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Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

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Re: Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

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> but the problem with that is: when you manually play music in there you indicate you are going to do something embarrassing! I'm honestly not sure how big of a problem that is. What else would you go to the bathroom for, then pee or poop?

Drugs, obviously

Drugs, sex and rock'n'roll. Seems like the last part is being solved.

Re: Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

#72
post #18

Instead of white-noise or music, why not play the sounds of people using the bathroom? You know like, peeing, pooping, farting, chatter, moans and groans. This way our own noises become indiscernible from the background noise.

This is nightmare material.

You could also decorate the bathrooms to match:

https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2255

Re: Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

#73
post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Won't reply to all the strawmen at the bottom of your post, but I and lots of people don't care what people HEAR while we're using the bathroom.... its a bathroom for god's sake! Everything happening in there is normal and I'm not sure why you are imagining yourself to be "vulnerable" inside a locked private room.

I’m willing to bet 50% of people in the U.S. get anxious when having to do their business in a public bathroom. Doing your business next to a stranger in Tevas with hobbit feet and a serious gastro intestinal issue is nightmare fuel for me.

It's funny how people tend to assume their own characteristics are global phenomena, or at least common; isn't it?

Looks like the actual number is somewhere closer to 2.8% - 16.4% of people [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28554367/]. (This study was specifically about "shy bladder" but that seems a pretty close proxy)

Re: Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

#74

What was wrong with the sound princess? That's exactly the same product.

So the problem with the princess is that you need to hold your hand in front of a proximity sensor to make it play. It has the same issue I mentioned in the post, that it announces to everyone that something embarrassing is happening. And the sound was annoying. Plus you needed to mount it with screws onto a wall, which I guess would be fine if it didn't have the other disadvantages mentioned.

Loodio plays chill music and requires no interaction. Plus it has the night lights and the display, which I want to make larger and have other features planned for it.

Re: Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

#75

> How else are you solving this problem? The tech companies I've worked at have started to build "gender neutral" bathrooms. They are a fully locked/enclosed rooms with sound proofing, i.e. no gaps at the bottom of the door. Sometimes you need to take a long session or maybe are not feeling great in the bathroom department (Probably TMI) and it's almost as good as WFH.

Wouldn't that be SFH?

Or, PFH?

Re: Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

#76

> How else are you solving this problem? The tech companies I've worked at have started to build "gender neutral" bathrooms. They are a fully locked/enclosed rooms with sound proofing, i.e. no gaps at the bottom of the door. Sometimes you need to take a long session or maybe are not feeling great in the bathroom department (Probably TMI) and it's almost as good as WFH.

Wouldn't that be SFH?

One of the advantages of wireless headphones is that you can take a shit while still listening in on those mostly (or even entirely) useless meetings :-)

Re: Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

#77

> I tried all existing solutions like the Sound Princess from Japan and other chinese crap on Amazon/Ali but they were not up to the task Just how loud is your shit? Maybe just ask your coworkers to put on head phones.

"Excuse me everyone, I'm going to the toilet to take a shit so everyone please put on their headphones, cheers!"

Yeah, definitely 0/10 on the awkwardness scale.

Re: Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

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post #51
post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having an "executive bathroom" is at least 20% of the benefit of WFH. Under-appreciated in discussions about this.

And I shower during work hours.

That, and also workout during compilation. Which does also seem good for concentration, so win-win?

Re: Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

#79
post #18

Instead of white-noise or music, why not play the sounds of people using the bathroom? You know like, peeing, pooping, farting, chatter, moans and groans. This way our own noises become indiscernible from the background noise.

This is nightmare material.

If the toilet is not the best place for those sounds, I don't know where. As long as the odor is managed, the sounds are inevitable. Maybe a loud air extractor?

Re: Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

#80

Instead of white-noise or music, why not play the sounds of people using the bathroom? You know like, peeing, pooping, farting, chatter, moans and groans. This way our own noises become indiscernible from the background noise.

Wondering how many people will try to time their sounds to the soundtrack for maximum stealth.
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