Not just your phone. Don't read books or magazines or do other things.

Get in, take your dump, be done in max 6mins, get up. Don't strain.

6 mins? Maybe with a squatty potty and if I'm lucky. Otherwise it's almost always 15-25min for me, not sure why, it just takes time.

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dpark an hour ago | parent | next [-]

25 minutes on the toilet means you’re either sitting there doomscrolling or you need to do something about your digestion.

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tripleee 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

you need more fiber and/or water

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rrgok 24 minutes ago | parent [-]

Fiber is not always the solution. It can worsen sometimes.

	▲	tripleee 13 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		thats where the water comes in! it really is the solution in 99% of cases. The vast majority of people get nowhere near enough fiber

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lewiscollard 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Right! If you spend enough time in there to be reading you didn't actually need a shit.

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bryanrasmussen 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> be done in max 6mins

this has a very "tell me you haven't had kids yet without telling me" energy to it, in opinion at least.

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andsoitis 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You want to train kids from a young age not to spend a long time on the toilet, which reading encourages. It consistently leads to hemorrhoids. That's just a fact.

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bonsai_spool 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> You want to train kids from a young age not to spend a long time on the toilet, which reading encourages. It consistently leads to hemorrhoids. That's just a fact.

Whoa, you can preach whatever you'd like, but let's not start inventing 'facts' to put down others.

I don't see 'time sitting on the stool' in our list of hemorrhoid risk factors. If, instead, you mean time straining at the stool, then yes: but the straining begets the reading activities, not the other way around.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8416428/

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stanleykm 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

i think they meant they are purposely sandbagging while on the toilet to get some alone time

	▲	andsoitis 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		then it is even worse than I feared! they are both worsening or increasing their own chances of hemorrhoids AND role modeling for their kids that spending a long time on the toilet is OK.

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sodapopcan 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Or, "tell me your family is bearable to be around without telling me."

	▲	bryanrasmussen an hour ago \| parent [-]
		evidently everyone assumes that kids mean you do the reading on the toilet whereas I meant 6 minutes is an eternity you will not be allowed to reach.