• cRazi_man@europe.pub
    12·
    3 months ago

    England is doing this with extra steps. We just dump our raw sewage in the sea. Yay for privatised water companies.

    • brem@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      9·
      3 months ago

      Nothing says “I’m British” more than getting sepsis due to falling from a narrowboat into a canal that could possibly have Excalibur or dangerous feces.

  • lunarul@lemmy.world
    8·
    3 months ago

    Don’t know if things have changed, but that’s what toilets on trains looked like when I was in high-school. You could see the ground rushing under you.

  • Godric@lemmy.world
    7·
    3 months ago

    “No thank you”??? Tf do you mean, what do you think fuckoff big blue whales do?

    Pissing down into a body of water is one of life’s subtle joys, and you poo-poo the prospect of pooping into one?

  • billwashere@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    3 months ago

    If the floor were solid maybe…

    But can you imagine trying to take a shit during bad storm or even a hurricane?!? That shit would be intense. Might be something like a nuclear Poseidon’s Kiss. Or maybe a kaiju sized bidet.

      • billwashere@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        I have a problem with heights so the see through floor would not be something I’d enjoy. Although I’m curious about the “shit cannon”.

        • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
          3·
          3 months ago

          it’s very windy on the open ocean.

          if the floor was solid the only place for all that wind to go would be through that poophole.

          by making the floor slotted the design lowers the wind resistance and allows it to pass through, thus equalizing the pressure inside the room vs under it (think of it like a balloon).

          also because of the small size of the hole, should the floor be solid, the pressure is increased.

          this could be resolved by attaching a pipe the same size of the hole that sticks out of the bottom between 6-8 feet. I assume they didn’t do that for maintenance reduction. though, this wouldn’t stop sheer winds from shooting up the pipe.

          • billwashere@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            3 months ago

            I had not thought about this but it totally makes sense.

            It does seem possible to engineer it to allow air but not light through. But given the demeanor of the folks that work on these platforms, they do not likely give two shits (pun intended) about the floor being a little open. Hell I bet most of the floors on this thing are like this.

  • Psythik@lemmy.world
    6·
    3 months ago

    What’s with the title? I’m adding pooping here to my bucket list. I bet the sea breeze feels really nice (edit: and the plop sound would be satisfying).

  • pulsewidth@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 months ago

    This looks like a south east asian or middle eastern style seat with support areas for your boots, so that you can lift up the seat and climb up on it to squat. A hybrid toilet that supports both ME/SEA-style squat-usage and seated western usage (with seat down).

    Brave leaning the phone over it to take a photo.

    • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      add a new lid and I would love to shit there.
      Imagine taking a massive load and you look down to watch it fall and it makes a mega splash

      or imagine trying to hit like a fish or bird or something for no reason

  • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    I think the major concern would be whatever is in front of the main “bowl”. Is that just accumulated shit from people with really bad aim? Or, is that accumulated rust from people with bad aim and a lack of regular maintenance?

    • flandish@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 months ago

      the latter. with the floor being a grate, I reckon people just freepiss in there like it’s some sort of sink. or weather and salt…

      one bad weld and some rust and you’re falling, with half a turd hanging out, into the deep blue.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I think that’s whatever material was used to connect to toilet to the grate. Maybe caulk, or maybe something else.

      • Pyr@lemmy.ca
        3·
        3 months ago

        Gotta wonder why the seat can even be put up, just cut a hole in the wall for a urinal and leave the seat for number 2