• Nate Cox
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    5 days ago

    Do these designers not have children? Wiping pee off the seat is like an every time thing; seems silly not to just use a bit of toilet paper.

    Even I have to clean up when I miss; which happens max, max, 95% of the time.

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      5 days ago

      And if paper that immediately dissolves when wet scratches the seat; maybe use better materials.

      • Hexarei
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        5 days ago

        Toilet paper is wood, while the seats are plastic. Wood is a 2.5-ish on the mohs scale, and plastics tend to be too. So they scratch at a 2.5 with deeper grooves at a level 3, even on a micro scale. The alternative is to use ceramics for the seat, but the fragility means one rough drop of the seat and it could shatter. Metals are generally no better.

    • DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world
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      Do these designers not have children?

      Their children are furry and meow. But in all seriousness, I would consider it an engineering oversight for not considering how their product is being used in real households.

      Even I have to clean up when I miss; which happens max, max, 95% of the time.

      You miss a max of 95% of the time? 🙃 On a related note, most people are bad with percentages.

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      5 days ago

      the only thing I’ve ever had to wipe off the seat is condensation. I’ve no doubt children find a way to get pee on it but anyone with two braincells to rub together knows the seat moves out of the way