The Squatty Potty: The Real “Ancient Chinese Secret”?

What a waste of fresh poo 💩

Wow, OP, way to take us back to 2012.

OP, you're a fucking racist.

Yeah I’m a racist, thanks for checking in, SJW. Looks like that hormone therapy and blue hair dye has addled your brain.

If your knees have arthritis? What then.

It's one thing to have it in your bathroom, but to "carry it around" with you?

I remember in college we had so many international students in our dorms, and one stall would always be designated as the "stander" stall, because the international students would often need to *stand on the toilet* to take a shit, as sitting as we did was foreign to them. (This unfortunately did not always result in accurate aim.)

The "squatty potty" is sort of along those lines - I thought it was silly at first and don't use one, but I will say that I started to change position a bit - leaning forward a bit and sort of putting my feet onto my tippy toes as I sat, to mimic that position - and it actually made a difference. That body alignment made it much more natural for the body to push out waste.

Interesting R7. I don’t feel comfortable quizzing my housemate about it, but was curious how common it is, especially since my friend said it was common in Asian cultures.

Were those students who had to stand on toilets not used to indoor plumbing and just crapping outdoors? Even in an outhouse you sit down.

Jesus just get a footstool for your BR.

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R8 Yes, apparently they were not used to a seated toilet. Many of them were used to crouching over holes in the ground.

And this isn't solely an Asian/South Asian thing (that was most of the international students at my college that did that) - I've seen toilets in Italy and the like which are similar, just really openings in the ground where one must squat to, um, release one's business. The one I linked to here is apparently in Italy.

Eek. How do you not end up with shit on your shoes?

R10 yeah that link to Target is pure malware 🙄

R12 based on the messes my fellow students made in the dorms...it doesn't work and you do end up with shit everywhere : (

Then again we Americans eat more and.....well, let's not go too far down that road lest Erna get all excited.

Yes this thread seems to have triggered a lot of DLers from developing nations where this is the norm and feel shame over their primitive past. I was just curious as to why it is used and if it is really that pervasive in certain cultures.

Yes I had a friend whose dorm roommate was from Pakistan and the first day he asked my friend to leave the dorm room because he had to change his clothes. My friend told him to go to the shower stall to change his clothes if he required that much privacy to get dressed.

Jesus doesn’t anyone ever use the internet before posting a question on here. This commercial is both entertaining and shows how the internal muscles are helped by the slight angle change that happens when using a stool / squatty potty. It’s 2020. If you don’t have a bidet attachment and squatty potty you are pooping wrong. Bidet attachments start at $20 (but if you can pay the $250 for one attached to a seat, they’re much cleaner since pee gets trapped in those attachments).

OP here - I share a bathroom w him and tbh I’ve never experienced anyone who makes going #2 such an involved and drawn out process. I seriously do not understand how someone takes that much time to crap. For me it’s a necessary evil and I get in and out ASAP. Taking a dump is like a Calgon bath for this dude.. I only learned about this squatty thing because I came home early one day and he had forgot to put it away.

Crapping shouldn’t be akin to some religious ritual. I’m not dragging some stool into the bathroom every time I need to go. The epitome of being extra. The only reason I could see doing this is if you have bowel issues such as constipation.

You don't really need the squatty thing tho to achieve the same

When you sit on the pot, instead of having feet flat on the ground, get on your tippy toes while sitting, and then sort of lean forward a bit. Lean almost as if you're about to stand up, but don't actually stand, and stay in that alignment.....bet you see results

I am going to try it although seems unnecessary unless you have BM issues.

These images are in bathrooms all across Yellowstone National Park due to the abundance of Asian visitors.

Its listed as a child's device, for when their little legs don't reach the floor. I would think you'd eventually grow-out of it, like a highchair or a booster seat.

[quote]Lean almost as if you're about to stand up, but don't actually stand, and stay in that alignment.....bet you see results.

Shit above the rim? Because that is now where you are aiming your asshole.

there has to be a way that one can make poop smell nicer at least. I still dont know why scientist havent figured this out yet.

[quote]Erna-Adjacent

Thoughts and prayers!

