• 474D@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I’ve done plumbing work before, it’s all pipes, people. Piss to your heart’s content, you’re not hurting anything

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        6 days ago

        In any country, I would think.

        Even where grey water systems are deployed for water re-use, shower water /is/ normally collected, but piss would be so diluted as to be a negligable contaminant. A shower uses roughly 70 litres of water. An average human bladder voiding is 400ml, so that works out at 0.57% piss in the grey water collected in a single shower. Negligable.

        Piss away.

        Source -Dr. I P Freely.

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          That’s not even what I’m criticizing. You said you’ve done pipe jobs, and it’s all pipes: you can only attest for where you have worked

          And no, in some places water may be used very differently. Pee may contain a lot of unwanted chemicals, especially when the person is medicated

          Edit: In cities in western countries of course most of the time it’s all going to the same place. But I don’t think that’s why it’s taboo to pee in the shower. It’s because it’s seen as unhealthy for the other people using the shower / bathtub

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            5 days ago

            How would it be unhealthy? Do you not wash your ass in the shower? Does spit and snot not come out of your body in the shower?

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    I have a slow drain so the shower ends up with a shallow puddle by the end. So, no, I don’t like standing in a puddle of my own pee.

    But otherwise, pipes is pipes. No judgement here.

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    Of course, and occasionally I also poop in the shower. It’s always funny to stomp it down the drain.

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    I’m pretty sure the US army used to recommend peeing on your own feet in the shower to reduce athlete’s foot.