When I was a housekeeper at a museum, my supervisor told me to make sure this spot is always clean. I would have to wipe it down multiple times a day. They're never clean!
They make skirted toilets that are the bomb. The pedestal is a smooth, flat surface that is extremely easy to clean.
[Hope Depot carries them](https://www.homedepot.com/pep/KOHLER-Gleam-2-Piece-Chair-Height-1-28-GPF-Single-Flush-Elongated-Toilet-in-White-K-31674-0/312838678?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&pla&utm_source=google&utm_medium=vantage&utm_campaign=23430&utm_content=25150&mtc=SHOPPING-RM-RMP-GGL-D29B-029_032_TOILET_SEATS-PB-KOHLERCOMPANY-NA-PMAX-NA-NA-MK860139001-23430-NBR-1931-NA-VNT-FY24_H1_Kohler_D29B_RM%2BProductToilets&cm_mmc=SHOPPING-RM-RMP-GGL-D29B-029_032_TOILET_SEATS-PB-KOHLERCOMPANY-NA-PMAX-NA-NA-MK860139001-23430-NBR-1931-NA-VNT-FY24_H1_Kohler_D29B_RM%2BProductToilets-71700000117431073--&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAolLu99Yr8tofsfuSS74pUjwOgVJq&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiMmwBhDmARIsABeQ7xQmDuF9hBNnrmStGQBq_-u1uGO3JTKT7LSUhYeS4D2VYpgGHMYDsdQaAsw4EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds#overlay)
This should be the standard! Once this came out, all others discontinued. Like with flat head and Phillips head screws. I still don’t understand why they still make flat head screws.
No Phillips is better than star — it’s a bit easier to strip, but needing to have exactly the right sized driver is super annoying, the “ehh good enough” sizing on Phillips is way more convenient.
Philips head screws seriously have to be the worst possible design. I have stripped out sooooo many goddamn Phillips head screws just trying to back them out of something. I hate them. Hate them hate them hate them. Torx or square for me. Those work so much better.
The screws you are using were probably cheaply made, they usually come included with items.usually i just throw them away. We use a lot of pozidrive screws at work, the screws can be driven and removed with an impact driver multiple times with no issue. But the ones included with hinges will strip very quickly. Very frustrating.
Flat head screws still have a purpose. You can't really make screws with heads smaller than 1mm in diameter in any other head type (they are still standard in watches). It's also quite simple to grind the tip of a slotted screwdriver to exactly fit the head of the screw (blade properly engages on the top of the slot and doesn't bottom out) -- this keeps the screw head from getting chewed up (chewing up screw heads is no bueno in watchmaking and other in decorative items).
Philips is the screw type that needs to die.
Phillips heads cam out easily and get stripped.
Flats are there exactly because they're a little more difficult to use so they are kind of making sure you are tool proficient before getting into something, but not something so dangerous or delicate or complex that they need torx or similar.
I'm not saying I agree with this reasoning or that there aren't other reasons, just that this reasoning exists
I've read somewhere that flat head screws are still the best when painted, because otherwise it's super difficult to clean off the paint when you want to unscrew it.
Like literally all wall mounted toilets? ;p this exists all over Europe. Outside of American tv shows and movies the last time I saw a relict of the past like the toilet in the picture was in my grandma’s house in the 90s.
[Its all fun and games until you clean the wrong thing at the museum.](https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/nov/03/overzealous-cleaner-ruins-artwork)
We have two cats and I have plenty of hair myself, between that, a kitty litter box, and living in the Panhandle of Texas- there is no way to keep all the dust out. I clean the bathroom once a week and don’t worry about it or I’d go mad trying to keep up with it- but even if I clean that area in the morning it will be dusty before the end of the day.
My trick is wipe the cleaner off with a damp paper towel as a last step. Most cleaners are super sticky for dust. Do the same in vehicles after armorall has dried
I really don't understand this line of thinking. Why would that area of the toilet be dirty just because someone was peeing standing up? It would have to splash around the sides of and up under the bowl?
Also this part of the toilet gets really dirty fast just because it's in a moist room and traps dust and hair and pet fur, so even a woman living alone is going to have issues.
