Explanation: Before the invention of the flush toilet, the chamberpot was the usual method of 'collecting' and disposing of waste. Better than shitting in a corner of the room (a practice recorded in some poorer urban areas of Europe as late as WW2 😬) and trying to collect and dispose of it later!
I remember a harrowing story about Late Victorian England, wherein they tore down an old apartment building to the (shitty) foundations and attempted to build a new one from scratch... only to find so much waste had been dumped in the immediately surrounding area that the terrain was basically shit-mush that all had to be removed and replaced with actual soil before the new construction could begin. 😬
Nope, trash bag lined portable toilet that gets filled up with cat litter and goes to the dump. Composting toilets are very much a homesteader thing that work in specific scenarios from what I researched, and at that point may as well dig up an outhouse and plant a fruit tree when its filled.
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PugJesus@piefed.social · 8 pts · 254d
Explanation: Before the invention of the flush toilet, the chamberpot was the usual method of 'collecting' and disposing of waste. Better than shitting in a corner of the room (a practice recorded in some poorer urban areas of Europe as late as WW2 😬) and trying to collect and dispose of it later!
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 7 pts · 254d
And then it goes through the window :D
PugJesus@piefed.social · 13 pts · 254d
At least if no one's looking.
I remember a harrowing story about Late Victorian England, wherein they tore down an old apartment building to the (shitty) foundations and attempted to build a new one from scratch... only to find so much waste had been dumped in the immediately surrounding area that the terrain was basically shit-mush that all had to be removed and replaced with actual soil before the new construction could begin. 😬
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 7 pts · 254d
oh by the gods... I can't even fathom the stench :O
SmokeyDope@piefed.social · 6 pts · 254d
As an offgrid person who likes travel I learned to harness the power and freedom of the old magiks.
Embrace the urine bottle and sealed poop bucket, reject modernity.
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 254d
I think i will stick with my toilet. Thank you tho
cRazi_man@europe.pub · 1 pts · 254d
Composting toilet?
SmokeyDope@piefed.social · 1 pts · 254d
Nope, trash bag lined portable toilet that gets filled up with cat litter and goes to the dump. Composting toilets are very much a homesteader thing that work in specific scenarios from what I researched, and at that point may as well dig up an outhouse and plant a fruit tree when its filled.
TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 254d
That pot looks like it splashes a lot. 🤮
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 254d
Look at that new fangled technology. Back in my day, we dug a hole in the ground.
cRazi_man@europe.pub · 2 pts · 254d
Before or after?
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 254d
Depends how well we planned it.