Originally published at: Here is a brief history of toilets | Boing Boing
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You may want to watch this one sitting down…
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Sure, he calls on us to find solutions to loo inequity, but we know where the capitalist disruptors want to take us.
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As Uncle Fritz used to say regarding poop, “it ain’t made out’a gold, so get rid of it”.
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Half the planet still has unsanitary pooping ‘facilities’.
These guys are trying to fix that. I’ve twinned my toilet - why not twin yours?
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Pratchett on the usefulness of horses over …horseless-things:
tuppence a bucket, well stamped down
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Historian Nancy Tomes wrote a delightful book some years back on how the germ theory of disease led to changes in bathroom and kitchen design:
It’s weird that he uses BCE, but then turns around and uses AD.
Poo.
I know an historian with a PhD in 16th-17th century plumbing. I’ve had some quite interesting conversations with her about it. Also, I’m on the toilet right now.
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Alternatively, pecunia non olet, and also see concerns over peak phosphorous, though personally I think those will be technologically solvable well before they impact food production.
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