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SupremeDictatorPaul t1_itirooq wrote

Reply to comment by Ok-disaster2022 in LeVar Burton's wedding, 1992. by PleasingScrum

I told my wife I’d happily put down the lid if she did. Apparently putting down the lid is too much work, so I don’t have to.

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makesyoudownvote t1_itlrmwg wrote

It's much easier to put the seat down if you are in a rush to go than to pick up the lid or the seat.

Bending over can pinch your bladder when you have to pee really badly. This is painful, not to mention the complicated action of grabbing only the lid or both the seat and lid as needed. Then lifting them all the way up on a curve to they stay up.

A flick of the wrist on the other hand can put the seat or lid down when needed. Gravity will let the seat fall down quickly. No real effort is needed whatsoever.

Also it is of vital importance no one gets used to sitting on a toilet without looking first. I know someone who once got bitten by a snake that was in their toilet because she didn't look first. Many people have sat in urine or even poo because they don't look before they sit. If you fall into a toilet because you were not looking that is YOUR fault. You were not looking and the outcome could have been far worse than just getting kinda stuck.

For this reason I think the whole argument about leaving the seat up is profoundly self centered of women and wrong. All three positions have benefits.

  1. All up is the easiest and quickest position to transform into the other positions and allow for a quick and comprehensive visual inspection before sitting.

  2. Seat down is what is needed 60-75% of the time, which makes it a decent default too.

  3. Lid down is the worst in that it makes visual inspection worse, it tends to lead to the bowl getting dirty faster, and it takes additional time both before and after use, but especially before. However it is the most equitable and the most sanitary during a flush.

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