The absurdity of standing up to pee.

Do you stand or sit at home?

  • I'm a guy and I stand

    Votes: 63 77.8%
  • I'm a guy and I sit

    Votes: 13 16.0%
  • I'm a girl and I sit

    Votes: 2 2.5%
  • I'm a girl and I stand (WTF?)

    Votes: 3 3.7%

  • Total voters
    81

PvtRyan

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Whenever I can, I sit down to pee. There, I've said it. I was raised that way but continue to do it because it's the only way that makes any sense. It's a bit of a taboo, but I don't see why that is because standing up to pee has to be one of the most retarded things our society does.

There's no reason for it, none. But plenty of reasons not to.

- It's unhygienic to others. Not even just unhygienic, but if it's someone else's house, I'd say downright rude. Even if you aim perfectly, some of it bound to splash up. And that's with perfect aim and we all know that's apparently a big problem for some.
- It's unhygienic to yourself. I remember whenever I stood up to pee and was not wearing any pants, I could feel a fine mist of pee hitting my legs. Nice. Another factor is that when you sit, you can easily grab a piece of toilet paper and wipe, whereas when you stand you do the stupid shake which just doesn't work well enough and you're sometimes left with a little wet stain in your underwear.
- You can't go full throttle, because that creates even bigger splash and thus mess. Whenever I sit, I can fully unleash and not hold back. No problem.
- It's harder to fully empty your bladder. It seems like it's always possible to squeeze out some more when standing. This also exacerbates the shaking problem.
- The feared 'forked stream' is a huge problem if standing when it happens, not even an issue when sitting.
- You can't pee with a boner unless you sit down.
- It's not even really faster, because you spend more time getting all the pee out of your bladder and shaking your willy. Perhaps you stay put a little longer when sitting, because it's more relaxing. But that's just another advantage of sitting then: it's relaxing. No aiming or concentration required.
- Ye olde "put the toilet seat down" feud.

I just don't get it why you would stand. Don't you sit down anyway when you go #2? And don't you pee when you do? Do you feel less manly when you sit? Who exactly is watching you pee anyway? And if anyone does, it's usually a female and she does it too, so who is she to judge? Or is it a rebellion against women that would all like you to sit? Well, guess what: they're completely right.

Sure, it's nice in the forest and stuff, but how often does that happen, really? Why do it at home? Whenever not at home I also stand up, but that's because you guys have made such a huge mess of it in the first place.

This mostly concerns toilets, urinals I have less of a problem with, but they're still kinda gross (now the pee mist hits your hands and there's a guy looking at your dick, yay!). They're kind of redundant too.
 
I find it easier and faster to stand up and take a piss, not to mention I can pretend I'm playing space invaders by trying to blast the shit off the bottom of the toilet from the previous use.

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I don't do that.
Anyway, I sometimes sit down, on the occasion I think a fart might be a potential crap, so it's better to be prepared. And I guess it is more comfortable.
 
Well now I know that PvtRyan has problems peeing standing up. I'd hate to walk in on you at a urinal...
 
This is the most inane thread.

At least now we know that Ryan is a woman.
 
To the whole supposed mist on your legs thing (surely mist on your arse is worse?) why do you bother pulling down your trousers in the first place?
 
Actually, sitting on a toilet where dozens, if not hundreds or thousands of other people have put their butts and had explosive diarrhea, is unhygienic.

Feces is way more hazardous than urine. If I can eliminate my risk of coming into any contact with where feces has been, I will.
 
I've wanted to go full throttle my entire life. You've opened my eyes.
 
To the whole supposed mist on your legs thing (surely mist on your arse is worse?) why do you bother pulling down your trousers in the first place?

Feels good man.

But no, I don't pull them down, it's just that I noticed when I did. But I gather you're not concerned about pee on your pants?

And the pee mist doesn't happen when you sit, because the pee doesn't come from as high up and so it doesn't splash as high. It's also mostly a result of peeing on the bowl from high up, but when you sit, you pee in the water.
 
I don't think I've ever noticed any piss mist.
 
Forget sitting vs standing, how about the GODDAMN AEROSOL EFFECT.

One of my friends from high school has made a habit of putting toilet seat lids down before she flushes. She started doing this about four years ago when she heard that when toilets are flushed, water droplets are expelled from the toilet bowl into the air, and when they land, other areas of the bathroom get "contaminated" by toilet water.

First is the confirmation of the existence of the aerosol effect, even though it is largely unrecognized. "Droplets are going all over the place—it's like the Fourth of July," said Gerba. "One way to see this is to put a dye in the toilet, flush it, and then hold a piece of paper over it" (8). Indeed, Gerba's studies have shown that the water droplets in an invisible cloud travel six to eight feet out and up, so the areas of the bathroom not directly adjacent the toilet are still contaminated. Walls are obviously affected, and in public or communal bathrooms, the partitions between stalls are definitely coated in the spray mist from the toilet (1).
 
Yeah, when I shit I ALWAYS flush with the lid down for that very reason.
 
But no, I don't pull them down, it's just that I noticed when I did. But I gather you're not concerned about pee on your pants?
Concerned about invlisible droplets of sterile urine that have no effect on anything? No I'm not a hypochondriac (sp?).
 
Actually, sitting on a toilet where dozens, if not hundreds or thousands of other people have put their butts and had explosive diarrhea, is unhygienic.

Feces is way more hazardous than urine. If I can eliminate my risk of coming into any contact with where feces has been, I will.

