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by Gigachad 1687 days ago
This would require some significant trial, design, study. My first question is are people who are willing to use a toilet publicly exposed actually likely to use it vs just some quiet street. And there are still plenty of ways to ruin a utilitarian toilet like shoving trash in and blocking the drain. At the very least most people can admit that the problem is more complex than simply dropping in some public toilet blocks.

You have to consider these things because there are more than enough people willing to destroy things simply for the purpose of destroying them.

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I'm not saying it a complete solution, but do think it can alleviate some concerns.

>My first question is are people who are willing to use a toilet publicly exposed actually likely to use it vs just some quiet street.

I believe the person willing to take a shit on the sidewalk on busy street, would also be willing to do so in a metal receptacle with TP provided.

I think there are engineering solutions that might not make it unpluggable, but give it a pretty high up time.

You're right that it might take some trial design and study. But that is an argument for trying it!