ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agoIs there a reason why toilets are made out of one of the most resonating materials possible while also being made in a shape that makes a small fart sound like a damn trombone?message-squaremessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1171arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1166arrow-down1message-squareIs there a reason why toilets are made out of one of the most resonating materials possible while also being made in a shape that makes a small fart sound like a damn trombone?ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-text
Currently sitting on my toilet trying to be quiet and this damn thing is making my ass sound like a brass only orchestra
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·24 hours agoCouldn’t enamled metal work just as well? It’s not like you shit into bare porcelain; it’s enamaled.
minus-squareStaticFalconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 hours agoPart of me thinks metal would.only transmit sound even better than porcelain.
minus-squareRegna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·23 hours agoEnamel can get chipped and scratched, and if you don’t clean it regularly it will stain and disintegrate. Source: rented places with enameled bathtubs and sinks.
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-221 hours agoYou can get them clean again, but I think you basically have to scour them with pumice, which you can probably only do so many times. Edit: Oh, you’re talking about enamel, I’m talking about porcelain.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoThey’re the same thing. Enamled in this case means there’s a porcelain coating. It’s the smoothness of the surface that’s ultimately responsible for the acoustics. That’s why walls are typically textured to some degree.
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-217 hours agoYeah, you can buy metal toilets. They have them in prisons and public restrooms, usually. I think people don’t buy them because they don’t like the look. I certainly wouldn’t want a metal toilet.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoThey said enamled metal, like a non-plastic bathtub. Basically metal with a porcelain coating.
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoYeah, I understand. I don’t know if they’re enameled, but you can buy metal toilets.
Couldn’t enamled metal work just as well? It’s not like you shit into bare porcelain; it’s enamaled.
Part of me thinks metal would.only transmit sound even better than porcelain.
Enamel can get chipped and scratched, and if you don’t clean it regularly it will stain and disintegrate.
Source: rented places with enameled bathtubs and sinks.
You can get them clean again, but I think you basically have to scour them with pumice, which you can probably only do so many times.
Edit: Oh, you’re talking about enamel, I’m talking about porcelain.
They’re the same thing. Enamled in this case means there’s a porcelain coating.
It’s the smoothness of the surface that’s ultimately responsible for the acoustics. That’s why walls are typically textured to some degree.
Yeah, you can buy metal toilets. They have them in prisons and public restrooms, usually. I think people don’t buy them because they don’t like the look. I certainly wouldn’t want a metal toilet.
They said enamled metal, like a non-plastic bathtub. Basically metal with a porcelain coating.
Yeah, I understand. I don’t know if they’re enameled, but you can buy metal toilets.