• cobysev@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I rented a house in Germany when I lived there for a couple years, and for some reason, the owner decided to put a urinal in one of the bathrooms. I thought it was awesome having my own personal urinal, until I tried to use it while nude one day.

      No matter what angle I peed at, I always felt a light misting of urine sprinkling my legs and feet. Nowhere was safe.

      I realized, we don’t really notice it in public because we’re fully clothed. But use a urinal nude and you realize just how much misty backsplash there is. I don’t use urinals anymore.

      • Farid@startrek.website
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        2 months ago

        Must’ve been a badly shaped or indirectly positioned urinal. We had a urinal at home since I was 12 or something. Didn’t have this issue. But if yours is messed up, try finding those rubber urinal mats. They dampen the stream.
        Urinals are great; they save water.

  • AernaLingus [any]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    I went through a phase in my late teens/early 20s where I had major bladder shyness. There were a few times in especially high pressure situations (e.g. right after a movie or during a break in a football game) where I just stood there for 30 seconds with no results and was like “welp I guess I’m just gonna have to hold it until I get home.” I honestly don’t think I had any major psychological shift, since I was and still am majorly anxious, but thankfully it waned over time and I can now piss in peace.