The Grand Unified Toilet Theory

[@blinded6502]

COMMUNAL URINAL IS A BAD IDEA My brother fell into a hole like that during a prototype phase. We still don't know his whereabouts

[@four-en-tee]

He was consumed by the piss goblins

[@rm_steele]

true perfection requires sacrifice

[@iawindowss4061]

Hahaha I think it would need a grate

[@walkblessed445]

MY DAD FELL INTO A CUM SHAFT

[@tonnentonie2767]

>Backrooms very clearly

[@Camper_Samu]

this feels like an argument I could bring and perfectly elaborate while drunk. 10/10 video.

[@YouLose]

This is the hardest I've laughed at philip's videos. I found myself nodding my head to some of the ideas while rolling on the floor laughing at the technical terms he used. Golden ratio was a top tier pun.

[@Camper_Samu]

@@YouLose yeah when he said "Golden Ratio" I just started screaming.

[@thebrownfrog]

@@Camper_Samu My favourite moment was when he said "golden shower"

[@kyles2581]

I disagree with the communal urinal's circular approach as the circle gets you the least perimeter for a given area. Perhaps a circular trough urinal with a spiked design would be more efficient, it could be placed on a rotating platform for added amusement and nausea to make sure people don't spend too long there.

[@RedxYeti]

Maybe a pay as you go plan as well. Youll have to add coins or it'll get increasingly faster until it just throws you from the spinning urinal.

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

Should it also go up and down for extra nausea with a dry cleaner at the end for extra capitalism efficiency Why solve a problem when you can make one then solve it!

[@Sahtoovi]

What about a fractal-shaped design?

[@DelNiceBeto]

A circular trough with a gap to allow people to enter the inside

[@morfy2581]

With the circular urinal, which is more forbidden. To stand across a guy while pissing or stand adjacent to him

[@PebsieTTV]

"No door" is all fun and games until you've worked in an office room next to a toilet with no air lock. That is not a fun experience!

[@Helperbot-2000]

thats what the ventilation is for, just add one of those huge fans from the chapter blast pit in half life!

[@Gadottinho]

@@Helperbot-2000 ventilation is more expensive than a door

[@Helperbot-2000]

@@Gadottinho you should play half life, not only would you actually get my joke, but youd have a good time playing that classic

[@AloisMahdal]

@@Gadottinho initially yes, but door can save a lot in terms of better hygiene, people throughput, etc.

[@ilonachan]

​@@Gadottinhobut it also solves the problems associated with having to open a toilet door.

[@Ntropic]

I went to Italy and almost all toilets doors there were opened by a foot button (like some trash cans) requiring no hand intervention. I since then have come to believe that we are all a bunch of savages for not implementing this simple yet effective way.

[@christopherstein2024]

Where is this place. I would like to see it with my own eyes.

[@crispinotechgaming]

i've never seen something like that

[@michi-fv2mf]

Even got that for the sinks in Italy

[@Gadottinho]

@@michi-fv2mf a foot button or just a button? cuz sinks with buttons are normal all around the world, I'd think

[@TrendyWhistle]

We don’t even have foot handles here in Singapore :(

[@zao7035]

While we are at it, may as well also improve the toilet cubicles. Make the dividers reach the ground instead of leaving an gap for anyone to peak into; Add individual vents and lights in each individual cubicle; Add more hooks for bags and personal items inside the cubicles; the possibility is infinite.

[@GhostSamaritan]

And have music playing in the unified area so there isn't just silence filled with fart sounds.

[@snakeface5652]

Why not add a TV in there. A smart TV at that. Watch videos about public toilets while using a public toilet, in a 4K TV within the cubical.

[@Zomana9]

Maybe add a camera outside to see whether you need to hurry up too! Maybe use it defensively incase someone thinks its empty so you can quickly say that its occupied and save the embarrassment of them trying to open the door

[@ATjfds]

That comment is surreal to me because that's exactly how every public toilet is in France. Who the fuck thought that leaving gaps in the cubicles is a good idea ?

[@Empyrean55]

In South Africa this sort of cubicle is the standard

[@Duspende]

I was drunk when this whole thing premiered and I could follow it and even get into arguments in chat. 10/10. This is definitely going into the back of my head for the next night out with the gang and somebody complains about the long lines to the women's. I'll bring up, in slurred speech and 6 pints 4 shots in, this amazing idea I can't remember where I got from but will absolutely try to perpetuate as my own novel thought. Thanks, Philip!

