Rose George: Let's talk crap. Seriously.

It's 2013, yet 2.5 billion people in the world have no access to a basic sanitary toilet. And when there's no loo, where do you poo? In the street, probably near your water and food sources -- causing untold death and disease from contamination. Get ready for a blunt, funny, powerful talk from journalist Rose George about a once-unmentionable problem.
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[@Darayavahusan]

This is the most incredible TED talk I've seen in weeks. Everyone should know this. !

[@101mosioatunya]

What a good talk! I shall definitely be talking shit more confidently now. We've come quite a long way in this regard in England. I can remember the house of a relative of mine (now deceased) that had a toilet at the bottom of the garden and an outdoor water closet next door to the downstairs bathroom but I don't remember a toilet inside the house and that was in the 1950s. Now we all, rightly, expect indoor sanitary facilities.

[@Bluelemonzz]

dam i love TED. I always thought diarrhea was a minor inconvenience, now I have a different view of it. I love learning about things that i didn't care/had no knowledge about before.

[@TheKnowlesy987]

i love that she was being polite saying poop and "then human shit" at 2.31

[@brontewcat]

It’s interesting- about a month or so before this talk was given some blokes (Australian and American) got together and started a toilet paper company in Australia called Who Gives a Crap. Apparently they chose Australians as their market research showed Australians would be more receptive to the product than Americans. However it can now be bought in the US and other countries. The toilet paper is environmentally sustainable, they take care to ensure the workers who make paper are treated properly and they give 50% of the profits to build toilets in the developing world. They also sell in bulk - which is fortunate for me as I just bought 48 rolls, and had more than enough during the great toilet paper crisis of early 2020.

[@daedra40]

This talk sto-ol-e my heart. In seriousness though, very profound talk and something we really need to act on.

[@ffferol]

Fabulous talk. Reposted!

[@khaluu2000]

i do find it interesting not only on the content of the subject but how the presenter presents and does their speech. It's quite well done.

[@bigovigovigo]

SHIT JUST GOT REAL..

[@HamsterPants522]

That moment when there's a TED talk which is incredibly relevant and covers an important topic, but everyone gives it a negative rating because they don't like to think about feces.

[@Brainbuster]

I just marched outside and shat on my neighbor's sidewalk in protest.

[@TheStudioChef]

I recently worked with an Australian organisation, HealtHabitat, that provides waste treatment to villages in Nepal which include septic systems and biogas systems. The most important issue isn't the toilet, but the waste treatment and benefits that come with it. If you're interested please check their work out by googling HealtHabitat

[@genghisdon1]

Learned some things today...thanks for the video

[@dwright5816]

Humanure Composting is worth talking about. Much cheaper than central sewage systems, and keeps the nutrients onsite to fertilize soils. Joe Jenkins has done a lot of great research and practice in this field.

[@jason323221]

Love the videos downloaded the app good shot man

[@ignited08]

Thanks for bringing up this serious issue to notice. I urge people to read about how Bindeshwar Pathak brought about a revolution in toilets in India by starting Sulabh International and learn from his model.

[@Slyck255]

i recall back in 1999, at the turning of the millennium, during an interview, a scientist/doctor (can't recall who) was asked: what is the biggest medical breakthrough in the last 1000 (or even 100) years? and his answer was "the importance of clean drinking water" because so many fatal diseases can be prevented simply by access to clean water.

[@ronnyrafoo]

Subscribed!

[@ourcsi]

LOVE THE NEW TED TALKS INTRO!!!

[@pachai1]

That was my first thought. I was surprised that she didn't say it right away!

[@abhiramakella7146]

6:55 Not anymore. This TED Talk is from 2013.

[@4390100]

Yep, that is exactly what she said (a symptom for those diseases), start at 3:05 and listen carefully, if you are not sure what she said exactly (maybe because of her accent) listen again.

[@cierrablue]

I had never thought about it. Time for some changes.

[@andy4an]

Classic TED. Discusses great problems, great solutions, and uses humor to be memorable.

[@TehWit]

very interesting

[@chrisolean]

Great Talk this shit's the best!

[@evageline01]

I enjoyed this. Different indeed

[@ModMudd]

How sad is it to know that so many people don't have access to toilettes and children are dying because of that?! You really have to appreciate the little things..

[@Happyduderawr]

This is highly relevant to my travels in nepal

[@rimun5235]

Mind blown.

[@Sunhawk7ajj]

Best kind of science. The one that saves lives.

[@abrahamzetz]

Time to share it with the government..

[@FloraSora]

That's perfectly okay. Here in pretty well developed countries, diarrhea IS a joke most of the time--whether it's tasteful or not is a whole other issue. Death by diarrhea sounded silly to me as well, but then I was informed. Don't feel bad.

[@Slyck255]

having many children is a way of guaranteeing that some survive into adulthood, provide labour to produce food and take care of you in your old age. Once people are healthier, lower infant/child mortality rate decreases and coupled with birth control education and supplies, population growth will slow

[@kayamo]

You learn new shit every day!

[@AnantMall]

amazing talk !! NO SHIT !

[@mlnyonasi]

this talk is not crappy at all...it's actually interesting

[@Slashtap]

whoa! finally a bearable intro!

[@Rage4Liberty]

I agree that a nation should sort it's own shit out.

[@tamerdp]

This speech was the shit!

[@onlinesaurav]

This is some good shit!

[@JoeNietzsche]

Whatever. Rights are social constructs and yes, they can be given. They can be established, given, taken, forgotten, eroded and even pissed away. They are subject to pretty much every transitive verb via simile, metaphor or literal application you might think of.

[@kheffah]

wholly "CRAP", this "SHIT" is so damn true!

