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@ultimape @__a__chimera__ https://t.co/kFyP9j5a7o I don't think that it was a conscious decision, but even unconscious design decisions reflect Ideology
@suchaone @__a__chimera__ I think this analysis is wrong for Americans/ when toilets were first adopted in the ~1850s, it was unlikely that shit floats given my understanding of dietary changes. Observation might be post-hoc. https://t.co/CYh8Ae5lSqTho it would be fun if designs shifted to reflect this.
@suchaone @__a__chimera__ Been reading about the horrors of wooden pipes during early american plumming. This talks about how "the Great Fire of New York" in 1835 affected city development. https://t.co/AeOGrv2Av9Suspect the real driver behind toilet designs was sewer gas. Lots of water = thick barrier.
@suchaone @__a__chimera__ Core idea of politics evolving out of people's ritualized responses to waste management and how we relate to excrement still holds in either case, so he's not wrong. More an issue of details in predicting structural artifacts in society.
@suchaone @__a__chimera__ See also: Ancient notion of 'night air' causing diseases? Makes sense in context of people clearing away 'night soil' and mucking up all sorts of bacterial and gasses associated toxins. But apparently this is an obsolete theory? https://t.co/LWFERtjkDDSeemed real at the time.
@suchaone @__a__chimera__ I've thought on this topic a bit in another context... If toilet design is a social/culturally mediated thing, the shape of the toilet might influence deep learning systems meant to detect poop in a similar manner to this: https://t.co/vYAeq9nL9uhttps://t.co/ohHCjVLH8Y
@suchaone @__a__chimera__ So if french toilets are indeed different from american on a statistically significant level, you might get Deep learning systems that predict french gastrointestinal diseases based on the toilet, and not actually the feces's quality. Something something hidden AI biases.
@suchaone @__a__chimera__ My brand.https://t.co/9ht6ey97UY
@suchaone @__a__chimera__ It's politics all the way down.https://t.co/vSXYLlfJNu
@suchaone @__a__chimera__ Shit networks and tradition. Ideology manifesting in feces supply chains. But no one talks about this.https://t.co/s0hJ7bkLEJ
@suchaone @__a__chimera__ I'm learning about how urine was taxed as a valuable commodity. Apparently this is a tradition that dates back to roman times, instituted by Nero himself.Even had public collection booths. In France, it's known as a "vespasienne". https://t.co/KOX7TkfOIUhttps://t.co/znXDm8Cuof https://t.co/XERFuhupyO
@suchaone @__a__chimera__ In other news. I figured out how to calibrate my phone so I can get color accuracy when pissing in a Dixie cup to detect in color. https://t.co/uSPVMqS9oJ
@suchaone @__a__chimera__ Sadly I can't depend on my nose to detect scent shifts.I did find a couple brands of kitty litter that changes color in response to chemical properties though. Trying to figure out how to replicate it.
@suchaone @__a__chimera__ Learning about being a Cretan and their use of fields fertilized with human wastes. https://t.co/f1bz9KMc3n https://t.co/aqmRBDJMXc
I <3 David Macaulay's book on toilets. It's a great companion to "Underground" & historical explorations in "City" covering roman aqueducts.Here's a presentation on the nature of understanding things by asking questions via art.https://t.co/dmAfSsaV2bhttps://t.co/hujbCrh9yZ
@suchaone @__a__chimera__ There's been some deep-seated ideological divides between Crete and Rome for centuries.https://t.co/DDExyrsZ9J
@suchaone @__a__chimera__ There's a new tradition of divination using people's fecal wastes as input."The main benefits lie in the real-time aspect of the technology, providing insight into the diseases circulating in a community before the people affected know for themselves." https://t.co/OvuOLIWmqX
@suchaone @__a__chimera__ One does not simply accidentally an entire ideology.https://t.co/JTDcXXaluk
@suchaone @__a__chimera__ That's one heck of a golden shower."carefully and constantly keep and preserve in some convenient vessels or receptacles fit for the purpose, all the urine of man during the whole year" https://t.co/ofLtGbVbQK
@suchaone @__a__chimera__ https://t.co/J9y02GALvB