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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 99 points 3 days ago (3 children)

For anyone who's curious, reclaimed water toilets are, indeed, a thing.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 37 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, you don't need the urinal to be under the sink. You can just run a pipe to the urinal...

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[–] miguel@fedia.io 19 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Yeah, I was a little confused by the choice of meme there, since this is actually a thing. https://www.sinkology.com/product/sinksense-greenflow-toilet-tank-sink/

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've actually seen those (or rather some quite similar to them) in the wild a few times. They're not very convenient to use (because the seat is in the way) even though you can't help but think they're a great idea each time you use them.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm not going to bother to research, but I'm sure there must be models where the sink faces the side of the toilet. It'd take up more space, but still less space than a totally separate sink and toilet.

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 96 points 3 days ago (1 children)

so that when men wash their hands

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 52 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Do the men in your life not wash their hands? 🤢

[–] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 70 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Public men's restrooms make me not want to shake hands with anyone. The number of men who walk out straight past the sinks without stopping is alarming and disgusting.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

When I worked fast food, I usually had to fill the men's soap but rarely the women's soap.

This could mean the place had more male traffic, women don't wash their hands as often, or something else. Who knows.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Women bring their own soap.

(This is a joke but also I kind of almost believe it)

(Also this joke if kind of stolen from the game Life Is Strange)

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

That is one of my favorite games.

[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

women don’t wash their hands as often

I could believe this. Not saying the men's are much better as I'd say they're definitely just as bad, but my wife used to tell me horror stories about the women's restrooms before she swore off ever using one again outside of emergencies.

[–] hash@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The number of guys who do this in my local arcade bar really pisses me off. We're all touching the same surfaces in there WASH YOUR DAMN HANDS.

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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Some men don't even wipe their ass. 🤷‍♂️

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 3 days ago

Can I downvote you for saying something which, regardless of if it's true or not, definitely should have been left unsaid?

[–] blinfabian@feddit.nl 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

let it crust like a sigma 🔥🗣️

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Peel it off like a freshly completed 3D print; crackling noises and all.

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[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

From what I've seen in my 30 years of life 90% of men don't wash their hands

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

Not just the men, but the women and children too!

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 days ago

I found that it depends on the level of education. University: People wash their hands. The logistics center right next door: “What’s a sink?”

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 8 points 3 days ago

I'm borderline obsessive about it personally. Like after bathroom, right before eating, and right after some gardening. And it is fucking disgusting how many dudes I witness in public restrooms walk straight out. I used to call them out, but it's not worth the hassle anymore.

But from a purely subjective pov, never touch another dude's hands because odds are they haven't washed them in days.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was at a major concert the other day waiting in line for the bathroom. So many men just strolled out of there without even looking at the sink.

i mean i get it. i was cooking at an event and the way i wash up, well, a man there accused me of prepping for surgery. i was only washing three inches above my wrist. gran's an RN so we might have grown up knowing how to clean.

[–] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

I am a janitor for a college and you'd be appalled at how rarely I have to fill the soap dispensers in both the men's and the women's restrooms, there's a lot of folks who just don't wash their hands in general

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is already a thing, and it's not just for urinals.

sink on top of toilet

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[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This person is entirely unaware of the lack of hand washing that takes place in the mens bathroom and I'm so sorry for them

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

My mom doesn't wash her hands either.

That's why I'm kinda reluctant to go for a hug... eww germs, mom wtf

Honestly my dad wash his hands more often than mom does...

Just an anecdote tho, I wonder what the general population stats are.

I told my mom to wash her hands and she says I'm "OCD"

Ahhhhh wtf this triggers my germophobia so much.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 57 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (9 children)

That makes way more sense than Riker-maneuvering yourself around these awkward things:

Edit: Riker Maneuver if you're unfamiliar with the term.

[–] axexrx@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

I think for those, you go with the butters.

[–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

wow he even rikered out of the chairs?

TIL

[–] db2@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If anyone is curious it came about because of back problems. Frakes has back issues and it was easier and less painful to do it that way, it got turned in to a character trait.

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[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 days ago (15 children)

It's genuinely disturbing how many men I've seen not wash their hands.

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[–] polydactyl@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Just piss in the sink. I’ve been saying this for years

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[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Instructions unclear, pissed on hands.

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[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Can’t you beat the system by pissing directly into the urinal sink and not washing your hands?

[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Then men would have no reason to leave without washing their hands. Seriously dudes, I'm pleading over here, soap and water.

[–] Blum0108@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

You think the dudes that don't wash their hands are worried about flushing?

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 days ago

Grey water system.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 3 points 3 days ago

I see two problem, washing hand need to be long enough to fill at least on reservoir and You hâve yo wash your hand to be efficient. In public space you will fast run put water.

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