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Don't sit on the toilet for more than 10 minutes, doctors warn

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Re: Don't sit on the toilet for more than 10 minutes, doctors warn

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Post by Tempest1981 »

0cf8612b2e1e wrote: post #69
tunesmith wrote: post #16

2.7 liters to 3.7 liters of water per day?? That's got to include the water we get from food, right? Is anyone here seriously drinking 128 ounces of water per day? I'd always heard 64 ounces as a guideline, but that's like half. How could the guidelines vary by that much?

I start my day by pounding a liter of water. Usually do a second within a couple of hours of starting work. The initial bolos of water is effective at waking me up for the day. That it is not furthering my chemical dependence on caffeine is a double bonus to maintaining hydration.

No concern of hyponatremia? Go, kidneys!

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-...

Re: Don't sit on the toilet for more than 10 minutes, doctors warn

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Post by _12yv »

_12yv wrote: post #15
aidenn0 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_toilet

that looks like a recipe for crapping in your pants... like seriously how would you not?? Do you need to depants before, uh, engaging??

Downvoted to oblivion. That went over about as well as the time I tried to use one myself. Once again it seems I didn't know what I was stepping in...

Re: Don't sit on the toilet for more than 10 minutes, doctors warn

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Post by pgsandstrom »

hoppyhoppy2 wrote: post #41
wileydragonfly wrote: post #12

They won’t be satisfied until they have taken everything away.

Who is "they"?

I'm pretty sure its a joke. It's based on the thinking that "the government" is trying to remove all our pleasure of life, such as smoking, eating meat and drinking. The joke is to compare the pleasure of sitting on the toilet with these vices.

Re: Don't sit on the toilet for more than 10 minutes, doctors warn

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Post by soco »

conductr wrote: post #55
standardUser wrote: post #26

On the topic of toilets, is there an explanation for the continued lack of dual flush toilets in the US? It's been common in Europe for as long as I can remember and now Latin America seems to have lapped us. Separately, but still related, I've been thrilled by the rapid adoption of bidets and rarely see a friend's bathroom that doesn't have one. What are the chances we start to get bidets in hotels and restaurants?…

I have 4 dual flushes that get fully flushed each use. The low flow option doesn’t even move enough water to clear the bowl of a single bladder full of urine. That is to say, it doesn’t flush. So we don’t like them. I also heard women tend to really dislike them, something about the flush mechanism is gross. Pushing a button I suppose.

So you mean, US women rather won't flush? How's that less gross? Or I'm misreading you?

Re: Don't sit on the toilet for more than 10 minutes, doctors warn

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Post by soco »

standardUser wrote: post #57
fsckboy wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. they are increasingly seen in the US, i see them all the time 2. if where you live does not have a "water cycle shortage", it's really not necessary. North America is huge and nowhere near as densely populated as Europe or Japan. when I visited Hong Kong a loooong time ago, we were told that the water system for the toilets used salt/ocean water. Hong Kong is a small island, that was driven by their need. if you d…

Bidets can actually reduce water usage overall, depending on how much less toilet paper is used. Then of course there's the benefit of needing fewer materials to produce toilet paper.

It reduces by not needing you take a whole shower to have a less gross asscrack. Although most of the solutions proposed below make me wish I never see a bidet again, at least I should remember to avoid them when traveling to said country.

Re: Don't sit on the toilet for more than 10 minutes, doctors warn

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Post by Doxin »

maroonblazer wrote: post #60
hilbert42 wrote: post #11

Leaving aside health issues to those involved, people who use smartphones whilst there pose health risks to others especially when preparing food. These people are likely to wash their hands afterwards then think nothing of answering their smartphones when preparing food. I'm surprised that health officials don't make a much bigger deal of the fact.

I'm not following. You're saying people who spread fecal matter on their phones don't wash it off their phones? That seems hard to believe, if for no other reason that the smell would be repulsive.

"fecal matter" here is not nuggets of poop smeared on surfaces. It's germs. You generally don't see, smell, or taste them but they can definitely make you sick.

Re: Don't sit on the toilet for more than 10 minutes, doctors warn

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Post by meiraleal »

tunesmith wrote: post #16

2.7 liters to 3.7 liters of water per day?? That's got to include the water we get from food, right? Is anyone here seriously drinking 128 ounces of water per day? I'd always heard 64 ounces as a guideline, but that's like half. How could the guidelines vary by that much?

I drink at least 3 liters of water daily

Re: Don't sit on the toilet for more than 10 minutes, doctors warn

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Post by LargoLasskhyfv »

_fs wrote: post #31
standardUser wrote: post #26

On the topic of toilets, is there an explanation for the continued lack of dual flush toilets in the US? It's been common in Europe for as long as I can remember and now Latin America seems to have lapped us. Separately, but still related, I've been thrilled by the rapid adoption of bidets and rarely see a friend's bathroom that doesn't have one. What are the chances we start to get bidets in hotels and restaurants?…

> I've been thrilled by the rapid adoption of bidets and rarely see a friend's bathroom that doesn't have one You are living in a bubble.

There are clean and shiny bubbles, and there are dirty, stinking ones. They don't mix well, dirty always stains the shiny.

Re: Don't sit on the toilet for more than 10 minutes, doctors warn

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Post by binary132 »

maroonblazer wrote: post #60
hilbert42 wrote: post #11

Leaving aside health issues to those involved, people who use smartphones whilst there pose health risks to others especially when preparing food. These people are likely to wash their hands afterwards then think nothing of answering their smartphones when preparing food. I'm surprised that health officials don't make a much bigger deal of the fact.

I'm not following. You're saying people who spread fecal matter on their phones don't wash it off their phones? That seems hard to believe, if for no other reason that the smell would be repulsive.

Do you believe that people should only wash their hands after using the bathroom if there are visibly feces on the hands?
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