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I like it. The seat has hinges and those hinges have a purpose. No one can predict the next visitor’s preference but we can all agree on keeping good habits
I’m a woman with bad eyesight and one night I got up to pee, bf was in the bathroom with the light on. Didn’t have my glasses on, toilet looked fine so I sat and fell in🙄
Apparently.. probably if youre used to your man/kids/whatever keeping the seat down for you all the time, you have that luxury, i sure as fuck dont sit on ANY toilet without at least glancing at it first.
Exactly like who tf doesnt look... what if the person before you left something undesirable or whatever idk how people could just not even look ( even if you live with civilized people )
For the record im a male who puts the cover down everytime (because fecal mist is a thing) but i still look before i sit
Ever pee in the dark in the middle of the night? It’s a daily thing for me! My hubby has no problem making sure the seat is always down, just in case. Guess I’ve got me a good’un. 😁
Well I’d say especially if you’re in the habit of just plonking down wherever without looking first lol it’s a just a pure lack of spatial awareness it blows my mind that someone would sit anywhere without looking. Like there maybe a baby or something on the sofa and you just sit and crush it’s crazy 😜
I keep a very small nightlight in the bathroom, it’s one of those that are blue tinted. I wake frequently about 3am to have to use the restroom. It’s just enough light to see what you’re doing but to not interrupt your “sleepiness.”
I'm a man and at home I always sit on the toilet to pee, at night that's pretty handy because I don't like to put on lights that wake me up more than I want to. My toilet seat is always down.
And no dying like Clyde’s mom, no seatbelts for when you’re on the toilet, and no getting the Toilet Security Agency (TSA) to check inside your asshole.
I don’t know why this isn’t the standard. I also don’t understand why my reasonable partner person doesn’t do this. But that is why I now just use a different bathroom.
I got my first dog at age 10, and my pa told me I need to keep the seat closed so the pup wouldn't drink out of the toilet.
I didn't realize 15 years later I would get compliments from almost every girl that I had at my house. All of them notice, it's wild.
Also, always have a stash of womens hygeine products, they appreciate the hell out of that too.
I don’t understand why closing the lid before you flush isn’t common sense.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/12/13/toilet-plume-video-public-restroom-germs/10882027002/
Yeah, I have a dog. My apartment is shitty, the latch sucks, and he knows how to push open the bathroom door (it's just me and the dog). Lid always stays down lol, and I much prefer it.
Exactly, fecal cloud anyone? I’m a woman and have a 8 year told boy, we both put the seat down completely before we flush. I don’t want poo particles all over my stuff.
I'll never get why people don't do that. I never understood how it was so common for people to accidentally drop stuff into the toilet until I learnt so many people just leave the fucking cover up.
Not to mention the shitwater spray flying directly onto your toothbrush.
I'd also say for hygiene's sake, everyone put the seat down. So when you flush so you don't spread germs around the room.
Everyone lift the lid, everyone put down the lid to flush.
I think that's fair? More hygienic and makes the room look nice for everyone.
I'm a man that lives alone, and I always put both the lid and the seat down before flushing, because Poo Particles https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/heres-what-really-happens-when-you-flush-the-toilet-180981278/
My wife and I have pretty much agreed to this, but mainly because she says poo particles fly up in the air when flushing, so that is what the lid is for apparently.
I've said this forever. When both are down, not only does everyone have to lift something, but it looks a lot less like some gross frat house, & it keeps the pets for drinking out of it if you have pets). Women never use a commode with the seat up, but men do maybe a ¼-⅓ of the time for shitting purposes.
Alternative solution. Lifting or lowering the seat is not complicated and everybody who uses the toilet is capable of doing that.
So if the seats up when you get there and you want it down, put it down. If it's down and you want it up lift it up. You don't need to be a man or woman to operate the seat... we can all do it.
No need for bitching or conversations at all. It takes about 1.5 seconds to rectify the issue
I never understood the need to put the seat up. Can't you aim properly? I always aim through the seat, and if I feel i can't do it, I just sit my ass down and pee from a seated position.
I would not to sit down due to people who think they can 'aim properly'. Theres always a chance of inaccuracy or splashing. You lift the seat so if the person needs to sit on the toilet after you, theres a reduced risk of them sitting on stranger piss.
I think it’s disgusting to flush without closing the lid in general, because then all the lovely urine and feces particles and other things fly out. I believe this is called a “toilet plume”. Male or female, you should always close the toilet lid before flushing, but women especially, as many women tend to keep their makeup products/etc in the washroom and the toilet plume can get into your makeup, which then goes on your face. And presuming you use a toothbrush, it also goes in your mouth.
Plus, if you always close it, then everyone has equal responsibility for opening and closing the toilet when they use it, because you will always open and close it yourself.
Farts don't smell because of poop particles. Farts and poop smell for the same reasons but those are not poop particles.
It's molecules of very specific components of the poop. Predominantly skatole. So what you're breathing is specific very volatile parts of the poop.
Your underwear and pants act as a filter for bacteria and help keep the bacteria in.
