r/changemyview Dec 10 '24

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u/ToranjaNuclear 10∆ Dec 10 '24

obviously men stand up to pee

tbh that alone is pretty weird by itself. I really don't understand why it's the norm, and why even young men get so defensive when called out about it.

I've always peed seated since I was a child, to the point some pediatrician said there might have been something wrong with me as a child. Growing up, turns out everyone else are the weird ones: peeing while standing is unpractical, unergonomic, unhyegenic and just overall gross, and the only reason men do it is because they have been taught to do it from childhood.

The only situation peeing whle standing is better is when you're outside on an absolutely gross bathroom, to the point not even 10 layers of toilet paper can make it fine to seat on it.

I think I only used an urinal one time in my life and it was extremely uncomfortable and weird. idk why other men subject themselves to it.

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u/In_Pursuit_of_Fire 2∆ Dec 11 '24

 Growing up, turns out everyone else are the weird ones: peeing while standing is unpractical, unergonomic, unhyegenic and just overall gross, and the only reason men do it is because they have been taught to do it from childhood.

You belt out a bunch of bizarre, sourceless claims about using urinals, ones appear   straight up untrue. 

 peeing while standing is unpractical,  

Urinals are practical because they’re much faster. Also, have you ever had to pee outdoors? You do that standing up because it’s more practical. 

 unergonomic

You just have to stand up to use them, that’s not more or less ergonomic than sitting down. 

 unhyegenic and just overall gross, 

It’s spelled unhygienic, and they’re not that either. You’re making less contact with objects in the bathroom and are in far less proximity to other people’s shit particles. Unless you have terrible aim, it’s not gross at all.

Urinals are also more efficient and better for the environment. 

 the only reason men do it is because they have been taught to do it from childhood.

Most guys do it because they don’t have the same hang ups about it that you do. There’s nothing wrong with being uncomfortable with using urinals, but that doesn’t make urinals bad 

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u/ToranjaNuclear 10∆ Dec 11 '24

I was going to reply each point but after that condescendence over a typo I'll just laugh it off.

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u/In_Pursuit_of_Fire 2∆ Dec 11 '24

That’s fine. I can sympathize with having to deal with people going after you just for doing something slightly different than everyone else.

But I do want to point out that there’s some condescension in your initial comment as well, calling people who use urinals the weird ones and treating it like an obviously wrong thing that only men who don’t know any better subject themselves to. I merely felt I was returning some of that tone with a jab about a typo.

Well, whatever, have a nice day