[@unicodefox]

The best part about this is that my school had toilets that look exactly like the design in this video (minus the urinals), but they drew a line in blue fucking chalk and add male & females stickers so that only males could go in one side and females in the other side fucking hell

[@Ryan-ct3rv]

Holy shit how did they get so close to perfection and then completely fuck it up

[@legatelaurie]

My sixth form did this - I think it was because the male cubicles didn't have bins for sanitary products (which in general isn't a good practice as what about men with incontinence pads or nappies, trans men with menstrual products, etc), absolutely awful for everyone and decreasing capacity significantly. In school environments I think this effect is worsened because if all one gender's toilets are taken up people will be less comfortable going to the other side even though it's the same and just a cubicle, in a workplace or public place there's going to be less stigma and potentially less mocking so people will just make use of the other cubicles in a design like this. No reason for it though, just dumb.

[@pootubevanced8495]

No urinals man so inefficient

[@metroplexprime9901]

@@legatelaurie ay how many forms you got until you reach super saiyan? Signed, An American who doesn't quite get UK schooling

[@legatelaurie]

@@metroplexprime9901 Sixth Form lasts two years for ages 16-19 and is the level before university

[@memelord1337]

I always use the men's room whenever there's a queue for the women's room. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to, but nobody has stopped me so far. Something that has always surprised me is how small the men's room can be compared to the women's room. In some places, the women's room will have dozens of stalls when the men's room will only have 5! Urinal efficiency is truly a miracle of nature.

[@imadecoy.]

I've seen that before and most men will not mind if you aren't weird about it and especially if it's only adults. But women would not be comfortable if I went into their bathroom, and neither would I to be honest.

[@hopin8krzys]

How clean are men bathrooms compared to women in your opinion? There is a stereotype that men bathrooms are usually much cleaner

[@chefboyjc9439]

@@hopin8krzys speaking from personal experience and testimony of my sisters, men's rooms are a whole hell of alot dirtier

[@lukasd.4389]

@@chefboyjc9439 Absolutley fucking not. I cleaned public restrooms for a year, and women bathrooms are dirtier in orders of magnitude that are astounding. Worst thing a man does on a toilet is miss the urinal, but women, really anything goes. Bloody Tampons behind the mirror, used diapers in the Watercage, pissing behind the Toilet and then trhwoing a whole bunch of Toilet Paper on it thats left to sit for the next day while it ferments and gets to the state of primordial goo. This is a hill im going to die on, no matter the cost

[@memengineer5714]

@@lukasd.4389 "miss the urinal" you mean shit in the urinal

[@vanya536]

my school implemented the grand unified toilet because upkeep of one toilet is cheaper than two, it works pretty well

[@kurtpichev2286]

I can't describe my feelings, that i felt watching this. At the beginning it was funny, then it became so serious, then funny again. When video ended, there were nothing inside me except of fear of fast approaching future.

[@thezipcreator]

be not afraid

[@Randomiester]

I feel the same rn XD

[@moonlightning8269]

@Ayy Leeuz that’s some really stupid scaremongering that makes no sense. it’s a huge open design, even people outside the bathrooms can see the whole room and only the individual cubicles are private, because that’s the only thing that actually needs to be private. Not to mention most children go to the public restroom with their parents.

[@spoonikle]

@Ayy Leeuz ? Nope. Sexual assault is vastly more common with men you know and family than a public space with lots of strangers in a well lit and open environment. Your the scare monger. Men are not scary, get over yourself. This is hurtful to so many men who just want to take a walk without the group of women going out literally crossing the street to avoid passing you. Men feel like their alone and avoided and feared for a reason. We have created a society of fear of men. Some justified - but most of it is just causing more issues.

[@skullempty5851]

@Ayy Leeuz why is this what your brain automatically defaults to surrounding this discussion

[@JackFoxtrotEDM]

It’s so hard to take this seriously when everyone is T-Posing or playing their “take damage” animations lmao

[@nomadshiba]

i T-Pose while peening sometimes

[@sbef]

@@nomadshiba a T-Pose at the urinal makes sure there's enough distance between dudes, and helps discourage that awkward guy that didn't get the memo and wants to pee right next to you. It's a great idea.

[@WhatIsTheHeat]

@@sbef but you get less control and therefore pee everywhere and cannot control the angle so it may spray back

[@llab3903]

@@sbef you don’t hold your neighbors peen as a courtesy? How rude

[@brianlam5847]

@@WhatIsTheHeat dude go practice your spray control or something

[@FrostyF16]

The counter-strike models makes this whole video just so much better

[@BubskoTheMage]

Great use of your mapping skills, Philip! A great visualisation of what world pees could look like. To add to your urinal suggestion, i propose the inverted comural, where people stand in a circle with their backs to each other, pissing into a hole shaped like a ring around the pissing men. The "Comuring". That would give more privacy in (almost) the same space. One spot needs to be sacrificed for a bridge over the Comuring's ring-shaped hole in order to allow men to enter the Comuring. but i believe it will pay off, as more men will feel comfortable using it at the same time.

