this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2024
488 points (98.2% liked)
Comic Strips
12645 readers
4128 users here now
Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.
The rules are simple:
- The post can be a single image, an image gallery, or a link to a specific comic hosted on another site (the author's website, for instance).
- The comic must be a complete story.
- If it is an external link, it must be to a specific story, not to the root of the site.
- You may post comics from others or your own.
- If you are posting a comic of your own, a maximum of one per week is allowed (I know, your comics are great, but this rule helps avoid spam).
- The comic can be in any language, but if it's not in English, OP must include an English translation in the post's 'body' field (note: you don't need to select a specific language when posting a comic).
- Politeness.
- Adult content is not allowed. This community aims to be fun for people of all ages.
Web of links
- [email protected]: "I use Arch btw"
- [email protected]: memes (you don't say!)
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Do people really struggle this much to urinate? It seems crazy to not be able perform a basic bodily function like this. I honestly had no idea. Though, I do question why one of these two isn't following basic urinal etiquette. One stall between, otherwise use a toilet, otherwise wash your hands first and then, if no one has moved, you're allowed to ride side saddle.
Some dude used a urinal right next to me with five urinals available, and I stared at him until I finished. He never looked at me. Come to think of it, I don't know if he started peeing until I was done, but that seems like an edge case. His fault though.
Edit: wow, given the quick downvotes, it looks like it's more common than I thought here on Lemmy, and it appears I touched a nerve! Lol
I'm going to start bringing a stopwatch into the bathroom and very obviously start it when someone sidles up to the urinal. ๐
Everyone look at this guy. He can piss under extreme pressure. We should all aspire to be him
under.....pressure.....?
vanilla ice riff
Yes, the extreme pressure of... using a public restroom. ๐
Just because you don't have any issues doesn't mean other people don't. I, myself, have a lot of anxiety when it comes to using urinals and have trouble sometimes. Why? No idea. Having to piss doesn't override the anxiety, so you just end up feeling miserable.
Yeah, I just didn't realize it was so common. Sorry, that sucks. Are you an otherwise confident and secure person?
Yes, other than pissing I'm pretty confident.
No,. I have no idea why peeing in private is important to my lizard brain. It wasn't when I was a kid.
It's okay. Sorry I got snippy back at you. Funny enough, most of the time I feel as if I am very confident and secure. Naturally as people do I have my times where that slips, but I'd say 80% of the time I'm cool as a cucumber
Questioning is also not allowed.
Lemmy is a silly place.
It's proving to be Reddit without the random intellectuals.
Also never had an issue with urinals. I can also talk to others while peeing. But I'm also used to be nude at the sauna. If there's sufficient urinals available I keep at least one free but if someone stands next to me, I don't care.
Try it at home, too. It takes 21 seconds to pee. It's freakishly accurate throughout the animal Kingdom. My theory on shy bladder is that our brains know how long it takes, so when we take a while to start, everything compiles and we get nervouser and nervouser as we approach that 21 second limit.
I just use the stalls, but that's mainly because I'm self conscious about my peeper, and I've seen enough cruising in the men's room porn to be worried about Looky loos /s
It's not a choice. It's like some primal instinct or something.
Edit: urinals don't typically bother me but if you try to talk I'm done. Can't do the troughs. It's not insecurity it's just a little privacy and peace is nice.
I've heard jokes about it, but I didn't think it was a widespread thing. Doesn't the need to pee outweigh the fear of... well. Whatever the fear is I guess? What exactly is the fear?
I feel no fear or anxiety at all at first. It just doesn't come out if someone is next to me. The fear and anxiety comes afterwards when you've started taking a little bit too long. I think a lot also has to do with reduced bladder pressure as you get older or get chronic back issues.
Got it. Well, I'm sure it doesn't help, but I don't think anyone notices if someone is or isn't making pee noise. I think that's kind of the point of the comic, i.e., that never happens because no one is timing your piss cycle (I hope!).
For me, I just don't like having my genitals out when other people are around. It's not about whether they're looking or not, it just feels uncomfortable being exposed. Same reason I don't use public showers at gyms and such.
Oh everyone's looking, bro!