Faine Greenwood: couldn't we design better-sealing toilet seats for this whole Fecal Plume Problem

couldn't we design better-sealing toilet seats for this whole Fecal Plume Problem

Nah bruh this is still way better, sideways and down rather than up and into the air. They measured adjacent walls and the floors which is expected because of the gaps.

Behold! Washable aerosol strainers!

oh god ew ew ew ew

i've heard of fully carpeted bathrooms which is insane to think about

We had one when I was a kid, although it was at least very low pile. Still gross to think about though. Of course it went in as part of a reno that also covered up literal lead paint soooo

behold, my wife's grandparents' bedroom sized carpeted bathroom

I feel like this is a place that can really appreciate this bathroom and its affrontery to god

Aaaaaaa

Also, that is the largest bathroom I've ever seen in my life. You could fit a whole shed in there, along with a car.

yeah, my wife used to do cartwheels across it when she was a kid lmao

I automatically made the disgusted face when I saw that. Didn't even mean to. Oh, good god, that is fucking *foul*.

The house I grew up in had gold shag carpeting in the only full bathroom

Grandma's house-just wild. And a toilet seat cover to match.

It is in reality.

I didn’t think anyone did that after the 70s. I seem to remember a friend’s house that had pink shag in the bathroom. Ours had avocado green linoleum in a fake-tile pattern—the way god intended. I know this because it still exists in my dad’s bathroom. That stuff uh . . . wore well.

I have seen this and it is truly haunting

Great way to grow mushrooms.

That looks like a Chia Pet toilet seat.

We had those when I was little, but they were gone by the time I was a teenager.

Why washing machines have a "boil" setting

Ok I've seen covers for the top part of the toilet seat but never a cover for the surface where you sit your butt. Are you sure this something people did or am I missing that this is a joke?

Sadly, I can confirm sitting on a plush seat at a neighbour's house when I was young.

Omg

Did you ever experience toilet paper the same shade as the green toilet and toilet cover?

I don't remember green specifically but it probably existed in a light mint color. I know light pink paper did bc I bought it for my 1st apartment until my mom said "don't use colored toilet paper the dyes might irritate you down there!!!"

Love that crunchy feel under my feet

I had forgotten those existed until now.

since time is a thing i do have; someone already did: www.ncphlexicare.com/safeflush-to...

SafeFlush - Toilet Seat and Cover - N&C Phlexicarewww.ncphlexicare.com Nicholls and Clarke Phlexicare website,SafeFlush - Toilet Seat and Cover

gasp thank you i must own one

and it's a soft close, too!

I think this thread is hands down my favourite instance of ‘shit posting’

fecal plume is the name of my speed metal band

IBS is just blast beats

There are toilets available. Known as vacuum flush. The lid is sealed! Fairly common on boats ( I’ve used these) blakesandtaylors.co.uk/lavac-marine... Fancy (new to me): www.acornvac.com/dont-fear-th...

The Sanitary Flush: Vacuum Toilet Systems & Infection Prevention - AcornVac www.acornvac.com Flushing a toilet releases bacteria into the air, which then spreads to nearby surfaces and rooms. When you factor in the prevalence of lidless toilets in public bathrooms, the potential for contamina...

are those likethe ones they have on airplanes, because those terrify me

No thank goodness. They won’t flush unless the lid is down. And sealed.

thank God. always afraid I'm gonna flush on the airplane too soon and suck my internal organs out

"vacuum flush" on boats is about how it gets the bowl contents down into the holding tank, it does *not* mean the lid is tightly sealed. Boat toilet seats and lids are typically either standard home toilet seats and lids or especially flimsy (and often poorly fitting) plastic seats and lids.

I beg to differ. The lavac heads are different than typical groco/raritan/jabsco. The have sealed lids and the pump develops a vacuum. If they are not sealed they do not function.

The ones I've seen on boats aren't like that at all.

Most are not, I agree. European boats often have the lavac.

I’m not sure I’d want to design something even modestly durable that would manage the air pressure from flushing

Just pressurize your bathroom to a couple atmospheres and blow it all out through the toilet like in an airplane.

I am baffled and appalled by the fact that our waste disposal method - flush toilets - is basically the same technology introduced in the mid-19th c. While it may be a case of "If it ain't broke don't fix it." surely we could have invented a better mousetrap in all that time?

The Gates Foundation has sponsored a competition for better toilet designs. The results I saw weren't encouraging. They tended to be too complicated, too expensive, or too hard to clean. I haven't checked out the more recent submissions though. There may be better designs among them.

You're right: easy workable solutions are important and the are some great suppliers of dry separating toilets. @abereus.com is one of those here on Bsky

Shitting is all about sphincters and it's past time toilets caught on to that fact.

I bet we easily could, the way some of these seats sit on the toilet is ridiculous, shifting on each other like tectonic plates in a 7.5

I want to ask "whyfore not gaskets?" but as far as I know that's like asking a toilet-based version of "why not make the entire plane out of the stuff they use for black boxes?"

I feel like I would rather just not know about this "fecal plume."

why is there a gap in the first place??

Probably to avoid the seat sticking to the bowl.

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