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Of all places that don't have background music, public bathrooms seriously need it the most (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day 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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[–] 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I was actually making the comment in defense of/intending to reassure you lol but I can see how it came across otherwise, and I should have phrased it better.

Also: thicker walls do not make extra noise the way music does? As an autistic person who is highly sensitive to noise overload I don’t see how that would be a reasonable equivalent.

Bathroom stall walls should be thicker/go all the way to the floor (if you’re also in the US - we’re frickin uncivilized), and with that I could fully agree :) /gen /pos

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 day ago* (2 children)

    Actually I like your thicker stall wall idea better, because I'm also autistic! I don't have sensitivity to music, but car horns and alarms genuinely make my shoulders touch my neck at lightning speed. Being only medium far away from fireworks is the worst too, I fucking hate fireworks

    I don't even want bathroom stalls, I just want separate toilet rooms. Like, just make them out of bricks and add real doors

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