[@ikstinknaarification]

Thats not a bad idea lol

[@koalabanana1998]

why not combine them? have 1 circle pissing inwards and 1 circle pissing outwards into the same ring

[@BubskoTheMage]

@@koalabanana1998 That could be the night club edition where drunk men don't care about having a Dick right in front of them

[@GeorgeTheDinoGuy]

I was worried Philip wouldn’t address the golden urinal rules but my fears were fortunately that of stupidity

[@MaMuSlol]

IDK if I should be impressed by the topic or by the masterful usage of the source engine. You know what they say, when all you have is a Hammer, everything looks like a brush.

[@1999GGO]

Having a properly designed unified toilet would also enable both mothers and fathers to change their babies since most male bathroms don't have baby diaper reload stations.

[@Helperbot-2000]

reload station haha thats the best description ive heard

[@lifdrazor]

baby reload¿ now even babies carries firearms? woah

[@LoffysDomain]

The need for mirrors is efficiently set aside. I can live with that. Great animations, Philip.

[@arronchalker3988]

This has the unhinged practicality of an early Roman emperor.

[@Jai-xv5gz]

fun story, the romans were well known for their public, communal toilets, though i'm unsure if they were unisex or not

[@lukasg4807]

@@Jai-xv5gz women back in Rome didn't ever pee or poop, that started in early 20th century with the rise of Feminism.

[@nguyen-vuluu3150]

unhinged, because there are no doors

[@schmid1.079]

So I have one problem with two of the things you propose: Piss stinks. That means, you will need more separation between the actual toilets and the entry, because you don't want the stench outside. Putting a room with the sinks first and after that the toilets should work. I'm also not a fan of the trough, because unlike a urinal, the piss hangs around much longer making it a lot smellier.

[@killingtimeitself]

you could get around that by providing a negative pressure zone in the bathroom, causing a natrual flow of air from the outside to the inside, isolating airflow, also for the piss troughs, you would want to design it such that it isnt a literal trough, more so a slanted basin that leads into a small maybe half inch gap at the very bottom into a collection pipe, this will help with smell substantially. Though you could just add some form of washing system but thats fairly convoluted and lets be realistc here.

[@legatelaurie]

@@killingtimeitself Plenty of urinals have flushes set to a timer or on a button

[@killingtimeitself]

@@legatelaurie thats also an option as well.

[@ZeroRaxo]

The stench would actually be a great feature for The Glorious Unified Urinal System®, as now people who are in need to go to The Glorious Unified Urinal System® will be able to locate where The Glorious Unified Urinal System® is located solely by their smelling function.

[@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug]

It mostly stink when it's allowed to hang around for long. And nothing makes it hang around more than if you miss the urinal completely. A big advantage of the trough design is that it's impossible to miss it as long as you stand close enough (that requires regular cleaning so that you are not tempted to stand further back; but that is true of all public toilets). All urinals require automatic flushing to prevent smell; so this design requires a bit more water; but it's easily scalable to fit different traffic, so it's not as big a problem. Also it's just as easy to use for tall people as for children; while separate urinals are usually optimal for only one height, and impossible for most children.

[@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149]

My favorite part of this plan is the "real man's urinal," completely exposed and right by the (wisely removed) door. Another visionary concept from the greatest of the Kliksphilip brothers.

[@bernardyn]

For the man who has no time or dignity to lose. Just pure perfection.

[@lukasg4807]

Why put the urinal in the bathroom at all? Just put one by all water fountains.

[@dumbbass8867]

@@lukasg4807 you can do better than that. Remove the drain from the water fountain, and create one massive urinal/fountain-collecting trough of doom

[@magiccouponsREAL]

I actually experienced this tonight which is strangely scary, as a result, some women decided fuck it, and used the men's cubicles because as you said, the queue outside the women's was huge and there was basically no queue for the cubicles in the men's

[@alexxx4434]

Next, their gonna take our urinals!

[@christopherstein2024]

@@alexxx4434 There are women urinals! I bet Philip is punching the air when he finds this out. They extent further so that you can stand more above them.

[@alexxx4434]

@@christopherstein2024 Good to hear. But wait, what are the practicalities, don't they have to completely take off the undies to stand over them?

[@christopherstein2024]

@@alexxx4434 My research says that the preferred method is to squat over it in a skiing position facing away from the toilet. Idk how nice it is in practice.

