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TIL about 1 million liters of urine is spilled onto the bathroom floor every day in the U.S.
(www.livescience.com)
this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2025
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Sit and pee.
Urinals are disgusting.
/European man
At home, absolutely.
Out and about, I ain’t sitting on that nasty seat, thank you very much.
I see someone skipped leg day.
I just hover over the seat.
I always forget to bring my scroll of levitation when I go out!
But urinals are so much more efficient both in regards to water usage and time.
They're very efficient at spreading piss all over the place, yes.
Sure pal, and it's not like 90% of men piss standing into a toilet as well, which oftentimes ends up worse than using a urinal.
... and those same men wonder why women find them repulsive.
Sit and pee.
A little bit of piss never hurt nobody.
American here. I've started doing this at home and it's just way more sanitary. No more drops off pissy toilet water splashing around.
When I'm out and about I still pee standing up because public restrooms are filthy.
I sit to pee when I get up in the middle of the night. Don't have to be able to see.
That's a good point too.
Stand and pee.
Sitting is bad.
/Australian man
… says the guy who wee-wees upside down
Squat and pee.
Sitting and standing is bad.
/Italian man
Pee however you want
Worrying about what other people do when they aren't hurting anyone is fragile
/Master man
Pee in mouth?
/Kinky man
Pee on self?
/Bison man
How the fuck else u supposed to water the trees?
Just turn on the rain, that's all there's to it
In fucking straya? That shit just decides to stop working sometimes.
Never not seen a urinal in europe
I used to be in this camp, but will now avoid public toilets whenever possible. Not having to sit on others pee and butt sweat is pretty awesome.
Us poor women gotta sit :(
Well when there are no seat covers, I always lay some TP over the seat before sitting. Or squat without sitting.
First wipe the seat, because people be nasty and leave piss droplets while hovering, then line the TP. Unless there's no toilet seat, then it's hover time.
People might sit more in your country, but I've never heard of that being particularly European.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2023/05/27/survey-many-men-always-sit-when-urinating-40-of-germans-10-americans/
Hmm, well there's that. So Germany and Scandinavia ranker higher (I'm from Denmark and sometimes sit). I have to wonder how this correlates to a standard development index. It's not unusual for the US to be a cultural outlier on those.
Are you German? They’re famous for their sitzpinklers
Love that word/anecdote! It’s a good example of a German compound word but it’s also one of the silliest examples of male identity gatekeeping I’ve heard of.