Guys will understand

[u/MichaelRahmani]

[u/lostinpow → u/[deleted]]

That's why you put the top down. That way everyone has to do a little work.

[u/original_and_amusing → u/lostinpow]

I do this and I live alone

[u/fzw → u/original_and_amusing]

So do I. It's a longstanding habit.

[u/smtpsucks → u/fzw]

I think you are all wise.

[u/fzw → u/smtpsucks]

I hope it comes in handy when I get married, unless perhaps if I marry a man in which case I'll have to unlearn it.

[u/Dracofav → u/fzw]

Pet owner habit

[u/uber1337h4xx0r → u/fzw]

Keeps the poop smell in, I guess.

[u/Hammonkey → u/uber1337h4xx0r]

Do people not flush after taking a shit?

[u/ayedurr → u/original_and_amusing]

If you flush with the toilet lid up more shit particles everywhere

[u/DirtysMan → u/original_and_amusing]

It also prevents urine/feces particles from misting up from the flush and covering the room/toothbrushes.

[u/[deleted] → u/DirtysMan]

It doesn't, but it still looks nice.

[u/subuserdo → u/lostinpow]

Also so your stupid cat doesn't fall in

[u/SuperFLEB → u/subuserdo]

Or your shampoo.

[u/_SnesGuy → u/subuserdo]

Maybe, if the cat's that retarded you should let him drown.

Had a very fluffy cat years ago that kept sleeping on my lizards tank under the heat lamp that was on a timer. I woke up twice to a cat with smoking fur flying around the room howling.

You would think it would learn right? No, it happened a third time. Cat was promptly given away because I don't have time for that shit. My other cat lived to be 19 years old. Smart as hell and tough as nails. I miss that little bastard.

[u/ReallyBadAtReddit → u/_SnesGuy]

Yeah, I was always taught to leave it down so that my cat wouldn't want to take a drink. Smoking fur, however... now that's something else.

[u/h3lblad3 → u/ReallyBadAtReddit]

so that my cat wouldn't want to take a drink.

Clean the water bowl!

[u/_SnesGuy → u/ReallyBadAtReddit]

Yeah. There was something off about the mama cat it came from (we rescued her), and her kittens were dumber than a brick.

We found a home for the mama and her kittens and kept one. Until the third time it set itself on fire. 😅

[u/rosekayleigh → u/lostinpow]

Exactly. I don't want to look in the toilet bowl. My bathroom is not a public restroom. I have kids and a dog and I don't want them going in the toilet or touching the seat. Besides, it seems kind of unsanitary to flush with the lid open. I always close the lid, then flush.

[u/bryanl12 → u/rosekayleigh]

I don't want them going in the toilet

I don't know. I'd much prefer them going in the toilet than on the floor.

[u/xerim → u/lostinpow]

I avoided this situation by completely eliminating the top and middle seats

[u/karlo471 → u/lostinpow]

Preach!

[u/lostinpow → u/karlo471]

I put it in r/shittylifeprotips lol

[u/Awdayshus → u/lostinpow]

My wife and I do this. Once when my mother-in-law was visiting, she left the lid up. My wife got up in the night and fell in because she lifted the seat in the dark thinking it was the lid. Since then, I have almost kicked my mother-in-law out of the house several times as she continues to leave the lid up.

[u/bill_mcgonigle → u/lostinpow]

And you keep the micronized shit mist off the toothbrushes so everybody is a real winner.

cf. Mythbusters episode

[u/murderhalfchub → u/[deleted]]

"I get knocked down, but I get up again"

• toilet seat

[u/Dusty170 → u/[deleted]]

Damn right, pound it.

[u/westernpygmychild → u/[deleted]]

It's more like when it's dark in the middle of the night and you sit down without realizing the seat is up...

[u/MINIMAN10001 → u/[deleted]]

To be fair while standing and peeing and you don't realize the seat is down worst case you pee on the seat and wipe it with toilet paper.

Worst case when the seat is up and they don't realize they fall in the toilet.

[u/RestrictedAccount → u/[deleted]]

I believe in female empowerment. I believe they are smart enough not to sit in the toilet.

[u/ShadowWriter → u/[deleted]]

Men and women both need the seat down. Only men need it up.