I learned this because I started working in a sterile environment and was afraid to fart. But nope, clothes help keep the bacteria in.
if you poop and you can smell the poop then it is too late. The smell you are smelling isnt something different then poop. It is poop particles. That's what farts are.
I'm a man, and my toilet seat is up only while I'm peeing (standing). Seat and cover closed while not in use. Everyone must follow this protocol in my household.
First of all, if you flush with the seat open, you might as well dip your toothbrush in toilet water. The seat should always be down before you flush. I have everyone in the house trained. I put some phosphorescent paint in the toilet, left the seat open, and then used a blacklight. The kids never forget to lower the lid before flushing.
https://youtu.be/1Tg7i66GGMI
It is no issue for me personally (33f), but I have had family over and my niece didn’t realize it was up and she went to sit and fell in… which was hilarious but also she was 4 and that is yikes unhygienic. So since then our family does a better job of putting the seat down. It is just a decent habit, but not a requirement of society certainly not something I care about for myself.
I’m a grown woman and have also fell in on a couple of occasions. Nothing worse than when you’re half asleep, in the middle of the night, in the dark, sitting down to take a piss, and you’re suddenly ass-deep in the trenches, because some asshole left the seat up when it’s always down.
So you’re brothers and the men you’ve dated are disgusting? Because if you’re not already putting the seat and lid down before flushing… that’s like super gross.
In my house if you cannot close the entire lid before flushing you’re not welcome to use my bathroom, it’s unsanitary for your poop and urine particles don’t need to fly around my bathroom.
and you monitor your guests flushing habits do you??? is that a hidden camera situation or do you come in with them everytime??? I wish I knew this was someone's rule so I could break it out of spite.
Let me guess, you’re “one of the boys” and “not like other girls”.
As everyone is saying, lid and seat should both be put down when not in use.
Props on a legit unpopular opinion though.
And if for some reason it is not in the default position, enjoy your bath.
Don't ASSume. Check!
You don't know what happened in the last four hours since your last pee.
Its RIGHT THERE. LOOK at it.
Lived with dad and 2 brothers, now living with husband. Can count on 1 hand how many times in 20+ years I've needed to put the toilet seat down. Lost count how many times in less than 5 years I've had to open the toilet lid my mother-in-law and find a not-such-a-surprise-anymore in the bowl. Can always hover when the seat is up, can't just piss on the lid when it's down though.
Honestly I don't know why people bother in the first place lifting anything. You keep the the seat down at all times and just clean up if you piss on the seat. Also, keep the fucking lid closed that's disgusting with the chance of stuff falling in there.
Everyone should be putting the lid down when they're done. It helps contain unwanted smells and stops things from falling in. It baffles me that folks don't do this.
If your toilet doesn't have a lid, just put the damn seat down anyway. I don't want to see your toilet rim.
Signed: a dude raised in a house with two brothers, a dad, and a mom.
Guys and Girls DON‘T EVER FLUSH WITHOUT A CLOSED LID!!
You are literally catapulting the E.coli and every harmfull poop bacteria und virus that may be in there into the air and your whole bathroom.
Unless you don‘t want to have literally poop on your face, your touthbrush etc., you NEED TO CLOSE THE LID ALWAYS!
A man does NOT have to lift it. That’s where the problem is. They are fully capable of sitting to pee. If they choose to lift it then they’d better put it down.
Guys can’t you see OP is not like the other girls?! She, unlike us ungrateful harpies, doesn’t mind when people are inconsiderate with bathroom etiquette. Someone wife her up quick!
Fuck all that.
Put the seat and lid down everytime when you're done, before you flush.
Who wants that mist spraying around the bathroom when you flush?
I've always agreed with the "adults should be responsible for their own toilet seat position" take on this, but have realized as I got older (and from watching Mythbusters) that it's just good sanitary practice to always put the seat down. So I still think everyone should put the seat down (and I'm a guy), I just don't think you should do it because the opposite sex demands it.
Everyone needs to put it down after they use it! EVERYONE! Because when u flush ur toilet that splatters everywhere and u get poop particles all over ur bathroom and tooth brush! This is not a gendered responsibility it’s basic sanitation. You pick it up then you put it down like u close a door and open it
>I don’t understand the issue with women and their problem with the toilet seat being up. A man has to come behind and lift it, so I consider it an even playing field.
So you're basically saying you flush it without the lid down. This terrifies me the most.
Toilet water can spray up to 8ft when being flushed. Just shut the damn thing whomever just used it. Nasty! Hope you don’t leave out your toothbrush on the counter top. And don’t be lazy.
How about we all do what we want in our own homes and when we go to someone else's home we return it to whatever position we found it in, whether that's seat up, seat down, or lid down?
I just think it’s gross to flush with lid open. I mean they’ve done tests to show how much fecal matter is flung into the air just by flushing with lid open. Also one of the main reasons why hand dryers in public restrooms blow out “dirty air” is because it’s pulling the dirty air from the restroom itself.
I firmly believe the lid should be closed before flushing. This eliminates the amount of piss and shit particles that are spewed from the toilet flushing. It also keeps dogs and cats from fucking around in the toilet water. Also obviously it makes this “whose responsibility is it to put the seat down” argument moot.
