The 'Sink-Urinal' Saves Water, Encourages Men To Wash Hands • Hacker News Board

Re: The 'Sink-Urinal' Saves Water, Encourages Men To Wash Hands

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Post by peeters » Wed, Jul 10, 2013, 5:00 AM UTC

> When asked whether folks might find the sink and the urinal a little too close for comfort, Jursons says, "It is more suitable for hygiene than just a urinal and then guys who don't wash [their] hands."

Doesn't answer the question for those of us that DO wash our hands.

Re: The 'Sink-Urinal' Saves Water, Encourages Men To Wash Hands

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Post by cj » Wed, Jul 10, 2013, 5:06 AM UTC

geetee wrote: post #5

I give it 15 minutes before someone pisses all over the faucet.

That's probably why the faucet is "hands-free and sensor-activated" :)

Re: The 'Sink-Urinal' Saves Water, Encourages Men To Wash Hands

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Post by beloch » Wed, Jul 10, 2013, 5:08 AM UTC

This sink would actually discourage me from washing my hands. I'm not going to handle my relatively clean schlong and then try to make my hands clean by using a sink that's splattered in yellow! This certainly would succeed at making me use less water though!

Re: The 'Sink-Urinal' Saves Water, Encourages Men To Wash Hands

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Post by ihuman » Wed, Jul 10, 2013, 5:08 AM UTC

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The only problem with that is the leftover toilet paper. You can't put it in the urinal, so you have to put it in the trash. That would cause the trash to fill up quicker.

Re: The 'Sink-Urinal' Saves Water, Encourages Men To Wash Hands

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 10, 2013, 5:08 AM UTC

D9u wrote: post #9

oofabz wrote: post #7

Why wash if you're only using the urinal? Your penis is cleaner than your hands.

Ummm... We wash our hands regularly to promote hygiene. Do you wash your penis as often as I wash my hands?

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Re: The 'Sink-Urinal' Saves Water, Encourages Men To Wash Hands

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Post by shirro » Wed, Jul 10, 2013, 5:09 AM UTC

I used a water saving toilet in a holiday shack with a handbasin on the top which drained into the cistern below so the water got reused. Interesting idea but not convincingly useful. It lacked warm water for starters so it is a fairly casual hand wash and the water only ran while the cistern was refilling. As a water saving measure I am more impressed with no-flush or reduced flush urinals and dual flush toilets. Not sure on the hand washing aspect. Is walking a couple of meters to a hand basin really that hard?

Re: The 'Sink-Urinal' Saves Water, Encourages Men To Wash Hands

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Post by ajuc » Wed, Jul 10, 2013, 5:10 AM UTC

D9u wrote: post #9

oofabz wrote: post #7

Why wash if you're only using the urinal? Your penis is cleaner than your hands.

Ummm... We wash our hands regularly to promote hygiene. Do you wash your penis as often as I wash my hands?

On the other hand you're touching dirty stuff (like keyboards, or doors in public places) with your hands much more often than with your penis.

Re: The 'Sink-Urinal' Saves Water, Encourages Men To Wash Hands

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Post by cmbaus » Wed, Jul 10, 2013, 5:11 AM UTC

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This might be the strangest rant I've read on HN.

Re: The 'Sink-Urinal' Saves Water, Encourages Men To Wash Hands

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Post by nwh » Wed, Jul 10, 2013, 5:11 AM UTC

beloch wrote: post #13

This sink would actually discourage me from washing my hands. I'm not going to handle my relatively clean schlong and then try to make my hands clean by using a sink that's splattered in yellow! This certainly would succeed at making me use less water though!

Well, if you read the article, the tap is sensor activated. You don't actually touch it at all.

Re: The 'Sink-Urinal' Saves Water, Encourages Men To Wash Hands

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Post by yogo » Wed, Jul 10, 2013, 5:13 AM UTC

oofabz wrote: post #7

Why wash if you're only using the urinal? Your penis is cleaner than your hands.

Personally I think washing your hands should be done before and after :)