Poll: If I have to put the toilet seat down after use...

[Nexxis]

Absolutely not. Women always need the seat down. Men occasionally need it up, and occasionally need it down. Therefore it statistically needs to be down.

This.

And, personally, I keep the seat down and close the lid mostly because it looks neater to me and keeps water from splashing out. This doesn't happen with all toilets, but I do find it happening with toilets that flush fast and make a lot of noise.

Also, I've lived in a house with a few elder family members who aren't very good at checking the state of the toilet seat, especially at night should their bodily functions wake them up and/or they're in a hurry. Accidents have happened so generally, in that house, I keep the lid up and the seat down. (In my own space, I keep both down)

 

[Phisi]

You can't know who's going to use it next. I always put it down and the lid even if I know no women would be using it (male bathroom etc) because I think it's neater.

 

[Nouw]

How can one tell who is going to use the toilet afterwards?

I've been meaning to ask about your avatar. I'm intrigued and I wish to learn more.

Be enlightened my friend! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evA-R9OS-Vo]

 

[lettucethesallad]

I really don't get why people get worked up over this. It really is a pointless question. How hard is it to lower the seat if you're not happy with it being up? Don't you look before you sit? (-_-")

 

[Starik20X6]

I've never understood why people get so petty about performing a literally 1 second action. I'd get it if people were chaining and padlocking the toilet shut and hiding the keys, but when it takes zero effort to move the damn seat, why do people care? I hate to say it but this has to be one of the most glaring 'first world problems' ever. There are people who have to poop in holes in the ground, and they're lucky if they get the whole lot out without being attacked by lions.

 

[Idlemessiah]

Well it all depends on whether you're going to put the cling-film over the bowl or the seat...

Also Banana.

 

[Eri]

I've never understood how anyone could "fall in" if the seat was up. That's well deserved for not looking at what you're doing. If you don't look before sitting down (on ANY seat) you're an idiot. There could be (on seats in general) a spider, a knife lying around, the seat could be unhooked or rusted out, someone might have spilled food, paint could be drying...

ALWAYS look before you leap.

 

[Skoosh]

It has a lid. Put the lid down, that way it doesn't matter who goes in, and when you flush there aren't piss and shit particles floating around in the same room I keep my toothbrush. Prevent accidents (nobody wants some glasses or a phone to fall in the toilet) and it's more sanitary. Smells nicer too. So I don't care what your genitalia is, stop going for maximum speed and just put the lid down like a civilized human being.

 

[Meatspinner]

Wow, this is real??

I always thought this "issue" existed only in sitcoms... and bananas

 

[GistoftheFist]

I've never understood this argument. Do women just make a mad dash for the toilet and not even look in it's direction to see if the seat is down and then fall in? How much effort is it to tug the seat enough for gravity to put it down for you.

 

[wintercoat]

Wow, this is real??

I always thought this "issue" existed only in sitcoms... and bananas

I once had a full bottle of shampoo thrown at me for leaving the seat up...

And yes, bananas.

 

[lunavixen]

How about we meet in the middle? Men have to lift the seat for themselves, so the women should agree to lower it for themselves. Personally, I always lower the seat and close the lid, just because of what the mythbusters taught me. I don't want bacteria from the toilet landing on my toothbrush.

you keep your toothbrush near your toilet? isn't your toilet in a separate room? besides, that mythbusters experiment was actually contaminated, they cross contaminated the toothbrushes that were kept separate by using the same toothpaste for all, and they rubbed the toothpaste tube directly on the bristles, cross contaminating all of the brushes.


OT: instead of complaining, just put it down ladies and gentlemen, you waste much less energy. especially at night when the temperature drops, just so you're not putting your butt on a really cold ceramic bowl.

 

[Gardenia]

Just sit down. I am raised by my mom, and I hardly ever pee with the seat up. I only do that at school, because those seats are filthy. sitting down is easier, and you don't have to worry about your aim either

It's rare to see someone I agree with completely. When I'm at home - sit down. When I'm at a public toilet - stand up. It really is convenient.

I don't know if this is because I am a tall man (or just have a large penis FNAR FNAR), but when I sit down on the toilet, my penis always touches the porcelain, and no matter how filthy the seat is the inner side of the porcelain is more disgusting. If it's a very small toilet seat, it might even just sort of lie there on the rim which obviously could lead to bad times all around. To avoid this when defecating, I have to bend it downwards, blocking the urinary tract in the process. To put it simply, I have to stand when I pee.

Me and boyfriend decided it by who is more fucked-over if the seat is accidentally in the wrong place.

He may pee on the seat, I may break my butt.

So he puts the seat down. He hardly ever remembers but he tries to.

Are you in a _Ridiculous_ amount of hurry, madam?

OT: I mostly (70% of the time) put the toilet seat down because it looks better, but if I don't, my GF will lift it without whining. Not once has she fallen in. Works out for everyone.
EDIT: BANANAS!

 

[Supertegwyn]

I'm a guy and I always keep it down. Can't stand it being up.

 

[Kolby Jack]

If putting the toilet seat down after I use it is something I'm supposed to do, fine. But I will only do so if the other party agrees to not ***** at me when the head smells like shit after I took, well, a huge shit. I don't crap daisies, damn it! Stop griping to me about things beyond my power!

 

[Slayer_2]

I think it should be every man (or woman) for themselves. You want it down or up, you move it. Don't spend half an hour bitching because you're jealous of my meat sausage's abilities. That's mathematically about 900 times you could have moved the toilet seat, and doesn't raise the blood pressure quite as much.

 

[Random Fella]

You should shut the lid before you flush anyhow, so the shit doesn't just spray up in the air
That makes sense right?

 

[zehydra]

I'm a man and I don't pee standing up, because it's stupid.

So I more or less am going to side with the women on this issue.

 

[Trippy Turtle]

I used that argument on my family and they just said it was impolite. I just leave it up because I believe its every man or woman for themselves.