[@Rage4Liberty]

Вы научились по-английски хорошо. Спасибо за поправку к моим грамматическая ошибка.

[@ik04]

...A very carefully written presentation. She knows her [stuff] and how to deliver the universally understood subject. Hey, we all poop!

[@panstriato2]

No mention of the cheap, resource producing and non polluting (unlike water toilet) composting toilet.

[@Bastro2007]

I actually found this shit quite inspirational

[@moonhitler]

I would digress with the notion of rights being social constructs; they seem to be inherent in people. If we take the example of the first man, as we know he is a sapient being without institutions to bestow anything upon him, we are able to deduce that he owns himself. He hence has a right to his life, his freedom, and his property. These are the inherent rights of man from his inherent state of existence. A right is something we can associate a man as being born with, not something bestowed.

[@akhany]

This lady knows her shit.

[@DragonDiamondMoon]

I love my toilet now

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

And here I went believing we were all just gonna hang loose and talk bollocks.

[@Genghiskaran]

dam this one is good.

[@ARGENTINAADOLF]

Marissa Mayers at 10:14

[@xErinOelzeMusicx]

"talk shit" is my new motto

[@Jaylakhani3]

I'm sitting on the lavvy while watching this.

[@HamsterPants522]

If you scrolled down a little bit into the comments section, you'd see that I have been explaining the answer to this predicament multiple times. When the video was uploaded, there were more dislikes than likes. That was around the time that I made my first comment, hence why it has so many thumbs up.

[@tianchi1989]

can't believe I watched till the end

[@SpurdoMaltese]

Death by diarrhea... I laughed, and then i felt bad about it.

[@Jaylakhani3]

I am shocked at the lack of Poo jokes in the comments!! PS: I was having a crap while watching this

[@D3f3ndY0urFr3d0m]

This reminds me that I have to clean my toilet... it's overdue.

[@sz164]

I am enlighten about this shit talk. Thank you very much.

[@wHisperis001]

That moment when a comment doesn't reflect the reality as mostly everyone so far gave it a positive rating.

[@BashingStick]

Compleatly ignoring fact that flushable toilets require a ton of water and infrastructure, dry pits and handwashing would do more good ihmo.

[@justgivemethetruth]

1:11 - ... that's the other WTO! ;-) LOL

[@eurosonly]

been done before....on a radio show

[@Mastikator]

This is some serious shit.

[@JoeNietzsche]

LOL, that's terrible, +1 thumbs up for you.

[@AugustoValentini]

Natural doesn't mean healthier. Cooked meat isn't natural, but we can agree that it is healthier

[@MahmoudAlromani]

I am watching this while pooping

[@ThatStarkKid]

Hahaha...... she said poop.

[@n3bulous]

"She called the shit 'poop'!" - Billy Madison

[@TanmayPatange]

"Let's talk dirty!"

[@robertotenreiro]

shit just got serious!!!

[@ZiqqiPH]

Who gave it negative ratings?

[@lifehacker123]

indeed

[@JunksDucks]

Bathrooms in Japan (even the public ones)are so clean that I could even put my futon on the floor and sleep.

[@MrHamzi]

Isn't pooping on a foldable piece of paper better than on air !

[@ChireSakura]

Great talk. Well, I do talk (about) shit everyday. Although friends generally say it's disgusting, they're are starting to get the habit lol

[@NotQuiteFirst]

I'll check my diarrhea and see what I can do

[@LeonidasGGG]

This is tha shit! (Literally)

[@moonhitler]

Do define supplies as a right is contrary to the view upon which many ideas central to western thought are founded upon. Many (including myself) hold that rights cannot be given, they can only be taken away.

[@elvisflorian]

Damn I need to upgrade my toilet

[@sven7077777]

what a shitload of info...bravo. :)

[@EuphrasieF]

I thought diarrhea was a symptom, not a disease (pathogen) in its own right. Is she correct in calling diarrhea a disease?

[@sniperquasi]

So much talk of wanting change in these comments, yet i just find myself wondering what these folk do about it.

[@FTWINZOR]

"A few years ago I had to use the bathroom." No shit.

[@FrankFloresRGVZGM]

I talk shit every chance I get.

[@phriesen]

Exactly how much input did you have to give to your people with regards to toilets. Did you figure it out on your own, or was there a system already in place for you to benefit from?

[@JoeNietzsche]

You are welcome to disagree all you like, it has no impact on the facts. The reality is that it is an internally incoherent, overused and ill defined construct … but I understand your desire to hold on to it. Tools like that make for excellent weapons in the battle between ideologies.

[@ShallowBeThyGames]

8 SECONDS!!!

[@Mr_SamuelAdam]

I'm pooping while watching this.

[@SuperKare123]

talking about poop i gotta poop now

[@GhostInTheShell29]

Well... what about all the billions of people throughout existence and in the current day and age who never got their inherent rights? If the right comes to you at birth, and many people live without such rights, then isn't a social construct taking them away? If such rights are inherent at birth, yet some people enjoy even more rights then those you mentioned? who bestowed them? Unless people are born unequal, I think society is playing a role in this.

[@Brainbuster]

Your point doesn't change anything.

[@HamsterPants522]

When the video had just been uploaded, there were more dislikes than likes.

[@trinisuprazee]

well shit. i sure learned something

[@HamsterPants522]

When the video had just been uploaded, most of the thumbs were down.

[@teo0180]

Children,don't fear sharks and spiders or even the buggy men, FEAR DIARRHEA!

[@HamsterPants522]

I'm actually getting tired of explaining myself at this point. When the video had just been uploaded, there were less likes than dislikes. Most of the dislikes appeared right from the beginning.

[@jacko.hasanov4496]

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