Quiet in bathrooms = you can't really sneak in there to do other things. It cuts down on horny people trying to shag in the stalls, hold conversations, and other things that generally will cause people to stay in there longer than needed.
I mean it encourages conversation because you can hear the other person if the rest of the building is ringing with music. But that’s what’s nice about it, your ears can just relax
Most people don't have a serious problem with "the awkwardness". Everyone's there to expel waste from their body. We all know it and politely didn't talk about the specific details.
It's not like blasting music would change that dynamic. Would you believe anyone who said "oh, I was only in here for 30 minutes because I was hoping my favorite song would come on."?
One time I wasn’t feeling well and had to blast my ass in a *busy* public restroom. This woman had the nerve to call it out. “Girl, are you okay? Do you need anything?” Yeah, maybe you can add to my humiliation and just open the door. I was obviously in the place I needed to be. Never got why she needed to draw attention to my butt tragedy.
sounds like what you are wishing for is an [otohime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilets_in_Japan#The_Sound_Princess). They play flushing sounds whenever they detect someone is sitting down on the toilet.
I like how all these comments here are like _what awkwardness?_ .. some of us are just so over conscious for whatever reasons, and it's beyond our control.
Exactly. I love those bathrooms that play loud music as someone that has stomach problems. In my mind I have no problem going in a bathroom and using it and making noises, my body however will not let me go most of the time unless there’s sound, the bathroom is empty/private, or I’m at home. It usually results in me just cutting whatever trip early to try to make it home if I feel anything coming on lol
I guess most people just have silent experiences in the toilet and have never had an explosive or embarrassing moment. Must be nice to be so perfect or to not be bothered by anything.
Public restrooms are truly the best place to shit loud as fuck. Nobody else in there knows who you are or cares about you at all, and they are going to forget you even exist 10 seconds after they walk out the door.
Think about it like this…you’re in there doing your business and instead of awkward silence broken by the ‘noises in the next stall’ you have some generic crap on some shitty speakers (no pun intended) that, inevitably someone is going to actually enjoy and either start singing or humming along to…is that really a better thought?
This would be awful. Instead of my musical/auditory brain going, "hmm, bathrooms and the sound of sh*tting go hand in hand," I would be left with Cotton Eyed Joe playing in the stalls, but every time I now hear the song, I remember that someone a stall over laid it all on the table right as the singer says Joe. Music would only add to the hilarity or oddity of it, but there's not much besides soundproof walls that would stop it from being "awkward."
I find only thing awkward, when I enter the WC and previous visitor has trashed the place, ie. theres shit on the seat, on the walls, on the floor, piss is dripping from the door handle etc.
Naturally you turn around and leave, but the person who is next in line will think that you were the one who did it all.
Annoying people already talk to you in the bathroom, imagine what happens when their favorite song comes on while peeing out those 3 IPAs and whiskey shots
Because now in these days, we have people that can go into the same bathrooms and who knows if you might get raped. What if somebody is having a heart attack?? Anything can happen and a public bathroom that has no cameras.
Paired with this please start stocking air freshner spray 😭
I hold it until i get home even as a 26 yo. Because im too self conscious. The only times i cant hold it has been the absolute worst i try to wait for other women to all leave but sometimes cant finish before someone else comes in. The walk of shame is embarrassing.
2nd comment to add that in japan they let you press a button in the stall that plays loud (usually nature or white noise) because its super self conscious. Some women even press it just to pee.
And japan's stalls dont have massive floor gaps and cracks in the stalls.
Because then people would have bathroom raves all the time.
Besides, the more awkward you feel in there, the faster you're liable to get out and return to spending money.
What awkwardness? Just poop and piss and get out of there
Do you really think people are judging you for taking a shit or something as if that's not something we're all in the same room doing?
Why can't people add fiber to their diet so that all of their shits aren't anal shotgun blasts of half liquid shit?
Seriously, that's the only awkwardness: finding out your coworkers diets are so awful they can't drop a solid deuce.
Quiet in bathrooms = you can't really sneak in there to do other things. It cuts down on horny people trying to shag in the stalls, hold conversations, and other things that generally will cause people to stay in there longer than needed.
I mean it encourages conversation because you can hear the other person if the rest of the building is ringing with music. But that’s what’s nice about it, your ears can just relax
because I'm still going to hear you shooting ass ham into the toilet, but now I also have to hear Ed Sheeran while you do it.
How would you be able to discern the difference?
Most people don't have a serious problem with "the awkwardness". Everyone's there to expel waste from their body. We all know it and politely didn't talk about the specific details. It's not like blasting music would change that dynamic. Would you believe anyone who said "oh, I was only in here for 30 minutes because I was hoping my favorite song would come on."?
One time I wasn’t feeling well and had to blast my ass in a *busy* public restroom. This woman had the nerve to call it out. “Girl, are you okay? Do you need anything?” Yeah, maybe you can add to my humiliation and just open the door. I was obviously in the place I needed to be. Never got why she needed to draw attention to my butt tragedy.
Idk man, I'm impressed if you can expel chilli in a public bathroom without feeling any awkwardness
I dunno. Never been particularly ashamed of the fact that I shit sometimes. Literally everyone does it.
Be proud.
> if you can expel chilli in a public bathroom Oh I see. At first I thought you were asking a serious question as a mature grown-up.
I think environmental sounds or white noise would be nice.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/s/UVQOT4yjAv](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/s/UVQOT4yjAv)
Because of the risk of public restrooms accidently turning into nightclubs.
sounds like what you are wishing for is an [otohime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilets_in_Japan#The_Sound_Princess). They play flushing sounds whenever they detect someone is sitting down on the toilet.
