Gentlemen, it is with great displeasure that I must inform you that we’re doing it wrong.

  • BCsven
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    I’m waiting for the StandUp to Poo study

    • yetAnotherUser
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      Yeah, a study that compares the benefits of using a toilet vs the benefits of pooping the way East Asians traditionally do (a “hole” on the ground).

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        And if I recall, the results were that squatting is actually better at lining up all of the anatomy for least effort in evacuation. As a result there was a suggestion of a lower incidence of haemorrhoids.