[@alexxx4434]

@@christopherstein2024 No wonder why they aren't widely adopted. ;)

[@JayJayFlip]

I work at a place with separate bathrooms, I don't want people to bone in the communal bathroom, your prototype needs a deterrent. I suggest the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, an American single-seat, twin-engine, straight-wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic in the early 1970s. It is the only United States Air Force aircraft designed solely for close air support of ground forces, which will come in handy when obliterating any couple entering the stall together. The A-10 was built to attack tanks, armored vehicles, and other ground targets with limited air defenses so there will be no worries about the ammunition being ineffective due to the stall being indoors. Equiped with the GAU-8 Avenger, a rotary cannon that is the airplane's primary armament and the heaviest such cannon mounted on an aircraft it would have sufficient firepower and precision to slay any transgressor of the no boneing rule. With all this in mind I'd ask for a phone with a hotline to the Warthog be installed and funds put aside for ammunition fuel and roughly 3 A-10s for maximum coverage in terms of shift rotation and redundancy so a craft can circle the bathroom at all times.

[@KalkuehlGaming]

Damn, such a quality of editing for such a topic. You edited movement, did the dolly zoom. I didnt even know this is possible in the source engine. We need new tutorials Philip.

[@quatricise]

@@2kliksphilip But you know what they say, you can't polish a turd. But can you polish a toilet?

[@hellelujahh]

@@2kliksphilip You made it shine like finest porcelain. Hats off!

[@LoffysDomain]

@@2kliksphilip incredible animations. Well done.

[@pieppy6058]

@@2kliksphilip aaannd he’s a dad

[@PureRok]

@@quatricise Except you can definitely polish a turd, as the Mythbusters proved.

[@theimperiumofman102]

I can’t tell if this video is just an elaborate shitpost or not because I’ve been in a unisex toilet and they are genuinely a really good idea. Edit: To sum up, Reject Modernity, Embrace Roman. Additional Edit: Max gets my best Reply award.

[@krishyb]

I want to say it's both

[@fearofchicke]

Except when there’s a child in there with a sexual predator. A rudimentary google search and you’ll find many results of this exact scenario.

[@itsgeegra]

@@fearofchicke Jesus Christ

[@Ocerry1]

@@fearofchicke oh yeah because there arent sexual predators among all genders and because there is an impenetrable forcefield around a womens restroom wich instantly disintegrates any man trying to get in on contact. Or do you think someone willing to commit sexual assault draws the line of things they are willing to do at going into the wrong bathroom ???

[@xavierh.5102]

Idk. It's a fine solution in an ideal world, in colleges and nice restaurants, but truck stops? Walmarts? Subway stations? I don't think we're there yet.

[@samgee500]

The outhouse and porta-potty are already the best designs for unified toilet theory.

[@Edlandish]

I have often gone down a Wikipedia rabbit hole of toilet designs. Inventors have tried to make female urinals but they never really worked out well enough. I think one potential flaw with this is that during peak toilet times, women would end up sharing their limited cubicle capacity with men who decide to use cubicles in the absence of any free urinals, it may well cause women to have to wait even longer for toilets. Perhaps some sort of mathematical model based on toileting behaviour data to test it out is in order.

[@huhjustafox]

There have been a few spaces I've been inside of that actually are unified toilets, and it's a SUPREMELY strange feeling. No marking on the door other than one informing you of the room's purpose, rows of stalls, and people of all genders coming and going. Absolutely surreal, hope that you continue to push this agenda for the sake of pissers everywhere

[@prebenjaeger]

Pissers unite

[@Contraption_Productions]

how a fox type this 😂

[@cityheron7106]

@@Contraption_Productions his ass is NOT typing

[@huhjustafox]

@@Contraption_Productions a lot of practice

[@harrypootis9519]

The utopia that foxes have compared to us humans saddens me.

[@riiyaFGC]

So instead of TDM, you suggest toilets should be a FFA design. Have you considered making one in a killbox theme? I think it'd work quite well! I'm also curious about implementing de or Battle Royal elements into this idea. Maybe even a hostage rescue situation?

[@oliverhalenius]

Defuse the bomb?

[@lilpeach101]

Leaving your business in the hostage rescue zone.

[@plebisMaximus]

King of the hill. Fight for your right to piss.

[@a1batross_]

Yes, classic death...pissmatch + instagib mutator

[@spEAMerNation]

I was thinking a capture the flag type experience

[@BottomOfTheDumpsterFire]

Stealing this from Ridge in the chat because that's going to be deleted: Humans come from the balls. That means the balls are their source. There are two balls on screen. Source 2 confirmed.

