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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

more sanitary

Foot pedal flush really needs to become a thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Wait, why isn't it? There's been so many weird flush designs over the years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Huh, so they do exist then.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Probably just the extra cost of linkage and maybe risk of tripping over it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

The pullcord kind used to be pretty common, I think. This is just that with a pedal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Designing foot-operated things tends to fly in the face of modern accessibility standards. Wheelchair users already have enough problems using public toilets.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

They can still have both. A foot pedal for those who want it, a standard handle for those who don't or can't. In fact, retrofitting existing handle-flush toilets to add foot pedals could make a lot of sense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Oh shit, I guess that's true, yeah. Wheelchair bathrooms are there own thing but not every place has them, at least where I live.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I assume lack of demand. In your own home, you'd be keeping the handle clean, and public washrooms often use the touchless sensor types.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

and public washrooms often use the touchless sensor types.

Now. I'm guessing you only have to go back to 2000 for that to be a futuristic new thing, though, while the history of the modern flush toilet goes back to the Victorian era.