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by Nullabillity 331 days ago
Urinals are an unsanitary disaster anyway, and shouldn't exist; regardless of the genders involved.
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nerdjon 331 days ago
How exactly are they unsanity disasters? I would much rather use a urinal and never need to touch anything (besides myself, which unless I myself am unsanitary that should be clean) than need to either sit down and make contact with a surface a bunch of other people have made contact with or need to lift down and raise a lid to use that if I am standing.

Looking online I can't find anything about how they are any less sanitary than just a public bathroom is to begin with.

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AlexandrB 331 days ago
Unsightly, maybe, but I don't see how they're unsanitary. Urine is nearly sterile.

If you're standing up, it's also a lot easier to "hit the target" into a urinal vs. a toilet. Having a bunch of people peeing standing up into normal toilets would be a lot more gross than urinals.

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mmh0000 331 days ago
TO BE FAAAAAIRRRR

Urine is not sterile[1] - BUT by itself is not a huge concern.

But you know what urine is? Full of vitamins and minerals. An ideal medium for bacteria.

Urine + Time = Ew.

[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25766599/

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Nullabillity 326 days ago
> Having a bunch of people peeing standing up into normal toilets would be a lot more gross than urinals.

So.. sit the fuck down?

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Mawr 331 days ago
Men peeing into toilets always results in urine sprayed all over everything. I don't see how urinals could be worse.
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