I’ll admit it, I pee in the shower. I don’t pee on myself and I do it down the drain so it’s not all gross. And the reason I do? Because cute Brazilian children sang me a song.
Okay, I can see you’re confused. Once upon a time, I saw a link to this ad and it made me giggle. The Brazilians put together the advertisement to encourage people to pee in the shower. You see, if you can cut down the amount of water wasted in flushing the toilet once a day for most of the population, that’s a dramatic amount of water saved. It doesn’t seem like much, but it’s one of those small things you can do to save resources.
It works on the same principal as when you were a kid and working in a fast food restaurant. If you ever make the mistake of putting more than one napkin per sandwich or one straw per drink in the bag, your manager will be right there yelling at you with something that sounds a bit like “Each napkin costs five cents. If every McDonalds order had an extra napkin in it, that would translate to an extra cost of $9.2 million per year!” Of course, those numbers aren’t accurate, I was illustrating the point.
So do it, people. Pee in the shower. Be proud of the little things we can do to save the environment.
Jim
Doesn’t everybody pee in the shower?
I know I do.
I know I sure do.
You pee in the shower yet tell me that disposable diapers are better?! Me no understand!
Wait … Jim told you disposable diapers are better? I would love to hear his argument for that one!
Okay, so I’ll explain.
I’ve got four kids. I’ve changed a myriad of diapers containing a plethora of horriblenesses I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. And as much as I’ve done, my ex-wife has probably done ten times the amount. So I’ve seen some stuff in the diaper wars, people.
The argument around the environmental impact of diapers always comes back to the amount of damage you do with disposables in landfills (cuz let’s face it, that’s where we put them despite all intentions to the contrary) versus the impact of the amount of laundry you do, which factors in the wear and tear to the washer and dryer, the amount of bleach and cleaners used, the amount of water, etc.
I saw a lot of arguments on both sides, and I honestly can’t tell you what I believe to be the best solution. My assumption based on this experience is that their probably fairly close to equivalent, impact-wise. That may not be correct, but as I’ve said, I simply haven’t seen anything that made me think that cloth was a smarter plan.
So then it boils down to the more personal question of what is better. And believe me, disposables are way better than cloth diapers. Cloth diapers are cute as hell, but they don’t stay that way. And the simplicity of dealign with disposables? You can’t beat it. When you have two kids still in diapers and both seem to unerringly defacate at the same time, that extra two minutes is priceless.
Nobody is perfect@environment. And I’m willing to say it’s entirely possible I’m wrong from not having all the information. But that’s what I’ve opined based on what I’ve read. Also, you’ve used a common logical fallacy here Tash. My opinions on diapers are unrelated to my opinions on peeing in the shower.