"This isn't a urinal, is it?"

[rockyct]

Something I can recognize as a U.S. citizen is that, sadly, the U.S. is behind the world in almost every way in regards to social concepts. Especially after the Political Correctness movement.
But basically anything related to the body... we have consistently been behind the rest of the world.

Well, I do think that any of those types of urinals should be behind a chain link fence or something. That can't be that more expensive. Now, peeing in a street alley is nasty and you should get a fine, but anything more than that is a misuse of the intention of sexual predator laws or idiots who want to be "tough on crime".

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

I've seen those types of urinals before, but it's usually at least in a room (like an old stadium bathroom) or somehow fenced off. Was this urinal completely exposed to everyone? Guys here can get on a sex predator list for peeing in public.

It's completely out in the open. It's not a sex crime, it's a bunch of half-drunk dudes taking a piss. The fact that the word "sex" is used in this context at all is just... weird.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Really? I know it's (generally) sterile, but is it antiseptic?

If you're ever stuck in the middle of nowhere with a deep cut, pee on it.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

lol phale

No, serious. English used to sound like the kind you hear in the USA. England and everywhere else is where the sounds changed. It's you guys that perverted it to your own guttural dialects.

 

[rockyct]

It's completely out in the open. It's not a sex crime, it's a bunch of half-drunk dudes taking a piss. The fact that the word "sex" is used in this context at all is just... weird.

http://www.eagletribune.com/nhnews/...rination-shouldnt-lead-to-sex-offender-status
It's basically law makers not wanting to be seen as soft on sex offenders. I'm not sure how often public urination results on being put on a sex offender watch list, but unless the guy is running around butt naked peeing on everything, it shouldn't even be a considered punishment.

 

[mattpegher]

Urine is usually sterile, but has no properties that specifically inhibit the growth of bacteria. Normal pH is well within the range at which most bacteria can live. The amounts of urate and other excreted toxins are nowhere near enough to kill bacteria.
The realization that urine may be the only clean water source for irrigation of a dirty wound has been used as a recommendation to urinate on wounds, but this is a totally untested theory that has been proposed only for survival situations with dirty wounds.

<--- ED physician

 

[rockyct]

Urine is usually sterile, but has no properties that specifically inhibit the growth of bacteria. Normal pH is well within the range at which most bacteria can live. The amounts of urate and other excreted toxins are nowhere near enough to kill bacteria.
The realization that urine may be the only clean water source for irrigation of a dirty wound has been used as a recommendation to urinate on wounds, but this is a totally untested theory that has been proposed only for survival situations with dirty wounds.

<--- ED physician

It's drinkable too: http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/1314/

 

[mattpegher]

It's drinkable too: http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/1314/

Ohh don't do that, there's a reason your body is getting rid of those chemicals.

 

[gaidensensei]

mattpegher, don't you encounter patients with acidosis, diabetic issues for a few to name? I do recall that diabetic issues can result in having abnormal urine acidity, which indisputably is detrimental for human consumption or usage (most obviously by culture and ethics). But we know for a fact that bacteria have a harder time growing and replicating in low pH environments. I guess it depends on which culture we are talking here but for generalness' sake let's speak basic like Staph aureus or even MRSA.

Especially attributing to the fact that they are cocci and gram positive species, it is for sure they would have a harder time growing with that urine (assume sterile, free of UTI's) sloshed over skin. Basic microbio at best, am I wrong?

 

[ElFenix]

If you're ever stuck in the middle of nowhere with a deep cut, pee on it.

rub some dirt on it then pee on it

No, serious. English used to sound like the kind you hear in the USA. England and everywhere else is where the sounds changed. It's you guys that perverted it to your own guttural dialects.

true. victoria (or someone) wanted it to be more singsongy.


anyway, when the "country" (we all know it's really just a colony of australia) of new zealand has more people than my county (notice the lack of 'r') maybe you can tell the majority that the minority is correct in something that really is just a population count of who does what.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

(we all know it's really just a colony of australia)

NZ history fail.

 

[gaidensensei]

No, serious. English used to sound like the kind you hear in the USA. England and everywhere else is where the sounds changed. It's you guys that perverted it to your own guttural dialects.

Wait so where did you hear this. I am curious cause I want to look more into it for knowledge's sake. The english in america is the King's english? What about how does it work splitting the east/west localization.

 

[mjrpes3]

Well, I do think that any of those types of urinals should be behind a chain link fence or something.

wtf dude. it's just a penis.

