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  • Nothing - bare toilet seat

    Votes: 16 45.7%
  • Toilet paper or sanitary cover

    Votes: 19 54.3%

  • Total voters
    35

Apple fanboy

macrumors Ivy Bridge
Feb 21, 2012
55,097
52,703
Behind the Lens, UK
I stand to wee.
If I need to do a number 2, I do it at home. My wife thinks I'm strange that I don't use public toilets. If she'd been in some men's restrooms I had, she'd understand. On the rare occasion I do have to use them, I'm most likely ill so there isn't time to use paper. Never seen a toilet seat cover, but as I rarely use them it's not surprising.
 

noisycats

macrumors 6502a
Jun 1, 2010
772
864
The 'ham. Alabama.
I can't believe people let their bare ass touch uncleaned public plastic that has purposely been touched by the ass of a stranger.

And some even admitted their Johnson touching the rim??
<<shutters uncontrollably>>

I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight.
 

Mr. McMac

Suspended
Dec 21, 2009
2,968
363
Far away from liberals
I can't believe people let their bare ass touch uncleaned public plastic that has purposely been touched by the ass of a stranger.

And some even admitted their Johnson touching the rim??
<<shutters uncontrollably>>

I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight.

I get where you are coming from. Just the thought of another guy's unclean ass touching the toilet bowl is enough to make me sick. This is why I avoid public bathrooms...unless of course I'm taking a piss... Makes
me glad I'm a guy....
 

luvmymbpr

macrumors regular
Original poster
Mar 6, 2014
103
4
I can't believe people let their bare ass touch uncleaned public plastic that has purposely been touched by the ass of a stranger.

And some even admitted their Johnson touching the rim??
<<shutters uncontrollably>>

I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight.

I'm more of a rational and scientific person myself. The average public door handle is dirtier than the average toilet seat. Considering nothing sensitive touches the toilet (your butt and legs), it's in your head more than anything.

----------

another guy's unclean ass

LOL. I picture an army of men that haven't bathed in months.
 

noisycats

macrumors 6502a
Jun 1, 2010
772
864
The 'ham. Alabama.
I'm more of a rational and scientific person myself. The average public door handle is dirtier than the average toilet seat. Considering nothing sensitive touches the toilet (your butt and legs), it's in your head more than anything.

I won't dispute that for a second. There's lots of things in life I could touch, doesn't mean I desire to.

Holy crap, I just shook again thinking of my dicq touching a public toilet rim!
 

luvmymbpr

macrumors regular
Original poster
Mar 6, 2014
103
4
I won't dispute that for a second. There's lots of things in life I could touch, doesn't mean I desire to.

Holy crap, I just shook again thinking of my dicq touching a public toilet rim!

I bet you have a lot of fun stories from dating. Full showers and alcohol swabs on the face before kissing?
 

juanm

macrumors 68000
May 1, 2006
1,624
3,053
Fury 161
I never realized people were so afraid of touching a public toilet seat. I have done it all my life and have yet to contract ebola or crabs.

I remember reading an article a while back that said public toilet seats are less dirty than door handles in public.

I never use public toilets, and I never touch a public door handle, or a public light switch. That's what clothes-clad elbows are for. Admittedly, it's not easy to open a round door knob with an elbow, but it's worth the effort. :D
 

shawnpuerto

macrumors member
Dec 2, 2014
70
2
My have never used the paper stuff. I'm not afraid of germs that much. Unless if it was absolutely gross, in which case I would not use it with or without paper.
 

ucfgrad93

macrumors Core
Aug 17, 2007
19,522
10,810
Colorado
I never realized people were so afraid of touching a public toilet seat. I have done it all my life and have yet to contract ebola or crabs.

I remember reading an article a while back that said public toilet seats are less dirty than door handles in public.

I don't cover the seat.
 

Melrose

Suspended
Dec 12, 2007
7,806
399
Don't get me started on door handles, a lot of guys leave the bathroom without washing their hands. That door handle has touched more penis and ass (via hand transfer) than your average porn star.

I will not touch a public restroom door handle with my hands.

If the bathroom is dirty enough, I probably don't get my hands as "clean" as others would desire simply because I avoid touching as many things as possible; I still try to wash them but I honestly don't go too far out of my way to get them 100% spic and span if it involves some grubby accoutrements. I know at least I have showered in the last 12 to 24 hours; If I take a leak in a public bathroom, my penis - no offense to anyone - is likely one of the cleaner objects in the room.
 

SlasherDuff

macrumors 6502a
Apr 7, 2008
548
0
Gator Country
I never realized people were so afraid of touching a public toilet seat. I have done it all my life and have yet to contract ebola or crabs.

I remember reading an article a while back that said public toilet seats are less dirty than door handles in public.

Same, My butt has never been eaten alive by flesh eating bacteria on the toilet seat. If a toilet is just too nasty to use... I just dont use said toilet. Simple
 

noisycats

macrumors 6502a
Jun 1, 2010
772
864
The 'ham. Alabama.
I bet you have a lot of fun stories from dating. Full showers and alcohol swabs on the face before kissing?

Sex with someone I know? Katy bar the door! Anything goes. I'll put my dicq and mouth just about anywhere.

It's the anonymity that makes me shudder.

There, I did it again. <shudder>

Yes, it's my head. I get that.
 

FDX

macrumors regular
Dec 2, 2006
150
1
I'll wait thank you

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TechZeke

macrumors 68020
Jul 29, 2012
2,454
2,284
Dallas, TX
I never realized people were so afraid of touching a public toilet seat. I have done it all my life and have yet to contract ebola or crabs.

I remember reading an article a while back that said public toilet seats are less dirty than door handles in public.

It's one of those things that because it's perceived as dirty, the toilet seat actually ends up being one of the cleanest areas in the whole place. People constantly clean and don't touch toilet seats, but no one cleans door handles.
 

maflynn

macrumors Haswell
May 3, 2009
73,415
43,304
It all depends on the location and how clean it is. Its one thing to use a toilet at a gas station, and quite another at a 5 star restaurant.

Either way, while I'll not use a gas station toilet, where I do go, will have a layer of toilet paper on the seat or one of those disposable toilet seat covers.
 

samiwas

macrumors 68000
Aug 26, 2006
1,598
3,579
Atlanta, GA
I have never used a toilet seat cover in my life. I also touch doorknobs and all sorts of other things. I almost never get sick...maybe a cold once a year or something.
 

yg17

macrumors Pentium
Aug 1, 2004
15,027
3,002
St. Louis, MO
I stand to wee.
If I need to do a number 2, I do it at home. My wife thinks I'm strange that I don't use public toilets. If she'd been in some men's restrooms I had, she'd understand. On the rare occasion I do have to use them, I'm most likely ill so there isn't time to use paper. Never seen a toilet seat cover, but as I rarely use them it's not surprising.

I've actually heard womens' restrooms are worse than mens' because they tend to hover over the bowl and miss.

I get where you are coming from. Just the thought of another guy's unclean ass touching the toilet bowl is enough to make me sick. This is why I avoid public bathrooms...unless of course I'm taking a piss... Makes
me glad I'm a guy....

It's my ass. It's not like anybody is going to lick it or eat off it (well, I guess some people are into that sort of thing). My bare ass making indirect contact with another person's bare ass via a toilet seat just doesn't bother me.
 
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