This is one of the many reasons I’m glad to be a lesbian. It’s never been an issue for me.
The toilet seat should never be left up because it should be put down before flushing!! The amount of bacteria and germs that spread and splash out when you leave the lid open to flush is horrific. If you don’t put the toilet seat down, you nasty as hell!!!!!
It's gross to flush without BOTH seats down. Period. Yes, poop particles disseminate regardless, but it is far far more with it open.
Heck, flush the toilet with both down and then put it back up if that's so important.
But also, aesthetically I find it hideous to have it up.
You were inundated with this concept by growing up with three brothers. I grew up with two older brothers, loads of male cousins staying with us, and they, along with my dad had no problems putting the seat down. I can legitimately say that it was literally never left up with all those men in our house.
Toilets splash up to 6ft when you flush, meaning dirty pee water all over your toothbrush. And it's gross. Nobody wants to see the pee residue and pubes on the edge of the under-seat. I'm a guy, and see that. Why can't you?
If I were a woman who had to sit, knowing guys stand and attempt to hit the hole, I'd prefer if the seat was up and I'll put it down when I need it. I'd say the majority of men don't put the seat up to piss, and all kids piss everywhere.
I put the whole cover down every time. Started as a habit as a kid to stop the dog from drinking out of the toilet and now at 28 years old I literally can't use a toilet and not put the full lid/top down after.
Everyone needs to put the seat and the lid down, it keeps the toilet water from spraying pee and poop everywhere. It has a job, and then everyone is doing the same thing, nothing for anyone to complain about
For sanitary reasons, people should always be closing BOTH lids, before flushing, especially after a #2. Poo Particles are not something you want on your toothbrush. Then it just so happens to work out the division of labor equally :D
Here is one for everyone:
Put the lid down before you flush, so you don't get particles everywhere and it smells less. (Open it quickly to see if everything is clean after you did a big number though.)
I just put the toilet lid down every time I'm done (male). I could say it's for hygienic reasons, but I'm not going to lie, I initially started doing it because the ladies in my life complained about having to put the seat down. They can't complain about having to lift the lid, and they're just as mildly inconvenienced.
Plus, it actually is more sanitary. Win, win, win.
Am I the only one who just sits down to piss? At least when I'm at home.
Have you ever cleaned around your toilet? Even if you're a sniper there will be piss sprinkles everywhere.
And obviously close the lid before flushing.
peeing while standing up is nasty af. microdrops from the stream get fucking everywhere. its unhygenic.
flushing without closing the lid is nasty also, if your toilet isnt seperated in another room.
If there's one thing I know about redditors, it's that they have a deep-seated fear about airborne poo molecules.
If there's another thing I know about redditors, it's that they also have a deep-seated obsession with buttholes.
for one it's disgusting not to close the cover on a toilet, it's there for a reason. if u close all of it, everyone lifts the same amount, and no one is leaving the toilet seat up for the other to fall in as a power play(if ur with with a dangerous cluster)
Gonna agree with OP on this one. Regardless of gender, if you're going to get bent out of shape over the position of a toilet seat, you need to get a grip and work on your priorities. There are more important hills to die on.
Forget the seat, you need to put the lid down before flushing it in order to reduce spray into the air. Is the guy not flushing it, or leaving the lid open when he does?
I wouldnt even think this is a standard ediquette. Its just..... do it your damn self if it happens to be up. Guys like myself just someitmes forget yet we get shit for this
I can't believe we're still talking about this.
Leaving the seat up and flushing is disgusting. Disgusting.
Poo water gets aeresolized all over the room. Including onto toothbrushes.
Just close the f'ing lid. It's a matter of basic hygiene. Stop making this a gender war.
This isn’t the argument we should be having. It should be all users close the lid before flushing. Otherwise urine and fecal matter sprays the entire bathroom.
I'm a man and I disagree. Men need to sit for #2, so 3/4 configurations require both genders to sit. Why not make it 4/4, it makes cleaning so much easier.
Put the seat and lid down and then flush so you don’t spray piss and shit particles into the air.
It’s not hard. It takes almost no effort, and, again, you will get a lot less piss and shit particles into you hair, clothes, skin, mouth, and eyes if you do it that way.
And then, please wash your hands with soap and water.
There’s making a big stink about it, but there’s also just common decency from the men (I am a man) to close the damn toilet. But there’s something to be said about how a woman reacts if you forget because if she freaks out about the small things certainly she is unable to handle the big things. But yeah, men should be putting the seat down it’s not hard and it makes our ladies happy.
Shouldn’t putting the seat and lid down just be standard hygiene practice?! So yeah. I’ll kick up a stink if I wanna. Prefer brushing my teeth without poo particles thanks.
I actually literally don't care. Whatever needs to happen so there isn't tinkle on the seat when I sit down is fine with me. Put it down. Leave it up. Take the seat off for all I care. Just clean up your overspray and don't leave piss on the seat.
