When we encounter different aspects of foreign cultures we often think.... how exotic....or isn’t that an interesting way of doing things... that is in all areas except the one... the one dealing with the most basic and natural of all ... going to the bathroom... the most primal of all activities seems to cause us the most concern and discomfort....
When you first encounter the squatty potty a part of the western mind kicks in and tends to imagine the advances in our superior technology and way of life.... because who would squat when you can sit, who would wash or spray yourself off with water when you can just wipe with a piece paper....and where is the toilet paper anyway and what do you mean it is for drying yourself after washing with water and putting into the garbage not flushed away with the business at hand....
As we sit on our thrones like kings imagining the superiority of our modern advanced civilization...just think what these poor Asians imagine when they first come to our country.... Actually they are as shocked about our methods as we are of theirs... they have a hard time imagining sitting on a plastic seat on which thousands of strangers have sat on with their bare butts since it was last thoroughly cleaned... or they wonder why we would want to use a thin piece of paper, pressing their fingers against their butts to scrape off their remaining business instead of using a hose and water, and while sitting there they might imagine how can anyone eat with the same hand that they used to wiped their butt with only a thin piece of paper....
So we need to rethink our superior position for when it comes right down to it the squatty potty is not only a more natural position to assume while going to the bathroom it is a far more cleaner and practical design for a public toilet.... just be careful to not pee on your shoes...
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