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Of all places that don't have background music, public bathrooms seriously need it the most (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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I cannot tell you how many times I've made a noise on the toilet and been so embarrassed that I actually end up waiting for anyone who heard it to leave, just so I can stay anonymous

I don't think there will be anyone who objects to this. There is nothing in a bathroom worth listening to. Nobody socializes in a bathroom. It's as quiet as a library, and any bodily noise completely gives you away

Please just add background music to bathrooms. Even with quiet background music, you could at least strategically defecate to the tempo to make it sound like it's part of the song

I hate public bathrooms, please make them bearable

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[–] 33 points 2 days ago* (6 children)

In Ancient Rome, public loos were holes in large plates of marble, everybody just sat (shat?) next to one another, there were no cubicles or walls. People conversed happily about business and family, squeezing and a huffing and a puffing. I always have to think about that, as I let go loud trumps and farts or liquid gas - shamelessly- in a public toilet. Lay back and enjoy! Taking a good crap is an integral part of human life; be proud of your achievement.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    Guys from my high School went to the restroom together and shat together. The restroom had 20 toilets or something and they would talk together as the Romans did.

    If one of them could make a poop so long it touched the water before slipping the butt (my English is really challenged here, haha. No idea if that sentence made any sense) they would shout "touchdown!" and he would the king of poop for that day.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

    Are you from a Nordic country perhaps? They are all Badass. I once visited communist Bulgaria. Toilets next to the highway consisted of a circular gutter with a pole in the middle. Patrons would jointly drop their pants, crouch down, hold the pole and aim your buttocks at the gutter. Enough place for 4-5 guys; but we didn’t converse much, due to the heavy diet, everybody was concentrating and had red faces from the effort. No need for background music when you grunt.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 child)

    When I hear someone make noises in a bathroom stall, I (unwillingly) get vivid imagery of their sphincters moving as air or feces comes out

    I have no idea if my noises will make other people imagine mine or not

    I'm just private when it comes to that stuff. I don't really enjoy... "existing," to other people, whenever I defecate

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