Your teacher is either fucking with you or shouldn't be allowed to teach.

Bowel movements vary by person. From 3 times a day down to once every 3 days. Less than once every 3 days is considered concerning medically, but not necessarily a problem.

Your teacher was the one full of shit.

That has to be the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I'm veggie, if I don't poop every day there's a fucking problem.

That’s silly. North America is huge. In the US South, it’s very common for people to poop every day. In fact, you usually wouldn’t even talk to a doctor about it. But as you get to the northern states and into Canada, it’s so cold that people don’t poop at all!

So the 1 day thing is probably just someone averaging out the numbers.

American here, I've shit three times today alone

What the fuck am I reading

The climate is colder in North America

Compared to where, exactly? Mogadishu? Hammerfest? Because North America can be hotter and colder than both of those. Also not sure how it affects pooping.

Thought this was c/shittyasklemmy. It's not, so here's an earnest response. I'm from the US, but have spent a bunch of time living outside of the country. Every guy I know usually poops daily, but a lot of women only poop every couple of days. It doesn't have anything to do with the cold.

Fun somewhat related story time. I once had a colleague travel to the US from South East Asia. He went to our boss a few days into the trip and said he needed to go to the hospital. My boss eventually convinced him to explain the problem. His poop was a solid mass instead of liquid. Dude had never had solid shit before. It's possible an anecdote like this is what gave your teacher that idea.

The average is 7.1 times a week. Clinically average can range from 3x a day to once every 3 days. What's important is how well they're formed. Such as the Bristol stool scale - you want something in the middle.

I've always found scatology interesting. If you have anymore questions, feel free to let uhm rip.

I've heard some fascinating propaganda about Americans, but this is new. What about the colder parts of Europe or Asia? Why only North America? Does this only occur above a certain latitude? If you move from a warmer climate to a cooler climate, does your body naturally adapt and how long does it take? With global warming, will everyone suddenly start shitting more and think they're dying? The sewage systems will explode because they won't be able to adapt to millions of people suddenly shitting daily instead of weekly.

Your teacher is a fuckin moron.

Yes, especially among those active on the fediverse. That’s why we celebrate no shit november

Your teacher was either an idiot or fucking with you lol

That's a shitpost if I've ever heard one. That being said, assuming you're not joking; We probably shit more frequently than y'all because of the terrible food we eat.

If you only shit once a week, you need to go to the doctor and change your diet.

Was this on April 1?

Your teacher needs to get more fiber

its quite obviously a troll post, but an entertaing one for sure

Only families that can't afford a poop knife.

Are you still in elementary school? If not, you can't possibly still believe this

Your elementary school teacher should have been fired.

Common misconception. They only poop when Trump tells them to. If they don't wait til instructed ICE comes and shoots them.

Land of the free, ladies and gents.

Is this why so many Europeans treat us like some different species

!shittyasklemmy@lemmy.uhhoh.com

Nope. I shit every day, in the morning, on a schedule.

Your teacher was full of shit. Sure the Standard American Diet (SAD) is terrible and leaves fiber much to be desired, but not every American sticks to the SAD. I'm sure other countries have people that have shit diets and get constipated too, not just the US.

Generalizations don't help anyone.

No.

Well, there was one lemmy post...

E: 3y ago and deleted, but apparently lemmygrad (despite my hatred for them) retained a copy thankfully. https://lemmygrad.ml/post/793635