I’m sure they can’t be there to ‘save water’, as they auto flush as soon as you stand up, knowing good and well you still gotta wipe your ass and flush again anyways…

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    Last time the great Sit Vs Stand Debate reared its head (on the site we left behind), iirc standers were in the minority, but not by much. I don’t understand the mechanics of standing to wipe.

    Surely standing smooshes the buttcheeks together? Like trying to clean a window with the blinds down

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      It isn’t a full stand, just like a squat above the toilet. Asscheeks still very much apart, ready to receive paper.

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        Asscheeks still very much apart, ready to receive paper

        No idea why this read for me like a response to a drill sergeant.

        “WHAT’S THIS, MAGGOT? ARE YOU FULLY STANDING UP TO WIPE YOUR DIRTY ASS, RECRUIT?!”

        “SIR, NO SIR! ASS CHEEKS VERY MUCH APART, READY TO RECEIVE PAPER, SIR!”

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        I feel like Standers have not been clear all this time, sounds like the manoeuvre is more of a crouch! Which makes far more sense than bumcheek-smooshing a fresh poop remainder.

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          If it helps to know, you mainly stand with your legs, depending on your technique, your head can stay at pretty much the same height ras it was when you were sitting, sort of an upward ass salute.

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      I sit so this is just a guess, but I imagine they use one hand to hold one cheek apart, and the other to wipe? Otherwise yea I feel like it would make more of a mess lol

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        The mysterious world of the other side of the toilet stall… you’re sat there pooing like a normal human being, meanwhile in the next stall someone is stood over their own pants, pulling their bumcheeks apart one at a time for what could only ever be a half-wipe. Strange & inefficient.

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      Well I’m not sure how everyone else goes about it, but I’ve always found it easier to stand and wipe front to back, I dunno about all that sitting down or sideways wiping stuff.

      Probably helps that I’m a reasonably slender guy though, it’s not difficult or messy at all for me… 🤷‍♂️

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      Sitting makes it hard to properly position the paper without accidentally dipping it in the poopy water.

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        This just leaves me more confused. What sort of toilet are you using, where your anus is close enough to the water that you might accidentally dip your paper in? Are you pooing in ponds?

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            I guess the answer to that will be dependant on flexibility and arm length. I’m an around-the-back-er, can’t imagine reaching underneath… feels like it’d be more of a push than a wipe, but then I don’t have very long arms afaik (I kept seeing people with v long reach in MMA bouts, decided to measure my reach, was mildly disappointed to not have long arms).