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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just so I can stay anonymous
Do you normally feel a need to introduce yourself to everyone with whom you share a bathroom briefly?
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🎵Push it! Unh. Push it real good!🎵
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They should play national anthems, so people have to stand up while pooping.
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“Under Pressure” doo doo dododo doo
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Japanese Toilets Play Music So You Don't Embarrass Yourself
TL;DR
The Otohime is a wall-mounted speaker, launched by TOTO in 1988, that plays roughly 25 seconds of running-water sound to mask the noise of using the toilet. It is named after a dragon princess, replaced a wasteful habit of repeat-flushing that cost the country 2.7 million tonnes of water a year, saves around 6 litres per use, masks sound up to 45 dB, and is now installed in roughly 80% of Japanese women’s public restrooms. It is also, depending on who you ask, either a model of considerate design or a small monument to gendered shame. Possibly both.
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I've been to a public bathroom where they had soothing nature sounds as background "music". Basically a good idea, but it was WAY TOO LOUD.
There's a fancy place in São Paulo that have a big unisex bathroom with it's own DJ.
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This is the place thrash, grunge, doom metal was made for. That or loud Vangelis.
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Usually when I’m in a public bathroom I’m listening to the guy next to me giving birth to a butt baby and all the wet plops that go with it.
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Or better, made them private enough to prevent large leakages of noise, I have zero joy feeling others presence when using the toilet... privacy is not only visual
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I overcame this fear by intentionally trying to be noisy (without creating additional noises than the ones that are actually necessary) and owning to it when I leave the bathroom. I also stare back intently if someone stares at me.
I'm imagining one of those music-playing-after-car-crash memes but instead it's someone violently shitting their brains out to a very nonchalant and soft tune that is definitely not loud enough
I’m a grown ass man and if I make noise in a quiet bathroom I giggle like a child. I can’t help myself.
When I go to the bathroom I expect a moment of peace (outside of expected ambient noises) and having a soundtrack to my piss is not my idea of that but to each their own.
If anyone has a problem with other humans making toilet noises in a toilet there’s something wrong with that person.
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I remember going into a public bathroom on a field trip during my exchange semester in Korea, that started blasting classical music on full volume the second you enter it and it gave me a jumpscare lol. Otherwise was pretty pleasant though.
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Your supposed to be watching YouTube with the volume cranked really loud while dropping a deuce in public.
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Fuck yeah. Let it be Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey on loop.
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OMG you fart? Fucking gross!
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It should be inspirational music to. Like stuff from rockey. Eye of the tiger! You can do it!
A lot of them do in Finland.
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"Hey, is someone farting to 2 and 4? It's 1 and 3"
I comment loudly on my own noises, and everybody else's.
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I recall my younger brother (perhaps 7 yrs old at the time) singing "Hey, hey, we're the Monkees...." whilst crunching one out, so...
Family Guy already did this: https://youtu.be/odcWPmjly8I
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I've been to public bathrooms with no music and I wished there was because what I heard while in there was definitely worse. And would have covered my horror expressions and laughter to a degree.
~baby shark~ on repeat...
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Some playlists are more suitable than others for this purpose.
I installed a bath fan in a commercial bathroom. It wasn't loud, but they they wanted a more quiet fan. I ended up installing one of the near silent ones and the customer was happy.
To each their own.
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100%. I don't know how many times I've simply been UNABLE to finish my business because of the shame. Obviously there is more to my case than "simple" poop sound shame (PTSD or whatever, who knows), but still. I'm with you.
Let's do Dimmu Borgir.
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I never felt embarrassed by this. at work, after lunch the place is packed and you see your colleagues and bosses shitting and farting. it's better to do it in toilet than in the open office! it's biological what do you want
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I really don’t care. If I make noises, I don’t care if someone hears it. I’m a living human and sometimes I make some weird noises, that’s it.
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Sibelius 1812 (IIRC) with the cannons? Count me in!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Should be playing a mix tape of fart sounds instead of music.
You mean bathrooms with stalls
What, you don't like the chorus of toothless-wonders?
With an endless loop of either:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSA-yHzkvP8
or:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdd4rBlsj2o
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