I’m actually serious, which button is the right one? Why are there two?

Also should a Pic of a toilet be considered NSFW?

  • @[email protected]
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    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/photo-stories/heres-why-toilet-flush-has-one-large-and-one-small-button/photostory/64540715.cms

    IT IS FOR WATER CONSERVATION: The larger lever is to flush out around 6 to 9 liters of water, whereas the smaller lever is to flush out around 3 to 4.5 liters of water. Clearly, the larger one is to flush solid waste and the smaller one is to flush liquid waste.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_flush_toilet

    • @ABCDE
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      404 months ago

      I thought it was one for pee, two for poo.

      • @shalafi
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        24 months ago

        The one at my gas station is labelled I and II.

    • @Harvey656OP
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      194 months ago

      That’s very informative thank you! Might have to look into these myself for when/if I have the chance to buy a house in The future.

      • @ABCDE
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        104 months ago

        Get a bumgun/bidet hose, best thing ever for butt cleanliness and general ring health.

        • @9point6
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          84 months ago

          Gotta say if you’re going far enough to do some additional plumbing, you might as well go the whole way and get a Japanese toilet.

          No other toilet compares since

          • @ABCDE
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            14 months ago

            I still prefer the pipe, for flow and power alone.

      • @Venicon
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        54 months ago

        Yeah but if the toilet has WiFi it automatically shares a pic with anyone in the house so gotta switch that off.

  • @CaptPretentious
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    774 months ago

    ITT: A lot of Lemmy users showing their true colors. Someone asks for help, for information, and y’all decide to mock.

    OP: one button does a full flush, the other does a half flush. In your picture, the button on the right, does the half flush. Button on the left, does the full flush. Full flush is usually just x2, though I don’t think that’s a hard rule.

    • @Harvey656OP
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      Looks like this one breaks the rules. Only the big button works.

      • @[email protected]
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        Actually the little button sends an SOS to local authorities, so chances are the little button works fine and you have an incoming SWAT raid with paramedics and police surrounding the building.

        • @Harvey656OP
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          54 months ago

          These swat raids are getting out of hand!

    • @Landless2029
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      134 months ago

      I explained it to my kids like this:

      1 button for #1.
      2 buttons for #2.

        • @Landless2029
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          124 months ago

          The point of these things is to save water on a smaller flush when you only pee.

    • @[email protected]
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      74 months ago

      This is boringly not always true, for a while some genius, probably Elon Flush, decided to invert the functions so that when you pushed the bigger button you got the small flush.

      • @CaptPretentious
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        Nothing like developing trust issues after taking a massive shit I suppose.

    • @TrickDacy
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      ITC: username checking out. It was a really dumb question

      • @orangeboats
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        44 months ago

        A question is a question… Just answer the damn question without judging it.

        Better let someone know what the thing does instead of forcing them to experiment with it and (possibly) break it.

        • @TrickDacy
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          It was a very low stakes experiment. I wasn’t going to say anything until the high and mighty came to shame those razzing them about it

      • @Harvey656OP
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        34 months ago

        Ultimately I think my question, being smart or dumb is irrelevant, it brought activity to the community and that’s a great thing I think. The bad thing was the memes. The ‘how do I flush this’ posts kinda got wild.

  • Mayor Poopington
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    This is your standard dual flush. One is flush, the other is eject. Which is which depends on the manufacturer. Just be careful, the eject can be quite forceful.

    As for which button is the right one, it’s definitely the one on the right. The other is the left button.

  • @funkyfarmington
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    This is so wholesome, never be concerned about asking questions like this. Most folks are lurkers, I’m sure your question educated more folks than you realize. Be well out there.

    • Echo Dot
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      Personally I think I could have worked out a 2 button system myself via trial and error. It’s hardly a high risk activity.

    • AzureKevin
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      Both buttons for a toilet clogging doo doo

  • @jordanlund
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    544 months ago

    Bigger button is for solid waste, smaller button uses less water for liquid waste.

    • @[email protected]
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      124 months ago

      Is that common?

      Nowadays I just don’t know anynore. I find toilets where it’s swapped.

      I also want to say that I grew up with toilets where the bigger button is the one for your more common usecase - liquid waste. Oftern the smaller button is set up to push the bigger button as well - to clean solid waste.

      If using a new toilet, I always try out the bigger button first, since it’s easier to press and typically uses less water.

      • @ThePyroPython
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        If you only need the little button for your shits you need more fibre in your diet.

      • @[email protected]
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        Only a filthy Star Wars nerd would want to use hyperdrive!

        /uj Star Wars has some good and interesting themes, and none of it has to do with FTL technology. If you want a superior version of the same technology with more depth and dramatic implications, look at Halo. If you want what George Lucas was trying and failing to plagiarise, look at Dune. If you want to arbitrarily move around at whatever speed the plot demands or instantly, look at Stargate. And if you want a military fantasy, look at Star Trek. Hyperdrive is an inferior compromise between all four of these better written FTL techs that fails to execute any one idea well. Which is perfectly fine, because Star Wars isn’t about hyperdrive. It’s about taoist/buddhist philosophy, political commentary on fascism, and the power of individuals in the face of overwhelming systems and impossible odds. None of that has anything to do with how fast a ship moves, the hyperdrive is just a plot device that lets us skip the boring stuff and have more of the stuff Star Wars is actually good at.

    • geogle
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      I’ve always used three…not sure I know about the two seashell method either

  • @Delphia
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    444 months ago

    With your finger you fuckin weirdo.

  • @TrickDacy
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    414 months ago

    The design couldn’t possibly be more intuitive without a turd icon.

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      I find the buttons with a small and a large droplet on them a little more clear, though from experience i know the small button is usually peepee mode

  • @hOrni
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    384 months ago

    OP: “How do I push a button?”

  • @[email protected]
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    So the smaller seashell shape makes a small flush. The larger seashell shape makes a bigger flush, and the combined seashell shape (both buttons) makes a huge flush.

    • @MudSkipperKisser
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      124 months ago

      I’ve had 3 of these toilets for the last 4 years and I never knew you could COMBINE flush?!

      • @Brkdncr
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        114 months ago

        It’s only two flush sizes. Pressing both doesn’t do anything more.

    • @BradleyUffner
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      54 months ago

      The secret of the 3 shells finally revealed!