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Should Men Sit Down to Pee? (Proof of the decline of Western Civilization)
Mental Floss ^ | October 15, 2013 | Meghan Holohan

Posted on 10/17/2013 8:03:11 AM PDT by tom h

When Viggo Hansen, a county counselor from the Left Party in Sormland, Sweden, tried passing a law that required that men sit down to pee when using the public bathrooms, his motion caused a flood of reactions. Hansen argued when men sit down to pee it is better for public health because it reduces the splatter around the toilets and stops the spread of disease. Hansen is one of many—including the head of the environmental protection agency in Taiwan, Stephen Shen, who also tried mandating such an order—that believe errant urine is bad for public health. They argue that droplets of urine spread disease. But just how scientifically sound are these arguments? Is it actually better for men to sit down and pee?

“Urine is actually sterile,” says Benjamin Davies, an associate professor of urology at the University of Pittsburgh. “There is no bacteria in it. You can drink urine.” (Though he's not advocating that anyone does take a swig of urine.)

So puddles of urine might smell bad and look gross, but they won’t cause disease. But Hansen has another argument: Hansen claims that men who pee while sitting will fully empty their bladders, which is better for their prostates—and means they'll experience a longer, healthier sex life.

But again, Hansen's claims are totally off the mark. "This is total bullsh**," Davies says. "There is no relationship between voiding and sex life. I haven’t the slightest idea why it would improve your prostate. If you are a normal male your prostate muscles relax while you urinate.”

Bottom line: Completely healthy men experience no benefit by sitting to urinate instead of standing. Some conditions might mean it is easier for a man to fully empty his bladder if he sits down, but for the vast majority there is no difference between sitting and standing. However, some cultures prefer to sit rather than stand—almost half of all Japanese men sit to urinate.

Davies believes that sitting is a cultural or psychological preference, not a health issue. “If you are tired," he says, "go ahead and sit.”


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: bathroomhumor; pee; urinal
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To: driftless2

It really is funny how many things are common to so many of us. I go on a trip, plan a stop in eight hours to pee and eat a gut bomb, eight more hours and stop for the night. My wife, on the other hand, plans her trip by where each of the highway rest stops are located.


141 posted on 10/17/2013 12:59:33 PM PDT by beelzepug (if any alphabets are watchin', I'll be coming home right after the meetin')
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To: dfwgator
In front of a urinal at F Street in Anchorage AK Image and video hosting by TinyPic
142 posted on 10/17/2013 1:07:07 PM PDT by Man from Oz
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; fieldmarshaldj
"When Viggo Hansen, a county counselor from the Left Party in Sormland, Sweden, tried passing a law that required that men sit down to pee when using the public bathrooms, his motion caused a flood of reactions. "

Unenforceable.

Sitting to pee, I don't know, it's somewhat, unsatisfying. Peeing outside is best, embrace the primal.

143 posted on 10/17/2013 2:13:44 PM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: Impy

Seems to me that Viggo Hansen should be dragged out of his office and peed ON.

Maybe they can make nice little designs with the streams...


144 posted on 10/17/2013 2:23:10 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: tom h; GOPsterinMA; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; Arthur Wildfire! March
It is sometimes hard to believe that the descendants of some of the world's most fierce peoples -- Vikings -- are now found trying to further emasculate men through legislation.

In generations past, only the strong (or lucky) survived. And no one had time to sit around and think up stupid nonsense like this.

145 posted on 10/17/2013 2:27:36 PM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: tom h

I step out for a few hours and come back to this? And a haircut thread?

The end is indeed, nigh.


146 posted on 10/17/2013 2:32:41 PM PDT by don-o (Hit the FReepathon hard and fast! Nail this one for the Jimmer. Do it now!)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy

Very interesting stories there.

“Weiner: I’d be mayor ‘if Internet didn’t exist’...”

Nah, there’d still be the TV and radio. D-bag.

“Larry Flynt Opposes Death Penalty For His Shooter; Wants Torture Instead...”

Your fellow democrats won’t like that, Lar.


147 posted on 10/17/2013 2:34:42 PM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: don-o

Comic relief


148 posted on 10/17/2013 2:34:43 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: NFHale

Well this is what happens when leftists snoop in the bathroom


149 posted on 10/17/2013 2:36:52 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: Theoria; All
German and Japanese men sit to piss. Perhaps there is a connection..

I knew a German engineer, who was a little more manly, and frowned on this. He called men who do this "sitzpincklers" or something like that. And it was NOT a complementary term, let me tell you.

150 posted on 10/17/2013 2:37:57 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Blog: www.BackwoodsEngineer.com)
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To: Boogieman
Actually, the Germans call men who sit down to pee “setzenpinklers”, which is an emasculating insult.

THAT'S the term! I couldn't think of the exact spelling. I used to know a German engineer who used that term, and NOT in a complementary manner.

151 posted on 10/17/2013 2:43:13 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Blog: www.BackwoodsEngineer.com)
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To: Impy

“..In generations past,...”

In generations past, those particular tribes just killed off the stupid and the weak.

Somewhere, they missed one or two... and they started breeding.


152 posted on 10/17/2013 2:46:58 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

This is what happens when you don’t protect your race, your civilization, your culture, and your people from liberals.


153 posted on 10/17/2013 2:48:04 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: beelzepug

Oh my God, you can drive 16 hrs in a single day? You’ve got a lot more stamina/adrenaline than I have.


154 posted on 10/17/2013 3:03:22 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: driftless2

I didn’t say I wasn’t a zombie upon arrival, though, did I? Truth is, no, I don’t do it anymore. I used to but at 67, 16 hours is well into my nap time.


155 posted on 10/17/2013 3:08:18 PM PDT by beelzepug (if any alphabets are watchin', I'll be coming home right after the meetin')
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To: Impy; NFHale; fieldmarshaldj

That’s why there were wars; to thin out the herd...


156 posted on 10/17/2013 3:27:06 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (You're a very weird person, Yossarian.)
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To: Impy; Arthur Wildfire! March; NFHale; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy

The only reason Carlos Danger “ran” for mayor was to burn thru his unspent campaign funds. Uber-douche.

Larry Flynt: Hot mess.


157 posted on 10/17/2013 3:29:13 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (You're a very weird person, Yossarian.)
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To: GOPsterinMA

I’m of the opinion that they shoved whatever their versions of liberals were back in the day up to the FRONT of the line... unarmed.

Not a bad idea.


158 posted on 10/17/2013 3:33:39 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: GOPsterinMA

First time I ever saw a Hustler magazine, I realized it wasn’t a porno mag, but a gynecological journal.


159 posted on 10/17/2013 3:36:05 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: GOPsterinMA

“...Larry Flynt: Hot mess....”

Worthless waste of sperm.


160 posted on 10/17/2013 3:38:28 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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