• FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website
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    2 months ago

    A home doesn’t equal having a toilet either everywhere on this planet. I remember walking through areas of Shanghai in the early 2000s where chamber pots were collected and emptied in the morning. Erecting a roof is easier than hooking up to water and sewage pipes.

  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I’ve never owned a house, but I did own a toilet.

    Buddy of mine was remodeling his bathroom, and didn’t know what to do with the old toilet, so I told him I’d get rid of it for him. Once thoroughly cleaned, disassembled, and sunk into the ground, the tank and bowl made a functional planter box and birdbath.

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    2 months ago

    Sometimes in Germany you can see rental apartments that don’t include a Kitchen or a Bathroom. You’re expected to move in with your old one or buy a new kitchen & bathroom. So, I think plenty of people own their toilets without owning a house or an apartment.

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      2 months ago

      Damn right! I’m in construction, and I don’t own a home, but I have owned multiple toilets over the years - mostly because I can’t bring myself to throw away a perfectly good fixture just because the client wants a different style/color installed. The place I currently rent has fancy toilets in both bathrooms thanks to me.