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Give pee a chance: Why German men urinate sitting down
BigThink ^ | 5.24.2023 | Frank Jacobs

Posted on 11/02/2023 4:48:15 PM PDT by libh8er

..... One such word is Sitzpinkler, a man who pees sitting down. Not only do the Germans have a word for it, they are remarkably more proficient at it than most other nationalities.

Recently, UK-based pollster YouGov published the results of a 13-country survey of men’s urinating preferences. This map shows the eight countries surveyed in Europe — the others were Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Singapore, and Australia. Of all 13 countries, Germany was the one where most men sat down “every time” to urinate (40%). Add those who do so “most times” (22%), and you get the result shown on the map: nearly two-thirds are Sitzpinkler (without final “s”: the word is both singular and plural).

Sitzpinkler statistics That puts German men well ahead of their second-placed counterparts in Sweden, where only 22% of men sit down “every time.” More Swedish men sit down “most times” (28%). Danish men place third overall (44%), ahead of Australians (39%) and Canadians (35%). The streams of French (35%) and Italian (34%) men almost cross, but despite the overall closeness of the result, a considerably larger share of French men are Sitzpinkler of the “every time” variety (19% vs. 13% in Italy). Dangling at the bottom of the European league are Poland (27%) and the UK (24%), with only 10% of Polish men and 9% of British blokes sitting down “every time.”

The U.S. is on the lower end of the scale: only 10% of American men sit down to pee “every time,” with an additional 13% “most times.” Still, this is not as low as Mexico or Singapore, where 6% and 5% of men respectively sit down to pee “every time.”

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1 posted on 11/02/2023 4:48:15 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: libh8er

So how much did the Grant cost the taxpayer to find out this information?


2 posted on 11/02/2023 4:49:30 PM PDT by oldasrocks
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3 posted on 11/02/2023 4:50:43 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (They say "Our Democracy" but they mean Cosa Nostra.)
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Their wives are probably happy - men really make a mess of bathrooms.


4 posted on 11/02/2023 4:53:18 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: libh8er

Many men want to keep their ‘little’ secrets, secret.


5 posted on 11/02/2023 4:53:27 PM PDT by adorno
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To: libh8er

This result is funny. Sitzpinkler is an insult in German....the equivalent of “weakling” or “pvssy” in English.


6 posted on 11/02/2023 4:55:10 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: libh8er

Maybe it’s because of German toilets - there would be a back splash


7 posted on 11/02/2023 4:55:16 PM PDT by 11th_VA (<><)
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To: libh8er
Yeah, I've been to Mexico and France. No way I'm sitting on those toilets.

Spain, on the other hand, is a particularly clean country. Cleanliness is a national obsession almost. You could eat off their toilet seats.

8 posted on 11/02/2023 4:55:47 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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The U.S. is on the lower end of the scale: only 10% of American men sit down to pee “every time,” with an additional 13% “most times.”

The number should be close to zero, with exceptions only for the aged or the infirm.
9 posted on 11/02/2023 4:55:48 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: ClearCase_guy

Lol!


10 posted on 11/02/2023 4:56:08 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: libh8er

They should expedite the process by wearing skirts.


11 posted on 11/02/2023 4:56:26 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: libh8er

Does it count if yer takin’ a dump at the same time?

Askin’ fer a fren’ ...


12 posted on 11/02/2023 4:56:49 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: libh8er

This should be correlated against cleaning one’s own bathroom.


13 posted on 11/02/2023 4:58:49 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: ClearCase_guy

If you sprinkle when you tinkle,
Be a sweetie.
Wipe the seatie.

Men peeing sitting down means less mopping the bathroom floor.

However, I still think it’s faggy.


14 posted on 11/02/2023 4:59:20 PM PDT by bimboeruption (Trump = The best President since Washington. )
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To: libh8er

I used to shop at a nice German store for their imported foods and good quality meat. It was not a large store, and the aisles were not terribly spacious. If the store was busy with middle-aged to older German women, well, let’s just say you’d best not get in their way.

I completely understand German men sitting down....I wouldn’t want to face the consequences of a stray drop.


15 posted on 11/02/2023 4:59:43 PM PDT by JudyinCanada (America's enemies want you to "trust the plan." Fight in reality, not the rabbit holes.)
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To: libh8er

Some males sit to pee, no men do.


16 posted on 11/02/2023 5:01:27 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

That begs the question...Do men who wear kilts pee sitting down?


17 posted on 11/02/2023 5:01:48 PM PDT by bimboeruption (Trump = The best President since Washington. )
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To: libh8er

I’d be ashamed to be caught squatting off my front porch.


18 posted on 11/02/2023 5:02:47 PM PDT by bleach (If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.)
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To: libh8er

That’s a long way from when I was a kid. Three of us (one an exchange student from Ireland) whipped them out while walking and had a distance contest.


19 posted on 11/02/2023 5:04:35 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: libh8er

Sitzpinkler, a man who pees sitting down. Not only do the Germans have a word for it, they are remarkably more proficient at it than most other


Guess that what happened when you lose two world war in the space of 27 years


20 posted on 11/02/2023 5:04:59 PM PDT by tophat9000 (Tophat90000)
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