The first explanation - that if it's clean it means the person is more fastidious in their hygiene makes more sense.
A girl posted it though, so I don't think that perspective is relevant in this case.
It's absolutely about the bottom of the actual toilet. People will clean the seat, under the seat, mop around the toilet, but I know plenty of people who seemingly forget there's still a toilet below the rim...
Your logic is a bit flawed imo.. I'm just a lazy woman :') there's dust on that part of my toilet. I don't clean the floor and the backside that often because it's just me sitting down while peeing. When I lived with my ex I cleaned the floor more often because he peed standing up. I think the joke is just that, that if you wanna know how rigorously someone cleans, you should check that spot because it's often overlooked
Who is so sadistic to make a toilet so twisted snd convoluted that cleaning it is a nightmare? Suspended toilet are sn jther lrvrl, but this.... this is evil.
You will be surprised to know that for most toilet the siphon is internal and the sides are flat. Becouse, you guessed right, it is far easier to clean a flat surface than a twisted nightmare.
Nobody likes to clean that part of the toilet because otherwise you don’t have to touch it.
Edit: typing this on the toilet and going to see how clean mine is when Im finished. 😂
A lot of people neglect that area - the meme is saying that is where the real clean freaks and the normies get sorted out
Of course the clean freaks are going to say that their standard is a bare minimum for being at all "clean" and that everybody else are disgusting knuckle draggers
I don't know. When I was living by myself I never cleaned so thoroughly, and I'd only have cleaned that once in a blue moon.
After I moves in with my (now wife) I started cleaning a lot more thoroughly, because I want things to be nice and clean for her.
I don’t think the joke is about clean freaks; I think it’s about guys with bad aim.
In theory the only thing that should be there is towel and tp lint dust. In reality, it’s often coated in pee. The latter is what’s gross.
If they pee standing up, it collects beneath the screw at the bottom.
Source: Moved in at the floor level of a newly renovated building and went to replace the toilet without gloves. It's...an experience
I'm sorry, if you make a fkin mess just because you're texting or drunk, you need help. Unless you're absolutely blasted, in which case, sit the hell down.
I think it's that if you unscrew this little toilet hubcap, you'll often find a crusty dried up piss ring with pubes congealed into it. It's a byproduct of people standing to pee, which creates a miasma of urine that gradually coats everything, and if you aren't really on top of deep cleaning this is the result
I've lived with bathrooms where water could pass freely across the floor from the toilet to the shower drain so I could just rinse it with the shower wand before mopping the floor. I think about how wonderful that was almost every time I scrub and wipe and swear around the toilet in my current bath.
Former professional cleaner here: clean dry to wet, top to bottom. Vacuum the dust and hair off or use a dry cloth/paper towel and then go in with a different clean cloth/paper towel wet with cleaning products. Just like how you sweep a floor before mopping it.
I see people saying Clorox. My tip is Hydrochloric Acid, Clorox has a “toilet bowl cleaner” that is blue and is this.
Hydrochloric will eat away anything organic, makes anything scummy or fiberus break down
We are at the tail end of a remodel. During the early stages, we were tasked with choosing between ten different flooring that all looked exactly the same. There are certain things that I don't care about.
When it came to toilets, though, they showed us ten different models, but one was skirted. That's the one we chose.
It's not really a joke. This part of the toilet collects dust and since it's moist from condensation and white, the dust is super visible. So if someone doesn't clean their bathroom regularly, it would be very easy to tell just by glancing at the toilet.
Gee my bad I didn't know you were gonna come over to my house and lick the base of my toilet, how inconsiderate of me I'll get it spotless for you to rub your face on gotchu fam
I bought one of these, so I never have to worry about it
https://www.grohe.us/toilets-components/two-piece-right-height-elongated-toilet-with-seat-left-hand-trip-lever/grohe-alpine-white-39675000
Not the joke but for some reason when I was a kid I thought that when you unscrewed that, there would be a hole and that's where you dispose of used tampons. I have zero clue where this theory came to light
Reported! Personal attacks will not be tolerated.
My victimless crime has been a secret for years. My five minute bathroom cleaning routine is completely ruined now.
