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We all need small joys in life (s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com)
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[–] 12 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I'm curious where you're from that every single urinal in the whole country has been upgraded.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I live in Belgium and the last time I remember having to flush one of these was at least 10 years ago without exaggeration

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    and zero flush toilets exist in the wonderful benelux

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    It's not even upgrade, even twenty years ago, most of them were either always rinsing or on some sort of intermittent timer. I guess when they were just a big communal trench it didn't make sense for them to be flushed by an individual. (UK / various Europe)

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    In the UK all the urinals in the bathroom will be flushed automatically at the same time using an auto-syphon that is attached to a tank that's slowly and continuously filled with water.

    So it requires no moving parts or electricity, and flushes automatically at a regular interval depending on how fast the water supply is.

    And it's been that way basically forever.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's awesome! Do you by chance know what they are called? I did a quick search but all I see are electronic ones.

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