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Sitting on the can without a smartphone—much like sitting at the bar without a smartphone—is soooo boring. What are you supposed to do with yourself? Be alone with your thoughts? Talk to the person on the toilet/stool next to you? Ugh.
This video from the nice folks at College Humor totally nails our modern smartphone addiction. It’s ruining our ability to keep our minds occupied when there’s nothing to do. I’ll be leaving my phone at my desk before the next poop I take.
How Humans Kept Time At the Olympics Before Machines Did All the Work
Is There Poop on the Moon?
Thank God Dinosaurs Died Out Before Smartphones Happened
Ever heard of a newspaper or book?
With books and Top Gear magazine.
Do people really spend so long sitting there they need litterature? Might be best to read a book on nutrition.
Speak for yourself. As a forty something, I always take my “smart phone” with me. You never know how long you’re going to be. Sudoko rules.
Using the toilet is not just about dropping a log, it is a few minutes of peaceful isolation from the world (work, family etc).
this is it exactly. if you need to be quick you can be quick but it’s not just a bodily function to get over with anymore, it’s a break.
Oor Wullie
The Broons
Warlord book for boys
Judge dredd
The book of useless information.
Dandy
Beano
Poop?
I am not American and I am not three years old.
I bet you say “wee” though.
yes but i don’t say weep
I don’t get what is gonna take a long time that you need anything with you. I’m like 2 mins and I’m done….
im not embarrassed (ok well maybe a bit) to say i used to keep a stack of various manga by my bog for handy reading
I’ve just sat here for a good ”’Solid”’ 5 minutes trying to think wht I used to do. To no avail the usual read the paper popped up but can’t for the life of me remember what else I’d do, maybe read a shampoo bottle? Nowadays going to the bathroom is much more than just a number 1 or 2 I class it as a mini-break, go in there for about 10 mins and just flick through tweets, yes people I am a Bog-Tweeter and proud.
Gameboy, so many highscores on tetris brought on through number 2.
Embedding the vid or linking it would be a nice idea…
In my bathroom there are back issues of Wired Magazine and a host of books about History – including 1,000 years of annoying the French or 2,000 years of being ruled by upper class twits.
Or an edition of the QI book of General Ignorance (Everest is not the tallest mountain on earth – it is the highest).
So you can leave the throne far more educated than when you started.