Comments on: Thermochromic toilet seat http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 01:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: jmullan http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99337 jmullan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99337 Yay, Hypercolor toilets! I can hear the conversation now: "What temperature does brown mean?" "It means don't sit there." Yay, Hypercolor toilets! I can hear the conversation now:
“What temperature does brown mean?”
“It means don’t sit there.”

]]> By: Santa's Knee http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99367 Santa's Knee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99367 What does it mean if it's warm in lots of little dots...? What does it mean if it’s warm in lots of little dots…?

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99380 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99380 I just wipe off the obvious pee and sit down. I haven't gotten cholera yet. Now if it involved another person's mouth, I'd want it sterilized. I just wipe off the obvious pee and sit down. I haven’t gotten cholera yet. Now if it involved another person’s mouth, I’d want it sterilized.

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99383 Miss Cellania Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99383 A mood ring toilet. Nice. A mood ring toilet. Nice.

]]> By: erindipity http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99388 erindipity Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99388 Why the hell would they choose yellow? Who in their right mind would sit on a <i>yellow</i> toiletseat?? Why the hell would they choose yellow? Who in their right mind would sit on a yellow toiletseat??

]]> By: Dillenger69 http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99402 Dillenger69 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99402 I love to confront people with the fact that the paper ass-gaskets offer only psychological protection and are no different than sitting on the plain seat. I, for one, lick doorknobs and never wash my hands ... so there! I love to confront people with the fact that the paper ass-gaskets offer only psychological protection and are no different than sitting on the plain seat.

I, for one, lick doorknobs and never wash my hands … so there!

]]> By: Mousewrites http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99406 Mousewrites Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99406 "I would prefer blue=cool, orange=warm, however. " Problem with that, of course, is that during the 'cool down', it'd have to go from orange to blue... and possibly pass through the dreaded warm neutral --> cool neutral area. Orange - brown - gray - blue. ... Yeah. How about green for Go, white for 'OMG, THE MRSA'? “I would prefer blue=cool, orange=warm, however. ”

Problem with that, of course, is that during the ‘cool down’, it’d have to go from orange to blue… and possibly pass through the dreaded warm neutral –> cool neutral area.

Orange – brown – gray – blue.

…

Yeah. How about green for Go, white for ‘OMG, THE MRSA’?

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99409 Halloween Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99409 Just be like Mariah Carey and insist on a brand-new toilet seat everywhere she goes. Just be like Mariah Carey and insist on a brand-new toilet seat everywhere she goes.

]]> By: Uhclem http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99431 Uhclem Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99431 <i>Or just cover half of it-- that would REALLY confuse the next guy.</i> I dunno, Dave. Sounds like a pretty half-assed idea to me. Or just cover half of it– that would REALLY confuse the next guy.

I dunno, Dave. Sounds like a pretty half-assed idea to me.

]]> By: Sephacus http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99440 Sephacus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99440 No matter what colour the seat the fact remains that a large number of asses carrying a vast array of Eldritch nasties have sat on every toilet seat in existence. The Japanese have the right idea, they have toilets designed so that you have to hover, just like squatting in the bushes on the side of the highway. No matter what colour the seat the fact remains that a large number of asses carrying a vast array of Eldritch nasties have sat on every toilet seat in existence. The Japanese have the right idea, they have toilets designed so that you have to hover, just like squatting in the bushes on the side of the highway.

]]> By: Moon http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99451 Moon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99451 All MY toilets seats are heated! :D All MY toilets seats are heated!

:D

]]> By: stuartcw http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99454 stuartcw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99454 This problem does not exist in Japan. Here almost all homes and places with public toilets have heated seats. It's just one feature of the washlet toilets which are the norm. When I first came to Japan I thought it was weird but now I find the shock of a unexpectedly freezing toilet seat much more disturbing. The only drawback is finding a toilet in the middle of summer where you can't adjust the temperature setting. This problem does not exist in Japan. Here almost all homes and places with public toilets have heated seats. It’s just one feature of the washlet toilets which are the norm.

When I first came to Japan I thought it was weird but now I find the shock of a unexpectedly freezing toilet seat much more disturbing.

The only drawback is finding a toilet in the middle of summer where you can’t adjust the temperature setting.

]]> By: osiris7 http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99746 osiris7 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99746 Are people so OCD/misanthropic that they object to the warmth of other human beings? These same people will appreciate human warmth when they're too old to wipe their own arses and need someone else to do it for them. Besides, the relative warmth or coolness of the seat bears no relation to its cleanliness. Are people so OCD/misanthropic that they object to the warmth of other human beings? These same people will appreciate human warmth when they’re too old to wipe their own arses and need someone else to do it for them. Besides, the relative warmth or coolness of the seat bears no relation to its cleanliness.

