• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 hours ago

    Port hole for petting a very needy kitty with attachment anxiety.

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    Fuck, wait! I meant an actual cat!

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    22 hours ago

    It’s so you can get a nice wet spot on the floor for that maximum bathroom aesthetic.

  • HyonoKo@lemmy.ml
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    It‘s for wetting your hand while on the toilet. This enables you to wipe and clean your ass with your wet hand.

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    The hole is there to allow water to pass through the shower wall and accrue on the floor surface around the toilet, enhancing the sock experience of toiletgoers.

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    The boring answer is that its for reaching the shower controls for adjusting the temperature and pressure without the need to stand under the shower. Mostly for people with disabilites or people who needs aides.

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      Wouldn’t this also let water out and on to the floor? Surely a sliding or hinged opening couldn’t have been that hard to implement

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        It’s also in a very terrible spot for that purpose. It would be very awkward to reach the controls from that angle and where the toilet is at.

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          I don’t see how this changes anything. My guess is someone in a wheel chair would use the hand held showerhead more often, which means while maneuvering the shower, it would be possible to accidently spray right out that hole and soak the bathroom.

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            It would reduce the amount of water flying against the glass. But yes the mess will be the same

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      I don’t doubt this may be the purpose but the execution looks bad. It may be an illusion but it seems a little far away from the water controls, you’d have to go past elbow deep. The toilet is definitely in the way. You can’t get to it with a wheelchair or while standing, you have to be sitting on the toilet.

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        I found this which confirms it’s for adjusting the controls before getting in. I think this one in particular didn’t have people with disabilities in mind and is a poor execution all around.

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      That’s even more confusing, why not forego the shower glass entirely and just have a shower curtain instead?

      Yes I know it’s likely retrofitted, but I won’t pass a chance to say that shower curtains are superior. Shower glass looks glossy in brochures, but everyone IRL has a sad squeegee hanging from it.

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        I have the sad squeegee, but I really think that the rest of my shower is cleaner longer because I now routinely squeegee the water away so mold doesn’t grow. Not something I could do with a shower curtain.

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      this is totally incorrect. its actual purpose is for the bathing wife to be able to give hand to her husband while he’s dumping a load

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    My first thought was to flush the toilet whenever you needed warmer water. I used to rent an apartment where I had to turn on cold water in the sink to get hot enough water in the shower.

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      This doesn’t even make sense from a plumbing perspective

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        that’s what I thought at first, but there is actually a way that it makes sense

        you have hot water and cold water with a certain amount of pressure behind them feeding your apmt. if you turn the shower to full hot, the valve is still going to mix it with cold water. however if you take the cold water out at the sink prior to the shower feed, it’s not going to be replaced by more cold water if the system doesn’t have enough supply to keep up with it. so your shower water is being mixed with less cold water than before, resulting in a hotter mixed stream from the shower head

        and like maybe there’s other things going on and it’s not the same in every situation and all that, but you can test this yourself and get this result, so…

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          Do you not have a temperature dial on your shower that lets you control this directly? If I feel like I need to burn my skin off I can turn the temperature all the way up and have 100% hot water.

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    Its so you can poop in the shower and toss it in the toilet. Stomping it down clogs the drain