[quote]These images are in bathrooms all across Yellowstone National Park due to the abundance of Asian visitors.

R22, Asia was warned of an American phenomenon called "Poo-Shoes". The first case happened in a Vegas casino bathroom and once those Asians got home and told ten friends and so forth and so on it didn't take long for the Legend of Poo-Shoes to (forgive the pun) spread.

Hence, they now keep their feet off the floor just in case there is a case of PS in the facility they are using.

There is r25:

R24 Not quite. You're still sitting, your ass is still aimed at the opening....it's more of an adjustment as to the positioning of your torso. Basically if it gets in a specific alignment, it's easier.

I’d imagine standing on toilets leads to a lot of broken toilet seats and shit covered restrooms.

Fuck - how hard is it to sit your ass in a hole and push out a turd? Are these people vacationing from medieval times?

Sounds like many primitive Asians are used to poo shoes if they crap over a floor version of a urinal.

R23 that is what I thought it was too at first - one of those little stools kid stand on when they pee because they’re short.

It’s a more natural position to shit in. Remember we haven’t had toilets for that long. Humans used to squat before toilets.

I dunno - if I lived in a hut and crapped in holes back home and visited a country where they had a designated place that looked like a chair where I could sit down and comfortably crap without getting it on my legs and shoes—or have to bury it afterwards—I’d be in heaven. I also wouldn’t need a course or instructions.

Plus how do you not know how q toilets works/is used if you watch TV or movies? Or read books?

a toilet

More lessons

[quote]Yeah I’m a racist, thanks for checking in, 𝐒𝐉𝐖. Looks like that 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 and 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐲𝐞 has addled your brain.

Whatever doubt there might have been that you were a racist, R4, you just removed it with the alt-right lingo and trigger points. :D

Apparently some think the way to use the toilet is to remove the back tank cover and take a dump and throw TP in there

R38 haha sorry this triggered you

R39, evidently some people look at the Western water closet and are mystified by its use, as if it were the "three seashells" from 'Demolition Man' (1993), or 'Borat', who came back into his host's dining room, carrying his stool in a plastic baggie, and asking where to put the shit.

Here’s a modified toilet for those who insist on squatting

WTF why do we need signs for these? No fishing?? Jesus. I don’t even know what some of these are referring to lol. Are there cavemen from the prehistoric area using public restrooms?

R43, right way, no pissing all over toilet, no drinking from toilet, no standing on toilet, no fishing in toilet, no peeing on toilet like a male dog?

I wish I knew what the bottom right hand corner sign represents in r43

Wtf

R45, 'no shitting in the towel dispenser on the wall.'

R46, 'no shitting on the floor in front of the pot.'

R45 I think it’s a female trying to pee into a urinal sideways by putting one leg on the wall

Silly homosexuals

Because people in these developing countries squat to poop they are able to maintain a much much deeper "ass to grass" style squat than Americans can. and thus do not have trouble hitting the target.

We've all seen photos of elderly Asians squatting on the side of the road just to rest in a position that even teenage Americans could not maintain for more than a few minutes.

Another use for fat people toilet. R42. The extra wings are to hold the mounds of flab.

Maybe, R48.

This explains R49 in more scientific terms

The Asian Squat sounds like a dance craze

I don't have a squatty-potty but I do put my feet on the box of cat litter. It really does help elimination by raising your knees up a bit.

[quote]but I do put my feet on the box of cat litter.

Do you and Mr. SissyBoodles do BMs together?

Mmmmm a yellow Chinese poo poo smoothie!

I'll admit it. I have a squatty potty and I love it. I can only explain it as it feels like you empty your bowel much more thoroughly and completely, and for some reason you have much less to wipe after - I think the squatting posture slightly hoists your cheeks apart. I keep mine in the linen closet next door to the bathroom, it is white and innocuous looking on it's side against the wall. I'm not dragging it throughout the house.

That said, I'll be mortified when someone inevitably comes across it.

Another way of dumping out.

Funny how many gays can put massive cocks and toys in, but pushing a turd out requires just a little too much effort and requires special stools, positions, techniques, etc .

Don't knock it till you try it. It's like you put your feet up on the stool and the shit falls straight down, whooshing through your colon, and through your parted cheeks, barely leaving a trace as it leaves!

