If we did an experiment to measure many peoples' maximum poop velocities, I'm sure we could use the data to design a toilet tall enough to never splash anyone back. NSFW

I'm with the science team.

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sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 33 pts · 112d (12 replies)

what, you do not enjoy the Witch's Kiss

Quicky@piefed.social · 44 pts · 112d (11 replies)

Poseidon’s kiss, surely

sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 17 pts · 112d (10 replies)

wait. shit. you're right. Witch's Kiss is a different thing. why did ya'll upvote that???

Quicky@piefed.social · 14 pts · 112d

There’s a surprising amount of toilet kisses to keep track of.

AmidFuror@fedia.io · 3 pts · 112d (8 replies)

Is Witch's Kiss a porn term? Asking for a friend.

sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 19 pts · 112d (7 replies)

When the toilet too small and the dick touches the inside of the bowl 😞

Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 112d (3 replies)

What? That's impossible! There's no way that could

Oh wait. I'm now realizing this is a me problem.

AmidFuror@fedia.io · 7 pts · 112d (1 reply)

Don't worry. There is a toilet out there somewhere that's sized perfectly to give you a Witch's Kiss. You just have to find the right one.

Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 112d

Thanks! That's exactly what my mom said!

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 112d

Lol I think it largely depends on if you're using a shitty n inadequately sized public toilet and whether you have a hard on or not. The fact that it hasn't happened to you yet is only merit unto your good name.

watson387@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 112d (1 reply)

🤮

sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 112d

🤮 indeed

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 112d

BLEUGH I hate that

Zahille7@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 112d (5 replies)

Wouldn't it be the taller the toilet, the more splash you'll have, as it needs to fall further before reaching the water?

FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 112d (2 replies)

If you make it tall enough then the poop will reach terminal velocity before hitting the water

0ops@piefed.zip · 13 pts · 112d

Wow you're very knowledgeable, you must be a frequent pooper

kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 112d

Seems the water is the problem. Just get rid of that.

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 112d (1 reply)

Shit, write that down, write that down.

kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 112d

Shit, wipe that down, wipe that down.

::: spoiler spoiler That's how I read it initially and couldn't help but laugh. :::

RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 112d (1 reply)

The toilet:

You thought

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 111d

honestly, i was good at physics at school, and then i was bad at physics at school. that's all I can say

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 112d (1 reply)

Challenge accepted. Good luck to the measurement team.

hydrashok@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 112d

It’s a shitty job.

Ba-dum tssss

dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de · 7 pts · 112d (8 replies)

I might be wrong but splashback seems to be a purely American problem. European toilets tend to have a much lower water level (and I'm not even talking about those old-timey poop shelf toilets). In my well over 30 years of using toilets, I barely remember ever getting splashed.

dalekirkwood@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 112d (2 replies)

Oh no. It's an EU problem also. In the UK we have a special term 'fireman's blanket' for the tissue you lay down to prevent the said splash.

schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 112d (1 reply)

Lots of toilets in Europe have a "poop shelf" which makes splashing a complete non-issue.

imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 112d

Whether tis nobler to risk the splashback, or to live with your poop perpetually ending up on a shelf? In many ways, this is a microcosm of the human condition.

sznowicki@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 112d (3 replies)

I might get a house soon and I hope there’s at least one company in EU that still makes the shelf toilets. It’s perfect also to be able to look at your shit.

TisI@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 111d (2 replies)

What's a shelf toilet?

sznowicki@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 111d (1 reply)

You shit, you look, you flush.

TisI@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 110d

Thanks, yeah I've seen these toilets before. Didn't know that's why they were designed this way.

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 112d

I'm British 😔

Made this post in the middle of diarrhoea.

See, it was therefore technically a kind of shower thought... But not the good kind of shower.

listless@lemmy.cringecollective.io · 7 pts · 112d (1 reply)

I just leave the bowl empty of water, then flush with a separate bucket I fill from the bathtub tap.

Sure, the bowl is covered in shit stains, but at least I don't have to experience Poseidon's Kiss.

hydrashok@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 112d

Modern problems require modern solutions.

Skyrmir@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 112d

Just use a suction hose astronaut style.

melfie@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 112d

Turdminal velocity is an important consideration.

MutantTailThing@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 112d (4 replies)

The Dutch have already solved the splashback question but the world was not ready for their solution.

TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · 5 pts · 112d (3 replies)

Vacuum ?

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 112d (2 replies)
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net · 2 pts · 112d (1 reply)

Is this an ad for flushing non flushable wipes?

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 111d

It's the first result that came up when I searched "how do the dutch deal with splashback" and silly me thought it was an actual helpful link. Doesn't actually resemble what I thought I copy and pasted yesterday when I did that comment, so maybe I copied the wrong link.

HubertManne@piefed.social · 5 pts · 112d

you need the opposite. small enough space that its mostly in water before the pinch. just don't have the squirts.

Beetschnapps@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 112d

Doubt that would accomplish anything but I am surprised we cant apply modern CAD/simulation tech and ML… hell any modern tech to possibly design a toilet bowl that deflects piss and doesn’t allow shit to cling to it like a 3M glue.

With modern material science and rapid prototyping I am disappoint.

LodeMike@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 112d

We don't need to measure. Just make it double the height based on the terminal velocity in 1atm

antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 111d (1 reply)

The splash is a free bidet

FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 111d

I think you pay with your soul and your dignity. That's why it's free.

Logh@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 112d (2 replies)

There are toilets that have a shitshelf, no splash ever. Stains are more likely, but a layer of tp or a quick post-partum brushing does the trick. Small price to pay for a dry bum.

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 112d

Ew, I'd rather feel the splash

PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 111d

It also stinks more when it's above water :(

IWW4@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 112d

Except the velocity varies.. sometimes you get the slow rollers other times the super sonic projectile and then there are snapping turtles.. they poke out a head and go back in.

Fleur_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 111d

The sceptic in me says kinetic energy down = kinetic energy up

hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 110d

i've never been splashed, American toilets have the cistern in the bowel to deliberately splash you, it's punishment for not moving to the metric system.