• Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!

Is avoiding the use of public toilets abnormal?

Status
Not open for further replies.
Ya'll need go to festivals or camping or something and embrace free, safe public toilet pooping. The butt is a hardy beast that will triumph over butt-seat-butt contact. Let go of your fears and embrace your limitless pooping potentisl.
 
I have a coworker whose house i've visited at least 5 times already and I know his bathroom isn't anything special (30+ year old house) but he refuses to use the modern/refurnished toilets at work and even drives 30 miles one way and then back during lunch when he really needs to drop a deuce. I think it's idiotic, or he's lying and actually just left to screw his mistress (who we also work with).
 
You and me both op... Aside from peeing.. I would be hard pressed to drop a brick in one unless I can't drive home from work fast enough.

Edit: its less of an issue now that I work from home :-)
 
What's abnormal is people using stalls just to piss, especially if urinals are free or if people who clearly need to shit are waiting. These types also tend not to lift the seat.

Animals
 
Guevara said:
Going at work means I'm getting paid to poop. Win/Win
Click to expand...

Yup. Also, if you have to go, who wants to hold it in all day.

I will avoid really nasty public restrooms if I can. Some music venues will have people peeing in the sinks and at drains, etc.
 
Labor said:
What's abnormal is people using stalls just to piss, especially if urinals are free or if people who clearly need to shit are waiting. These types also tend not to lift the seat.

Animals
Click to expand...

Not everyone can use a urinal if you catch my drift.
 
I avoid public restrooms (unless just going to wash my hands) because of giant centipede pictures I was unfortunate enough to come across as a child lol

I hate insects with too many legs. :(
 
That's a pretty common sentiment, but one I find sort of prissy. Ubiquitous, functional public restrooms are a modern luxury people take for granted. Sometimes they can be gross, but they're not going to hurt you.

Spend a couple months backpacking through India or somewhere similar, and you'll get over your aversion pretty quickly.
 
I'm shocked that everytime I go into a public bathroom there is at least one guy taking a shit and you know when you shit and your fart as well? And make those little gas noises like *squeak* & *poof* and *peep* and these guys don't even care. I usually just burst out laughing while walking out of the bathroom.
 
There is nothing abnormal about preferring to not use public toilets, but I think there is something wrong with a person who refuses to use public toilets under any circumstance.
 
Red Comet said:
How could you put your ass on something that hundreds of strangers have put their bare asses on?
Click to expand...

Isn't it one of the cleaner parts of the body? Think about it, for the majority of people's time it's constantly protected by layers of clothes.

Now, things that people touch with their hands do bother me, like door handles.
 
velociraptor said:
What country? (Water levels varies depending on country).

How much tissue?

Do you sit on the seat?

I tend to hover which increases the risk of splashbacks...
Click to expand...
- U.S.

- Enough that it will "catch" your shit

- Yes, with a seat protector

I can't believe I'm writing about this lol
 
criesofthepast said:
I'm shocked that everytime I go into a public bathroom there is at least one guy taking a shit and you know when you shit and your fart as well? And make those little gas noises like *squeak* & *poof* and *peep* and these guys don't even care. I usually just burst out laughing while walking out of the bathroom.
Click to expand...

"It is shocking that these guys are shitting in a bathroom"
 
When I was younger I used to avoid it. It wasn't until a few years ago when I turned around 20 did I realize I would rather relieve myself than hold it for several hours. No big deal.
 
tarius1210 said:
- U.S.

- Enough that it will "catch" your shit

- Yes, with a seat protector

I can't believe I'm writing about this lol
Click to expand...

Lol, i thought this was common #2 knowledge. I've been doing it since I was a child. In fact I've come so accustomed to doing it, I even do it in my home and basically every time I poop. Only issue I've had with it is that your chances of clogging the toilet increase. I buy thinner TP now.
 
