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D.C.-area startup wants to solve the public bathroom problem
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#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
What law? There is no law requiring anyone to use these restrooms. This is a private company making restrooms available under specific conditions.
It is illegal in most places to defecate or urinate in public, or really anywhere other than a toilet. This company shouldn't need to exist. Facilities should be provided by the government if they wish to have such a law in place. This and several other laws create a situation in America where it is a crime to be destitute.
When the government provides those facilities, they get destroyed or monopolized by drug users. People can't destroy the provided facilities and then complain that they aren't available. Society does require a modicum of cooperation from the public in order to function.
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#53US suffers from an additional culture problem that doesn't allow us to have nice public things. Every public restroom in NYC I can think of outside of Bryant Park ends up turning into a shithole, literally.
Why do they need to be nice? It's a place to shit. I get it. We all like a dandified street but people's right to a place to do what they biologically have to do trumps anyone's right to aesthetic purity, IMO.
The issue is more basic sanitation than aesthetic purity.
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
It is illegal in most places to defecate or urinate in public, or really anywhere other than a toilet. This company shouldn't need to exist. Facilities should be provided by the government if they wish to have such a law in place. This and several other laws create a situation in America where it is a crime to be destitute.
When the government provides those facilities, they get destroyed or monopolized by drug users. People can't destroy the provided facilities and then complain that they aren't available. Society does require a modicum of cooperation from the public in order to function.
I disagree. Creating a law which is impossible for some portion of the public to comply with is always wrong.
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why do they need to be nice? It's a place to shit. I get it. We all like a dandified street but people's right to a place to do what they biologically have to do trumps anyone's right to aesthetic purity, IMO.
The issue is more basic sanitation than aesthetic purity.
Really? In what regard? It is not impossible to clear away any unsanitary side effect on a daily basis.
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
When the government provides those facilities, they get destroyed or monopolized by drug users. People can't destroy the provided facilities and then complain that they aren't available. Society does require a modicum of cooperation from the public in order to function.
I disagree. Creating a law which is impossible for some portion of the public to comply with is always wrong.
It is in no way impossible for anyone to avoid shitting in the street if they care to put in the slightest bit of effort to avoid doing so.
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
The issue is more basic sanitation than aesthetic purity.
Really? In what regard? It is not impossible to clear away any unsanitary side effect on a daily basis.
Cleaning on a daily basis does not make a bathroom sanitary. And the worse your issues the more frequent the cleaning needs to be.
When I worked in a gas station we cleaned on the hour and signed for it and this was in a place where people were generally decent about not making a mess.
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
Really? In what regard? It is not impossible to clear away any unsanitary side effect on a daily basis.
Cleaning on a daily basis does not make a bathroom sanitary. And the worse your issues the more frequent the cleaning needs to be. When I worked in a gas station we cleaned on the hour and signed for it and this was in a place where people were generally decent about not making a mess.
Then let's start with that.
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#59> User IDs are part of Throne’s accountability system: After you use a restroom, you’re asked to rate its cleanliness. Meanwhile, each user gets a “Throne score,” similar to Uber, and repeat offenders who abuse the restroom will be blocked. Weight sensors also track if someone’s been in the bathroom too long. “Very few people create issues in [public] bathrooms, don’t respect that amenity, and then ruin it for the ma…
Well the only way to monetize it is to make sure that only rich people use it. I’m not being overly dramatic either: economics demands it.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
I disagree. Creating a law which is impossible for some portion of the public to comply with is always wrong.
It is in no way impossible for anyone to avoid shitting in the street if they care to put in the slightest bit of effort to avoid doing so.
Where do you use the bathroom? I do it at home, at work or in a business I am patronizing. All three things a destitute street person does not generally have access to.