Do you put a cover on the toilet seat?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me what the fear is of touching a toilet seat with your butt or thighs? I mean, I’m not rubbing my vulva on the seat. Have I been doing it wrong all these years? Any germs that want to climb up my butthole have to fight my own feces to infect me. Not to brag, but I have some hella stank poo. I feel like if something defeated my poo to infect me, it deserves to kill me, unless it wants to make me She Hulk. And anything getting up in my snizz gotta be airborne, and really, that’s not how you catch colds.

At worst, you have a tiny chance of getting norovirus from a toilet seat. But if someone’s spreading norovirus through poo particles on the seat, they’re also on everything else uou touch and the air you breathe, so it’s sort of a waste of paper.

Unless you’re like one of the moms who spreads antibiotic resistance by insisting your kid get antibiotics for viruses that antibiotics can’t touch, there’s nothing to gain by papering the bathroom. And if you’re that person, the only thing you seem to be gaining from a sane perspective is some weird power trip, trying to control every aspect of your life, including the microscopic entities that enter your bodies. Best of luck with that!

It’s not complicated. Some us just don’t want our skin making direct contact with a dirty toilet seat.

I have friends who don’t mind sitting on a public toilet seat, and that’s fine. It’s their choice. I also saw one friend place her bag on the floor next to the toilet in a public stall, which I’d never do.

We’re all different. 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:no you can hover and piss if you have to, covers are for crazies

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[Anonymous]

I put TP on. I’ve taught my kids to do the same.

[Anonymous]

White Sitter. My main goal in a public restroom is to get out quickly without touching anything with my hands unless necessary.
My mom taught me to cover with toilet paper, but I felt like I was touching the toilet MORE by trying to balance the flimsy toilet paper around the seat. And the pieces inevitably fell off or stuck to my butt.
Hovering is the worst option. It often leaves a mess for the next person or cleaning staff.
I've made it to 50 years without picking up any sort of toilet disease, so I think my method works okay.

[Anonymous]

I either use paper or just sit, depending on how clean it seems (I know, I know, you can't tell just by looking...but a gas station feels different than a fancy restaurant). If it seems super gross I'll hover.

[Anonymous]

Touching the print button on zero matching is 100x dirtier than toilet seat.

The toilet seat is one of the cleanest things I. Office

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Touching the print button on zero matching is 100x dirtier than toilet seat.

The toilet seat is one of the cleanest things I. Office

It's easier to wash your hands than wash your thighs.

[Anonymous]

If the bathroom looks pretty clean, I just sit. If it looks a little sketchy, I hover and do any necessary clean up (rare).

I haven't even had so much as a cold for the last decade so it looks like I've defeated all the toilet-borne illnesses.