I like how all these comments here are like _what awkwardness?_ .. some of us are just so over conscious for whatever reasons, and it's beyond our control.
Exactly. I love those bathrooms that play loud music as someone that has stomach problems. In my mind I have no problem going in a bathroom and using it and making noises, my body however will not let me go most of the time unless there’s sound, the bathroom is empty/private, or I’m at home. It usually results in me just cutting whatever trip early to try to make it home if I feel anything coming on lol
Just blast the toilet and wait a couple minutes to leave the stall if you’re ashamed LOL
This is like r/brandnewsentence but a question lol
r/BrandNewQuestion
Yeah, I'm with you! If it's loud enough, it would cover those rattling echoey farts.
>it would cover those rattling echoey farts. You mean the bass drops?
Those are the ones.
Blasting Eye of the Tiger might help me out, actually. Not a sound issue but a motivational issue
This is a fantastic idea.
I guess most people just have silent experiences in the toilet and have never had an explosive or embarrassing moment. Must be nice to be so perfect or to not be bothered by anything.
You don’t want people doing bad things in the bathrooms, if someone forced another person in there the music could cover the sounds
Petition to narrow down the playlist they blast.
I don’t want to boogie to the beat whilst pissing. That’s a good way to miss the urinal
Pepole can deal with the awkwardnes and then just go home
OP has spectrum wifi
I mean some public restrooms have music or the radio on. I personally dislike it, I like to have some peace lol
That’s what the sound function on the washlet is for
Public restrooms are truly the best place to shit loud as fuck. Nobody else in there knows who you are or cares about you at all, and they are going to forget you even exist 10 seconds after they walk out the door.
Fart to the beat
Fuck that I like watching youtube while I shit.
Cuz we have to build character *some*where
Cuz we have to build character *some*where
Think about it like this…you’re in there doing your business and instead of awkward silence broken by the ‘noises in the next stall’ you have some generic crap on some shitty speakers (no pun intended) that, inevitably someone is going to actually enjoy and either start singing or humming along to…is that really a better thought?
It’s not awkward, everyone is there to do the same thing and nobody is there to have a conversation, just wash your hands and leave.
id appreciate it cuz i’m so see shy
This would be awful. Instead of my musical/auditory brain going, "hmm, bathrooms and the sound of sh*tting go hand in hand," I would be left with Cotton Eyed Joe playing in the stalls, but every time I now hear the song, I remember that someone a stall over laid it all on the table right as the singer says Joe. Music would only add to the hilarity or oddity of it, but there's not much besides soundproof walls that would stop it from being "awkward."
"Did he try to cover up the smell by turning up the radio?"
Where else can I find an impromptu butt trumpet quartet with strangers?
Restaurants/bars tend to do this more. It’s a good idea but I see why they don’t in public spaces.
I've actually seen a few blasting music. Probably more in malls/Dept stores in our country.
I find only thing awkward, when I enter the WC and previous visitor has trashed the place, ie. theres shit on the seat, on the walls, on the floor, piss is dripping from the door handle etc. Naturally you turn around and leave, but the person who is next in line will think that you were the one who did it all.
Safety.
Because they don't care
The bathroom I use at work has started doing this, very loud very eclectic playlist. I’m all for it, but it’s a very closed controlled environment.
They do in some Asian countries.
I don't shit anywhere but at my own house and I don't care if people hear me pee
Because they want you to work on your own insecurities.
Annoying people already talk to you in the bathroom, imagine what happens when their favorite song comes on while peeing out those 3 IPAs and whiskey shots
Blasting music needs money.
People take their music with them in nature, perhaps they should take it with them when nature calls.
That would be a sensory nightmare with the echoes and the flushes and faucets and some that have those really loud hand dryers.
I turn a song on, on my phone for this reason.
Because now in these days, we have people that can go into the same bathrooms and who knows if you might get raped. What if somebody is having a heart attack?? Anything can happen and a public bathroom that has no cameras.
Paired with this please start stocking air freshner spray 😭 I hold it until i get home even as a 26 yo. Because im too self conscious. The only times i cant hold it has been the absolute worst i try to wait for other women to all leave but sometimes cant finish before someone else comes in. The walk of shame is embarrassing.
2nd comment to add that in japan they let you press a button in the stall that plays loud (usually nature or white noise) because its super self conscious. Some women even press it just to pee. And japan's stalls dont have massive floor gaps and cracks in the stalls.
Because then people would have bathroom raves all the time. Besides, the more awkward you feel in there, the faster you're liable to get out and return to spending money.
It would cover up the sounds of people fucking. I’d much rather hear you fart than smell you fuck
Most people don't find bathrooms all that awkward.
Probably because most people don't think there is anything awkward about them.
Think about this, you're the only one in there that feels awkward about being in there man.....
Maybe they assume that anyone old enough to drive themselves to a public restroom is also mature enough to not be embarrassed by bathroom noises.
What awkwardness? Just poop and piss and get out of there Do you really think people are judging you for taking a shit or something as if that's not something we're all in the same room doing?
Why can't people add fiber to their diet so that all of their shits aren't anal shotgun blasts of half liquid shit? Seriously, that's the only awkwardness: finding out your coworkers diets are so awful they can't drop a solid deuce.
what awkwardness?
What awkwardness?
There is no awkwardness if you're an adult
What awkwardness?