[@sashavasilyev3000]

glorious

[@Benjamin-mq6hu]

sauce also comes from the balls. just sayin'.

[@skylx0812]

Now people will quibble over which one, the left or the right. "But Stuart, he's right ball origined!!"

[@callmemackeroni]

So does piss.

[@casedistorted]

“This Research is essential, and not to be half-assed” I see what you did there. We’re going full ass! This was a great piss post. Ngl that was some great cinematography

[@jerry3790]

The golden ratio: the number of toilets divided by the number of urinals approximates this ratio, which is approximately equal to 1.618

[@__________________________Fred]

He made this whole video *just* so he could make his "world pees" joke that he came up with one day, while sitting in the mans bathroom. I call that defication. eh, i mean dedication.

[@jaffapolice]

i truly believe you have designed something incredible. are you prepared to recieve your nobel prize?

[@rock00dom]

I know I am late to the party, but this may be your best video ever, Philip! Your magnum opiss!

[@stripethecatsoldier]

the logo for the mixed toilet is incredible

[@CausallyExplained]

the best part of this whole video

[@B3DLAMMUSIC]

It's worth mentioning, In the USA, stalls are purposely made to be LESS PRIVATE and more reveleaing in order to prevent people from getting too comfy in there, or possibly doing drugs.

[@MapleovBacon]

It also makes shitting incredibly uncomfortable

[@themyththelegendphilswift3201]

It's also so you can leave if you get trapped

[@amog8202]

@@MapleovBacon unbelievably so

[@jonharrison3114]

I always thought it was so firefighters or something of that matter could check to see if your inside

[@irok1]

This. Since you can't put cameras in there

[@breadmoneyarchival]

When the teacher says the final assignment could be on anything.

[@BebxOfficial]

the thing about doors on toilets - shopping centres (in australia) get this perfect. the door is just a 90 degree hallway entrance. there's 0 risk of accidentally peering in, but no need to use a door either. very swag.

[@danielmadstv]

I hope it's not been said a hundred times already, but in some countries we already have unified toilets in some areas. Here in Denmark, universities have unified bathrooms and I feel like I've been to other places as well where they are. They aren't such an alien concept here. And they work great! Never been a problem with them as far as I know.

[@onemorescout]

Yet.

[@AmbrosiaPoly-yolkEgg]

@@onemorescout the continued lack of problems at least means that problems will be statistical outliers.

[@SummonerArthur]

@@AmbrosiaPoly-yolkEgg yet

[@Fuhrerjehova]

They are now common in Sweden as well. But they lack urinals. As such, everyone just has to wait longer, including the girls.

[@stevelarry3870]

@@Fuhrerjehova Based Sweden, urinals shouldn't exist.

[@dougler500]

Respectfully disagree for the sake of women's privacy. I don't want my daughter sharing personal spaces with 50 year old homeless, mentally unstable men. Sometimes the old ways are best.

[@jdk7278]

At my school, they added a gender neutral toilet. Unfortunately they didn't have urinals so the toilet seats were covered in piss. It got so bad that individual stalls were regendered so females could have clean seats. Also in many jurisdictions they have laws that dictate the number of male and female toilets depending on the building occupancy. So the gender neutral toilets need to be built in addition to traditional toilets, which is less efficient. That said, great video. This is definitely the future once we get past the growing pains.

[@Ozzianman]

As a male, i am very annoyed when other men do not do the minimum effort of lifting the toilet seat and cleaning any spils.

[@moresnqp]

why would you juat sit down

[@boobgoogler]

The standard for toilet seats should be them being left up because I’d rather have to put it down than sit on piss. Perhaps some kind of mechanism to automatically raise it unless manually lowered

[@fullfungo]

Wait, so the “male stalls” are still covered in piss? That doesn’t solve anything!

[@OutbackCatgirl]

I will never fucking understand why guys can't just sit the fuck down to piss. It makes literally no sense!

[@lampionmancz]

This should actually be done. It would make so many lifes easier.

[@Jonok]

This design actually makes sense in big shopping centres and crowded events, I would still stick with the separate in PUBs or places where you can consume alcohol since is easy to assume that not everyone there is willing to respect social distancing or common sense

[@WillfriedWonglWonglersson]

Sounds like you’ve never been to a festival. Because there it’s the mens’ toilets that have the longer queues. Especially in the morning. The effects of beer on your digestive system and the resulting switch up of the queue lengths is pretty fascinating

[@azrieljale]

4:30 - To the ladies that dont know, yes boys T-pose every time we use urinals.