I generally have no qualms with public toilet usage. The only times I hesitate are the times when I wouldn't go at home either, such as when I'm in the middle of a stimulating activity or conversation. I'm not going to get up and go in the middle of a movie or conversation unless I'm about to burst. I prefer to hold it while I'm at somewhere like Disneyland because it seems like a waste of time.
 
Guevara said:
Going at work means I'm getting paid to poop. Win/Win
Click to expand...

Good thinking there!
Haha

I'd rather go at home, but if I gotta go public, I go.

I do need to talk to the ladies of the world: PLEASE FLUSH YOUR TOILET AND CLEAN UP YOUR 'FLUIDS'. YOU CAN DO IT LADIES, IT'S NOT HARD AND I BELIEVE IN YOU.
 
I never take a shit in a public bathroom unless I have to. Every time I go to take a piss at work there are motherfuckers completely wrecking the bathroom. Do your business at home you smelly fuckers.
 
I dunno. I think it's quite germaphobic and kind of ridiculous if it's every kind of public bathroom. Bathrooms that are well maintained aren't so bad. Bar bathrooms though, I could see hesitance there.
 
I used to avoid them when I was younger, but I got over it. If ya have to go ya have to go. Only thing I avoid unless absolutely necessary are urinals. I prefer having toilet paper handy when I've done the deed. Usually just wait for the toilet stalls to open instead, if available.
 
There's a reason why nerds are the only ones who avoid the use of public toilets or use the cubicle for #1 even if there are urinals available.
 
2012, Epcott, Germany-town during a beer and wine festival..

I walk in to take a poop and the first stall is filled with poop that someone also threw up on top of. The weirdest color mass of blob I'd ever seen. I made it to the next stall to have 2 old dudes take a look in the first one and proclaim "that just ain't right"
 
Dice// said:
Good thinking there!
Haha

I'd rather go at home, but if I gotta go public, I go.

I do need to talk to the ladies of the world: PLEASE FLUSH YOUR TOILET AND CLEAN UP YOUR 'FLUIDS'. YOU CAN DO IT LADIES, IT'S NOT HARD AND I BELIEVE IN YOU.
Click to expand...

Agreed! Sitting on public toilet seats isn't a problem for me. It's assholes who decide to NOT sit on public toilet seats who piss and poop on them, and then they don't even have the damn decency to clean up their shit. Literally and figuratively speaking.
 
I somehow went through all of middle school and high school without ever using the schools bathrooms. It was never really a germ thing, but more of a social anxiety thing. I've gotten over it since, but I still have trouble pissing next to people at urinals.
 
diunxx said:
There's a reason why nerds are the only ones who avoid the use of public toilets or use the cubicle for #1 even if there are urinals available.
Click to expand...

Because urinals are filthy and nerds are more aware of their personal hygiene?
 
AoM said:
...what part of your body is touching any part of the urinal?
Click to expand...

My dick obviously. It's too big.

Seriously though, I prefer to wipe after I'm done. I've never seen a urinal where there's access to toilet paper, and you can't exactly throw it into the urinal since it can only flush water/urine away.
 
After running several races, many of which are mud runs, and all of the facilities are Port-a-Pottys, I have zero fear of using public toilets. Same goes for using toilets at rest stops, gas station bathrooms and whatnot - I'll use them when I have to go.

I don't think it's really abnormal to avoid using public toilets but to be honest, if I have to use one to be comfortable before a long ride/drive, I'll use it.
 
I hope not cos I go out of my way not to use them either! Will only take a leak and only at work (only clean public toilet I can think of lol) or if I really have to go
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

AI Is Now Fabricating What "The Public Thinks"
12
403
IAmRei replied
Which celebrity’s death would create the biggest public commotion?
2 3
119
621
John Marston replied
Use the Earth to Spell your Name from NASA
6
329
Moondoggy replied
  • Poll
Should GAF publicly display what country a user is posting from?
2
58
1K
ForAcademicPurposes replied
Stephen Colbert is co-writing "The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past"
2 3 4
169
1K
TintoConCasera replied
Top Bottom