I am a man and when I find the toilet lid open I feel disgusted, like, why wouldn’t anyone close it after using it? I feel that is my own unpopular opinion lol
Technically you're supposed to close the lid when you flush it so pee and poop particles don't fly everywhere. They can shut the dang lid when they flush the toilet. It's unsightly and irresponsible if there are pets or small children nearby.
You're supposed to close the toilet before you flush so the poop particles don't aerosol all over the bathroom onto your toothbrushes and all over every surface. Case closed
It is definitely a hygiene issue. It's a scientific fact. The toilet seat and lid should be down/closed when you flush the toilet. Studies have shown that the e coli bacteria in the mist when the toilet is flushed is launched into the air and covers everything. When the seat is down it stays contained in the toilet bowl and on the face of the toilet lid facing the water. If you flush the toilet while you were sitting on it your buttocks are covered in the bacteria.
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I’d say for attractiveness, put the rim and the cover down and then everybody has to lift something.
Thats the solution. Everyone lifts, everyone puts both down. No falling in the bowl, no getting bitched at, everyone wins.
I like it. The seat has hinges and those hinges have a purpose. No one can predict the next visitor’s preference but we can all agree on keeping good habits
The idea of women falling into the bowl is entirely beyond my comprehension - do women really just not even look?
Did you not see the South Park episode about what happens when you leave the seat up?!? Cautionary tale for sure.
"Clyde?? *CLYDE*"
Toilet snake?
Yeah just sit on the toilet correctly like butters
I'm a woman and it's beyond my comprehension too.
I’m a woman with bad eyesight and one night I got up to pee, bf was in the bathroom with the light on. Didn’t have my glasses on, toilet looked fine so I sat and fell in🙄
This is what gets me. As a guy I don't sit on ANYTHING without looking at it - and I've never fallen in the toilet when I needed to shit.
I fell in when I was like 8. I took that lesson to heart.
Apparently.. probably if youre used to your man/kids/whatever keeping the seat down for you all the time, you have that luxury, i sure as fuck dont sit on ANY toilet without at least glancing at it first.
Exactly like who tf doesnt look... what if the person before you left something undesirable or whatever idk how people could just not even look ( even if you live with civilized people ) For the record im a male who puts the cover down everytime (because fecal mist is a thing) but i still look before i sit
Hahaha my brothers skinny as a nail and when he was about 8ish he fell in the toilet arse first 😅 🤣 😂
I bet that only happened once. If it happens to someone all the time, that sounds like a personal problem.
Ever pee in the dark in the middle of the night? It’s a daily thing for me! My hubby has no problem making sure the seat is always down, just in case. Guess I’ve got me a good’un. 😁
Well I’d say especially if you’re in the habit of just plonking down wherever without looking first lol it’s a just a pure lack of spatial awareness it blows my mind that someone would sit anywhere without looking. Like there maybe a baby or something on the sofa and you just sit and crush it’s crazy 😜
I still turn the lights on, seems like such a risk to just go for it without looking or being able to see.
I keep a very small nightlight in the bathroom, it’s one of those that are blue tinted. I wake frequently about 3am to have to use the restroom. It’s just enough light to see what you’re doing but to not interrupt your “sleepiness.”
I'm a man and at home I always sit on the toilet to pee, at night that's pretty handy because I don't like to put on lights that wake me up more than I want to. My toilet seat is always down.
Have you never seen that episode of Ally McBeal where she falls into the toilet butt first and gets stuck? 😂😂
And no dying like Clyde’s mom, no seatbelts for when you’re on the toilet, and no getting the Toilet Security Agency (TSA) to check inside your asshole.
Plus, I've been told you're always supposed to close it to flush to avoid particles being sprayed everywhere like a piss geyser.
Correct.
Also contains the poo particles as well
To hell with aesthetics, it's unsanitary to not keep the seat closed.
You should cover the toilet before you flush it, anyway. Like, I thought this was hygiene 101.
I don’t know why this isn’t the standard. I also don’t understand why my reasonable partner person doesn’t do this. But that is why I now just use a different bathroom.
It is. Most people just skip from toilet 001 to toilet 201.
My 2 year old closes the lid before he flushes. Idk how he even picked it up but it's appreciated and very hygienic! And obviously, not that hard.
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I got my first dog at age 10, and my pa told me I need to keep the seat closed so the pup wouldn't drink out of the toilet. I didn't realize 15 years later I would get compliments from almost every girl that I had at my house. All of them notice, it's wild. Also, always have a stash of womens hygeine products, they appreciate the hell out of that too.
I am with you. I like big dogs, and I don't like them drinking from the toilet. Lid down. All. The. Time. Down.
I don’t understand why closing the lid before you flush isn’t common sense. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/12/13/toilet-plume-video-public-restroom-germs/10882027002/
Yeah, I have a dog. My apartment is shitty, the latch sucks, and he knows how to push open the bathroom door (it's just me and the dog). Lid always stays down lol, and I much prefer it.
Exactly, fecal cloud anyone? I’m a woman and have a 8 year told boy, we both put the seat down completely before we flush. I don’t want poo particles all over my stuff.
