They're to stem the flow (so to speak) of the people already peeing on the walls, etc. I guess since women have a much harder time peeing on a wall to start with, we probably weren't the main...
They're to stem the flow (so to speak) of the people already peeing on the walls, etc. I guess since women have a much harder time peeing on a wall to start with, we probably weren't the main group of perpetrators so we don't really need to be included in the solution?
Fair enough, but why are men pissing on the walls to begin with? Are they marking territory, or is it because they don't want to have to find a public toilet? If it's the latter, aren't women...
I guess since women have a much harder time peeing on a wall to start with, we probably weren't the main group of perpetrators so we don't really need to be included in the solution?
Fair enough, but why are men pissing on the walls to begin with? Are they marking territory, or is it because they don't want to have to find a public toilet? If it's the latter, aren't women still stuck having to find a public toilet?
It's stated a bit crudely, but the answer is at the very end of the article: In 2005, Germany started painting walls with a paint that "bounces back" the urine onto the person's shoes as a...
It's stated a bit crudely, but the answer is at the very end of the article:
Still, "drunk blokes just keep pissing," he said
In 2005, Germany started painting walls with a paint that "bounces back" the urine onto the person's shoes as a deterrent.
Peeing on walls, regardless of intoxication levels, is ridiculous.
It is ridiculous. But I don't think that there's a band-aid solution here. We need to educate the population and rehabilitate the criminals. These uritrottoirs are just that, a band-aid, and to me...
It is ridiculous. But I don't think that there's a band-aid solution here. We need to educate the population and rehabilitate the criminals.
These uritrottoirs are just that, a band-aid, and to me at least, makes the problem seem less serious than it is.
Yeah, agreed. These solutions have a bit of silliness to them, especially the paint: "haha, they'll pee on their shoes!" Sure, they might soil their shoes, but if they're drunk enough to urinate...
Yeah, agreed. These solutions have a bit of silliness to them, especially the paint: "haha, they'll pee on their shoes!" Sure, they might soil their shoes, but if they're drunk enough to urinate on a wall in a public space, I don't think it's an effective deterrent.
"marking their territory" do you really believe this? It's the latter obviously. have u never seen a guy a a soccer/baseball game or when your on a hike go over to the woods and piss? it's kinda a...
"marking their territory" do you really believe this? It's the latter obviously. have u never seen a guy a a soccer/baseball game or when your on a hike go over to the woods and piss? it's kinda a socially acceptable thing to do and the perk of having the ability to aim our piss. Now doing it on a sidewalk is just gross and dumb but again these are drunk people, so dumb and gross kinda come with the territory.
Wasn't there a story last week about a Parisian woman who got punched by a man who wolf whistled her and she didn't like it? Apparently this happens quite frequently (the harassing of women in...
Wasn't there a story last week about a Parisian woman who got punched by a man who wolf whistled her and she didn't like it? Apparently this happens quite frequently (the harassing of women in Paris). And then there are the frequent riots/protests in Paris, terrorist attacks, etc.
And now I'm reading about Parisian men who piss all over the place to the extent that there are now public urinals. Sorry, but Paris sounds like a shithole filled with badly behaved men who literally can't control any of their urges.
Hamburg, and some other cities are putting hydrophobic paint on walls to bounce the pee back onto the person peeing. https://newatlas.com/st-pauli-pee-back-super-hydrophobic-walls/36424/
Hamburg, and some other cities are putting hydrophobic paint on walls to bounce the pee back onto the person peeing.
We've had similar issues in Amsterdam with public urination. Still do. The thing is, as @Celeo mentioned elsewhere in this discussion, nothing will help. I've seen people pee into the canals with...
