Little pieces of shit can fly through the air quite far when the wc is flushed. As a former British person I had no idea about this, but was brought up to speed by US family members..

Update: this is why you should put the lid down to flush. But put it back up again after because <reasons>

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eru 9 hours ago | parent [-]

The steady state of my toilet is closed. As my mother used to say: 'This ain't an open plan toilet.'

(Of course, she said it in German, so she complained about 'Wohnklo' in analogy with a 'Wohnküche' which is the German word for an open-plan kitchen.)

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prawn 4 hours ago | parent [-]

So, would you state that you generally advocate for hinged surfaces in bathrooms, and being able to use them to adequately close/shield a larger space from a smaller space? ;)

	▲	eru 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Doors are great. I never doubted that. I'd want a proper door on my bathroom. But I'm under no illusion that it would help with health or hygiene. Perhaps with mental health; the door is mostly there for social reasons.