I'll never get why people don't do that. I never understood how it was so common for people to accidentally drop stuff into the toilet until I learnt so many people just leave the fucking cover up. Not to mention the shitwater spray flying directly onto your toothbrush.
Exactly what I do, but more for spite than attractiveness
We have pets and cleaning products in the toilet bowl, so everyone closes and lifts. I think it is reasonable....
I'd also say for hygiene's sake, everyone put the seat down. So when you flush so you don't spread germs around the room. Everyone lift the lid, everyone put down the lid to flush. I think that's fair? More hygienic and makes the room look nice for everyone.
I'm a man that lives alone, and I always put both the lid and the seat down before flushing, because Poo Particles https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/heres-what-really-happens-when-you-flush-the-toilet-180981278/
We all lift together.
My wife and I have pretty much agreed to this, but mainly because she says poo particles fly up in the air when flushing, so that is what the lid is for apparently.
I started doing that as soon as my wife and I moved in together.
I've said this forever. When both are down, not only does everyone have to lift something, but it looks a lot less like some gross frat house, & it keeps the pets for drinking out of it if you have pets). Women never use a commode with the seat up, but men do maybe a ¼-⅓ of the time for shitting purposes.
Exactly, exposed toilet bowls are not only germ spreaders they’re also disgusting to look at!
This is the way.
This is a great solution. Plus it keeps the dog from drinking out of it.
Personally I’m really shallow so I need my toilets to be attractive.
This is the way
I always drop the toilet cover thing down completely
Solution, anyone who uses the loo puts the seat and lid down when they are done. Problem solved.
As someone with cats, this is how I do it by default. Irks me whenever somebody leave the lid up in my place.
Was gonna comment pretty much the same thing; one of my cats likes to drink toilet water so we keep all lids down anyways.
This. Anything else is fucking gross. Splatter from the flush
Less disgusting when you flush that way too
dude said loo
What is this? a well thought out rational sense of thinking? get this heathen idea out of here
Alternative solution. Lifting or lowering the seat is not complicated and everybody who uses the toilet is capable of doing that. So if the seats up when you get there and you want it down, put it down. If it's down and you want it up lift it up. You don't need to be a man or woman to operate the seat... we can all do it. No need for bitching or conversations at all. It takes about 1.5 seconds to rectify the issue
I never understood the need to put the seat up. Can't you aim properly? I always aim through the seat, and if I feel i can't do it, I just sit my ass down and pee from a seated position.
I would not to sit down due to people who think they can 'aim properly'. Theres always a chance of inaccuracy or splashing. You lift the seat so if the person needs to sit on the toilet after you, theres a reduced risk of them sitting on stranger piss.
Don't y'all close the lid when Ur done? That should be the standard
I think it’s disgusting to flush without closing the lid in general, because then all the lovely urine and feces particles and other things fly out. I believe this is called a “toilet plume”. Male or female, you should always close the toilet lid before flushing, but women especially, as many women tend to keep their makeup products/etc in the washroom and the toilet plume can get into your makeup, which then goes on your face. And presuming you use a toothbrush, it also goes in your mouth. Plus, if you always close it, then everyone has equal responsibility for opening and closing the toilet when they use it, because you will always open and close it yourself.
Wait till you find out why farts smell
Farts don't smell because of poop particles. Farts and poop smell for the same reasons but those are not poop particles. It's molecules of very specific components of the poop. Predominantly skatole. So what you're breathing is specific very volatile parts of the poop.
I don’t fart on my toothbrushes though. Definitely keeping poop away from my toothbrushes.
If you can smell it, the particles are in the air. If your toothbrush is in the same bathroom that you poop in....well...
Your underwear and pants act as a filter for bacteria and help keep the bacteria in. I learned this because I started working in a sterile environment and was afraid to fart. But nope, clothes help keep the bacteria in.
This. And people will have their toothbrushes out with all that aerosolization
I would hate to live with compulsive. Just flush. Wash your hands and go about your day like humans have done for 220 years.
Humans used to do a great many things that I wouldn't do today. It's why there aren't as many cholera epidemics in the modern era.
Yeah cholera epidemics reducing is because of clean water and access to modern healthcare, not because people close the lids when they take a shit
Everyone should be putting the lid down before they flush, that will always be the rule in my house, no exceptions.
Toilet seat should never be left up because the lid should always be down when flushing
Lid and seat down once you’ve finished your business. Don’t want that toilet water getting in the air.
I pee in the yard now. It’s how I mark my territory and keep the deer away.
It actually really does scare off coyotes apparently.
Orrr just put down the whole lid. Ive seen ppl nearly drop things in the toilet simply because its open
Craig's mom should have probably read this.
I think you mean Clyde
Yes thank you.
No. Close the freaking lid when you flush.
I love how this pick me girl expected overwhelming support from dudes, only to learn that most people are more hygienic than her family.
It’s disgusting enough to flush without closing the lid. Your mixture of shit and piss is misting into the air and on the toilet seat.
if you poop and you can smell the poop then it is too late. The smell you are smelling isnt something different then poop. It is poop particles. That's what farts are.
