Also, wiping a few specks of liquid off the seat is much less annoying (trust me) than getting a buttfull of freezing cold porcelain at 3 AM. Plus that extra inch of unexpected empty space can be actually *dangerous*, if you've begun to shift weight off your feet.
Anyway, men only use the seat up half the time, so positing one man and one woman to a toilet, the seat will be down for 75% of uses. It's more efficient to leave it down.
And it takes more energy to move the toilet seat than it does to flick a switch on a razor - you have to bend over. Not to mention that in your scenario, you don't actually have to touch the blade to change the concavity of the razor. When they invent toilet seats that move up and down via a conveniently placed wall switch, your analogy will make more sense.
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Date: 2009-03-09 10:52 pm (UTC)Anyway, men only use the seat up half the time, so positing one man and one woman to a toilet, the seat will be down for 75% of uses. It's more efficient to leave it down.
And it takes more energy to move the toilet seat than it does to flick a switch on a razor - you have to bend over. Not to mention that in your scenario, you don't actually have to touch the blade to change the concavity of the razor. When they invent toilet seats that move up and down via a conveniently placed wall switch, your analogy will make more sense.
;D