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I cannot tell you how many times I've made a noise on the toilet and been so embarrassed that I actually end up waiting for anyone who heard it to leave, just so I can stay anonymous

I don't think there will be anyone who objects to this. There is nothing in a bathroom worth listening to. Nobody socializes in a bathroom. It's as quiet as a library, and any bodily noise completely gives you away

Please just add background music to bathrooms. Even with quiet background music, you could at least strategically defecate to the tempo to make it sound like it's part of the song

I hate public bathrooms, please make them bearable

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[–] Endmaker@ani.social 7 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Japanese Toilets Play Music So You Don't Embarrass Yourself

TL;DR

The Otohime is a wall-mounted speaker, launched by TOTO in 1988, that plays roughly 25 seconds of running-water sound to mask the noise of using the toilet. It is named after a dragon princess, replaced a wasteful habit of repeat-flushing that cost the country 2.7 million tonnes of water a year, saves around 6 litres per use, masks sound up to 45 dB, and is now installed in roughly 80% of Japanese women’s public restrooms. It is also, depending on who you ask, either a model of considerate design or a small monument to gendered shame. Possibly both.

[–] insanemantis@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

I have traveled there, though I never needed to use the music because there are far less public bathrooms there to begin with!

The bidet is also a huge plus that I would like to add as another thing that we filthy Americans desperately need

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 points 41 minutes ago

There may be fewer separate "public bathroom" buildings but pretty much any konbini has a (perfectly maintained) bathroom available to customers.

[–] Endmaker@ani.social 1 points 2 hours ago

The bidet is also a huge plus

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