Pierre, how dare you call yourself civilized when you still have these?

by Cubelock

31 comments
  1. I quite like them, it’s nice to have a bath on a long drive, though they could do with increasing the depth so I can have a proper soak

  2. In French they are called Turkish toilets.

    Which leads to the joke :

    Who invented Turkish toilets?

    >!It’s the Belgians, the Turks just added the hole.!<

  3. You may not like it but this toilet is superior in every way.

    It invites you to use the natural squatting position when shiting. In that position your get anatomic alignement. When in a sitting position the puborectalis muscle remains slightly tense causing partial blockage. Squatting straightens the rectum and makes the passage of stool easier and more complete.

    It reduces strain and can help prevent conditions like hemorhoids, constiipation, and pelvic floor issues. There is a long list of why it’s a better position and all the issues you can get when shitting in a seating position but I’ll end this here.

    With a squad toilet you don’t touch the toilet ever. It’s far better for hygiene. Also this is far more practical and easier to clean. Less moving parts, less area.

    That’s the ideal toilet for public places.

  4. Cannot expect too much from a Dutch when talking about hygiene, as we experience every summer, but this time I gotta give it to my cousin Pierre, if you don’t want to stick your butt where 1000s of other people did, this is the way

  5. Wait to hear about the cheap hôtel where this also double as a shower, it just got a shower head and voilà you Can number 2 under the shower like an american

  6. Have you seen Autobahnraststättentoiletten? There are plenty where a hole in the ground would be hygienic progress.

  7. Jan doesn’t know that the optimal angle between body and thigh to properly eject poop is ~35° and not 90°. That toilet can save you from constipation

  8. 1. cleaner
    2. saves water
    3. natural shitting position that reminds us of the fact that monke is superior!

  9. Maintained flush-toilets > Pit latrines > Unmaintained flush-toilets

    If you know no-one will bother cleaning up the place frequently enough, then latrines are the reasonable choice.

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