Urinals should definitely exist because they speed things up a ton. If you're too shy to piss into a urinal just go to the shitter instead. But don't dare try to take the speed and convenience away from the rest of us, goddammit!
There are also flushness urinals which use zero fresh water, just a floating, replenishable barrier fluid. I want one at home.
Most I see these days are the flushless ones of one sort or other. Some of them have a bit of a smell but doesn't bother me since what do you expect, it's an urinal
Is this comment ironic?
I’ll be honest — I think they should exist. The piss shy phase is short and universal… but we all get over it.
No I'm serious about liking urinals
Okay. It had a lot of upvotes so I thought it was ironic as there is a movement in my city to stealth eradicate urinals. Every remodel now replaces urinals with stalls… some leave one stall so there isn’t backlash.
I've seen it happen too. Some consider stalls nicer and more accommodating (not just to shy pee'ers) and that's fine. I just dislike how it makes the wait a lot longer.
But could be worse, they could've made them gender neutral. Now that makes the wait long hah.
Oh… I’ll confess: a feminine looking person avoids the three open urinals to my right an uncomfortably be-lines to the stalls and suddenly I can’t pee at all. Yeah… good times.
Where else is my uncle going to tell me what should have happened at state if he got first string?
I don't mind urinals. It just sucks when you have to double or triple up on them. Sharing with someone else just isn't fun
You may be joking, but the ones that are just a trough with no barriers at all between them I always hated. I don't want my shoulders touching 1 or 2 other guys while holding my dick in my hand trying to convince myself I am not to nervous to pee.
They were common in country themed bars for a while, I would have to be drunk and NEEDing to pee to be able to go. So usually I just stopped going to those places.
A club popular with 18-year olds in my city had the most effective piss-room I've ever seen. Troughs on three full walls and they were always busy. You'd wait for 1 second and then get a spot where you could squeeze in, shoulder to shoulder with other guys. You'd feel the steam rising up and washing past your face. 10 seconds later, you stepped out and another guy would instantly take your place.
It was incredible. I've never seen such efficiency anywhere else.
When I lived in Japan, I really appreciated how the women's public bathroom stalls often had this little button you could push to make a white noise sound.
So glad I got over that peeing in public anxiety eventually, though.
Well...I have paruresis and it was a struggle when I used to go to nightclubs and use the urinals, for some reason there was always only one toilet and a bunch of urinals, so I had to get drunk fast to be able to use the urinals like a normal guy. Most of the time the bathroom door didn't have a lock, so I'm glad I never had to do number 2 there.
This hits me deep. I will often walk into a bathroom and walk right out if I see too many people. I'll either find a quieter bathroom or just hold it because it's physically impossible for me to pee if I can sense anybody within close proximity. Sadly, that applies to stalls too.
Something I've been doing as a kid is just counting slowly. I don't know if it's distracting to be thinking of counting or what but usually by the time I get to like 8-10 I'll start going. That and no one wants to stand next to someone just randomly counting. Lol I don't really do it out loud, I do count in my head and it seems to work.
Kind of a double edge though because if I get to 20 I start thinking like the comic lol
Lol when holding it is not an option, I'll try singing the ABCs in my head and similarly when I get to Z and have to repeat it is when I start to panic.
Basically my nightmare.
What was the movie/show where there's a bunch of urinals and a guy comes in and stands right next to the only guy there, and the guy already there moves over (peeing on the guy's leg as he does) to get to one that's a space away?
I'm glad I never had the shy bladder thing.
The movie 'Waiting' has a character whose entire arc is them trying to get over urinal anxiety while working one crazy shift at an Applebee's clone.
Early Ryan Reynolds. Some of the humor hasn't aged well, but it shines a light on the service industry for those that haven't worked in a kitchen/bar/restaurant.
"Waiting" is the most authentic movie about working in a restaurant as a waiter there ever was.
It's so true.
This would be more realistic for me is the guy next to me had to squint
This cartoon can't exist. Urinal etiquette requires:
That you should have one empty urinal between you and the next guy if at all possible. And always go to the nearest open urinal when you enter.
And that you look straight ahead and never look to either side of you. You must stare solely at the wall straight ahead of you. Thoughtful establishments hang pictures or current sales flyers at eye level to look at while peeing.
And most of all, you must never speak to anyone in there. So there is absolutely no way this cartoon can happen in the real world.
And always go to the nearest open urinal when you enter.
I usually go to the one closest to the wall. It seems comfier
And most of all, you must never speak to anyone in there.
I'm not stopping the chat with my bro just because I have a dick in my hand I'm pissing. I have shit to say
And most of all, you must never speak to anyone in there.
I'm not stopping the chat with my bro just because I have a dick in my hand I'm pissing. I have shit to say
I'd also like to say that some of the funniest things I've ever heard have been uttered by a random at a urinal.
Is there a rule that men can't go into a stall and pee?
I’m a stealth trans man and use a stall. No one gives a shit. I’ve had “I have a medical condition and need a stall” prepped for years, but never has anyone even gave me a passing glance. It’s annoying to wait when I’m about to piss myself and someone is camping in the lone stall, but the only real rule of the men’s bathroom is “don’t acknowledge anyone’s presence.”
How would they even know if someone is pissing or shitting? And your last rule would prevent them from talking about it if they did determine that you sit to pee.
Exactly. The social situation of the men’s bathroom is such that anyone trying to confront someone about using a stall would automatically make them the weird one. I used to be self conscious that someone would notice difference in splashing sound, but realized that was stupid.
It’s funny, I remember in middle and high school going to the bathroom with groups of friends. It would be totally normal to be chatting, pass a pad or tampon under the stall. Unimaginable in a men’s restroom.
No, maybe, I don't know, if there is it's unspoken and unenforced because I've been doing it for years and no one ever complained to me.
Some people think they're saving a bunch of time by using a urinal over a toilet but honestly it's 5-6 seconds at most if you use it the same as you would a urinal, no sitting down, no pulling your pants all the way down, etc.
There's a concept of a "shy guy" that isn't "confident enough" to pee comfortably at a urinal so it's not so much that you can't pee in a stall, it's that for those that are already concerned about the issue in the comic they'd be concerned about being thought of as a "shy guy" too.
I feel this comic so much that of all the things I've seen on the internet this really got a good laugh out of me. I know no one really cares about you peeing, but there's a part of me that thinks kind of like what is displayed here.
For me it was if there wasn't barricades I knew kids that used to try to slap their friends in the nuts while while they were peeing. Needless to say it only ends in more messes and needing to find new friend groups.
Why is this post full of people who are seemingly overtly defensive over the idea of urinals? Did I miss something? The comic is a joke. Every other poster here trying to make sure everyone knows they can and will always use a urinal. An ode of fragile masculinity.
Well I stand facing AWAY from the urinal and pee over my shoulder!
Did I miss something?
Sounds like you missed the toilet OOOOOHHHHH
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