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Say no to "comfort height" toilets!
The Big Toilet Conspiracy is Ruining Your Sh*t https://youtu.be/vccCA7YybQU (19 minutes)
TL;DW Standard height toilet is 14.5 inches from floor to rim. Toilets in public spaces are made taller thanks to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Now, toilet manufacturers and plumbers promote these toilets as "comfort height." The natural position for defecation is squatting. When sitting on a toilet seat the pressure on hamstrings and legs reduces circulation. The higher height promotes anterior pelvic tilt. This makes it harder to poop and compresses the lower back. Dropping bombs from a higher may increase splashing. Home Depot had no standard height toilets in stock. Lowes had ONE. Commentators have suggested a footrest like squatty potty as an economical alternative to replacing a toilet.
I've written about toilets before:
https://greatawakening.win/p/16c247nGjd/x/c/4TwRSufoWwd
https://greatawakening.win/p/16c2WBDEPf/x/c/4TwSiGk32pC
As a care attendant, the higher toilets saved some of my back, in transferring a person from a wheelchair to the toilet, but there are also booster seats that are inexpensive, and can be placed on the bowl for this purpose, if a person needs it. I used one of those after a hip replacement, and it was wonderful, bending and standing to use the toilet gets harder as you get older, but, on the other hand, I am so damn short, my legs dangle on whatever I sit on. Instead of changing the design, and making so called universal adaptations, just get a booster seat, and for the comfort of pooping correctly, get a foot rest, no need to completely overhaul manufacturing to meet this years trend. By the way, childbirth is easier in the squatting position also, not laying flat on your back. It is the same principal, the body is trying to push something out.
True story…Wife gets call from an engineer (she ran facilities services at hospital among other departments).
“Boss… (male engineer). Ummm, we have a problem with a patient on the fifth floor..””What is it ?” she said. “Well Boss, it’s the toilet…what’s wrong with the toilet?” She asks, “Too short.” The engineer replies.
“ It’s a standard hospital toilet- WTF are you talking about? “ she yells.
Engineer says, “The patient is calling for us to get this fu@king “Ball Washer” out of his room.”
Wife looks at Engineer sideways and says “Ball Washer?” 😂😂😂 The Engineer then had to explain to my wife (in an HR appropriate way) that the dudes balls were so saggy that they were dipping into the toilet every time he sat down. What’s the solution my wife asked? A spacer he said.😂😂. Yes, they have spacers😂
That's a weird conspiracy, but I agree it's wrong. Both my parents suffered from diverticulitis at different times, so I'm in favor of the squatty potty as a remedy. I've heard great things about Japanese toilets, but have no experience. Being in California I'm sure they'd be regulated to be as annoying as possible ... let's MAGA first and these smaller MAHA items (smaller than curing cancer and autism at any rate) can take a back seat. Or a back squat.