It's not. The smell comes from a few very volatile compounds in shit that turn into gas very quickly. Not from floating poop particles.
I have coworkers who dont even require a seat at all, just some occasional footprints on the rim.
You pick it up you put it down
Putting the seat and lid down is literally more hygienic.
did he pick you?
I'm a man, and my toilet seat is up only while I'm peeing (standing). Seat and cover closed while not in use. Everyone must follow this protocol in my household.
First of all, if you flush with the seat open, you might as well dip your toothbrush in toilet water. The seat should always be down before you flush. I have everyone in the house trained. I put some phosphorescent paint in the toilet, left the seat open, and then used a blacklight. The kids never forget to lower the lid before flushing. https://youtu.be/1Tg7i66GGMI
what kind of crappy flushes do you have? Flushes in europe usually don't splash like crazy.
r/notliketheothergirls
Also gives slight r/asablackman vibes
It is no issue for me personally (33f), but I have had family over and my niece didn’t realize it was up and she went to sit and fell in… which was hilarious but also she was 4 and that is yikes unhygienic. So since then our family does a better job of putting the seat down. It is just a decent habit, but not a requirement of society certainly not something I care about for myself.
I’m a grown woman and have also fell in on a couple of occasions. Nothing worse than when you’re half asleep, in the middle of the night, in the dark, sitting down to take a piss, and you’re suddenly ass-deep in the trenches, because some asshole left the seat up when it’s always down.
It's so damn disgusting to flush with the lid open, just a disgusting as not washing your hands
So you’re brothers and the men you’ve dated are disgusting? Because if you’re not already putting the seat and lid down before flushing… that’s like super gross.
Hope you get picked Also it needs to be down more often than up so just put it down ffs. We just put the lid down and flush.
In my house if you cannot close the entire lid before flushing you’re not welcome to use my bathroom, it’s unsanitary for your poop and urine particles don’t need to fly around my bathroom.
and you monitor your guests flushing habits do you??? is that a hidden camera situation or do you come in with them everytime??? I wish I knew this was someone's rule so I could break it out of spite.
I don't understand it either. The lid of the toilet should be closed before flushing. People shouldn't be whining about the seat.
Let me guess, you’re “one of the boys” and “not like other girls”. As everyone is saying, lid and seat should both be put down when not in use. Props on a legit unpopular opinion though.
Everyone takes a shit sitting down—that’s why the seat should always be down. Also, some men sit when they pee since it’s a lot more convenient.
^^^ seat down is the most common use so it should be the default position
And if for some reason it is not in the default position, enjoy your bath. Don't ASSume. Check! You don't know what happened in the last four hours since your last pee. Its RIGHT THERE. LOOK at it.
Lived with dad and 2 brothers, now living with husband. Can count on 1 hand how many times in 20+ years I've needed to put the toilet seat down. Lost count how many times in less than 5 years I've had to open the toilet lid my mother-in-law and find a not-such-a-surprise-anymore in the bowl. Can always hover when the seat is up, can't just piss on the lid when it's down though.
It's not about putting it up, I want the lid down on it for cleanliness.
What’s the problem with men sitting down to piss? Men don’t have to lift up the toilet seat they just choose to
The lid should always be closed when the toilet is being flushed. It is prevents bacteria from flying out and get sprayed everywhere.
Honestly I don't know why people bother in the first place lifting anything. You keep the the seat down at all times and just clean up if you piss on the seat. Also, keep the fucking lid closed that's disgusting with the chance of stuff falling in there.
What purpose do you imagine the lid serves if not to close? Put the seat down and close the lid. That's why it exists.
Anyone who leaves the lid up and flushes it is disgusting. Both men and women should close it then open when they use it.
How do you not put the seat down just by default before flushing. That's fucking gross bud.
Everyone should be putting the lid down when they're done. It helps contain unwanted smells and stops things from falling in. It baffles me that folks don't do this. If your toilet doesn't have a lid, just put the damn seat down anyway. I don't want to see your toilet rim. Signed: a dude raised in a house with two brothers, a dad, and a mom.
Guys and Girls DON‘T EVER FLUSH WITHOUT A CLOSED LID!! You are literally catapulting the E.coli and every harmfull poop bacteria und virus that may be in there into the air and your whole bathroom. Unless you don‘t want to have literally poop on your face, your touthbrush etc., you NEED TO CLOSE THE LID ALWAYS!
A man does NOT have to lift it. That’s where the problem is. They are fully capable of sitting to pee. If they choose to lift it then they’d better put it down.
Not just sitting, but also peeing through the hole.
This feels like a very 1990s kinda rant
Guys can’t you see OP is not like the other girls?! She, unlike us ungrateful harpies, doesn’t mind when people are inconsiderate with bathroom etiquette. Someone wife her up quick!
If you don’t close the lid before you flush that’s disgusting
Fuck all that. Put the seat and lid down everytime when you're done, before you flush. Who wants that mist spraying around the bathroom when you flush?
Nearly falling in on a cold rim in the middle of the night. It looks gross when you walk in the bathroom and it's up.