Well, first of all, this is mostly about at home where you can assume it's clean (unless guys have been peeing all over your bathroom.. ) but even in public it's much more that others have pissed all over the place that prevents me from sitting (which is always there and plainly visible) rather than this hypothetical and never visibly present shit. Besides, wasn't it the Mythbusters that showed that public toilets don't contain that many bacteria generally? Perhaps hovering is a nice compromise. If everyone did at least that, then I wouldn't have to stand in a puddle of urine and raise my pants so they don't touch the floor at work. The fuck man. But I won't deny that's happened to me too (forked beam! :frown: ) it's just an unavoidable thing as long as people stand up.

Concerned about invlisible droplets of sterile urine that have no effect on anything? No I'm not a hypochondriac (sp?).

Weird. I'm not worried about getting sick from it, I just don't like my clothes being caked in piss.

Besides, the sterility pertains to when it leaves your body. After that, it's free game for bacteria. There's nothing inherently and permanently sterile about urine. Why do you think urine begins to smell after a while?
 
What the f*ck?

I stand because I can. Rather pee into a germ infested toilet then sit on it.

Never had aiming problems. If I was capable of standing comfortably to shit, I would, but it's hella uncomfortable to squat and you're likely to get shit in the wrong place.
 
I'm sure our clothes get caked in worse things than piss when we leave the house for any length of time...

I'm a girl so obviously there isn't really a decision for me to make here (although contrary to popular belief, it is physically possible for us to pee while standing).
 
Where's the option for both?

I'll be honest, if I get up in the middle of the night, or right after I wake up for a leak I often sit down because I can't be arsed standing there in my drowsy state. Most of the time I stand though.
 
Yeah I'll sit if it's late at night and I don't want to wake up the house, or if I've got to drop the kids off at the pool, but otherwise I'm ok with standing.
 
It would be uncomfortable for a guy to stand for ages if he had cystitis! Your legs would get achy after a while.
I give the same answer as the other cat in this thread. (Coincidence, that, isn't it? Both cats vote in the same thread.)
 
The most annoying thing when peeing standing up is if you wear fly-less underwear, and you have to use one hand to hold down the underwear, and one to hold your old fella. Just a drag when you're holding a beer or a cellphone or whatever in your other hand.
 
peeing whit a erection is annyoing,the piss go all over the place like some of those garden water sparklers
 
sorry your dick is a mist machine. weirdo.
 
This is the funniest thread I have ever seen.
 
Well, me and my mist machine are sorry for you guys and your saggy nuts and/or tiny penii.

Also, isn't that a problem anyway when you poop and pee at the same time?

Either way, it's not me who makes the mist of piss, it's the bowl working together with Mr 9.81 m/s.
 
Well, me and my mist machine are sorry for you guys and your saggy nuts and/or tiny penii.

My penis is so massive I can't possibly sit down or it would clog the toilet.
 
Sometimes I'm so worried about pissing while I'm shitting, I shit standing up. The thing is though, I'm a lot more worried about people thinking that I'm one of those people who actually do piss sitting down (while taking a shit of course). To prove to people I'm not a freak, I normally just shit right in front of the toilet. It's kind of to let people know, "Hey maybe this guy isn't a freak." The thing is though, I've gotten so used to it that I can't even piss without needing to take a shit. Sometimes I'll be standing in my bathroom for over 3 hours or so, hoping and begging for diarrhea, because if I get constipated, god knows my bladder will give. So just stand up and piss like a normal person, freak.
 
Urine is sterile.

Also, I would like a urinal in my bathroom.

While it's in your bladder, yes. When it's on your pants, not so much.

Sometimes I'm so worried about pissing while I'm shitting, I shit standing up. The thing is though, I'm a lot more worried about people thinking that I'm one of those people who actually do piss sitting down (while taking a shit of course). To prove to people I'm not a freak, I normally just shit right in front of the toilet. It's kind of to let people know, "Hey maybe this guy isn't a freak." The thing is though, I've gotten so used to it that I can't even piss without needing to take a shit. Sometimes I'll be standing in my bathroom for over 3 hours or so, hoping and begging for diarrhea, because if I get constipated, god knows my bladder will give. So just stand up and piss like a normal person, freak.

I'm sure that getting diarrhea for a taco-eater isn't a problem though.
 
Don't pee on your pants? Also, you should probably be more worried about all the poop that you fail to clean off with that dry, thin sheet of paper.
 
:L

come on dont tell I am the only one that when peeing whit a erectiong the pee comes spreading all over?

i was talking to pvt ryan, i agree with you, erectile urination is a bitch

but dick mist machines are just weird. maybe you're like 10 feet tall? oh also how bout lifting up the toilet seat you inconsiderate dick. (heh get it?)

don't get me wrong, this thread is friggin awesome
 
Forget sitting vs standing, how about the GODDAMN AEROSOL EFFECT.

They tested this on Mythbusters a long time ago. Specifically they tested their toothbrushes. The results were that no matter where they had the toothbrushes (even the controls outside of the bathroom under a cup in another room) they all had the poo particles and bacteria because it's pretty much everywhere on every person and every animal...

The cool thing is since we've all had millions of years of evolution to protect us from such things, we're all pretty ok with it.
 
Came to post what Starbob just said. Fact is, we're all exposed to it to some degree and it doesn't seem to cause us any harm, so I think the issue is more psychological than hygienic. Doesn't really bother me.
 
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