• toynbee@lemmy.world
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    I have no interest in one, but playing devil’s advocate, some might consider it more sanitary since you don’t have to touch the toilet to flush and have the choice of not being near it, hopefully avoiding any spray.

    Also, if your guests use the restroom, you can startle them at any time.

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        That occurred to me while writing my comment, as well, and I don’t like the implications.

        I would imagine they have to ask you, yes. If the toilet can be flushed without authentication, they’d probably still have to ask you how.

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          Designing foot-operated things tends to fly in the face of modern accessibility standards. Wheelchair users already have enough problems using public toilets.

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            They can still have both. A foot pedal for those who want it, a standard handle for those who don’t or can’t. In fact, retrofitting existing handle-flush toilets to add foot pedals could make a lot of sense.

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            Oh shit, I guess that’s true, yeah. Wheelchair bathrooms are there own thing but not every place has them, at least where I live.

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          I assume lack of demand. In your own home, you’d be keeping the handle clean, and public washrooms often use the touchless sensor types.

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            and public washrooms often use the touchless sensor types.

            Now. I’m guessing you only have to go back to 2000 for that to be a futuristic new thing, though, while the history of the modern flush toilet goes back to the Victorian era.

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      Yeah, wouldn’t want to get bacteria on your hands a few seconds before washing your hands.