• Luke@lemmy.ml
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      Sounds like you might want to read about splashback:

      it would not be unlikely for urine droplets to travel a distance of 5 feet to the side of the urinator,” Dr. Truscott tells us in an email. “And if someone were standing next to him, they would most definitely get small droplets OF THE OTHER MAN’S URINE on their pants and shoes

      Your hands are almost certainly getting covered in your own pee unless you’re a sitter. If you’re a sitter, then you’re probably still touching something in the bathroom that someone else peed or splashed on. Either way, wash your hands!

      • Jarix@lemmy.world
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        “covered in your own pee” is quite the exaggeration. Much like the person above saying a drop or 2 of piss from not wiping after yourself means you have “piss soaked” underwear.

        I’m so weary of overly exaggerated claims. People ruined the word literally by using it in the exact opposite of it’s actual meaning. It is now a meaningless word. Good job lazy fucks

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    The instant you touch literally any surface in that bathroom - public or private - you have somebody’s poop on you.

    For that reason alone, you should wash your hands.

    In fact, I know one guy who washes the public toilet seat - soap and all - before he sits. Can’t blame him, really.

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      1 month ago

      If true, this extends out of the bathroom. Poop doesn’t magically disappear at that barrier

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      It is the very, very rare occasion that I shit in public.

      Last time, i was flying back from the US and into the Netherlands and found one wing of the airport under construction so there wasn’t any open gates, but the toilets were open… you ever shit in an empty airport bathroom? Amazing.

      Contrast with the time I was at the same airport a week before and there was actual shit on the floor, dragged across from the rolling luggage to the stall.

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    I wash the engine grease off first. Then take a load off and sit down. The real question is, “Why do kids pee on the seat?” WHY GOD WHY

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      It’s not just kids. The number of times I’ve had to clean up after grown ass adults use the washroom at work is fucking rediculous