 

[chusteczka]

The realization that urine may be the only clean water source for irrigation of a dirty wound has been used as a recommendation to urinate on wounds, but this is a totally untested theory that has been proposed only for survival situations with dirty wounds.

In WWII, European emergency care workers would gather fresh urine from schoolchildren and use this to clean the wounds of wounded people.

Something I can recognize as a U.S. citizen is that, sadly, the U.S. is behind the world in almost every way in regards to social concepts. ...
But basically anything related to the body... we have consistently been behind the rest of the world.

In regards to the body, that is the place to be.

 

[ElFenix]

NZ history fail.

i would expect you to know the history of harris county before you should expect me to know the history of nz. your colony is so small that california has more illegals than you have citi, ert, subjects (how's the queen?)



i wasn't intending to be factual so who gives a rat's ass?

 

[rockyct]

wtf dude. it's just a penis.

It's not so much for privacy for myself, but privacy so others don't have to see dunks peeing.

 

[rockyct]

Wait so where did you hear this. I am curious cause I want to look more into it for knowledge's sake. The english in america is the King's english? What about how does it work splitting the east/west localization.

I've heard this too. After we formed our own colonies, English had some new fad of bullshit "proper" pronunciation of words. The way we speak English is closer to Shakespeare's English than the current British English.

 

[Leros]

rub some dirt on it then pee on it

Is this for real?

 

[Bill Brasky]

I've heard this too. After we formed our own colonies, English had some new fad of bullshit "proper" pronunciation of words. The way we speak English is closer to Shakespeare's English than the current British English.

Really? That's pretty interesting. Do you recall where you read this?

 

[gaidensensei]

Is this for real?

From a hypothetical standpoint makes some sense. Dirt acts as an emulsifier when rubbed with concentrations of liquid, being that urine can be sterile why not? If the urine is from you then you have nothing to fear, what's in it is already in you. Your own E. coli isn't going to kill you nor disrupt your body cause it's already in there. Obviously not all microbiota will be exempt to this.

No different than soap or hand sanitizer, where the scrubbing process takes care of most of the germs.

 

[Scali]

Over here we have these "bathrooms" during big beer festivals and concerts. It's essentially a big, outdoor stainless steel trough to pee in. It's kind of... uncivilized, but when you have a few thousand people consuming beer in one place the uncivilized piss trough is preferable to waiting 15 minutes for the toilet.

No idea why she was filming it, maybe she's never seen a piss trough before.

Yes, this was at a festival.
She said she wanted to check out how clean the toilets were at the festival.

 

[Scali]

No, serious. English used to sound like the kind you hear in the USA. England and everywhere else is where the sounds changed. It's you guys that perverted it to your own guttural dialects.

I find that hard to believe, especially since a large part of the immigrants from Europe weren't even English speakers anyway.
New York was founded by the Dutch for example. There are a lot of Italian, Polish, French and Chinese immigrants in the US... English descendants were not a large majority.
I think it's far more likely that the US dialect of English is a result of foreigners trying to adopt the English language. Compare for example the situation in India or Jamaica. They speak English there, but with their own distinct accent on top.
Other than that, not everyone in Britain speaks 'posh'. There are tons of old dialects. I think especially the Irish had a big influence on how US English came out.

It also makes more sense in the light that other English-speaking parts of the world, such as parts of Africa, Australia and New Zealand, are closer to British English than the US dialect.

 

[daw123]

ROFL.

Has this bloke ever seen a trough urinal before? Lucky he didn't wash his face using it.

 

[moshquerade]

In before lock.

Seems all normal bodily functions are allowed to be posted here except pee and poo and goo threads.

i remember when posting "in before the lock" was bannable.



has to be something wrong with the guy in the video. i mean, did he think that was soapy yellow water? who washes their hands in standing "water" like that?

 

[SphinxnihpS]

I find that hard to believe, especially since a large part of the immigrants from Europe weren't even English speakers anyway.
New York was founded by the Dutch for example. There are a lot of Italian, Polish, French and Chinese immigrants in the US... English descendants were not a large majority.
I think it's far more likely that the US dialect of English is a result of foreigners trying to adopt the English language. Compare for example the situation in India or Jamaica. They speak English there, but with their own distinct accent on top.
Other than that, not everyone in Britain speaks 'posh'. There are tons of old dialects. I think especially the Irish had a big influence on how US English came out.

It also makes more sense in the light that other English-speaking parts of the world, such as parts of Africa, Australia and New Zealand, are closer to British English than the US dialect.

It doesn't make sense to me either, I'm just going with the linguists...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhotic_and_non-rhotic_accents

Will that do for you, guv'na?