ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIs there a reason why toilets are made out of one of the most resonating materials possible while also being made in a shape that makes a small fart sound like a damn trombone?message-squaremessage-square98linkfedilinkarrow-up1239file-text
arrow-up1239message-squareIs there a reason why toilets are made out of one of the most resonating materials possible while also being made in a shape that makes a small fart sound like a damn trombone?ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square98linkfedilinkfile-text
Currently sitting on my toilet trying to be quiet and this damn thing is making my ass sound like a brass only orchestra
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoCouldn’t enamled metal work just as well? It’s not like you shit into bare porcelain; it’s enamaled.
minus-squareRegna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·3 months agoEnamel can get chipped and scratched, and if you don’t clean it regularly it will stain and disintegrate. Source: rented places with enameled bathtubs and sinks.
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoYou can get them clean again, but I think you basically have to scour them with pumice, which you can probably only do so many times. Edit: Oh, you’re talking about enamel, I’m talking about porcelain.
minus-squareStaticFalconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoPart of me thinks metal would.only transmit sound even better than porcelain.
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoYeah, you can buy metal toilets. They have them in prisons and public restrooms, usually. I think people don’t buy them because they don’t like the look. I certainly wouldn’t want a metal toilet.
Couldn’t enamled metal work just as well? It’s not like you shit into bare porcelain; it’s enamaled.
Enamel can get chipped and scratched, and if you don’t clean it regularly it will stain and disintegrate.
Source: rented places with enameled bathtubs and sinks.
You can get them clean again, but I think you basically have to scour them with pumice, which you can probably only do so many times.
Edit: Oh, you’re talking about enamel, I’m talking about porcelain.
Part of me thinks metal would.only transmit sound even better than porcelain.
Yeah, you can buy metal toilets. They have them in prisons and public restrooms, usually. I think people don’t buy them because they don’t like the look. I certainly wouldn’t want a metal toilet.