Yeah, there seem to be many health benefits (empties the bowels more thoroughly, reduces constipation, lowers risk of hemorrhoids, etc) given that it's the "natural" way to defecate.

R55, it happens occasionally but he prefers privacy, as do I.

Squatty Potty is the BEST!! I love that thing! I have one in my bathroom (it sort of tucks in around the toilet when not in use) and I keep one in the little powder room by my home office... makes such a difference in the ... how shall I say ... ease of use and completeness of the process....

I can't understand why you wouldn't talk to your housemate about it... there's no shame in these habits or routines... everyone does something!

I can’t believe we thought in 2020 we’d be living in a futuristic utopia, but have a a population that needs training on how to understand/use a toilet.

Its healthier and more efficient apparently. I've been thinking of trying the stool stool since I can't diddly squat. I tip over.

The squatty potty is great for short people so it makes sense that Asians might need one, especially with the newer, taller toilets in the US. Having your knees raised helps elimination.

You are less prone to roids if you squat. Or so I'm told.

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r65, my competing invention... The Stool Stool

Oh DEAREST!!!

Squatty Potty is for amateurs. I attached stirrups to my toilet and now everything flies out with hardly an effort.

Squatty potties are ok in some situations but what happens is that people miss the pot and leave turds on the ground. The turds then get smeared on your shoes. And that's Japan, which is far more hygiene-conscious than virtually any country in the world.

[quote]I can’t believe we thought in 2020 we’d be living in a futuristic utopia, but have a a population that needs training on how to understand/use a toilet.

The civilized world only comprises maybe 25% of the planet. The other 75% are basically savages.

Got one for my mother who was experiencing extreme constipation and it worked instantly for her. She keeps it in her master bathroom where no one uses it but her. But I’ve tried it and it really is so much better than just sitting on the toilet.

Did your mom watch r74?

I used a squat toilet in Japan. It’s not a big deal. On the other end of the spectrum is the Toto Washlet bidet. Very nice.

i did not like the squatty potty, i found it cumbersome. miralax for me

On another note, my Mexican in-laws put toilet paper in a little trashcan next to the toilets. It really disgusts me, and I've tried telling them that in the US you CAN flush toilet paper in the toilet. They can't seem to switch. I will say, they have a way of neatly folding the toilet paper and laying it in the trash can, but it's still gross. Other countries! What can you do!

I think the person upthread is misunderstanding the squatty potty. You do not miss the toilet, because you are still sitting on the toilet, you just put your feet up on the stool, which curves around the toilet. If you are standing on the stool with your ass in the air with shit falling out of it from great heights, you are doing it wrong.

My proctologist said the Squatty Potty is a waist of money.

It was inspired by Africans.

We don't have toilets, we just squat, plop, wipe & go.

Squatting while passing stool causes the puborectalis muscle to relax, allowing for the easy passage of stool.

This leads to less straining, muscle weakness, decreased hemorrhoids and decreased incidence of anal prolapse.

You see, it's science!

Christ. Another "tell me about something I could Google but I'm here to add clicks" mother fucking asshole.

Eat shit, OP, since you're so fascinated in "dragging" stools to your stools.

This thread goes to show that basic things really do need to be taught and are not inherent knowledge because I've been lifting my toes and leaning forward since I was 3 years old. I was in junoir high before I realized not everyone did that. I was watching The Sting and there's a scene in there where Paul Newman is hiding in a ladies stall with a woman and someone is after him- the guy looks under the stall and sees a woman's feet flat on the floor and says sorry or something like that and leaves. It was only then that I figured out not everyone raises their toes to "go"

Having said all this it took til my teen years to figure out how to roll toilet paper around my hand so it was neat-I used to just crumple a ball together

r72 is hilarious. Assuming you're asking a real question, your butt still goes on the toilet seat. You dont literally squat over the toilet. But with your legs up, it provides a slightly different angle for your lower body. Current toilet positioning triggers a muscle that prevents elimination. This better angle doesn't trigger the muscle.

We had two large coffee cans in the bathroom growing up, that worked just as well.