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Re:What comes up when you flush by wincy on Thursday December 08, 2022 @10:20AM (#33908741)
Is it supposed to float? I don’t think I’ve ever had a poo that floated.
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Re:What comes up when you flush by DonHopkins on Thursday December 08, 2022 @11:51AM (#33910087)
You have your guts to thank for that.

Where's dang and his helpful links to recent relevant discussions when you need him? I'm happy to drop this in:

Why some feces float and others sink (phys.org)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33691619

https://phys.org/news/2022-11-feces.html

There needs to be another "fart content" dimension to the Bristol Stool Scale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_stool_scale

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Re:What comes up when you flush by nibbleshifter on Thursday December 08, 2022 @02:53PM (#33912392)
In the old school German (and dutch) toilets, the shit lands on basically a shelf, for inspection.

You then flush it and it fucks off into the abyss.

The reason for the "poop inspection shelf" apparently was so you could take a quick look at your turd and see if it displayed signs of illness. Like say, blood.

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