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orosee
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul
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This is the part where I finally closed the page:
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| Dr. Akilah El, ND, PhD, is a naturopath with a deep understanding (and personal experience) of gynecologic pathology. In 1991, while still a student, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer and uterine fibroids. Ignoring the dire warnings of her gynecologist, she cured herself without the use of drugs, surgery or radiation. |
If you're diagnosed with cancer or another terminal disease, cure yourself!
And what's a naturopath?
Praying would have done the same, in fact that's what I do when I am stuck on the toilet (actually I curse, which is a form of praying).
And yeah, since we Westerners don't have any squat toilets, we can buy that little gadget to make ours squattable. |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| mattwhy wrote: |
| It should be noted that this website is also an advertisement for some silly device you attach to your normal, western-style toilet so you can squat over it. Try explaining that to your american girlfriend. |
One should also click on the "endorsements" at the top of the page and see exactly who is endorsing "nature's platform." |
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Dixon
Joined: 30 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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| I guess we couldn't actually discuss the content of the article. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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Lots of cultural nonsense I have nothing but contempt for such as adjeosshi spitting on the ground in subway stations, but I've got no problems with the squatters-I actually prefer them in places other than my apartment, provided nobody misses.
I like to read at home, so no squatter there, please. |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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| redaxe wrote: |
This explains why you often see shoe-prints on the toilet seats in China.
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And it's not just limited to China. Go anywhere in Eastern Europe and you'll also see footprints on the seat. But THEY do it because they don't want to touch the toilet seat at a public toilet (and I don't blame them). If you've ever ridden on an East European train, and seen the state of the toilet there... They are worse than Chinese train toilets (athough public toilets tend to be far worse in China). I always thought that the squatter toilets there would be a big success there because nobody ever sits on a public toilet seat anyway and the squatter toilets would be so much easier to use than trying to balance yourself on the narrow seat of a normal toilet (or the rim of the porcelain basin if some nasty sod stole the seat). Now imagine trying to balance on the rim of a toilet in a train while the wagon is shaking side to side as it hurtles down the tracks.... I won't go into details of how the WC looks after a few hundred km, but sufficed to say, they'd be better off installing squatter style toilets. |
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mateomiguel
Joined: 16 May 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
| The sit down toilet is a recent thing in Korea homes, maybe started from the mid-80's. Before then, in 90% of homes, you had to go to the outhouse and squat. Before then Hemorrhoids was not as common in Korea. If you go to some of the poorer areas in Korea with older homes you can still see those squat toilet outhouses. |
How about hemorrhoids? How often can you see those in the poorer areas of Korea? |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:08 am Post subject: |
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| mateomiguel wrote: |
| jvalmer wrote: |
| The sit down toilet is a recent thing in Korea homes, maybe started from the mid-80's. Before then, in 90% of homes, you had to go to the outhouse and squat. Before then Hemorrhoids was not as common in Korea. If you go to some of the poorer areas in Korea with older homes you can still see those squat toilet outhouses. |
How about hemorrhoids? How often can you see those in the poorer areas of Korea? |
You know what I mean, wise guy. |
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GoldMember
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:31 am Post subject: |
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| Hittin the target is not an issue with a sit down. |
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Lunar Groove Gardener
Joined: 05 Jan 2005
Location: 1987 Subaru
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| Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:37 am Post subject: |
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The accurate aim percentages of squatters is visibly FAR worse than sitters.
An significant portion of your trousers must literally contact the squat toilet floor to gain proper purchase and clearance in successful squat usage.
I've seen no squats where all predecessors were clean, impeccably skilled, and cautiously exhibited care for the state of the next patron's squatosphere. Quite contrary, it's a freaking fire hydrant out there.
Also, spitting on toilet floors is in fact the usual custom, especially here in Korea.
With factors such as these in mind, one must assume that their trousers are gathering vile bacteria, and henceforth one becomes a carrier, reinfecting each time you touch your trousers; then shaking hands with it.
Hellooo squatee...
Compare this to the prospects of navigating a pedestal privy and I prefer the latter's odds for reducing contact with stool borne stowaways, thus maintaining a clearer conscience in all of my subsequent associations. |
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mateomiguel
Joined: 16 May 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah... how DO you keep your pants out of the line of fire in a squat toilet? |
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naturegirl321
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Home sweet home
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:19 am Post subject: |
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| orosee wrote: |
| And what's a naturopath?. |
Mm, kind of like a natural chiropractor. |
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kinerry
Joined: 01 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:13 am Post subject: |
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| the best part about squatty potties is when the shit makes a huge stack and then gets spread all over the floor |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:20 am Post subject: |
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| GoldMember wrote: |
| Hittin the target is not an issue with a sit down. |
If you're taking a leak, then hitting the target is a BIG issue with a sit down. If you miss with a squatter, no big deal. The next guy just gets it on the sole of his shoes. If you miss with a sit-down toilet, the next guy that comes in is going to curse you and all your ancestors.
I've never had any problem keeping my trousers from touching the floor in a squatter. Even when I've been completely drunk, my trousers never touched the floor. For public toilets, I would much prefer a squatter than a sitter. Not because of back problems or hemroids or whatever else. I just don't want to think about what nasty stuff is on the seat. At home, I prefer a sitter because I know that it's clean. I even have one of those electric toilet seats that warms up and has a built in bidet. (It came with the apartment.) |
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orosee
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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| naturegirl321 wrote: |
| orosee wrote: |
| And what's a naturopath?. |
Mm, kind of like a natural chiropractor. |
Made me wonder whether a psychopath is a natural psychiatrist 
Must get out of silly mode for a while. |
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taidgh
Joined: 17 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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| mateomiguel wrote: |
| yeah... how DO you keep your pants out of the line of fire in a squat toilet? |
personally i take everything off  |
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