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Researchers have come up with two new urinal designs to prevent the spillage of "ill-aimed pee."

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[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 93 points 2 months ago

I have to imagine that a fair amount of that is intentional. Some people are just pigs.

[-] Photuris@lemmy.ml 63 points 2 months ago

100%.

Fun fact: intentionally leaving pee on floors and toilet seats is a lesser-known but frequently-observed associated trait of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).

I guess it’s some kind of primal lizard brained “territorial” thing, I dunno.

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 67 points 2 months ago

Two things that rattle around my brain constantly:

  1. Leave it better than you found it.
  2. Be mindful of the work you leave for others.
[-] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

For a while I worked for a shitty little marketing company that had, shall we say, a high frequency of narcissistic traits among the C suite. The men's room in that office was the worst I've ever seen in terms of there always being puddles of piss on the floor.

Also, a very large majority of the execs didn't wash their hands when they were finished.

[-] anon947262949@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I’m struggling to find sources for this but I’d love to learn more. Anything you can share?

[-] Hobo@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm pretty sure they are either making shit up or regurgitating something that was made up by someone else. Most bad habits that people attribute to some personality disorder is just nonsense and you can fairly easily disregard it. It's like the asshole that says they're OCD because they think it means you're a little quirky.

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[-] troed@fedia.io 61 points 2 months ago

Sit and pee.

Urinals are disgusting.

/European man

[-] Photuris@lemmy.ml 42 points 2 months ago

At home, absolutely.

Out and about, I ain’t sitting on that nasty seat, thank you very much.

[-] Flyswat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago

I see someone skipped leg day.

I just hover over the seat.

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[-] Redex68@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago

But urinals are so much more efficient both in regards to water usage and time.

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[-] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 14 points 2 months ago

American here. I've started doing this at home and it's just way more sanitary. No more drops off pissy toilet water splashing around.

When I'm out and about I still pee standing up because public restrooms are filthy.

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[-] huppakee@lemm.ee 60 points 2 months ago

The waste (╯°□°)╯

[-] WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 41 points 2 months ago
[-] huppakee@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

The researchers suggest that if Nautilus was to replace the 56 million urinals across the U.S., around 1 million liters of urine would be prevented from being splashed onto the floor every day. Assuming that the volume of water needed to clean up spilled urine is about 10 times that of the volume of urine, about 10 million liters (2,199,692 gallons) of fresh water could be saved every day, the scientists said.

The widespread adoption of these urinal designs "would result in considerable conservation of human resources, cost, cleaning chemicals, and water usage, rendering large-scale impacts on modern society by improving sustainability, hygiene, and accessibility," the researchers wrote.

They should drop everything and do this first thing.

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[-] Crumbgrabber@lemm.ee 38 points 2 months ago
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[-] socsa@piefed.social 21 points 2 months ago

It's because people stand too far back from the urinal, and then shake it like they are trying to kill it. Get in there, and then finish with a gentle squeeze or two and you won't splatter everywhere.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

Or, instead of that, pee sitting down.

Zero spillage.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 17 points 2 months ago

Meh then you wasting like 4x the water.

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[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 months ago

My biggest issue is stream strength. I have issues peeing and often dribble or have a split stream.

Yes I've talked to my urologist about it. Several in fact.

No it's not my prostate. No it's not a weak pelvic floor.

I've been suffering with this for almost 20 years and docs still don't know what's going on.

[-] PolarKraken@programming.dev 9 points 2 months ago

Sorry about the narrow urethra, Hank.

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[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 months ago

Just thinking how many times I use a urinal a year, multiply by population, the only way this makes sense is with some number of people just pissing onto the floor.

[-] fartemoji@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

I can't speak for the whole country but where I work people really do just piss on the floor.

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[-] voodooattack@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
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[-] xploit@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Anyone, whether it's man or woman, who pisses or shits or whatever all over a toilet (i.e. not inside) has quite likely never cleaned a fucking toilet in their life.

Source: Have cleaned toilets, not just my own, before - it has changed me.

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Story time.

It honestly feels like about 264,000 gallons of that were spilled at a placed I used to work. I still have no idea who the culprit(s) was.

No kidding, the problem was so bad that building management stepped in and... added chamomile scented floor mats beneath the urinals to catch and deodorize the... ugh (gross)... drippings. It was such a strong smell that it wafted out into the hallway with the subtlety of a sledgehammer. This prompted some of the women in the office to remark at how unfair it was that the men's room was obviously getting all this extra attention. I almost can't describe the mixture of disappointment and disgust on their faces once I explained why this was happening.

I also once had to explain to my wife that the above situation, along with the smell of urinal cakes and most gas-station-restroom deodorizers, are the reason why chamomile tea is a hard pass for me.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

Should build them as wet rooms, periodically a large shower head sprays down the entire room.

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[-] Alpha71@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago
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[-] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 12 points 2 months ago

I love the mental image of a government employee having the job of spilling barrels of piss into bathrooms around the nation

[-] arc@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Seems like a complete lie. Men might lose a few drops due to the shape of the bowl tops. It's certainly not worth anyone tearing out urinals in the hope some hypothetical piss splashage goes down.

And personally a better goal for urinal design is water reduction. i.e. urinals that use no water, or the bare minimum to flush the piss through.

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[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 11 points 2 months ago

I do like the Nautilus and wish the designed for everyone philosophy was the predominant one. Especially you get one lower level one put in when they could all be functional for everyone.

"The researchers' Cornucopia and Nautilus designs both achieved a significant reduction in urine splashing, with the Cornucopia performing best. However, the Nautilus was considered the most ideal design due to its height, which would allow shorter people — including children or those in wheelchairs — to more easily use it. Its larger gape would also be easier to clean, and would be more accepting of poor aim, and therefore would also be appropriate for use on boats or airplanes."

[-] Copythis@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

I want to know how they estimated that

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[-] kaprap@leminal.space 9 points 2 months ago

Just... Sit down. Shit in the urinal.

[-] Pulptastic@midwest.social 9 points 2 months ago

They are fixing a problem that has already been solved. There are already urinals that take this into consideration. The problem is not in the design, it is the implementation. For some reason everybody everywhere installs those awful American Standard urinals that are specifically designed to splatter pee onto your pants.

[-] Anissem@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

Someone went to college to figure this out

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[-] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Just bring back the old floor mounted types

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 7 points 2 months ago

Now its all over my shoes.

[-] Heikki@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

I recall one place I worked. There was a "ofd" older gentleman. I was in the restroom with him at a urinal. He went to the paper towel holder, grabbed about 5 pieces, folded them, and then proceeded to wipe the inside of the urinal out. After he finished, he put the paper towel into one of his back pockets and peed, I think. I didn't stay to watch him finish. I just exited the bathroom and didn't look back.

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[-] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Most of it is in my bathroom when my father-in-law visits.

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

In space, no one can hear you pee:

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[-] obvs@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Oh yeah, sorry about that.

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Which bathroom floor?

[-] skyler@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

It's all me. Sorry. I'll work on my aim.

[-] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

I'm skeptical about this.

There are like 170M dudes
And say each pee is about 300ml
Then 1 in 50 dudes needs to have a full pee on the floor every day.

Ok maybe that's a bit more believable

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