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[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 12 points 4 weeks ago

I'm curious where you're from that every single urinal in the whole country has been upgraded.

[-] Dontfearthereaper123@lemm.ee 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I'm from Ireland but pretty much any country I've been has all been automatic urinals

[-] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 weeks ago

I haven't seen a manual flush urinal in Finland in years either

[-] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 weeks ago

I live in Belgium and the last time I remember having to flush one of these was at least 10 years ago without exaggeration

[-] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 1 points 4 weeks ago

and zero flush toilets exist in the wonderful benelux

[-] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago

I assume that in Benelux, they're all just using squat toilets that have to be rinsed out with a bucket of water?

[-] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 2 points 4 weeks ago

nah, we have those wonderful german poop shelf toilets so we can analyze our excrement

[-] Acamon@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

It's not even upgrade, even twenty years ago, most of them were either always rinsing or on some sort of intermittent timer. I guess when they were just a big communal trench it didn't make sense for them to be flushed by an individual. (UK / various Europe)

[-] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 weeks ago

I'm from Australia and it's been like 8 years since I've manually flushed

[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 points 4 weeks ago

I have never seen a manual urinal in Britain. Never.

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

In the UK all the urinals in the bathroom will be flushed automatically at the same time using an auto-syphon that is attached to a tank that's slowly and continuously filled with water.

So it requires no moving parts or electricity, and flushes automatically at a regular interval depending on how fast the water supply is.

And it's been that way basically forever.

[-] Psythik@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

Sounds like a waste of water. Why not simply use motion sensors or flushless urinals like they do in the US?

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

The modern ones do, this was the solution before motion sensors

[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

That's awesome! Do you by chance know what they are called? I did a quick search but all I see are electronic ones.

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

They're typically just called a "urinal automatic syphon"

Here's a great Steve Mould video on them if you want to learn more

https://youtu.be/XjQc8Bf0UlM

[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks. I love Steve Mould.

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