You already have a toilet subscription, it's called your water bill.
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Why on earth is there a gemini watermark on this?
Because itβs slop.
You want people shitting in the streets? Because that's how you get people shitting in the streets.
The woods as well. You know, where it's meant to go.
Wait till these children learn that their toilet is subscription model indeed
The door refused to open. It said, βFive cents, please.β
He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. βIβll pay you tomorrow,β he told the door. Again he tried the knob. Again it remained locked tight. βWhat I pay you,β he informed it, βis in the nature of a gratuity; I donβt have to pay you.β
βI think otherwise,β the door said. βLook in the purchase contract you signed when you bought this conapt.β
In his desk drawer he found the contract; since signing it he had found it necessary to refer to the document many times. Sure enough; payment to his door for opening and shutting constituted a mandatory fee. Not a tip.
βYou discover Iβm right,β the door said. It sounded smug.
From the drawer beside the sink Joe Chip got a stainless steel knife; with it he began systematically to unscrew the bolt assembly of his aptβs money-gulping door.
βIβll sue you,β the door said as the first screw fell out.
Joe Chip said, βIβve never been sued by a door. But I guess I can live through it.
Philip K. Dick, Ubik
Sink is right there, what's the problem?
Even better, goes down with way less stirring.
Thanks for giving them an idea
Utility bills are already a thing
I wouldn't consider a toiled a utility service that is delivered to your home. Opening a toilet seat is not a utility that is delivered to my home, it's just a money grab.
The subscriptions which are actually still hard to avoid are: for a lot of people rent, for Muricans healthcare, power, water, trash, Internet. Parents get a few more and personal liability insurance is also a good idea (but also relatively cheap for most people).
The other subscriptions are luxury and easy to just not have.
Even your house is a subscription in the US.
My mom has to pay over $10,000 yearly in property taxes of her house that's been paid off for over a decade. If she dies (she's healthy so not soon, but as a hypothetical) I inherit a house I can't afford the maintenance and taxes on. What are the luxuries? Netflix? That's passΓ©. We can all cancel Prime, that's not the point.
Any new tech is a subscription unless you do all you can to research it and make sure it only connects to your network.
There is very little that people want and is easy to not have, unless you want to live a very bare-bones life. Cue Karl Marx quote about going to the pub.
That's an interesting situation, isn't it? You own a house, but because you need to generate income to keep it, you have to either become a landlord and live somewhere else - perhaps using part of your income to pay the mortgage on another house - or sell it and draw down your new wealth by paying rent.
Exactlyyyy. It's basically rent to the state. We have sales tax in this state too and why are we paying taxes on home valuations when the home isn't being sold. The house is probably going to be sold for a nursing home and bye bye inheritance for me. I wonder when this bubble is going to burst. Only my wealthiest friends anticipate getting a substantial amount from their parents.
I want to have a child but I don't feel I can give them what they need. I would never pressure my family members to do what benefits me most, but I secretly wish that my mom would retire in Taiwan, where she was born, where she'll have family and it might be kinder. Retiring in the US seems like the biggest grift. I won't bring it up unless she brings up grandchildren and then I'll say I can't swing it unless she retires in a more affordable country. Now nobody is happy
Canβt believe weβve been shitting for free all this time.
Ima a poop in the sink.
Yeah no shit breaking things and hacking things might become some of the most useful skills in the future
Tesla HyperLoop
The lid won't lock. It just won't flush.
Just shit in the shower. We all do it, right.
San Francisco since the 21st century has had four or five public restrooms that are automated and self cleaning, and free! Why? Because even then poop from the homeless and impoverished was a problem.
Not allowing people to use your business restroom is just a good way to end up with occasionally cleaning up poop on your grounds, and your back alleys perpetually smelling like urine. In the meantime, if you do let people use your restroom for free, they're more inclined to return to your establishment to patronize it.
Small businesses in the US like restaurants and cafes will lock their bathrooms anyway more out of habitual miserliness: Laws in the US immensely favor large chains and franchises, so small business owners and managers get used to doing everything they can to raise revenues and lower costs (including stealing tips and underpaying staff) so the petit bourgeoisie for a while seemed crueler than big corporations. (As workplace regulation violations are not being investigated, big businesses are catching up, as per Amazon and Facebook). In 2026, small resellers rarely open their restrooms up to the public, and some restaurants and cafes don't feature restrooms at all.
And so major cities all have poop problems, either managed by municipal cleaners or by ordinance requiring property owners keep their grounds clean.
Oh, there is no forgetting. Theyre going to get their money, fucking vultures.
The bathroom said, βFifty cents, please. Before turning on the water.β
Ubik, P K Dick
Bathtub looks ready ...
It annoys me to see people fall for this. My fellow kin, they will not make micro transaction/loot box/gambling/money borrowing/rental products if you do not pay for then. Case in point is my cousin who happily pays for HP's printer subscription π€¦ββοΈ

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