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Squatting Toilet VS Sitting Toilet (2/2)

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Safety

As long as there is a toilet seat on the sitting toilet, it would take extraordinary stupidity and a ridiculous amount of bad luck to get hurt while using a sitting toilet. (This excludes being bullied in grade school and having your head dunked into the toilet bowl.)

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On the other hand, people who didn’t grow up using squatting toilets don’t have the muscles developed for it, which is why most modern establishments that still have bathrooms with squatting toilets usually have a handlebar on the wall for you to get up after you’re done with your business or to make sure you don’t fall in while doing your business.

Cleanliness

With the squatting toilet, this can be a concern or even a hazard on a usual basis, but when you’re suffering from violent diarrhea, be prepared. Not only will you get some of it on the pan and maybe all over the floor, but you’ll also have a fun time cleaning it off your shoes, ankles, and (if you didn’t have the foresight to wear shorts) pant legs. If you deliver lots of force, you might get pleasant surprises on your lower back too.

But with sitting toilets, let’s not forget some guys have no idea how to aim and you’ll have to clean up the seat with whatever you can find before you can sit down.

Wiping

I’m young and flexible, so I don’t even have the slightest problem either way, but wiping while in the squatting position is supposedly easier because your anus is already pointed outward.

Time

Have you ever tried reading a magazine or flipping through a textbook while defecating in a squatting position? It’s pretty hard (but I gather some have mastered this elusive art). This way, you don’t spend so much time in the bathroom and therefore save lots of time to do other things, like reading that magazine on the couch. Further, the squatting position supposedly is more conducive to building the required pressure to get the job done.

Oh yeah, you also save time by not having to peel a seat guard from the rack and carefully lay it on the toilet seat. You know what I mean. When you’re in a hurry, those extra seconds required of laying a seat guard can mean life-or-death. Sometimes I’ve foregone putting down a seat guard in exchange for extra assurance that I won’t receive an unwanted present on the back of my pants.

Conclusion

Let’s face it. I probably didn’t change the way you think about toilets. You’ll use whatever is available and use what you don’t like whenever necessity dictates it. Just stay safe and don’t fall in.