]]> By: Iriss http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99751 Iriss Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99751 "tally the number of patrons that sit down on the toilet seat" Ok velvetmantis that is intersting. I would like to see that... yet, it detect that I would be grossed out at the large numbers. “tally the number of patrons that sit down on the toilet seat” Ok velvetmantis that is intersting. I would like to see that… yet, it detect that I would be grossed out at the large numbers.

]]> By: Neon Tooth http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99267 Neon Tooth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99267 Which is worse, ice cold morning toilet seat or nasty left over butt warmth toilet seat? Which is worse, ice cold morning toilet seat or nasty left over butt warmth toilet seat?

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99268 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99268 If you put aluminum-foil stencils on your butt and thighs before sitting down on one of these, you could leave messages for the next customer! If you put aluminum-foil stencils on your butt and thighs before sitting down on one of these, you could leave messages for the next customer!

]]> By: Dave X http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99271 Dave X Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99271 Or just cover half of it-- that would REALLY confuse the next guy. Or just cover half of it– that would REALLY confuse the next guy.

]]> By: Tavie http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99273 Tavie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99273 Why would you want to sit on a cold toilet seat? I'm always thankful to get one that has been pre-warmed. Why would you want to sit on a cold toilet seat? I’m always thankful to get one that has been pre-warmed.

]]> By: velvetmantis http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99277 velvetmantis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99277 I prefer the smart can: http://www.bugly.com/archives/22 I prefer the smart can:

http://www.bugly.com/archives/22

]]> By: theophrastus http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99278 theophrastus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99278 subscribe to my newsletter to learn how one can get <i>the</i> SARS (and yes, the larry-craigs) via body heat transfer (or BHT). turns out, that viri can be communicated via caloric fluids (i calls 'em phlogistonal viruseses) - it's all just a form of information, people! subscribe to my newsletter to learn how one can get the SARS (and yes, the larry-craigs) via body heat transfer (or BHT). turns out, that viri can be communicated via caloric fluids (i calls ‘em phlogistonal viruseses) – it’s all just a form of information, people!

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99284 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99284 Hmmm. In addition to letter stencils, you could make little phage diagrams. Hmmm. In addition to letter stencils, you could make little phage diagrams.

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99291 franko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99291 count me among those who prefer the warm seat to the cold one. count me among those who prefer the warm seat to the cold one.

]]> By: xadrian http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99292 xadrian Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99292 Humans are funny. Humans are funny.

]]> By: geiser80 http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99296 geiser80 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99296 its a great idea!!! hehehe, here it goes a video with some examples of what can happen for not having this in your toilet: http://www.btleague.net/info.asp?id=212 its a great idea!!! hehehe, here it goes a video with some examples of what can happen for not having this in your toilet:

http://www.btleague.net/info.asp?id=212

]]> By: agoodsandwich http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99297 agoodsandwich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99297 "a visual marker for the next user to assess." Assess. Heh heh. “a visual marker for the next user to assess.”

Assess. Heh heh.

]]> By: ZippySpincycle http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99809 ZippySpincycle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99809 Puts me in mind of the time back in my college days when Harrison Ford had lunch in the restaurant where I worked (this would be the summer of 1981). Right after he left, a waitress ran to his just-vacated chair, sat down, and exclaimed "It's still warm! I can feel Harrison Ford's BUTT HEAT!" This anecdote would have been way cooler had it involved a toilet seat, of course. Puts me in mind of the time back in my college days when Harrison Ford had lunch in the restaurant where I worked (this would be the summer of 1981). Right after he left, a waitress ran to his just-vacated chair, sat down, and exclaimed “It’s still warm! I can feel Harrison Ford’s BUTT HEAT!”

This anecdote would have been way cooler had it involved a toilet seat, of course.

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99299 semiotix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99299 " The object retains the heat memory of a previous user and displays it as a visual marker for the next user to <u><b>assess</b></u>.” I'm pretty sure that's some sort of subtle visual pun. ” The object retains the heat memory of a previous user and displays it as a visual marker for the next user to assess.”

I’m pretty sure that’s some sort of subtle visual pun.

]]> By: funeralpudding http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99300 funeralpudding Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99300 Who doesn't lay down a thick padded circle of toilet paper every time a sit-down visit in public is required? "Why does it hurt when I pee?" - Frank Zappa Who doesn’t lay down a thick padded circle of toilet paper every time a sit-down visit in public is required?

“Why does it hurt when I pee?” – Frank Zappa

]]> By: historyman68 http://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/thermochromic-toilet.html#comment-99568 historyman68 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-99568 @22 - you're my hero. @22 – you’re my hero.

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