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Re:Public toilets are vanishing and that's a civic catastrophe by kevinmchugh on Saturday July 20, 2024 @09:24AM (#41016316)
I'm not very well traveled, but I think I've used a pay toilet in every country I've been to other than the US (and the little bit of Canada I've seen) They're illegal in many US cities (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_to_End_Pay_Toilets...), and American taxpayers don't like footing the bill. So we end up with Starbucks and Dunkin as de facto pay toilets, where you have to buy a pastry or drink to take a pee.

I don't really understand why it should be illegal to pay someone for a vital human need

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Re:Public toilets are vanishing and that's a civic catastrophe by didgeoridoo on Saturday July 20, 2024 @09:42AM (#41016435)
Classic first order thinking. Forcing someone to pay directly to access a toilet is yucky. Voting against pay toilets makes you a good person.

Second order effects? Please. Those aren’t on the ballot, and are hard to stuff into a sound bite.

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Re:Public toilets are vanishing and that's a civic catastrophe by baggy_trough on Saturday July 20, 2024 @12:55PM (#41017842)
> Voting against pay toilets makes you a good person.

Voting against pay toilets makes you a foolish and counterproductive person that thinks you're a good person.

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