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Urinals should not exist. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
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[–] [email protected] 56 points 4 days ago (26 children)

This cartoon can't exist. Urinal etiquette requires:

That you should have one empty urinal between you and the next guy if at all possible. And always go to the nearest open urinal when you enter.

And that you look straight ahead and never look to either side of you. You must stare solely at the wall straight ahead of you. Thoughtful establishments hang pictures or current sales flyers at eye level to look at while peeing.

And most of all, you must never speak to anyone in there. So there is absolutely no way this cartoon can happen in the real world.

[–] tatterdemalion 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

You're kidding yourself. The norm in American bars is to have two urinals whose porcelain touches, and everyone pees with their buddy while having a boisterous chat.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Or it's a country bar and you have to pee in a common trough.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ah, the ol' honky tonk urinal that is just a rain gutter hung at an angle with a hose dribbling into the high side.

I do not miss small towns.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

The Joe in Detroit still had those. I made sure to use it one last time during the last Red Wings game I went to there. Fun fact, they sold them before demolishing the Joe. I see one went for $55. Man, I could have had a piece of history in my basement.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

They are so close. It's actually better to put your arm around the guy next to you to make sure you're good and centered to the urinal.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You must spend a fair amount of time in bars to be so wise. Bars and even restaurants have limited floor space so they can often have just one urinal and you wait your turn. And I have never had anyone even try to talk to me in a bar or restaurant restroom. Why would they? We are there to drink and eat, not discuss philosophy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

People have often tried to strike up conversations in bathrooms when I was clubbing. In their defence, I did look like a drug dealer at the time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Well that will draw a lot of attention for sure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You have not peed in enough bars, friend. Once the conversational juices get flowing, people sometimes follow you in to the toilet to keep the conversation going.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Truthfully, I have very seldom hung out in fancy clubs or bars. The places I have hung out in, if you followed someone into the restroom just to talk to them, you would have gotten the shit beat out of you and barred from ever coming back.

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