (which could be a while)... Ewww.

No...

Not even... how do guys get so wet while peeing unless their dick's flopping all around?

I just aim down the center and guess what, no splash back, no nothing. Maybe it's because I'm not putting the force of 1000 suns behind the flow.

 

[Rednog]

How on earth is it possible for you, or any man (gotta be PC right?), to sit on something of that nature without looking?

What ifffff.... they were blind?

I dunno, man. I'm a girl and I don't really get the leave-the-seat-down rule. Heck, sometimes people leave the seat up in the girls' toilets (cleaners, I guess?) so, whatever.

To be honest, I think it's mostly just a case of: Toilets look nicer when the seat is down. When it's up, you see that gross, white rim. When it's down it looks cosy. No?

In my house (four guys and three gals here) we're expected to put the toilet lid (not just the seat) down anyway to stop the spread of germs when the flush goes off (especially when you poop, the flush can disperse it and it gets in your toothbrushes... apparently), so we've all got to do it anyway.

Aerosol goes out in the spaces between the seat/lid/bowl regardless of whether or not you put the lid down, it isn't an air tight system just because the lid is down. If all the aerosol was truly contained in the toilet just because the lid was down you'd have moisture collecting on the lid, but that doesn't happen, and would actually be a problem if that happened.