I always leave the seat AND the lid down, to cause equal annoyance for everyone
I don't get why everyone doesn't do this, it's the best and most logical choice. Not to mention what's even the point of having a lid if it's never used.
A game theoretic approach to the toilet seat problem
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#22Heh. 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.
This strategy minimizes the cleaning cost as well as the seat manipulation cost.
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#23I always leave the seat AND the lid down, to cause equal annoyance for everyone
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22137761 always leave the lid down. The poo spray is real.
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#24Of course, there's always the simple option of "simply sit down".
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#25"In our analysis we shall assume that John and Marsha perform toilet operations with the same frequency"
Yeah right ... I have a wife, two sons and two daughters and we have 4 bathrooms in the house which works out perfectly. That's one bathroom for each female and a spare one for the three males to share.
And the comments about the lid are funny. I was taught to put it down when I was growing up, but I never find one that way (don't let the dog kiss you at my house).
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#26Some men will pee on the seat — whether intentionally or not I have never figured out — if it's left down. Leaving it up maximizes cleanliness.
Or even on the lid if it's dark.
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#27I always leave the seat AND the lid down, to cause equal annoyance for everyone
I've always left both seat and lid down even when I lived by myself. Reduces the chance of dropping something in there and, if you don't get the cheap thin plastic ones that crack if you sit on them, you have a seat. But I'm starting to rethink this. No one ever thinks of the children in these arguments. I have a son, for him to prepare for operation #1 he has to first open the lid and then grab the seat with both hands from UNDERNEATH! The bottom of the seat is probably more contaminated than the water in the bowl especially after an operation #2 with the consistency of an operation #1. He's also been taught to put the seat and lid down after which he sometimes does before pulling his pants up and I'm starting to fear what damage might occur if he drops the heavy seat and lid.
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#28Of course, there's always the simple option of "simply sit down".
That'd waste more time than moving the seat does.
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#29Heh. 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.
I started sitting at home, and on any toilet I deem clean enough, since living in a house I rented that had a toilet with the worst splash back problem I've ever seen. It was impossible not to cause a gigantic mess while standing. I'll never sit on a public toilet though.
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#30There is a simple solution that takes care of the problem entirely and has the added benefit of increasing general cleanliness around the operation's area and avoid any possible argument: just perform #1 seated.