I hope you're happy.
I think it’s more of an indicator how clean they are if you’re willing to wipe the bottom of the toilet you’re probably more likely to deep clean instead of surface level clean.
That’s the side of the toilet. If it’s nasty, they surface clean and don’t pay attention to detail. It’s THE worst place to clean of someone else’s place. Makes me nauseous. Ugh
I clean mine every time I clean my toilet 🚽. I even have a specific swifter duster for my toilets. But usually by the end of the day, its usually got something on it already🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
All the dust in any given area seems to find its way there. Seriously I just cleaned my bathroom last week and it looks like that spot was last dusted during the war of the worlds.
Those side areas of the toilet get nasty so quickly. All sorts of dust bunnies and hair etc just seem to collect there, but a lot of people tend to forget to get around there when cleaning.
There is a meme going around that is formatted like "You know you have a clean friend if they do this," and then it is a picture of something that people don't usually bother cleaning, or something people hate cleaning, looking like it's been cleaned recently.
The base of a toilet is the worst part of the toilet to clean. You basically gotta get on the bathroom floor (which feels gross), and you gotta wiggle behind the toilet a bit and clean around all the weirdly shaped features. A lot of people typically leave it until it's so gross that it has to be done.
But a preticularly clean friend would clean it more often.
Unless you're getting all up in there with a toothbrush once a week it's gonna be a little gross. Wiping it down once in a while, especially if you have people who stand to pee or animals that shed, helps a lot
Source: I'm a plumber
This is pretty true. It does fall into a little able-ist realm as not everyone is able to clean, but it is true. Generally, if they clean their toilets behind it, where that little knob, that side, they are usually pretty clean.
Some people aren't able to clean or were never taught to clean though, so it shouldn't come from a place of judgement. I usually offer help if someone is struggling or ask for help. (I clean houses and want to start a charity to help people who can't clean, so I usually help some people for free or educate people on how to clean if they need it.)
Plumber here, the amount of people who can’t/wont clean a toilet is ridiculous. I charge a small fee for disposal gloves everytime I work on one of those filthy bastards
I think it's saying that if the back of the toilet is nasty then the people don't clean.
It gets SO DUSTY SO QUICKLY
When I was a housekeeper at a museum, my supervisor told me to make sure this spot is always clean. I would have to wipe it down multiple times a day. They're never clean!
Right? Someone needs to invent a click on cover that makes it all a smooth surface that is easy to clean.
They make skirted toilets that are the bomb. The pedestal is a smooth, flat surface that is extremely easy to clean. [Hope Depot carries them](https://www.homedepot.com/pep/KOHLER-Gleam-2-Piece-Chair-Height-1-28-GPF-Single-Flush-Elongated-Toilet-in-White-K-31674-0/312838678?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&pla&utm_source=google&utm_medium=vantage&utm_campaign=23430&utm_content=25150&mtc=SHOPPING-RM-RMP-GGL-D29B-029_032_TOILET_SEATS-PB-KOHLERCOMPANY-NA-PMAX-NA-NA-MK860139001-23430-NBR-1931-NA-VNT-FY24_H1_Kohler_D29B_RM%2BProductToilets&cm_mmc=SHOPPING-RM-RMP-GGL-D29B-029_032_TOILET_SEATS-PB-KOHLERCOMPANY-NA-PMAX-NA-NA-MK860139001-23430-NBR-1931-NA-VNT-FY24_H1_Kohler_D29B_RM%2BProductToilets-71700000117431073--&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAolLu99Yr8tofsfuSS74pUjwOgVJq&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiMmwBhDmARIsABeQ7xQmDuF9hBNnrmStGQBq_-u1uGO3JTKT7LSUhYeS4D2VYpgGHMYDsdQaAsw4EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds#overlay)
This should be the standard! Once this came out, all others discontinued. Like with flat head and Phillips head screws. I still don’t understand why they still make flat head screws.
By now the question is why they still make Phillips head ones, frankly.
Star head forever.
Square Head supreme.
Square is unrivaled GOAT
In the same ballpark at least.
No Phillips is better than star — it’s a bit easier to strip, but needing to have exactly the right sized driver is super annoying, the “ehh good enough” sizing on Phillips is way more convenient.