We've had similar issues in Amsterdam with public urination. Still do. The thing is, as @Celeo mentioned elsewhere in this discussion, nothing will help. I've seen people pee into the canals with a public urinal just twenty meters away. I've seen people pee onto trees, doorways, peoples' parked bikes, etc. People—and in my experience this is usually drunk tourists—feel like since they're not in their home country/city they are allowed to break the rules and do whatever. I don't think there's a good solution. There's currently some pressure from the legal side to do something about it here, and one "solution" has been to warn more about fines, and fine people for public urination. The thing is, we get a lot of tourists (quick googling suggests ~5 million a year) on a population of ~800,000. Touristy areas, especially at night, will have tens of thousands of people walk through. There's really not any amount of police you could throw at that to fine them or something
OK, so men can easily use these to piss, but what about women?
They're to stem the flow (so to speak) of the people already peeing on the walls, etc. I guess since women have a much harder time peeing on a wall to start with, we probably weren't the main group of perpetrators so we don't really need to be included in the solution?
Solution? Start peeing on the walls. Show those sexist male pigs that they were wrong!
Fair enough, but why are men pissing on the walls to begin with? Are they marking territory, or is it because they don't want to have to find a public toilet? If it's the latter, aren't women still stuck having to find a public toilet?
It's stated a bit crudely, but the answer is at the very end of the article:
In 2005, Germany started painting walls with a paint that "bounces back" the urine onto the person's shoes as a deterrent.
Peeing on walls, regardless of intoxication levels, is ridiculous.
It is ridiculous. But I don't think that there's a band-aid solution here. We need to educate the population and rehabilitate the criminals.
These uritrottoirs are just that, a band-aid, and to me at least, makes the problem seem less serious than it is.
Yeah, agreed. These solutions have a bit of silliness to them, especially the paint: "haha, they'll pee on their shoes!" Sure, they might soil their shoes, but if they're drunk enough to urinate on a wall in a public space, I don't think it's an effective deterrent.
"marking their territory" do you really believe this? It's the latter obviously. have u never seen a guy a a soccer/baseball game or when your on a hike go over to the woods and piss? it's kinda a socially acceptable thing to do and the perk of having the ability to aim our piss. Now doing it on a sidewalk is just gross and dumb but again these are drunk people, so dumb and gross kinda come with the territory.
Next time I'll try to remember to be more obvious about my sarcasm, since you seem to need a little help.
In a roundabout way it's decreasing traffic to unisex bathrooms by males, thereby increasing availability to women.
Good point.
There are other public toilets in Paris that let women pee sitting down. This is, in total, too heavily slanted to men, but women do have options.
I had no idea Paris was such a shit hole.
Not sure if you're making a joke or not, but if you aren't, think you're taking this a bit far?
Wasn't there a story last week about a Parisian woman who got punched by a man who wolf whistled her and she didn't like it? Apparently this happens quite frequently (the harassing of women in Paris). And then there are the frequent riots/protests in Paris, terrorist attacks, etc.
And now I'm reading about Parisian men who piss all over the place to the extent that there are now public urinals. Sorry, but Paris sounds like a shithole filled with badly behaved men who literally can't control any of their urges.
Hamburg, and some other cities are putting hydrophobic paint on walls to bounce the pee back onto the person peeing.
https://newatlas.com/st-pauli-pee-back-super-hydrophobic-walls/36424/
It's not that people in Paris piss in public more, Paris is jut the only city doing something about it.
You are mistaken
We've had similar issues in Amsterdam with public urination. Still do. The thing is, as @Celeo mentioned elsewhere in this discussion, nothing will help. I've seen people pee into the canals with a public urinal just twenty meters away. I've seen people pee onto trees, doorways, peoples' parked bikes, etc. People—and in my experience this is usually drunk tourists—feel like since they're not in their home country/city they are allowed to break the rules and do whatever. I don't think there's a good solution. There's currently some pressure from the legal side to do something about it here, and one "solution" has been to warn more about fines, and fine people for public urination. The thing is, we get a lot of tourists (quick googling suggests ~5 million a year) on a population of ~800,000. Touristy areas, especially at night, will have tens of thousands of people walk through. There's really not any amount of police you could throw at that to fine them or something