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I used to be strictly materialist and atheist. Now I’m pretty spiritual. Don’t necessarily follow a religion and don’t support bigotry but yeah, I’m fairly spiritual now. This is a recent development and I never thought I’d be here like 5 years ago.

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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I grew up with this type of Toilet.

Squat Toilet. Imagine a hole in the ground you squat over to do your business.

Seated toilets were harder to shit in and I didn't like them at first, but bidet is a formidable upgrade to hand so I like seated toilets more now.

Oh also I used to be a Matt Walsh fan in highschool and now I hate sexists and overall fascism supporters including my old self with disgust.

[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Question for you: I used one of these in Istanbul airport. In a residential building that doesn't have a meter or more between the floors, is the bathroom only on the ground floor? If I installed one of these on the upper floor in my house, the bowl would stick out of the ceiling of the room below.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

To my understanding, apartment or office buildings actually have quite a bit of space between floors. Not a meter, but more than enough.

[–] Dyf_Tfh@piefed.zip 2 points 12 hours ago

Often there is a raised / false floor on the toilet area. So your bathroom isn't fully flat.

[–] CodenameDarlen@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is the right approach.

Our ancestors didn't have chairs-like places to take a shit, they just used any flat ground and did it on the ground, it doesn't really make sense to be in a sit position, it's counter-evolutive.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Get a little foot stool 10 or 15 cm tall to put your feet on while you shit. Recreates the squat position and unkinks your colon.

[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Was skeptical when my wife bought one of these. She was right. It's actually quite useful and comfortable.

[–] gothic_lemons@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ok do you squat to poop? You're not just pooping standing up right?

[–] sleepmode@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

Yeah that’s a squat pot.