Um....I guess I don't know which part is the "icky part" then? You kinda have to touch both the top and bottom to move it up or down. Either way, both are probably germ ridden, however if you wash your hands afterwards like most humans do, it doesn't really matter does it?
Well I think it's fair if they put it up they should put it back down again. Either way we're both going to be putting the actual lid of the toilet seat down.
love the username by the way and I agree. sometimes I rly have to go to the bathroom and I rush and I'll fall in. I could be more careful so it's partially my fault so that's y I don't get mad about it I just ask nicely. Because that's the system already, boys put the seat down.
For me, its just that I think it looks better to have it down + I find it nasty to be able to look in the toilet at all times, no matter how clean it is. I want the lid closed, not just the sitting rim.
Well I think It should be down, When women use the toilet the seat is always down whereas when men use it, they sometimes need it up and sometimes down (if you get what I'm saying) therefore it is used more times down then up and should stay down. It also looks better down.
This is the reason why I've always put the seat and lid down every time since I was a little kid. It's nice of the guest below to give the math and all, but this is really the only reason you need.
I personally don't care about this argument, but here's the rationale for those people who do care that has always made the most sense to me.
It's not so much the action, more that not doing it shows a lack of consideration. A woman needs the seat down for both urination as well as defecation, wheras the man needs it up for urination but not defecation. If we're assuming a house where only the man and the woman live that means 3/4 times the toilet is used in the house the seat needs to be down so by leaving it up, the man shows he isn't factoring her needs into the equation at all.
Side note, scientists actually did the math on this one to see if the toilet seat should be up or down depending on the number of men or women in a house. The complicated answer is too long to explain in the space I have left, so if you have five minutes have a look.
cracked.com/article_20625_5-petty-arguments-you-wont-believe-have-scientific-answers.html
It's not so much the action, more that not doing it shows a lack of consideration. A woman needs the seat down for both urination as well as defecation, wheras the man needs it up for urination but not defecation. If we're assuming a house where only the man and the woman live that means 3/4 times the toilet is used in the house the seat needs to be down so by leaving it up, the man shows he isn't factoring her needs into the equation at all.
Side note, scientists actually did the math on this one to see if the toilet seat should be up or down depending on the number of men or women in a house. The complicated answer is too long to explain in the space I have left, so if you have five minutes have a look.
cracked.com/article_20625_5-petty-arguments-you-wont-believe-have-scientific-answers.html