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.”
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.
Unenforceable.
Sitting to pee, I don't know, it's somewhat, unsatisfying. Peeing outside is best, embrace the primal.
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...
In generations past, only the strong (or lucky) survived. And no one had time to sit around and think up stupid nonsense like this.
I step out for a few hours and come back to this? And a haircut thread?
The end is indeed, nigh.
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.
Comic relief
Well this is what happens when leftists snoop in the bathroom
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.
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.
“..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.
This is what happens when you don’t protect your race, your civilization, your culture, and your people from liberals.
Oh my God, you can drive 16 hrs in a single day? You’ve got a lot more stamina/adrenaline than I have.
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.
That’s why there were wars; to thin out the herd...
The only reason Carlos Danger “ran” for mayor was to burn thru his unspent campaign funds. Uber-douche.
Larry Flynt: Hot mess.
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.
First time I ever saw a Hustler magazine, I realized it wasn’t a porno mag, but a gynecological journal.
“...Larry Flynt: Hot mess....”
Worthless waste of sperm.
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