[@Transgenic86]

We have one of these at a local brewery, here in Seattle. It is amazing. When you walk in, it is urinals on the right, a large circular sink area in the center, and a long corridor of stalls on either side on the left. Best designed unisex bathroom I've ever been in.

[@Danaby2]

I think the perfect arrangement for urinals would just be to alternate them with cubicles. That way, every urinal would effectively just be sandwiched between two walls, and would make them all usable at the same time.

[@אדרששון]

genius, it also makes people more ashamed to piss on the floor

[@Sjores87]

I see Philip has been eating magic shrooms again this weekend

[@abonynge]

At first I was on board. Then it got weird and odd and I thought this was a load of crap. Then we got the spiral stairs. This is the peak of urinal usage. This is what we need. This is what Elon Musk needs to be investing in.

[@rattslayer]

Local elementary school recently did this. Floor to ceiling stalls, with a central hand-wash area and no door to the washroom.

[@GoofballPaul]

I thought this was gonna be about the idea that when you sit on the toilet your butt is connected to everyone else on your toilet's grid that is also sitting at that time, but this is better.

[@nbkhnzzr]

What

[@Nikita13337]

one critical condition is that instead of thin-walled cubicles with gaps below and above there should be multiple small rooms with complete seal from outside world, then the unified toilet can work, we actually already have toilets like that in the world

[@plaidpvcpipe3792]

At about 5:11 I just broke and was laughing madly for a minute. The counter strike models got to me.

[@ondraspendlik9759]

I'm a design student and I actually love this idea! Some really good points from your part. My school has unisex toilets (and probably had them for ages), mainly because there aren't enough restrooms there. There are only two restrooms at each floor, and since it's a pretty big building, they are probably like a hundred meters apart, which would be just too far for whichever sex is unlucky enough to have them further from their classroom. Plus, we're an art school, so we often work with paint and other materials, so having a source of water nearby (for washing hands, brushes, tools or whatever else) is important (and apart from the restrooms, there are no sinks). Lastly, many people are gender fluid these days, especially at a school like ours, so it's just so much easier and more efficient to have unisex toilets. Cubicles offer enough privacy. There are virtually no urinals at our school (there is one in some of the restrooms, but nobody really uses them), they are not necessary, especially given that over 3/4 of people in the building are female. You made a great point about women having to wait in lines at busy places (and as we all know, they often go to men's toilets if they are in a hurry), and I like your solution too. Maybe apart from the Yellow Shower :D But separating the urinals like that is great. So is making the toilets unisex and removing the door (goodbye me having to press the door handle with my elbow, with a finger through a sleeve or kicking the door open). If I ever get to designing interiors (which I hope I will), some of your ideas will surely come in handy!

[@primtve_dope9568]

hey I've noticed too that many people at art schools are those gender conscious people, why do you think that is? i went to an elite school and there were zero, absolutely zero trans people in the whole school. my sister in art school has two in her class. lower grades? more autists? do you have any idea?

[@str0680]

This started off really well... Then it just kept getting better!

[@andrejstojanovic5455]

the toilet door stops the smell from making the entire building stink

[@martineyles]

Motorway service stations have already eschewed doors, but rather than your open approach have adopted privacy labyrinths.

[@lubosbeneda8132]

Also, for me as a civil engineer and architect, this video is incredibly hilarious. More pls

[@pyro7358]

this is what years of using the hammer editor does to a man

[@LillithMK]

as a weird nb i think u right honestly it's really pointless segregation

[@CssHDmonster]

i sense philip going down the knowledge hub route of slowly losing his sanity

[@LiberOpine]

Humanity has solved the unification of electromagnetic and weak forces, yet is still troubled with the toilet unification. Such a shame that those pesky elitist scientists bother with grand unification while they could have resolved this odious toilet trouble. (All jokes aside, I have been laughing at the title for the past 10 minutes)

[@24kingofcards]

One thing to consider is that there are multiple designs of toilets: specifically, trough toilets. Trough toilets would negate the need to distinguish urinals and other toilets, resulting in higher space efficiency, and no need for a golden urinal ratio. Also an added bonus is that they function as 'a urinal that works for women too'. However, for perfect space efficiency, a trough toilet would take the shape of a large hypercube, wherin each vertex is a drain and every face is a depositing receptical. Water is sprayed on each face from their adjacent dimension, meaning this toilet would also serve in multiple planes of existence, thereby increasing possible contact points.

