• Sdnimm543@slrpnk.net
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    8 months ago

    We also need shittable cities. It is a massive pain to be out without a public restroom, especially at night when the already slim toilet options get locked up. My best strategy has been going to police stations and bothering a cop for a bathroom key at 1am. If nothing else, it’s funny.

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      8 months ago

      Shout out to all of the fellow Lemmy people with IBS/IBD who cannot be more than 5 minutes from a bathroom and yet have no right to one in public. It’s a legitimate disability that the ADA does not cover despite more and more people having it. The right to accessible bodily waste disposal should be recognized the world over.

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      8 months ago

      Absolutely! I don’t even have any bowel related health issues and occasionally find myself in trouble.

      The worst was when I used to go running along the river the city I lived in. For years, the public toilet I occasionally used was open 24 hours. Then one day, for no reason and with no notice, they started locking it between 9 pm and 9 am. The day I discovered that was not a good day.

      Knowing that I needed ready access to a toilet a few times a month was enough to curtail my running to the point where I just quit.