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

[Phasmal]

I thought the whole `toilet seat` thing was a joke.
People actually care about that?
It's simple- more dudes in the house? Toilet seat up.
More ladies in the house? Toilet seat down.
Majority wins.

 

[axlryder]

weird dynamic with guys and sitting down. i remember a friend of mine telling me it was girly or gay (funny he turned out to be gay) to pee sitting down and yet there is no reason to pee standing up except laziness and "i'm a man rawr!!"

Actually, depending on your...equipment, and the toilet itself, it can dip into the water. yes it's gross. yes it happens. I used to prefer sitting down, tbh, but it just became a problem.

 

[barbzilla]

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!

I have to say, I agree 100% with you. I am a firm believer in inspecting all toilet seats before I place my well shaped manly buttocks on that seat. So, as cautious as my girlfriend is, how the heck does she miss the fact that the toilet seat is up sometimes?

 

[game-lover]

When you have to really, really pee. Bad. You don't always look fully.

That being said, it's the only time I've sat or nearly sat without seeing. You see the toilet long enough to just know it's there but then you're turning around and desperately trying to pull down your pants or lift your skirt so you don't piss yourself...

Other than that... I can't fathom it either.

 

[Kapri]

Lolololol sorry, I thought of the South Park episode about the toilet seat belts. Plus,I never understood the big deal about leaving the seat up. It takes literally 1 second to put it up/down.

 

[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.

No, it's not common courtesy, it's sexism. Why does a man have to put it down just so a woman doesn't have to put it up?

What? Because the woman isn't usually the one peeing all over the seat in the first place. If people cleaned up after their messes more often, it would be less of an issue. Expecting someone else to touch the seat when you're the messy party is where courtesy comes in. Not to mention a toilet has a lid for a reason and a bathroom looks neater when it's kept closed.

I don't understand how this isn't common sense. Don't be gross, but if you must be gross, don't leave your grossness for other people to deal with.

 

[aba1]

It is funny people always say they have this huge issue but me and my gf never argue about it at all. I leave it up and she leaves it down it is my job to put it up so I don't go on the seat and hers to put it back down so she doesn't sit in the toilet simple as that.

 

[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.

No, it's not common courtesy, it's sexism. Why does a man have to put it down just so a woman doesn't have to put it up?

This is a joke right? You can't seriously claim that this has anything to do with sexism right? Because really, you need to learn to pick your battles and point out actual sexism against men rather than this petty shit.

I can honestly only picture that phrase coming from a pre-teen who just heard the word "sexism" for the first time last week (and making any sense).

 

[Something Amyss]

This is a joke right? You can't seriously claim that this has anything to do with sexism right? Because really, you need to learn to pick your battles and point out actual sexism against men rather than this petty shit.

You do realise that people treat any form of consideration with hostility these days, right?

And that certain people look for any excuse to prove how men (or whites, heterosexuals, Christians, etc) are discriminated against, too!

This is a combination that's bound to cause an outcry over nothing.

I can honestly only picture that phrase coming from a pre-teen who just heard the word "sexism" for the first time last week (and making any sense).

Really? Because I picture an MRA. Granted, I don't see the mindset as much different....

 

[aba1]

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.

No, it's not common courtesy, it's sexism. Why does a man have to put it down just so a woman doesn't have to put it up?

What? Because the woman isn't usually the one peeing all over the seat in the first place. If people cleaned up after their messes more often, it would be less of an issue. Expecting someone else to touch the seat when you're the messy party is where courtesy comes in. Not to mention a toilet has a lid for a reason and a bathroom looks neater when it's kept closed.

I don't understand how this isn't common sense.

so a woman doesn't have to put it up?

whaaaaa? wouldn't the woman be forced to bring it back down not put it up?

Also guys only pee on the seat when the seat is left down so if guys put up the seat there is no issue. At the same time if guys take the precaution of putting it up women should take the precaution of putting it down. Simple win win.

 

[Something Amyss]

Lolololol sorry, I thought of the South Park episode about the toilet seat belts.

Really? South Park nicked a Carrot Top routine?

They really are cutting edge and insightful.

 

[Olas]

No, I don't always check because I really don't give a fuck. Of all the horrible things that could be on a toilet seat pee is probably the single least harmful. Urine is completely sterile when it comes out so basically it's just water. And there's always toilet paper to wipe my ass down with if need be.

You want dirty? Try camping out for three weeks in the middle of a mountain range where there are no bathrooms at all and you have to dig a hole in the ground every time you need to take a dump. I've wiped my ass with leaves and then washed my hands with river water, and I managed just fine. So no, I'm not terribly worried about getting a little weewee on my pituty.

The hard truth that we like to ignore is that none of our asses are even close to being clean ever and a little bit of pee pee isn't going to change that even the tiniest little bit.

