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Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by darklajid on Thursday April 05, 2018 @02:17AM (#16762294)
There are lots of places here in SG that have these toilets. They ... freak me out, tbh. Mostly because I have not the faintest idea how you'd use them and "So, how do you do your business" is not among the list of conversations I want to have.

This whole floor (hosting six companies I think?) in a prominent office tower has one shared male restroom. Two booths. One is usable for me, the other one the scary thing. Most people, locals included, fight for the single seat..

Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by inapis on Thursday April 05, 2018 @03:55AM (#16762795)
Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by onetimemanytime on Thursday April 05, 2018 @04:50AM (#16763059)
>> Mostly because I have not the faintest idea how you'd use them

Once you get a stomach bug and you should have gone to the bathroom a minute ago you'll figure it out :) . Hint: It's like the old days, like we've been doing it for millennia, if not millions of years. https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+use+squat+toilet

Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by pzs on Thursday April 05, 2018 @02:47AM (#16762436)
May be a naïve question: have you tried googling the topic?
Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by darklajid on Thursday April 05, 2018 @04:25AM (#16762935)
I honestly did. But the descriptions (just like the StackExchange link's replies) are utterly alien to me (squat..? How?) and I haven't found it in me to go on a video hunt (the StackExchange one links to something which supposedly is safe and helpful).
Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by hsrada on Thursday April 05, 2018 @06:33AM (#16763516)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dKkryfdtMNQ

Not sure how I feel about sharing this here but yeah, this should answer some of those questions.

The Youtuber is.. A 'comedian'..

Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by RichardCA on Thursday April 05, 2018 @02:16PM (#16767478)
Thanks, I was waiting for someone to post that one. :)
Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by Cthulhu_ on Thursday April 05, 2018 @04:52AM (#16763069)
> (squat..? How?)

This is a thing for westerners; the squat position (with feet flat on the floor) is really hard to do for a lot of them, iirc mostly having to do with ankle flexibility (for me personally anyway). In countries with squat toilets the people are a lot more used to the position / motion. I guess most people could get by with doing a toe squat, but that's harder to keep balance.

Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by moosekaka on Thursday April 05, 2018 @08:18AM (#16764082)
this always amazes me...it is like telling me some population of humans cant raise their hands over their shoulders..
Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by pbhjpbhj on Thursday April 05, 2018 @06:30AM (#16763499)
Yes, ankles, after 18 months learning Shotokan karate I can almost do a squat now, kids can do it with ease. I think with a toe squat you can't relax as much, which makes it difficult to open your sphincter.
Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by Doxin on Thursday April 05, 2018 @04:56AM (#16763084)
Just pretend you're taking a dump on the floor. You stand over the hole and squat down any which way seems comfortable and just let your droppings... drop.