[@jerviservi]

Must of been the funniest kliksphillip video so far. But a very good point as well

[@mentokmindtruck2443]

Ah yes, another theory presented with a computer animation, can't wait for Thunderf00t to bust this one

[@calsta619]

On a serious note adding to the inclusivity bit you mentioned about having a wide open entrance so mobility-challenged individuals can enter freely, a unified toilet also means that people who are finding it hard to pick which bathroom to use ordinarily (male or female) don’t need to worry. Best of all, even if they identify as female, they can still use the urinals for maximum efficiency.

[@literallyvergil1686]

How to fuck do you find a hard time "choosing" which bathroom to choose ? It's pretty goddamn obvious and not something you just pick

[@innrex9028]

@@literallyvergil1686 Non binary people.

[@fullfungo]

@@literallyvergil1686 did you not watch the video? At 1:20 the women (not in the video, but irl) have to pick between standing in a long ass queue and going to the almost empty men’s restroom. Doesn’t seems “pretty goddamn obvious” to me. The choice between pissing yourself waiting in a line and getting weird looks and “wrong bathroom” comments is not “obvious” in the slightest.

[@literallyvergil1686]

@@fullfungo literally never in my life have I seen a long que for the female bathroom nor have I seen a women complain, infact it's mostly women who complain about gender inclusive bathrooms because they fear getting harrased or even worse

[@QueenFondue]

@@literallyvergil1686 Trans people exist! I'm sure you're aware of that, though. If I had to guess, you probably think male would be the "obvious" choice for me, but the last time I used the men's room, someone walked in on me washing my hands, took one look at me, checked the sign outside the door, and left. I use the women's room because I'm a woman and it doesn't make people uncomfortable. Unisex bathrooms are always a relief because I don't have to play the games of "do my tits give away that I'm a woman or does my face look weird?" and "am I brave enough to go into a gendered bathroom today?" I'm never comfortable in any public bathroom, really. Unisex ones are a lot better, but I always feel vulnerable and exposed and all I want to do is go number 1 or number 2 and get the hell out without being harassed by strangers.

[@waffledraggin]

I found this video even more convincing after seeing the toilets at one of the high schools near me. There is no door, on the left, an entire row of sinks, and on the right, an entire row of stalls, each with a locking door. This way, there is complete privacy, and you wash your hands after touching the door. The last thing it needs is a bunch of urinals at the end and it will be perfect.

[@cheeseboi588]

I was kinda hoping it would just be a room with a gigantic toilet bowl everyone goes to

[@Wet_Deer]

I like having all of the stalls empty so I can shit whenever I want.

[@Opharg]

The door is pretty important for ventilation. Also, have you ever been on a camping ground with doorless toilets? You can smell them from 10m away, and that is in open space. The piss-trough is a great invention, it serves as a 2nd option sink for drunks, generating entertainment for others. One thing that is different for our US friends is, that public toilet stalls often have gaps in the doors sides, giving a nice view inside while walking past. Officially, to disincentivize drug abuse.

[@killingtimeitself]

the ventilation in theory should be fairly easy, if you have a natural airflow from outside the bathroom to inside the bathroom it should function similarly to a door, as well as properly ventilate the bathrooms to begin with.

[@MetaBloxer]

For the ventilation issue, the 2-way push door mentioned would probably be preferable. I would advise a transparent door, though, so you can see someone coming and so there's still an openness about it. It should also be double doors, so there isn't that awkward situation of a person on either side trying to get in. They can just follow driving rules and enter their respective door.

[@martineyles]

You need to calculate the ratio of unusably dirty cubicles to total cubicles. Motorway service stations and pubs have more extreme ratios than some other places.

[@vladde]

wow, the music felt so ominous, with alien like people just standing / dancing there. i appreciate the amount of effort put into this video :o

[@shadowsage1]

I've had an anger the past few months this video has soothed. My workplace recently redecorated the bathrooms and decided to completely remove the urinals in the men's so now we have just three cubicles. The idea was to make them more inclusive but all it's done is increases the time it takes to use them. I'm all for equality and inclusion but not when that means my experience is worsened. They could have easily had two cubicles and a urinal trough but for some reason elected not to and it's been a real peeve of mine, thank you!

[@bullseyecg3501]

in my middle school we just had a bunch of single toilet rooms which anyone could use and were completely private. It was perfect

[@asraeth11]

I loved this video, made me laugh out loud many times. And I know for sure you loved making it. Thank you

[@xiyition]

i find myself returning to this video every so often to remind myself what real philosophy is like

[@FlappySock]

"The golden ratio", this is the gold comedy I have been waiting for

[@Ranzord95]

additionally, and idea I have seen suggested: bringing back the old-timey role of restroom waiter, or whatever that work was called. This adds an employee with a degree of authority to kick out people or call secutiry in case someone misbehaves unsanitarily or making others uncomfortable of course they could also fulfill roles such as handing over toilet paper in the dire event that it runs out, along with other items (for price maybe) such as napkins, makeup removers, diapers, deodorants and simple colognes, and good old towels; ensuring toilets are flushed and taps shut, and maybe even keep a basic first aid kit, because when people get small injuries such as paper cuts they often head to the restroom

[@Becke963]

For single room toilets there is literally no reason for them being gendered. But for restrooms with more than one toilet I'm not sure if women would be comfortable with a FFA approach.

