context: Sitzpinkler (German, noun): someone who sits while urinating.

Sitzpinklers when they have to use an Italian public toilet that has no seat (picture of SpongeBob SquarePants screaming overlayed over one with him calmly sitting at a desk)

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[–] 25 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Don't get me started on the ones in the US and the Philippines, where they're filled up like a teacup with toilet water so that you can accidentally dip the tip while trying to relax. And the Dutch ones with the inspection shelf? No thanks.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    The "inspection shelf" rocks. Put down some sheets of toilet paper and go to town. Flushes down without any marks and no wet butt!

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Women learn to pee on public toilets without sitting on them as kids. Just ask any woman for tips on how to achieve this.

    You can use side walls to also brace yourself up.

    There are techniques for every situation.

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    [–] 10 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    For a second I thought "Sitzpinkler" is one of the words from German they use in English because there is no synonym for, like kindergarten etc.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    I don't always sit, but sometimes you just need a little rest ya know?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Another tourist trying to sit in the urinal?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    One less thing to clean and repair, I suppose.

    I too am a sitzpinkler, but not in public restrooms. I just use the urinal.

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