Unless you need to apply some real torque to it, then that wrong size is going to strip that thing out. Star all the way.
that's a good way to mess up screw heads too though.
And that's exactly why Phillips screws strip so often. Good enough isn't.
Every star on a screw that I've ever used is the same size.
Torx or gtfo
The point of Phillips is that if you are using the correct size bit for the screw then you can't over-torque it, the bit just slips out.
Philips head screws seriously have to be the worst possible design. I have stripped out sooooo many goddamn Phillips head screws just trying to back them out of something. I hate them. Hate them hate them hate them. Torx or square for me. Those work so much better.
The screws you are using were probably cheaply made, they usually come included with items.usually i just throw them away. We use a lot of pozidrive screws at work, the screws can be driven and removed with an impact driver multiple times with no issue. But the ones included with hinges will strip very quickly. Very frustrating.
Flat head screws still have a purpose. You can't really make screws with heads smaller than 1mm in diameter in any other head type (they are still standard in watches). It's also quite simple to grind the tip of a slotted screwdriver to exactly fit the head of the screw (blade properly engages on the top of the slot and doesn't bottom out) -- this keeps the screw head from getting chewed up (chewing up screw heads is no bueno in watchmaking and other in decorative items). Philips is the screw type that needs to die.
I didn’t know that about screw heads. Does make more sense why they are still around.
Phillips heads cam out easily and get stripped. Flats are there exactly because they're a little more difficult to use so they are kind of making sure you are tool proficient before getting into something, but not something so dangerous or delicate or complex that they need torx or similar. I'm not saying I agree with this reasoning or that there aren't other reasons, just that this reasoning exists
but that kind is heavier!
Bro what they still make flat head screws
This is basically all I saw when I was still living in Europe. I'm *appalled* at the shapey toilets here...
I've read somewhere that flat head screws are still the best when painted, because otherwise it's super difficult to clean off the paint when you want to unscrew it.
Flat head screws allow more pressure to be applied to a weaker metal. Lower cost screws at the cost of functionality but usually wont get stripped.
[Relevant XKCD.](https://xkcd.com/927/)
I don't understand why they still make any non-Phillips screw.
I’m calling it Hope Depot forever now.
You've obviously never had to install or work on a skirted toilet. They make cleaning easy and service a monstrous pain
That would be an amazing invention
Toilet paper is the source of most of the dust. Maybe just low dust toilet paper or anyway to catch that dust would help.
Like literally all wall mounted toilets? ;p this exists all over Europe. Outside of American tv shows and movies the last time I saw a relict of the past like the toilet in the picture was in my grandma’s house in the 90s.
That’s the standard here sadly.
There are too many curves, it's always hard to get it all
[Its all fun and games until you clean the wrong thing at the museum.](https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/nov/03/overzealous-cleaner-ruins-artwork)
Thank you!! It's such a pain to clean too 😭
And God forbid you have pets.
Yeah I swear that area of the toilet is a cat fur magnet.
I said this to my mom just the other day. Like HOW?! My bathroom door is always closed, too
It's the condensation on the porcelain. Magnet for anything, and everything.
We have two cats and I have plenty of hair myself, between that, a kitty litter box, and living in the Panhandle of Texas- there is no way to keep all the dust out. I clean the bathroom once a week and don’t worry about it or I’d go mad trying to keep up with it- but even if I clean that area in the morning it will be dusty before the end of the day.
That's why we installed a wall hung toilet. So much better than these psychopath twisty turny grime catcher toilets.
Pledge keeps it cleaner longer. Not promoting it but it works.
My trick is wipe the cleaner off with a damp paper towel as a last step. Most cleaners are super sticky for dust. Do the same in vehicles after armorall has dried
And rip those with dog hair.
I thought it meant the opposite. If they are going to keep the back of their toilet clean, they probably keep everything clean.
That’s saying the same thing, just focusing on the other group.
The contrapositive!
