Yeah, that's right, you read the title correctly. There is actually a toilet out there that weighs how much #2 you get rid of. I happened to catch a glance at my fiances screen; she is a persistent blogger on http://www.theknot.com. During this brief glance I saw somebody title their post something about pooping (apparently, this is a common and persistent topic on this WEDDING blogging site).
In questioning my fiance about this post, she explained the awesome power of this toilet to indirectly give you an estimated weight of a duece. What it does is weigh you when you sit down and provide you the number. Then, once you are done, it provides your weight afterwards. Assuming that the the excreted pee is minimal, and that the duece weighs more, the difference in weights would reflect how much you just shat.
[Equation 1] Prior Weight - Finished Weight = Duece Weight, where
[Equation 2] Finished Weight = Prior Weight - Duece Weight - Pee Weight
So this raises a few questions:
- Does anybody finds this useful, or fascinating?
- Does this strike anybody as odd, or perhaps, as too much information?
- If given the choice between using the weighing toilet and a non-weighing toilet, which one would you choose?
- Is this necessary to know?
- Would you really want to know how much you just shat?
It is not really necessary at all but it does help explain the feeling of you just lost a few pounds. You know you have left the bathroom a time or two and said "it feels like I just lost weight." You may have even thought... "I must have crapped out everything I ate last night for dinner."
This would totally help you know if your remarks are true or not. Nonetheless, it is funny and amazing what people think of creating. I am sure someone will find it useful.
It's absolutely not to be disputed that answers the question of whether or not one has lost weight. Regarding the potential loss in weight, I always wonder if I can run slightly faster or jump slightly higher as a result. Perhaps the nervousness that ensues prior to being in a sporting event, which induces to us to excrete, is our bodies natural way of 'lightening up' for better performance. I'm thinking this would an amazingly wierd, but interesting study. A toilet such as the one discussed earlier would help us answer these questions as well.
-SocraPees
I think in terms of usefulness I don't really see a use maybe doctors would, fascinating though yes, I believe everyone would find this interesting once or twice but I think the novelty would wear off quick. I think I would be interested but not every time I go. I believe this is one of the most odd things I have heard a toilet doing.