Is this really a problem? Everyone I've ever cohabitated with engaged in their own toilet seat manipulation and it was never an issue. Maybe it's a US thing.
A game theoretic approach to the toilet seat problem
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#12Heh. My simpler solution is to just always sit (I'm a guy). It's more comfortable, requires less concentration and removes any possibility of missing. The only time I stand is for proper urinals.
Actually, sitting does not remove the possibility of missing. I once had an unfortunate encounter with a toilet where someone had installed an elongated seat on a non-elongated bowl. This made it possible to easily and inadvertantly sit in a way that resulted in missing.
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#13Am I the only man in the world who leaves the seat up regardless of the operation undertaken?
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#14I always leave the seat AND the lid down, to cause equal annoyance for everyone
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#15Is this really a problem? Everyone I've ever cohabitated with engaged in their own toilet seat manipulation and it was never an issue. Maybe it's a US thing.
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#16Heh. My simpler solution is to just always sit (I'm a guy). It's more comfortable, requires less concentration and removes any possibility of missing. The only time I stand is for proper urinals.
Actually, sitting does not remove the possibility of missing. I once had an unfortunate encounter with a toilet where someone had installed an elongated seat on a non-elongated bowl. This made it possible to easily and inadvertantly sit in a way that resulted in missing.
Ah, indeed. On an unfamiliar and odd toilet like that it is possible, I've also had it happen to me.
However, considering how many more things I'd splash otherwise, I find it a worthwhile tradeoff.
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#17This whole problem has become a cliché. I've been married for over a year now and never once has this been an issue. Maybe it's because I pee in the sink..
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#19Or place a coin near the toilet and flip it after use (and washing your hands). Use the coin to determine a new random seat position thus causing randomized nuisance for everyone.
That, or lose a coin every now and then down the drain...thus extending the problem into house finances
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#20I showed the article to my girlfriend and she suggested adding the cleaning cost to the equation... well played!