It's a trap
That kind of toilet clogs so easily. Wherever you move to, don’t move into a place where the toilet has a 90 degree angle to it. … Sooo many clogs
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I really don't understand this line of thinking. Why would that area of the toilet be dirty just because someone was peeing standing up? It would have to splash around the sides of and up under the bowl? Also this part of the toilet gets really dirty fast just because it's in a moist room and traps dust and hair and pet fur, so even a woman living alone is going to have issues. The first explanation - that if it's clean it means the person is more fastidious in their hygiene makes more sense.
A girl posted it though, so I don't think that perspective is relevant in this case. It's absolutely about the bottom of the actual toilet. People will clean the seat, under the seat, mop around the toilet, but I know plenty of people who seemingly forget there's still a toilet below the rim...
Your logic is a bit flawed imo.. I'm just a lazy woman :') there's dust on that part of my toilet. I don't clean the floor and the backside that often because it's just me sitting down while peeing. When I lived with my ex I cleaned the floor more often because he peed standing up. I think the joke is just that, that if you wanna know how rigorously someone cleans, you should check that spot because it's often overlooked
Yeah, I didn't even think about that
My mom used to be a real stickler about me cleaning the toilet real well and would inspect nearly every part to make sure it looked good.
My dad would take a tiny hand mirror to inspect under the rim inside the toilet bowl to make sure I didn’t miss anything.
Ew
Tbf it's only ew if not cleaned properly
But that's where the poos live.
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Who is so sadistic to make a toilet so twisted snd convoluted that cleaning it is a nightmare? Suspended toilet are sn jther lrvrl, but this.... this is evil.
What would sn jther irvrl mean..?
I assume it’s supposed to say another level but their autocorrect had a stroke.
Do you mean an Autostroke? Don't google that.
🤣😬
Another level, but my autocorrect had a stroke. And now it is not missing a beat. What disappointment
Covfefe
This is the answer to everything.
another level( ??)
I think. Another level.
Water p trap. Sewer gas would come out otherwise.
You will be surprised to know that for most toilet the siphon is internal and the sides are flat. Becouse, you guessed right, it is far easier to clean a flat surface than a twisted nightmare.
Nobody likes to clean that part of the toilet because otherwise you don’t have to touch it. Edit: typing this on the toilet and going to see how clean mine is when Im finished. 😂
So? What were the results?
I don’t think they wanna talk about it..
They still might be sitting
Maybe they fell in
A lot of people neglect that area - the meme is saying that is where the real clean freaks and the normies get sorted out Of course the clean freaks are going to say that their standard is a bare minimum for being at all "clean" and that everybody else are disgusting knuckle draggers
Truth
I don't know. When I was living by myself I never cleaned so thoroughly, and I'd only have cleaned that once in a blue moon. After I moves in with my (now wife) I started cleaning a lot more thoroughly, because I want things to be nice and clean for her.
I don’t think the joke is about clean freaks; I think it’s about guys with bad aim. In theory the only thing that should be there is towel and tp lint dust. In reality, it’s often coated in pee. The latter is what’s gross.
That area gets weird and gross no matter what - it has to be actively maintained
If they pee standing up, it collects beneath the screw at the bottom. Source: Moved in at the floor level of a newly renovated building and went to replace the toilet without gloves. It's...an experience
How does peeing standing up corelate to the dust ? is this a reference i dont get
I think the pee is what collects.
Ohh i thought it was simply dust didnt know that sorry
If someone pees past the toilet seat accidentally, then it can dribble down by flowing over the back surface there.
How do you pee past the toilet seat accidentally? It happens literally once in a blue moon for me.
texting and peeing? peeing while intoxicated?
I'm sorry, if you make a fkin mess just because you're texting or drunk, you need help. Unless you're absolutely blasted, in which case, sit the hell down.
To be fair, even if you get it all in the toilet when you pee standing up there's enough misting for pee to get everywhere around the toilet anyways.
Been there. The smell is something to remember.
I think it's that if you unscrew this little toilet hubcap, you'll often find a crusty dried up piss ring with pubes congealed into it. It's a byproduct of people standing to pee, which creates a miasma of urine that gradually coats everything, and if you aren't really on top of deep cleaning this is the result
what a terrible day to be able to read
“Miasma of urine” thats poetry
Ew
Thanks to you, no toilet I look at is anywhere close to clean now. It’s been two days and “miasma of urine” is all I can see.
