In a traditional German toilet, the hole into which shit disappears after we flush is right at the front, so that shit is first laid out for us to sniff and inspect for traces of illness. In the typical French toilet, on the contrary, the hole is at the back, i.e. shit is supposed to disappear as quickly as possible. Finally, the American (Anglo-Saxon) toilet presents a synthesis, a mediation between these opposites: the toilet basin is full of water, so that the shit floats in it, visible, but not to be inspected.
It is clear that none of these versions can be accounted for in purely utilitarian terms: each involves a certain ideological perception of how the subject should relate to excrement.
Hegel was among the first to see in the geographical triad of Germany, France and England an expression of three different existential attitudes: reflective thoroughness (German), revolutionary hastiness (French), utilitarian pragmatism (English). In political terms, this triad can be read as German conservatism, French revolutionary radicalism and English liberalism. In terms of the predominance of one sphere of social life, it is German metaphysics and poetry versus French politics and English economics. The point about toilets is that they enable us not only to discern this triad in the most intimate domain, but also to identify its underlying mechanism in the three different attitudes towards excremental excess: an ambiguous contemplative fascination; a wish to get rid of it as fast as possible; a pragmatic decision to treat it as ordinary and dispose of it in an appropriate way.
What I get from this is Conservatism = Scat fetish?
Christopher Perry
I once shat in a German toilet and it was a really big shit and it bottomed out on the basin thing and I had to stand up and move about to get it all out.
worst experience of my life.
Robert Taylor
Such an excellent display of autism could only have come from Germany, or maybe Finland.
Ryder Watson
How about telling us something that we all don't know already?
Adrian Ramirez
I once took a shit on a english woman.Greatest experience of my life.
Noah Fisher
>a english
Stop embarrassing us.
Austin Williams
>tfw I thank god every day that I have a classic non observation toilet
There is so much wrong with this country I actually refuse to go on these "healthy" shit observation toilets.
Cooper Edwards
Now that's what I call a shitpost
Caleb Bell
>Germans are *this* thin-skinned
Josiah Gray
t. typical revolutionary radical
Logan Walker
kill yourself hans no one cares anyway
Alexander Young
better anarchist than shit sniffer.
Michael Hernandez
Someone has the dire need to contemplate more about his shits, me thinks.
Adam Perez
Wouldn't the shit remnants be insane on the German toilet? I'm not just talking skidmarks here, I mean getting caked on and not flushing off. Wouldn't want to have to scrub the toilet every time I take a shit tbph
Jack Murphy
Seriously now: you pretty much have to scrub the toilet every time yeah. It's pretty dumb.
Thomas Rivera
*sniffs loudly before applauding*
Ryder Johnson
There's a bit of water on the shitholder platform so it doesn't stick too much. Also + inspectable shit + toilet shelf behind the toilet + less water consumption
THIS is German engineering.
Juan Fisher
The autism of the germans will never cease to amaze me. >Those doubles too.
William Cooper
>+ toilet shelf behind the toilet ?
Benjamin Thomas
Kek
Jaxon Morales
>In a traditional German toilet, the hole into which shit disappears after we flush is right at the front, so that shit is first laid out for us to sniff and inspect for traces of illness.
Maybe there lie the roots of the notorious German scat fetish?
Isaiah Hernandez
Isn't that from a Zizek speech? Antifa is that you? I hope you're not one of those meme pro-Israel types.
Dominic Stewart
come home celtogermanic man
Jordan Bell
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Luis Ross
I have one of those old school toilets. House was built under the German occupation so can confirm.
Ryder Morales
Do the newer toilets in your country also "save water"? In the old days one powerflush cleaned the whole bowl in one big swoop, while nowadays you flush and some shitty gurgle sound comes out, resulting either that you need to wait until the thing refills after flushing to flush again, and wait and flush yet again, until your shit is finally gone, and more water is actually spent in these so-called "green" models. Or worse the shitty flow rate causes your turds to clog up and jam the siphon, and the whole bowl fills to the brim with shit water.
Henry Morales
Just a symptom, not the cause.
Elijah Edwards
>the shitty flow rate causes your turds to clog up and jam the siphon, and the whole bowl fills to the brim with shit water My favourite is when this happens and it suddenly fixes itself and all the water drains out quickly leaving no water at the bottom of the bowl. Very satisfying, especially with the sound it makes.
Anthony Rogers
Dunno about you but my nu-toilet has two buttons,one for shit and the other for piss. The shit one works as intended and the piss one uses little water.
Liam Stewart
This is even more horrible than the deathcamps. sry poland
Zachary Long
Don't those shit insection toilets STINK after you take the shit? The regular english toilet keeps the majority of it underwater, and still my shit stinks bad sometimes. I can't imagine what it smells like sitting on the shit inspection shelf in the air.
Ethan Cook
Something like this?
>I took that pic in Dachau Concentration Camp
Jordan Diaz
>that picture >laughing capitalists.jpg
Colton Brown
>autism >toilet lore Learn to appreciate the fineries of life.
Brody Taylor
American toilet
Colton Scott
>educationnal shitposting
t-thanx, I guess?
Gabriel Brown
>American (Anglo-Saxon)
Jaxson Stewart
Anyone else taking pictures of their shits? Been doing it regularly for 6-7 years now.
Eli Price
>pellets
Jaxson Adams
I've got an incurable bowel disease please don't bully.
Henry Reyes
>inspect for traces of illnesses Why not give comparative statistics on how digestive-related diseases have been mitigated/found earlier by the widespread use of that toilet? Otherwise, you are just talking utter nonsense.
Nolan Thompson
You're a deer
Liam Diaz
Oh. Fair enough then. Is this related to why you take pictures of your shit?
Hudson Allen
Looks a bit dark
Jayden Moore
>Finally, the American (Anglo-Saxon) Yeah, no. Americans aren't Anglos.
Isaiah Torres
Nah. I got diagnosed with Crohn's disease last year but I've been taking pics for much longer for the heck of it. Taking pics is actually useful for my condition though. Helps notice changes in stool composition which may be a sign of my Crohn's flaring up again.
Jackson Cooper
German men are cucked by their toilets into sitting down to pee lmfao
