Gentlemen, it is with great displeasure that I must inform you that we’re doing it wrong.

  • @Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de
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    Sitting is 10 times better. Easier to pee, no need to aim, no splash so you don’t fuck up the bathroom. But I’d use a urinal over any toilet when I’m outside because 1) it’s faster 2) I don’t want to sit down on a common toilet).

  • @TotallyHuman@lemmy.ca
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    We conclude that the sitting posture is the best position for men with urination problems, e.g. due to an enlarged prostate to urinate in, whereas no difference was found in healthy men

    Buried near the bottom. Clickbait headline.

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    I’m a woman now and technically, they didn’t say it’s wrong for a woman to stand while she pees.

    Oops this is Men’s Liberation. Sorry. Back to lurking. Good luck, men.

    • @SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.ee
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      I regularly sit down to pee because the toilet in my van has a divider which diverts all the solids to the back and the liquids to a storage tank in the front. Good to know it’s also healthy for my prostate.

      • @AEsheron@lemmy.world
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        My bathroom is carpeted. I’ve sat to pee for years, and now default to it everywhere. Plus, fewer issues with drippage.

        • @SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.ee
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          My problem is that I drip when I stand up even after I’m “finished”. It feels easier to get every last drop out when I stand up.

          Also, I could never have carpet in my bathroom. That just sounds like a breeding ground for mold and mildew just from the humidity of showering even if you are sitting down to avoid sprinkling droplets of pee everywhere.

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            Protip: when you’re done, doesn’t matter sitting or standing, push on your taint. It often helps clear the plumbing and prevents dripping. Was a life changer when I found that trick.

            • @SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.ee
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              That does get most of it out but I’m not always into pushing on my taint every time I take a piss so I usually just shake a lot and hope for the best.

              • Fushuan [he/him]
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                If by push you mean pressing from the base to the tip with two fingers, as if you were doing the scisors animation, that’s faster than wiggling it and it’s way more effective.

          • @AEsheron@lemmy.world
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            Yeah, it wasn’t my choice. But so far it hasn’t been an issue, and the floor was already fucked up, which the carpet was an attempt to just cover it up. Eventually I’ll probably deal with it, but haven’t had the cash to yet.

  • guyrocket
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    I think an elongated seat/toilet makes sitting down much easier and more comfortable. Round seats/toilets really suck for a man.

    • @Cjwii@lemm.ee
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      Round seats are best because you can tuck your willy under the seat and there’s no chance of it popping up. Also the cool ceramic underside of the toilet seat helps stimulate urine flow

    • @BCsven@lemmy.ca
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      Our new place has a round bowl, rather than swap to an oval toilet I bought a split seat and replaced the full round seat. It helps a lot.

  • Rentlar
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    In public I use the urinal or sit down. At home I sit down. Sometimes peeing makes me want to shit anyway even if I wasn’t planning to originally.

  • @gapbetweenus@feddit.de
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    When I’m in a hurry I stand, when I’m chill I sit down - obviously not in public restrooms.

    Also German insider: you will find passive aggressive signs for people to sit down to pee in quite some homes.

  • @Letstakealook@lemm.ee
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    I hate when I need to shit in public and can’t find a toilet without actual excrement on the seat. No way in hell am I enduring that just to piss.

    • @dustyData@lemmy.world
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      Squatting to do all the deeds simultaneously is far more universal, cross cultural and even cross species among mammals.

    • @gapbetweenus@feddit.de
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      Millions of years of eating raw food and now cooking is better? Millions of years going by foot and now traveling by things with wheels is faster?

      • @datelmd5sum@lemmy.world
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        Bipedal specializations are found in Australopithecus fossils from 4.2 to 3.9 million years ago and recent studies have suggested that obligate bipedal hominid species were present as early as 7 million years ago.

        • AggressivelyPassive
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          With that logic, you could also argue that all cavemen showed nazi salute, because they had arms.

          You can’t just jump from “can in principle stand upright” to “pee upright”, that’s bonkers.

          • eltimablo
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            I would think it’s safe to assume that a pursuit predator like us or our ancestors would at least piss while running, no?

                • AggressivelyPassive
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                  Care to elaborate your initial statement? It doesn’t make sense, if you think just 5 seconds about it. Humans hunt in groups, and the point of endurance hunting is not to be very fast. It’s absolutely no problem, if a single member literally pisses of for a minute.

        • @Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          110 months ago

          Not sure what your point is. It’s not because a species is bipedal they do their business standing up straight.

    • Packopus
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      @Player2 I sometimes do that the way god intended, by having way too much to drink and it’s coming out of both ends at the same.

      @ADHDefy

      • ares35
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        if you do it right you can get your beverage coming out from 3 or 4 places at once.