[pluma]

Frankly it's more infantile that Americans insist on talking about "restrooms" when it's clear you're not going there to have a lie-down.

[jerf]

Oh, that goes back a long ways, and goes across cultures too. It's a human thing, not an "American" thing. Maybe you can find some culture somewhere in the world that unironically hangs signs that idiomatically translate to "The Shitters ->", but it'll be the exception rather than the rule.

[thaumasiotes]

I'm trying to figure out what term you think is appropriate. Water closet?

Restroom is one of those writing-only words, in my experience.

[toxican]

I don't think anyone really associate the the "rest" in "restroom" with resting. May as well call it infantile to call it a "bathroom" when only children take baths.

[__z]

> only children take baths.

Huh?

I regularly take baths. They are very relaxing and help me de-stress. They are also good for relieving some types of pain.

[lfowles]

Right, I resist calling it a bathroom in places where it won't actually have a bath. Guess I should start asking at restaurants where the water closet is?