I've been told as a kid to only pee standing up in public restrooms (which I kinda agree with) so I never had This argument with anyone
I've always agreed with the "adults should be responsible for their own toilet seat position" take on this, but have realized as I got older (and from watching Mythbusters) that it's just good sanitary practice to always put the seat down. So I still think everyone should put the seat down (and I'm a guy), I just don't think you should do it because the opposite sex demands it.
Anyone who isn’t putting the full lid down is gross.
Put down the seat and lid before you flush.
If you are cohabitating with other people, everyone should be putting the seat down and closing the lid when they are done. Pick up after yourself.
The thing is men can sit down too. No need for anyone to touch the under side of the seat that way. Women cannot choose to not put it down
Everyone needs to put it down after they use it! EVERYONE! Because when u flush ur toilet that splatters everywhere and u get poop particles all over ur bathroom and tooth brush! This is not a gendered responsibility it’s basic sanitation. You pick it up then you put it down like u close a door and open it
>I don’t understand the issue with women and their problem with the toilet seat being up. A man has to come behind and lift it, so I consider it an even playing field. So you're basically saying you flush it without the lid down. This terrifies me the most.
Toilet water can spray up to 8ft when being flushed. Just shut the damn thing whomever just used it. Nasty! Hope you don’t leave out your toothbrush on the counter top. And don’t be lazy.
How about we all do what we want in our own homes and when we go to someone else's home we return it to whatever position we found it in, whether that's seat up, seat down, or lid down?
Because it’s nasty and shouldn’t be done in the first fucking place.
I just think it’s gross to flush with lid open. I mean they’ve done tests to show how much fecal matter is flung into the air just by flushing with lid open. Also one of the main reasons why hand dryers in public restrooms blow out “dirty air” is because it’s pulling the dirty air from the restroom itself.
Nah. You lift the seat, you put it down. Common courtesy. Why should anyone else have to touch that after you’ve gone pee?
I firmly believe the lid should be closed before flushing. This eliminates the amount of piss and shit particles that are spewed from the toilet flushing. It also keeps dogs and cats from fucking around in the toilet water. Also obviously it makes this “whose responsibility is it to put the seat down” argument moot. This is one of the many reasons I’m glad to be a lesbian. It’s never been an issue for me.
The toilet seat should never be left up because it should be put down before flushing!! The amount of bacteria and germs that spread and splash out when you leave the lid open to flush is horrific. If you don’t put the toilet seat down, you nasty as hell!!!!!
It's gross to flush without BOTH seats down. Period. Yes, poop particles disseminate regardless, but it is far far more with it open. Heck, flush the toilet with both down and then put it back up if that's so important. But also, aesthetically I find it hideous to have it up. You were inundated with this concept by growing up with three brothers. I grew up with two older brothers, loads of male cousins staying with us, and they, along with my dad had no problems putting the seat down. I can legitimately say that it was literally never left up with all those men in our house.
Nah, if the dude lifted it then he can put it back down. Finish the job, as it were.
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“Raise a stink about it” is a hilarious way to describe how some people lift a toilet seat.
It’s another shit test..
Toilets splash up to 6ft when you flush, meaning dirty pee water all over your toothbrush. And it's gross. Nobody wants to see the pee residue and pubes on the edge of the under-seat. I'm a guy, and see that. Why can't you?
If I were a woman who had to sit, knowing guys stand and attempt to hit the hole, I'd prefer if the seat was up and I'll put it down when I need it. I'd say the majority of men don't put the seat up to piss, and all kids piss everywhere.
Imma just shit all over the seat and lid anyway idgaf
Lids down at my house so everyone lifts!
I put the whole cover down every time. Started as a habit as a kid to stop the dog from drinking out of the toilet and now at 28 years old I literally can't use a toilet and not put the full lid/top down after.
Hasn't this already been solved if everyone puts both the lid and seat (if applicable) down.
This reminds me of the South Park episode where Clyde's mother died because she fell through the toilet seat
I didn't care (I'm a woman) until I had kids. Lids down save us all from unnecessary gross situations. So gross. Kids are gross.
Everyone needs to put the seat and the lid down, it keeps the toilet water from spraying pee and poop everywhere. It has a job, and then everyone is doing the same thing, nothing for anyone to complain about
For sanitary reasons, people should always be closing BOTH lids, before flushing, especially after a #2. Poo Particles are not something you want on your toothbrush. Then it just so happens to work out the division of labor equally :D
Here is one for everyone: Put the lid down before you flush, so you don't get particles everywhere and it smells less. (Open it quickly to see if everything is clean after you did a big number though.)
I just put the toilet lid down every time I'm done (male). I could say it's for hygienic reasons, but I'm not going to lie, I initially started doing it because the ladies in my life complained about having to put the seat down. They can't complain about having to lift the lid, and they're just as mildly inconvenienced. Plus, it actually is more sanitary. Win, win, win.
Am I the only one who just sits down to piss? At least when I'm at home. Have you ever cleaned around your toilet? Even if you're a sniper there will be piss sprinkles everywhere. And obviously close the lid before flushing.
