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Q: Would you ever choose to install a squat toilet?
I actually think I would. When cleaned properly I think they are great. The best public squat toilet here is better than the best public western toilet back home. For one, you don't have to sit on a cold toilet. The long drop means they rarely get backed up (though when you drop your phone down there, it is pretty much gone for good).
Though I think maybe I would want both in my house. Squat toilets drunk/hungover is always a bit dangerous.
Sure, as a joke if ever a friend asks me to help with renovation.
I think you are underestimating public toilets. http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/worlds-greatest-public-bathrooms
also, I don't find squatters very apt e.g. when there will one day be babies crawling around on the floor, I sure as hell wouldn't want my dog to go put it's paws in the squatter and then run and slap me on the face as I rest on the sofa
I find it impossible to read a magazine when using squat toilet... so I can never see me installing one.
actually i have 2 bathrooms in my apartment
one with a squat toilet that i never actually tried using....i don't see a reason why it would be better than a western toilet
Why would you ever want one? Apart from the fact that as you get older it would become harder and harder to use it.
No!
With squat hole I would feel the same as 'somebody' would require 'I reach with my R hand to the opposite (L) pocket!' ...around my butt....That is!
If I could train my dog and cats to use it. My dog travels and leaves a trail to pick up now and I'm so so very tired of cat litter. I'd never use it, my knees are shot. Some Chinese western style toilets leave a lot to be desired, mine has the drain at the front of the bowl and its just a bad design. PM me for details, 
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TedDBayer:
It took awhile but I figured it out, you have to strip and sit backwards. That makes sense, no turning around.
I'd better like to put a bucket with sand instead....
Scandinavian:
also, to empty, just hurl it out of the window, medieval-style
there healthier
For Best Toilet Health: Squat Or Sit? : Shots - Health News : NPR
and to improve upon my argument.
Scandinavian:
Despite me being a health fanatic, I still call the Squatter dumb. I eat like a Viking, I have no issues with my bowels.
The problem with squat toilets is the squatting. Most Chinese can squat on their heels, where very few westerners can. When a westerner squats, they have much shorter calf muscles so they have to come up on there toes to squat which makes the process unstable.
I have a squat toilet in my apartment. It's made me more flexible and is scientifically proven (by Western doctors) to decrease strain on the body when pooping, lessening the risk for hemmorrhoids.
Only once. I fell in and had to be fished out. What a waste of fine clothes.
Eau de Merde No 5.
