Poll: Do you sit on public toilets?

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jdoggg12

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Aug 20, 2005
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Yes... anyone see the Mythbusters on toilet seat sanitation? They carry very little bacteria. I've never heard of anyone catching anything from a toilet seat.

 

ponyo

Lifer
Feb 14, 2002
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Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Wipe toilet. TP in water so no splash. TP/cover on seat. Do the business.

He's the only one in this thread who read the manual.
 

dighn

Lifer
Aug 12, 2001
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Originally posted by: jdoggg12
Yes... anyone see the Mythbusters on toilet seat sanitation? They carry very little bacteria. I've never heard of anyone catching anything from a toilet seat.

urine is sterile but I don't want it on my butt; just an example...
 

jdoggg12

Platinum Member
Aug 20, 2005
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Originally posted by: dighn
Originally posted by: jdoggg12
Yes... anyone see the Mythbusters on toilet seat sanitation? They carry very little bacteria. I've never heard of anyone catching anything from a toilet seat.

urine is sterile but I don't want it on my butt

Wipe the seat off? If theres evidence of pee, i wipe and lay a layer of tissue down... otherwise i just assume the last persons ass absorbed it all. :D
 

Capt Caveman

Lifer
Jan 30, 2005
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Originally posted by: Naustica
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Wipe toilet. TP in water so no splash. TP/cover on seat. Do the business.

He's the only one in this thread who read the manual.

Forgot to add, don't let pants touch the ground.
 

Injury

Lifer
Jul 19, 2004
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Depends on the place and quality of the bathroom, but generally if you gotta drop one being picky isn't in order.

I wipe it down so I don't sit in some ignorant jerk's piss or anything, but I can't say as though my ass is too good to touch plastic that other asses might have touched. Probably more likely to get germs just opening the handle to walk in to the bathroom, but the whole "ZOMG GERMS!" thing is way overblown. By 2010 people will be suggesting we live in bubbles.
 

dighn

Lifer
Aug 12, 2001
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Originally posted by: jdoggg12
Originally posted by: dighn
Originally posted by: jdoggg12
Yes... anyone see the Mythbusters on toilet seat sanitation? They carry very little bacteria. I've never heard of anyone catching anything from a toilet seat.

urine is sterile but I don't want it on my butt

Wipe the seat off? If theres evidence of pee, i wipe and lay a layer of tissue down... otherwise i just assume the last persons ass absorbed it all. :D

hehehe :D

anyway I do use them but I always add a layer of tissue
 

meltdown75

Lifer
Nov 17, 2004
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yeah. i just wipe the seat with some tp and do my business.

there are toilet seats out there you just don't sit on but usually i can find a CQ - clean & quiet.
 

iamwiz82

Lifer
Jan 10, 2001
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Originally posted by: Injury
Depends on the place and quality of the bathroom, but generally if you gotta drop one being picky isn't in order.

I wipe it down so I don't sit in some ignorant jerk's piss or anything, but I can't say as though my ass is too good to touch plastic that other asses might have touched. Probably more likely to get germs just opening the handle to walk in to the bathroom, but the whole "ZOMG GERMS!" thing is way overblown. By 2010 people will be suggesting we live in bubbles.

By people you mean the OP? ;)
 
Oct 25, 2006
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I doubt one of the most porus materials in the damn household wil prtect your butt from anything that is on a toilet, which isn't much. Your average table has more bacteria than a toilet seat.
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: tenshodo13
I doubt one of the most porus materials in the damn household wil prtect your butt from anything that is on a toilet, which isn't much. Your average table has more bacteria than a toilet seat.

and who plunks their bare ass down on a table?
 

RossMAN

Grand Nagus
Feb 24, 2000
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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Lothar
Originally posted by: moshquerade
ffs, no!

So if you need to do #1, what do you do?

hover

:shocked:

what? we girls hover or some might use an ass gasket. i've mastered hovering so it's no problem for my ass and that disgusting seat not to meet.

But girls don't fart, burp or do #2. Or so I heard.
 

Jeff7

Lifer
Jan 4, 2001
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Originally posted by: AMCRambler
Originally posted by: Lothar
Originally posted by: RossMAN
I hover.

*splash*

I would think the higher you're standing from the toilet, the more chances of that happening.

Rossman drops the Grand Nagus from a height of three feet.
:laugh:Nice.


Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
You need another option:
I only use urinals
Ah, so you're the one who dropped a deuce in the urinal, mmmkay?! Mmmkay.
 

mobobuff

Lifer
Apr 5, 2004
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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Lothar
Originally posted by: moshquerade
ffs, no!

So if you need to do #1, what do you do?

hover

:shocked:

what? we girls hover or some might use an ass gasket. i've mastered hovering so it's no problem for my ass and that disgusting seat not to meet.

Most girls I've talked to use the hover method too. Somebody should invent something to put in the stalls that makes hovering easier.
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
61,504
12
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Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Lothar
Originally posted by: moshquerade
ffs, no!

So if you need to do #1, what do you do?

hover

:shocked:

what? we girls hover or some might use an ass gasket. i've mastered hovering so it's no problem for my ass and that disgusting seat not to meet.

But girls don't fart, burp or do #2. Or so I heard.

i do all 3, discretely.... most of the time. :Q

i don't #2 in public restrooms though.
 

RossMAN

Grand Nagus
Feb 24, 2000
79,030
438
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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Lothar
Originally posted by: moshquerade
ffs, no!

So if you need to do #1, what do you do?

hover

:shocked:

what? we girls hover or some might use an ass gasket. i've mastered hovering so it's no problem for my ass and that disgusting seat not to meet.

But girls don't fart, burp or do #2. Or so I heard.

i do all 3, discretely.... most of the time. :Q

i don't #2 in public restrooms though.

I've learned more about mosh than I ever bargained for.
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
61,504
12
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Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Lothar
Originally posted by: moshquerade
ffs, no!

So if you need to do #1, what do you do?

hover

:shocked:

what? we girls hover or some might use an ass gasket. i've mastered hovering so it's no problem for my ass and that disgusting seat not to meet.

But girls don't fart, burp or do #2. Or so I heard.

i do all 3, discretely.... most of the time. :Q

i don't #2 in public restrooms though.

I've learned more about mosh than I ever bargained for.

yeh, after 6 years a lot of stuff slips out and adds up. :p