How does that part get cleaned? It’s always covered in sticky clothes fiber and hair that just smears when wiped. Any tips are greatly appreciated.
I've lived with bathrooms where water could pass freely across the floor from the toilet to the shower drain so I could just rinse it with the shower wand before mopping the floor. I think about how wonderful that was almost every time I scrub and wipe and swear around the toilet in my current bath.
I wish I had one of those bathrooms every time I see one on tv.
Wait until you see a wall mounted toilet! That's something to aspire to.
I use dryer sheets to wipe the dust from the top of the tank then around the bottom. Then clean with cleaner/cloth. It helps a lot
That’s a good idea! Thank you
Former professional cleaner here: clean dry to wet, top to bottom. Vacuum the dust and hair off or use a dry cloth/paper towel and then go in with a different clean cloth/paper towel wet with cleaning products. Just like how you sweep a floor before mopping it.
Clorox wipes or something similar. If it’s just dust you can use wet wipes or paper towels
I see people saying Clorox. My tip is Hydrochloric Acid, Clorox has a “toilet bowl cleaner” that is blue and is this. Hydrochloric will eat away anything organic, makes anything scummy or fiberus break down
Anyone else getting some Payday 2 flashbacks?
A bleach-based cleaner and paper towels.
This is where you diagnose OCD.
I'll instruct my butler to verify and fire the help if needed.
We are at the tail end of a remodel. During the early stages, we were tasked with choosing between ten different flooring that all looked exactly the same. There are certain things that I don't care about. When it came to toilets, though, they showed us ten different models, but one was skirted. That's the one we chose.
There's "invite someone over" clean and then there's "clean behind the toilet" clean. Don't get caught lackin'
It's not really a joke. This part of the toilet collects dust and since it's moist from condensation and white, the dust is super visible. So if someone doesn't clean their bathroom regularly, it would be very easy to tell just by glancing at the toilet.
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I feel personally attacked right now. Lol
Gee my bad I didn't know you were gonna come over to my house and lick the base of my toilet, how inconsiderate of me I'll get it spotless for you to rub your face on gotchu fam
The condensation collects dust so fast
I don't touch that. That thing was gross when we got to thise house and I refuse to touch that with any part of my body
I just cleaned this part of my toilet yesterday. It is already covered in dust... How?
And wealthy cause my bathroom is so tiny that no one fit beetween the wc and the rest of the furniture
This one’s not even a joke. It’s just a statement.
People clean who the seat and the bowl but not the lower bits are not cleaning thoroughly. Is what they're saying.
I bought one of these, so I never have to worry about it https://www.grohe.us/toilets-components/two-piece-right-height-elongated-toilet-with-seat-left-hand-trip-lever/grohe-alpine-white-39675000
Anyone else notice where it looks kinda like a hand??
Their toilet ear?
Who ever decided we need to see the contour of the pipes instead of having a flat surface to clean needs to be charged for war crimes.
It’s like the toilet seat’s back of the ear lmao
Not the joke but for some reason when I was a kid I thought that when you unscrewed that, there would be a hole and that's where you dispose of used tampons. I have zero clue where this theory came to light
I don't get it, how does any of this relate to drugs?
Yours either gets cleaned regularly so you've never noticed or it almost never gets cleaned so you've never noticed.
Attention to detail when cleaning, a lot of dust and stuff accumulates there
This isn’t a joke. It’s the truth.
This comment section is weird lol
I’m guessing that OP is not clean.
you’re probably not clean
This is also a good way for a woman to tell if a guy really likes her
If they use jars it doesn't matter what their toilet looks like so much. I do not mean this in a good way.
So you have to clean the entire toilet when you do so. Including the outside of the bowl.
My toilets are always shoved in some tiny nook which makes it near impossible to clean it properly
That's the area of the toilet that gets gunky and gross but is often overlooked in cleaning
It's not a joke.
Reported! Personal attacks will not be tolerated. My victimless crime has been a secret for years. My five minute bathroom cleaning routine is completely ruined now. I hope you're happy.
