• Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Note for Europeans -

    This is a weird US thing. Their toilets are an odd trap design with a floor level outlet, plus the pipework is narrower and more likely to block.

    Regarding sinks, for some reason bottle traps like we have scare them, so they can’t just unscrew the trap to clean it

    You, however, are very unlikely to ever need a plunger at any point in your life

    • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      Yeah, toilets in American homes tend to rely on a siphon to evacuate the bowl so the outlet has to be narrower. Also, Bidets are not very common so most people [insufficiently] clean themselves with toilet paper which is prone to causing clogs.

      Personally, I installed a bidet a few years ago and I would never go back to not having one.

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      7 months ago

      I live in Europe, and somehow my toilet gets blocked every couple of months. Might have to just clean it properly with a spiral, but so far the plunger has always worked.

      Just don’t be too aggressive. There will be backsplash.

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      7 months ago

      I’ve been to the US exactly once in my life, and I clogged the toilet at the hotel I stayed at. Never had it at home.

      Probably just coincidence, but hey

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        6 months ago

        You went to a country with incredibly poor-quality, high fibre ultra-processed food, coupled with medieval-level plumbing, then clogged a toilet and said -

        Probably just coincidence

        😂

        Mate…

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    7 months ago

    Sometimes I think about those cartoon scenes where a character has a plunger stuck in their face. That’s technically more than 0%.

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    7 months ago

    The figure is somewhere above 0%, but certainly not zero. For example, haven’t you seen the crap blaster 9000 infomercial at 2AM on a Tuesday? You connect that bad boy to a fire hydrant (vendor liability disclaimed), pull the turbo-diesel engine rip cord, and wear a full body bio-hazard suit with air supply (suggested). Not for use with some sets. Batteries not included.

    Ahh, sweet memories; sometimes they overflow.