How evil is this?

[Maxwell511]

On the scale of laughing at people falling over, to you know that thing that happened in the 1940's, how evil is this?

While using a public bathroom you decide to wipe your excrement on the bottom of the toilet seat in a concealed manner at its peak. Therefore a person that attempts to lift the toilet seat because they want to urinate, and also want to minimise the possibility of them getting any pee on the seat for the convenince of other toilet users, gets their hand covered in said excrement.

Clearly this is evil. But how evil is it?

 

[daniel777]

between punching babies and disagreeing with chuck norris.

 

[JustMeSee]

That is pretty disgusting. Sounds like a pretty cruel thing to do.

 

[Jase]

This is why you don't lift the seat - you just pee in the middle!

 

[Verv]

This is why urinals were invented.

 

[San54]

People who enjoy filth on that level may very well have a demonic spirit.

 

[The Nihilist]

The answer is that this is not evil, it's didactic. It's important to teach dudes to lift the seat with their shoes rather than their hands.

 

[Bushido216]

The answer is that this is not evil, it's didactic. It's important to teach dudes to lift the seat with their shoes rather than their hands.

Let me translate:

Didactic = a teachable moment.

 

[Cabal]

Pee in the middle, kick the flush.

Public bathrooms in general are evil.

 

[MyRightEye]

Not evil, just vile. Public rest rooms are vile, caution is warranted, carelessness can be icky.

 

[Hakan101]

The answer is that this is not evil, it's didactic. It's important to teach dudes to lift the seat with their shoes rather than their hands.

This made me chuckle...then the guy would just get excrement all over his shoe.

 

[Vatis]

The evil-o-meter is maybe just a small oversimplification, don't you think?
But anyway, I don't think it's evil at all since it teaches you two very important lessons:
1. humans are idiots
2. don't ever ever EVER touch ANYTHING in a public bathroom. EVER!!

 

[Cute Tink]

I also don't think this qualifies as evil, but it is disgusting, childish and vile. I would agree that there is a reason urinals are provided.

 

[Ayersy]

Hahaha, that's pretty rough, mate!

Quite ingenious, though!

On the evil-o-meter, I'd say it's between stealing a Mars bar from the corner shop, and throwing a water balloon at your neighbour's cat. So... kind of evil.

Personally, I just pee in the hole in the middle, I bought a laser targeting device, makes it alot easier.

 

[Mling]

Hmmm...are we considering evil according to the consequences or the intention?

By consequences, they're relatively minimal--one, or a few, dudes get grossed out and have to wash their hands. Not too bad.

By intention, it's pretty bad. It's done deliberately, and with malice aforethought, with no goal other than making somebody else's life harder and more unpleasant.

In a book I read about...you know, that thing that happened in the 1940's... there was a brief description of a worker on a farm going to the dentist for a toothache, and, for no particular reason (except maybe to teach her that you do not ever disturb your superiors with any complaint about anything), he pulled 10 of her teeth. I'd say this is less severe than that, but in the same ballpark.

(I tend to favor intention-based moral systems).


edit: Oh, I left out a system--where being just means following rules set forth by an authority of some kind, and being bad means breaking them. In that case, does the owner of the shop have a rule specifically banning the wiping of excrement on the seat? If so, it's as evil as can be. If not, it's totally fine. If there's a rule that suggests it, but doesn't specify, (like, "clean up after yourself") then it's sorta bad.

 

[theVirginian]

...disagreeing with chuck norris.

This isn't evil, it's self destructive.

 

[Jazer]

But how evil is it?

Is that what you would want others to do to you?

 

[Zentancia]

Just sounds like a prank to me. Wash and disinfect your hands and be on your way. No harm done

 

[GrowingSmaller]

What if someone added a drawing pin?

 

[LightHorseman]

proud to say, I am in my 30s an never in my life have I physically touched a toilet seat in a public restroom.