 

[00slash00]

I had to read the comments to figure out what the hell you were talking about. Yes putting the seat down is just such a hassle, oh the pain of being a man in a first world country. Lets compromise, put the seat and lid down when you're done. Then its inconvenient for everyone

 

[aba1]

weird dynamic with guys and sitting down. i remember a friend of mine telling me it was girly or gay (funny he turned out to be gay) to pee sitting down and yet there is no reason to pee standing up except laziness and "i'm a man rawr!!"
regardless sitting down wont solve the problem of morning wood unless you want to keep your mouth open and spit it back into the bowl.

also i think that chart left out the "just had sex" version of peeing which can sometimes look like a lawn sprinkler best illustrated in me myself and irene

I love Me Myself and Irene such a funny movie but OT:

Siting on the toilet can cause splash back for a guy since he is peeing so close to the toilet your penis is almost touching it. It is also a lot easier and more natural peeing standing up. There is also the whole morning wood thing which is impossible sitting down but that is hard standing up still too though at least it is still doable.

 

[General Vagueness]

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.

But in all seriousness, i do always put the seat down when i'm done, along with the lid. It just looks nicer and less like a gas station restroom. Plus, when i found out all that stuff that gets sent into the air when you flush with the lid up - mother of god.

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.

Even if it was airtight with the lid down, you have to use it with the lid up; stuff will still get in the air.
As for toothbrushes, the MythBusters looked at that and the type of bacteria they looked at-- one associated with solid waste-- they wound up finding everywhere, even outside the bathroom.
The moral here is to wash your hands, brush your teeth, bathe, clean your clothes, keep your living space clean, and not worry about anything beyond that (unless it's your job to clean a hospital or a manufacturing "clean room").

 

[burningdragoon]

I almost always put both the seat and lid down when I'm done. I also wipe off the rim of the toilet after I'm done if I get any on it. Because I'm not an asshole.

 

[Rednog]

Even if it was airtight with the lid down, you have to use it with the lid up; stuff will still get in the air.

I'm sorry, but how do you propose bacteria are getting into the air if in a hypothetical situation the toilet was airtight when the lid was down?

 

[Dags90]

I'm sorry, but how do you propose bacteria are getting into the air if in a hypothetical situation the toilet was airtight when the lid was down?

When someone lifts the lid to use it, obviously.

While bacteria free, a permanently hermetically sealed toilet is rather pointless.

 

[General Vagueness]

weird dynamic with guys and sitting down. i remember a friend of mine telling me it was girly or gay (funny he turned out to be gay) to pee sitting down and yet there is no reason to pee standing up except laziness and "i'm a man rawr!!"
regardless sitting down wont solve the problem of morning wood unless you want to keep your mouth open and spit it back into the bowl.

also i think that chart left out the "just had sex" version of peeing which can sometimes look like a lawn sprinkler best illustrated in me myself and irene

I love Me Myself and Irene such a funny movie but OT:

Siting on the toilet can cause splash back for a guy since he is peeing so close to the toilet your penis is almost touching it. It is also a lot easier and more natural peeing standing up. There is also the whole morning wood thing which is impossible sitting down but that is hard standing up still too though at least it is still doable.

"It is also a lot easier and more natural peeing standing up."
That's just not true. IIRC most cultures don't do it and I didn't grow up doing it, and when I first tried, even by myself, I had issues. As for the other stuff, IDK if I'm below average or something, but you can just sit farther back on the toilet, and if it's pointing up you just push it down a little, or lean forward a little, or both.
I think sitting is a better idea in general provided you have toilet paper; I've never heard about any post-pee method that seemed like it would work for making sure the area is clean and dry besides wiping it with something, and I don't know anyone that uses their hand for that. Personally several drops can come out afterwards so I give it a few seconds and then squeeze and wipe twice.

No, it's not common courtesy, it's sexism. Why does a man have to put it down just so a woman doesn't have to put it up?

What? Because the woman isn't usually the one peeing all over the seat in the first place. If people cleaned up after their messes more often, it would be less of an issue. Expecting someone else to touch the seat when you're the messy party is where courtesy comes in. Not to mention a toilet has a lid for a reason and a bathroom looks neater when it's kept closed.

I don't understand how this isn't common sense.

news flash: everyone is messy when they use the toilet, that's what it's there for, some people are just messy in a more controlled way
I think this is related, if only tangentially, to keeping any room or area clean, how well people wipe, and whether someone washes their hands or not-- some people see the importance or at least the value in one or all of these things and some people don't
I would hope everyone would make sure their body and anything they used (that they didn't throw away) are clean and usable after they use the bathroom but before they leave it; this isn't a perfect world though, so it only makes sense to check
two words: public schools... you don't want to know what I've seen in public school bathrooms