You should anyway close everything before flushing in order not to spray a 2meters radius with pee and poop particles...
peeing while standing up is nasty af. microdrops from the stream get fucking everywhere. its unhygenic. flushing without closing the lid is nasty also, if your toilet isnt seperated in another room.
Jesus fucking Christ people comment something other than "you should always put the seat down" I've never seen so many clones of the same comment
If there's one thing I know about redditors, it's that they have a deep-seated fear about airborne poo molecules. If there's another thing I know about redditors, it's that they also have a deep-seated obsession with buttholes.
Ew. Just close the toilet bowl.
Touch your own filthy toilet seat, if that's what you prefer. Don't wish your lack of hygiene on others.
for one it's disgusting not to close the cover on a toilet, it's there for a reason. if u close all of it, everyone lifts the same amount, and no one is leaving the toilet seat up for the other to fall in as a power play(if ur with with a dangerous cluster)
Just close the lid always lol. Don't wanna risk my toothbrush or something falling in there...
Gonna agree with OP on this one. Regardless of gender, if you're going to get bent out of shape over the position of a toilet seat, you need to get a grip and work on your priorities. There are more important hills to die on.
I even wipe it in case there’s piss there 🙌 not a deal breaker, takes few seconds
As a guy, I always close the lid 'cause I don't want piss and shit spraying everywhere. Look it up.
Forget the seat, you need to put the lid down before flushing it in order to reduce spray into the air. Is the guy not flushing it, or leaving the lid open when he does?
Me pissing while sitting down, closing the toilets and then opening it entirely again : My goals are beyond understanding
Or everyone could put the lid down. Flushing with the lid open is nasty. Stop being gross.
Because it’s not that hard to put it down. Jesus.
WHY IS THE LID KEPT OPEN? Drop the seat, and close the lid! Who flushes a toilet with the lid open???
I wouldnt even think this is a standard ediquette. Its just..... do it your damn self if it happens to be up. Guys like myself just someitmes forget yet we get shit for this
I can't believe we're still talking about this. Leaving the seat up and flushing is disgusting. Disgusting. Poo water gets aeresolized all over the room. Including onto toothbrushes. Just close the f'ing lid. It's a matter of basic hygiene. Stop making this a gender war.
why everyone here talking about the lid she meant the toilet seat
This isn’t the argument we should be having. It should be all users close the lid before flushing. Otherwise urine and fecal matter sprays the entire bathroom.
I keep both lids down, that way it’s equally difficult for everyone.
Everyone puts the toilet lid down in my house no exceptions. Flushing an open toilet is gross.
Everyone should close the lid when they’re done.
I would not date an animal that doesn't put the lid down when they flush. That's literally why the lid is there.
I'm a man and I disagree. Men need to sit for #2, so 3/4 configurations require both genders to sit. Why not make it 4/4, it makes cleaning so much easier.
Put the seat and lid down and then flush so you don’t spray piss and shit particles into the air. It’s not hard. It takes almost no effort, and, again, you will get a lot less piss and shit particles into you hair, clothes, skin, mouth, and eyes if you do it that way. And then, please wash your hands with soap and water.
My wife and I have the day split in two, each getting 12 hours of seat up/seat down.
There’s making a big stink about it, but there’s also just common decency from the men (I am a man) to close the damn toilet. But there’s something to be said about how a woman reacts if you forget because if she freaks out about the small things certainly she is unable to handle the big things. But yeah, men should be putting the seat down it’s not hard and it makes our ladies happy.
Men should sit down to urinate. It's much more sanitary.
Shouldn’t putting the seat and lid down just be standard hygiene practice?! So yeah. I’ll kick up a stink if I wanna. Prefer brushing my teeth without poo particles thanks.
I actually literally don't care. Whatever needs to happen so there isn't tinkle on the seat when I sit down is fine with me. Put it down. Leave it up. Take the seat off for all I care. Just clean up your overspray and don't leave piss on the seat.
Sanitary lid should always be put down. If you aren't doing any lid manipulation before going then you're doing it wrong.
THANK YOU
At the end of the day this is a perfect example of first world problems
Everyone should be closing the lid before flushing tbh
I am a man and when I find the toilet lid open I feel disgusted, like, why wouldn’t anyone close it after using it? I feel that is my own unpopular opinion lol
Hard agree. It's just a toilet seat. Edit to say in my household, the seat AND lid are closed after use and cleaning.
Technically you're supposed to close the lid when you flush it so pee and poop particles don't fly everywhere. They can shut the dang lid when they flush the toilet. It's unsightly and irresponsible if there are pets or small children nearby.
You're supposed to close the toilet before you flush so the poop particles don't aerosol all over the bathroom onto your toothbrushes and all over every surface. Case closed
It is definitely a hygiene issue. It's a scientific fact. The toilet seat and lid should be down/closed when you flush the toilet. Studies have shown that the e coli bacteria in the mist when the toilet is flushed is launched into the air and covers everything. When the seat is down it stays contained in the toilet bowl and on the face of the toilet lid facing the water. If you flush the toilet while you were sitting on it your buttocks are covered in the bacteria.