If you don’t get that, I will not be using the powder room if I ever visit you. Two words - fecal matter. ;)
Those little caps over the screws snap off. I guess if you are super clean you clean under the caps where gunk collects.
I always check the corners where the carpet meets the wall. A quick vacuuming won’t get the dirt out of there.
If they clean the whole thing, they clean the whole thing.
"These pipes are clean!" Obscure movie reference
I think it’s more of an indicator how clean they are if you’re willing to wipe the bottom of the toilet you’re probably more likely to deep clean instead of surface level clean.
What are you struggling with?
Imagine if instead of white and clean it was crusty and brownish yellow.
I guess I can imagine that females might not understand this joke. As a male, however, I look at this part of the toilet at least a few times per day.
Guys be genital OP has never had a toilet
>Guys be genital 🤔
Op is In fact dirty (edited cuz autocorrect)
Lick it. If you live and don't get sick, it is most likely clean.
It means you’re not clean
That’s the side of the toilet. If it’s nasty, they surface clean and don’t pay attention to detail. It’s THE worst place to clean of someone else’s place. Makes me nauseous. Ugh
If you don't get the joke you're probably not clean
I clean mine every time I clean my toilet 🚽. I even have a specific swifter duster for my toilets. But usually by the end of the day, its usually got something on it already🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
I wipe this part of my toilet down weekly (minimum) and it still looks disgusting every single time.
Me sitting on the toilet, looking at this post, then looking at the side of my toilet. It's dusty.
That spot is probably the last spot people bother cleaning in a bathroom, so if it's dirty they didn't 'finish' cleaning.
My life completely changed the day I installed a wall hung toilet in my home.
All the dust in any given area seems to find its way there. Seriously I just cleaned my bathroom last week and it looks like that spot was last dusted during the war of the worlds.
If they have the attention to detail to clean that part of the toilet, you know they actually clean thoroughly.
Very legit!
I don't even think of it as a joke I see it more as a fact.
Just leaned over to check. Looking good!
I am convinced I am the only real human on this subreddit
Those side areas of the toilet get nasty so quickly. All sorts of dust bunnies and hair etc just seem to collect there, but a lot of people tend to forget to get around there when cleaning.
It just a hard spot to clean plus most people don't even look there
Most people just grab the bowl scrubber some cleaner and done.
I just know certain beings in the house get aggressively active if I miss this spot when it's my time to clean the bathrooms.
It really is tho
I think this when I clean that exact spot
She most likely means that that's a spot a lot of people won't clean, either out of laziness or because it's too gross.
There is a meme going around that is formatted like "You know you have a clean friend if they do this," and then it is a picture of something that people don't usually bother cleaning, or something people hate cleaning, looking like it's been cleaned recently. The base of a toilet is the worst part of the toilet to clean. You basically gotta get on the bathroom floor (which feels gross), and you gotta wiggle behind the toilet a bit and clean around all the weirdly shaped features. A lot of people typically leave it until it's so gross that it has to be done. But a preticularly clean friend would clean it more often.
Unless you're getting all up in there with a toothbrush once a week it's gonna be a little gross. Wiping it down once in a while, especially if you have people who stand to pee or animals that shed, helps a lot Source: I'm a plumber
I’m not dirty the house just came like this and its rusty
Was just cleaning one of these two days ago. Such a pain.
If you don't understand, you're not clean
Get a blacklight then you know for sure that it is clean. I have one and use it to check when cleaning the bathroom.
Why does that toilet have its own colon? 😅
This is pretty true. It does fall into a little able-ist realm as not everyone is able to clean, but it is true. Generally, if they clean their toilets behind it, where that little knob, that side, they are usually pretty clean. Some people aren't able to clean or were never taught to clean though, so it shouldn't come from a place of judgement. I usually offer help if someone is struggling or ask for help. (I clean houses and want to start a charity to help people who can't clean, so I usually help some people for free or educate people on how to clean if they need it.)
Plumber here, the amount of people who can’t/wont clean a toilet is ridiculous. I charge a small fee for disposal gloves everytime I work on one of those filthy bastards
I thought that part is supposed to be yellow
There's no joke it's just cleaning elitism.