[@Rudy97]

Women want to be equal with men but then cry when they have to share a toilet.

[@Eira_99]

Again, the cubical needs a better design that offers more privacy, then it wouldn’t be an issue.

[@zombieguy]

Forget about the uncomfortableness, FFA sucks in the real world as being a one size fits all is easier but means worse at the specifics.

[@KelebMoonDancer]

Started well enough, actual ideas and toughts. Then he started to take the piss.

[@_jase]

This is why I keep coming back to watch your channel

[@idkjustleavemebeplease]

Let's just say, I've never seen "Jacob is a cheating bastard" written in shit in the men's bathroom, nor anything else written in shit. Honestly, that's why women need their own bathrooms.

[@iarlaithc2657]

I loved the visual analogy of every uninal design evolving/devolving into The Trough. Its like the limit to infinity point for pissing

[@danielmartin6887]

After the rollercoaster that was the urinal evolution idea, I need a femenine response to this, assesing their needs and unspoken rules, and how to make it all work for everyone.

[@de-ment]

This video not only reminds me of the YT channel "bosnian ape society" it also makes me hope you delve further into such a unique style. I'm excited for this new era, philip. Hope it's not a one-off

[@ericsparrow6286]

This is good for large venues with many people. For smaller venues, small individual unisex bathrooms are better. I love the feeling of having a whole tiny room to myself for a brief while. A huge bonus if there's a big mirror, good ventilation and some music playing

[@chickennugget6684]

Philips deadpan voice saying some of these things makes it so much better

[@snaifhassnan6348]

My school actually has one of these, I’ve seen them elsewhere over the last decade, I definitely believe this is the future, cheaper, faster, more efficient

[@paraphax]

I thought this was a legit video I'm so higb and im so coimnfused it gets more and more disturbing help either its pure genius or disastrous idkk

[@hairyballbastic8943]

this video feels like its 30 minutes long

[@amirmirzaei3940]

yeah true, cause it actually has actual content and not 2m sponser portion with another 3m social media plugin

[@byron2FZ]

Me halfway through: Congratulations you've designed the same toilets as on the Battlestar Galactica

[@Stonehawk]

I think there should be a light/quick room and a heavy/slow room. Light room for peeing, first aid, changing clothes, straightening yourself out, freshening up Heavy room for pooping, vomiting, more thorough cleaning, and longer term more complicated activities that require extended privacy.

[@LiEnby]

I know this is basically meant as a joke but parts of this is actually a good idea- It also eliminates me sitting standing there trying to decide which i should use because i fit into neither category lol

[@vastowen4562]

Honestly, if in doubt, go to the mens. Unlike women's restrooms, nobody cares unless you're actively staring at people. Or if you break the urinal rule.

[@LiEnby]

@@vastowen4562 most people dont care, but the people who do will care no matter where you go

[@light9808]

The bushes are always there

[@keeb__]

@@LiEnby yeah. Generally it is safer to go to the women's bathroom for mtf, ftm and enbys.

[@dickshlaponmyshlap9774]

Dilate

[@ayylmao.mp3]

The worst thing is having two single cubicle toilets gendered, then have a queue to one and the other one empty lmao.

[@simonlindner693]

Honestly a pretty sensible concept - apart from the circular urinal. I'd be terrified of the guy opposite of me pissing on my shoes

[@xollii9593]

I'm trans and I've been threatened for going into what was thought to be the "wrong" bathroom. Honestly a single unifying bathroom means people don't have an excuse to commit a hate crime on me.

[@irok1]

And to stop 'trans' people from sexually assaulting others

[@LePoudingue]

@@irok1 if you want to assault someone , public toilet is not really a place where you can, since it's, well, public. Your point doesn't make any sense.

[@LePoudingue]

@@irok1 And if you tell me "well if nobody else is around", then in this case, cis people too can enter the "wrong" room to assault someone...

[@maarten452]

6:24, but pee comes out warm

[@zyansheep]

Even better! It evaporates faster which cools you down ;)

[@Sondergarden]

@5:58 Polnareff!! Join me in the timeless ritual of male bonding!