Etiquette
Should men sit down to pee? What the surveys and doctors say
In Germany 40% of men always sit to pee. A court even ruled on it. Here’s who sits, who stands, and whether it makes any difference to your health.
Etiquette
Urinal etiquette & the science of the men’s room
The science and folklore behind where men stand, look and aim.
Start with the full code: The Unwritten Rules of the Urinal.
Etiquette
Which urinal should you choose? The maths of the men’s room
Five urinals, two taken: where do you stand? How distance decides it, why the polite choice can backfire, and how the game scores every pick.
Etiquette
Why do bars put ice in urinals?
Ice in the urinal: odour control, a slow flush, somewhere to dump the ice, or just something to aim at? The real explanations, and which ones hold up.
Etiquette
How to stop urinal splashback, according to physicists
Fluid physicists filmed urine splash in slow motion. The fix isn’t aim or pressure, it’s angle. Here’s what the BYU Splash Lab and the 2025 urinal redesign found.
Etiquette
The 1976 study that timed men at the urinal
In 1976 psychologists timed how long men took to start peeing when a stranger stood next to them. What they found, and why it still matters.