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The whole "toilet seat up, toilet seat down" gender debate could be solved by everybody putting the seat and lid down. (lemmy.ca)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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[–] 76 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Flushing with the lid up is gross. I do not want to have poo particles flying around and landing on my toothbrush. But maybe that is just me... ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    sorry to ruin your life but mythbusters tested this and no matter how much protection your toothbrush has there will still be poo particles on it

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Fair enough. But if any poo particles are getting on my toothbrush when the lid is down, more will be getting on when the lid is open. Besides, I also keep the toothbrush in a cabinet so double protection.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    That was part of the test, there was essentially no difference. The particles that can become airborne are small Enough they floating around everywhere regardless of how they get out. The real problem is how huge the gap is between the seat and rim. Needs a rubber skirt or something

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I tracked down the MythBusters in question:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXdaPJAcjC8

    Needs a rubber skirt or something

    well, they had some toothbrushes as a control which were not even in the bathroom, and they ended up with similar levels of fecal bacteria, meaning that these things are just everywhere. Only solution is to live in a sterile plastic bubble.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    The only problem with this is that if you get an incomplete flush, you're leaving a big, beefy lurker for the next person to come along. But it's an acceptable risk.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I just take a quick peek once the flushing is done.

    Put seat down, flush, wash hands while it's flushing, then quickly check (and clean if necessary).

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    And then wash your hands again right?!

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Depends. If I only lift the lid no (since I'm not touching anything dirty), if I clean yes.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    If you flush with the lid down, don't you consider the lid dirty, since it caught all those "poo particles" you are scared of "flying around"?

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